Midlands Today with Will Faulkner live from the brand new Athlone Credit Union, Irishtown, Athlone.

We ask Agricultural Minister Barry Cowen how much he knows about farming, Junior Minister Pipa Hackett on whether she was as surprised as her colleagues to be called to Cabinet, why not all pubs will be open today even if they are allowed to and in the midst of this day of hope the parents of little Dan Donoher from County Laois receive the most crushing news, details of that and much more.