Jerry spoke to Catherine Shanahan who’s deputy property editor with the Irish Examiner. She’s been covering the cases of Ballinskelligs man Dónal O’Sullivan who was sentenced to six months in jail for his role in operating a fraudulent payroll scheme in the company which he led as president and CEO. The O’Sullivan family established Navillus in the 1980s and the company became one of New York’s biggest construction firms. Pádraig Naughton, Navillus’s former financial comptroller, also began a six month jail sentence.

Jerry spoke to Nicola Tallant, investigations editor with the Sunday World, about her book, Cocaine Cowboys: The Deadly Rise of Ireland’s Drug Lords.

SSE Thermal will shortly be submitting its planning application for its new power station at Tarbert. It’s proposed that the Tarbert Next Generation Power Station would run on hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) with the potential to convert to hydrogen in the future. Local Fine Gael councillor Michael Foley gave his reaction.

From robots who serve up ice cream to the participation of some of Ireland’s leading companies, there’s a lot happening at the first engineering symposium hosted by REEdI (Rethinking Engineering Education in Ireland) at MTU Kerry. Today’s symposium has been held at the university’s north campus. There you can meet ENG-G the robot who serves up Muckross Creamery ice cream at Kerry Sports Academy and meet industry leaders. Jerry spoke to Dr Fiona Boyle, programme director of REEdI, student Kate O’Connor, manging director of Avonmore Derry Sheehan, Professor Joseph Walsh, director of the ImaR Research Centre, and Dr Edmond Harty, president of Engineers Ireland.

Dr Mary McAuliffe from Duagh spoke to Jerry about her new book, ‘Diaries of Kathleen Lynn: A Life Revealed’ which she co-wrote with Harriet Wheelock. Kathleen Lynn was a true trailblazer. Born in 1874, she was a medical doctor, revolutionary, social activist and fearless health campaigner.

Minister of State for European Affairs Peter Burke spoke to Jerry about an awareness campaign regarding new UK border controls coming into place in January for Irish businesses.

In the wake of Thursday's riots in Dublin, were gardaí concerned about using force in response to the violence and looting for fear of facing suspension and being subjected to investigation? Dr David McInerney is a retired head of the Garda Racial, Intercultural and Diversity Unit. He spent three years working with the UN dealing with conflict resolution, and also served a term as a consultant to the High Commissioner on Human Rights.

BirdWatch Ireland’s garden bird survey starts today. Brian Burke, coordinator of the Irish Garden Bird Survey, spoke to Jerry. To get involved, go to:  https://birdwatchireland.ie/our-work/surveys-research/research-surveys/irish-garden-bird-survey/

Dingle secured their place in the AIB Munster Senior Club Football Final, after beating Clonmel Commercials yesterday by 0-13 to 0-10. They’ll now face Castlehaven of Cork in the final.  Jerry spoke to Sean Ó Súilleabháin, chair of Dingle GAA.

Jerry spoke to Mick Clifford, special correspondent with the Irish Examiner, who has written about the Dublin riots and the garda response. https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41276614.html