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Phil Ni Sheaghdha, INMO General Secretary and Dr. Colman O'Loughlin on the impact the latest Covid-19 surge is having upon the health service and its workers.

HSE Chief Executive Paul Reid is in studio in relation to rising Covid-19 cases and what we can expect in the coming weeks and months.

Monaghan based GP Dr Illona Duffy and Dr. Nicola Herron, a GP in Derry, on what activity they are seeing in their centres today as cases continue to rise both north and south of the border.

Last week Oliver spoke to Jay Bobinac, a really impressive young man who shared his story of homelessness and the interventions that saved him from life on the streets. One of the people behind Jay's success is the co-founder of Tiglin, Aubrey McCarthy, and he joined Oliver on the line to talk about his important work.

Back in November Alison got in touch to tell Oliver about a box of around 300 letters that her late parents wrote to each other when they were young. At the time Alison was unsure whether or not she should read them and today she joined Oliver on the line to tell him what she discovered having finally made the decision to open the letters!

The stories and headlines of the day that grabbed Oliver's attention.

Roderic O'Gorman, Minister for Children, on the reopening of creches for priority groups as nearly 5,000 new cases of the virus and seven further deaths were reported by the Department of Health.

Prof Conor Deasy, Emergency Medicine lead with Cork University Hospital, discusses how hospital services are coping, with over 100 staff out of action due to Covid.

Presented by Fiona Kelly

Presented by Brian Jennings