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Covid-19 has been causing a considerable amount of turbulence in the aviation industry - virtually all air traffic is grounded and thousands of jobs are to be lost at our two biggest airlines, Ryanair and Aer Lingus.

Is the Irish government offering enough support for aviation?

We are joined by Joe Gill from Goodbodys to tell us more.

News correspondent with Independent News, Ellen Coyne, joined us on Saturday morning to talk about the story that propped up the week! On a week that gave us a roadmap to COVID recovery, we saw protesting in America, Meghan Markles courtcase make progress and numbers not adding up for Ireland on Call.

Head-chef and owner of MacNean House, Neven Maguire, shares his heartbreak at having to close his restaurant but the joy of helping others through this challenging time.

Damien is joined on the phone this morning by three county footballers who are also farmers. Monaghans Darren Hughes, Corks Briege Corkery & John Heslin from Westmeath.

Primroses were prized plants for those in Ireland who brewed their own cures and concoctions in days gone by. Primroses were widely used as remedies for muscular aches and pains, rheumatism, paralysis and gout.

Charlie Kavanagh, a well known sailor in Ireland and former Commodore of Wicklow Sailing Club took a 5 month sailing trip from Ireland to Sweden last summer talks about his adventures. Lorna Siggins brings us a tribute to fishing industry leader Donal O'Driscoll, who died at the weekend aged 86.

Women and Words - Eavan Boland. A special programme from the RTÉ lyric fm archive. Presenter Kay Sheehy Producer: Helen Shaw

Travel back in time to hear about the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb and hear the story of Lady Harriet Kavanagh's adventures in Egypt. We quiz Dr. Campbell Price of the Manchester Museum, about what Ancient Egypt was really like, and he shows us some ancient Egyptian mummies.

This week on Playback. Joe serves up fornication and pornography on Liveline.

We go trolling with Ryan while Ray calls time on comedy. And of course, we bring you the best of the week’s information and interviews on Covid 19. All on Playback presented by Sinéad Mooney.

Joining Marie Crowe and Donncha O'Callaghan are Matt Doherty, Gillian Walsh, Matthew Ruane and Dr Paul Hession reacts to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's Coronavirus announcement.