Philip spoke to Katie about not being able to see his beloved uncle in hospital since Easter due to Covid. When he finally was allowed in, his uncle hugged him for the first time in his life but had lost three stone. Penny was married for 53 years and was only allowed to see her husband twice in a nursing home before he died.

We talked about verbal abuse on the show when Sean called to talk about an incident on the Dart. A woman shouted abuse as his girlfriend when she tried to sit too close to her.

Ed talked about working in retail and how customers treat you.

We speak to Nora's mother, Meabh.

We speak to Central Bank Governor Gabriel Makhlouf

We hear from the Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar, and contributions from this morning's Oireachtas Committee on the matter. We also speak to ICTU's Patricia King.

We hear from Eilish Hardiman, CEO of Children's Health Ireland

Our Europe Editor Tony Connelly brings us the latest.

Our reporter Gail Conway has been following Dr Holohan's appearance before the Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications Networks where the issue of antigen tests is being discussed

In the second part we head to Laois to spend time with John McHugh, Farming for Nature Ambassador and Organic Farmer. We meet Brigid Barry who runs FFN. And we talk with Mary Kate and Michael, two kids who live on a dairy farm. Plus Dr Shane and the Brain Trust.