The number of people buying fake weight loss drugs online has more than doubled in the last year.

Health Products Regulatory Authority figures show a 14 per cent increase in the overall seizure of illegal medicines over the last 12 months.

The Irish Pharmacy Union is expressing concern over the numbers, which reveal 568 medicines were ordered online in 2023 climbing to 1,582 in 2024.

Tom Murray, IPU President says people are using online medicines outside the advice of their doctor, and Tom joins us on The Agenda this morning to tell us more about this.

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Concern is being expressed over the reduction of full-time security cover in the Emergency Department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.

Local Sinn Féin Councillor Debbie McCole is calling for an immediate reversal of the decision to limit it to 12 hour shifts from 12 noon to midnight.

She says it's imperative that the hospital has 24-hour security staff cover there.

Councillor McCole spoke to us this morning on The Agenda about this.

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We were joined on The Agenda this morning by Delia Canning, whose sister ended their lives at a Swiss clinic in secret .

Anne Canning (51), from Wales, travelled to the Pegasos clinic, near Basel, to end her life in January following the tragic death of her only son. She told her family she was going on holiday.

Delia got in touch with us after hearing Megan's story on the programme last week.

Delia says that her family are having very similar issues to those that Megan spoke to about in terms of the lack of communication from the clinic following the passing of her sister and in the lead up to the passing - Delia says their family were never informed.

She said Pegasos told her family it had tried to contact Anne’s brother before she ended her life, but they say they never got a call.

Delia opened up to LMFM about all of this.

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Sinn Féin TD for Meath East and spokesperson on Education and Youth, Darren O’Rourke, says the failure by the Government to implement recommendations from the review of the School Transport Scheme means that a number of children in Co. Meath have been denied a place on their local school bus this year.

The review of the school transport scheme took three years to complete and was published in February 2024, almost 18 months ago. One of the main recommendations was to reduce the ‘nearest school’ distance criteria.

Deputy O'Rourke joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this.

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We were joined on The Agenda this morning by Sinn Fein Councillor in Ashbourne, Helen Meyer, who took to social media over the weekend to address what she calls the “widespread misinformation posted online regarding the recent purchase of the Pillo Hotel in Ashbourne”.

It's been confirmed that the Pillo hotel in Ashbourne has been purchased in recent weeks.

The McDermott Group, who also own the Ashbourne Court Hotel and the Carnegie Court Hotel in Swords, have taken over the 156 room hotel from Inktech Vision Limited.

Amid rumours the new owners have moved to stress that the Pillo hotel is not housing any international protection applicants nor do they have plans to do so in the future.

In her post on social media, Helen urged the public to be cautious about the source of their news and called out people who spread misinformation online deliberately and without facing any consequences.

Helen asked people to always verify their sources of information and she spoke to us about all of this.

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Labour’s Finance spokesperson and TD for Louth Ged Nash, who has led the charge to tackle high prices at supermarket chain checkouts, has expressed scepticism over the ‘clean bill of health given to supermarket big beasts’ by the Competition & Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) in relation to the Commission’s analysis of the Irish grocery sector.

Deputy Nash joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this.

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An appalling attack on a young Indian girl in Waterford has made headlines across her native country, amid a spate of violent attacks on Indians in Ireland.

Six-year-old Nia Naveen was allegedly attacked by a group of boys aged 12 to 14 while playing outside her home in Waterford city on Monday.

The gang allegedly punched her in the face, hit her with a bicycle, and shouted slurs like “dirty Indian, go back to India”.

Nia's mother, Anupa Achuthan, spoke to us this morning on The Agenda to tell us more about this horrific ordeal and about the effect it has had on Nia.

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A long-standing senator has called for some TDs' and senators’ salaries to be increased as he suggested pre-crash allowances should be restored.

Gerard Craughwell, an independent senator since 2014, emailed TDs and senators on Thursday morning calling for their support.

Senator Gerard Craughwell spoke to us on The Agenda this morning about this and things got very heated when Ken challenged Gerard on what he branded "outrageous requests".

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Progress on the long-awaited Boyne Greenway in Meath continues to move at a “heartbreakingly slow pace,” according to a local councillor.

Navan councillor Emer Tóibín expressed concerns that the Greenway remains in “permanent planning mode” despite strong public support.

Councillor Toibin joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this.

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A Fine Gael councillor who recently served as the Mayor of South Dublin is one of the owners of and a shareholder in a recruitment company that has charged foreign nurses thousands of euro in “agency fees” to come and work in Irish nursing homes.

Baby Pereppadan, a longtime Fine Gael member and a local representative for Tallaght South, co-founded a limited company called Angel Care Consultancy Limited in 2022 with businessman Babu Valooran Kochuvarkey. 

The Journal Investigates has spoken to three nurses who say they paid thousands of euro in agency fees to Angel Care Consultancy Limited, on top of and separate to the money they paid for the standard expenses nurses face when coming to Ireland, including the fee associated with their visa, a work permit, the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI) aptitude exam, the English language proficiency exam, and their plane tickets.

Eimer McAuley from The Journal Investigates spoke to us this morning on The Agenda about this.

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