Louth County Council won’t remove dead rodents lodged in cavity walls, a spokesman told councillors at the monthly meeting of Ardee Municipal District.

Cllr. Pearse McGeough asked if the local authority could intervene when social tenants are faced with a situation where rats or mice have entered their home and become lodged under floorboards or in cavity walls.

Councillor McGeough joined us on The Agenda this morning to tell us more about this.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Over 70 per cent of adult vapers believe banning fruity flavoured vapes would push people back to smoking.

It comes as Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill is planning to introduce a ban on flavoured vapes aimed at children.

According to a Red C Poll, one in three ex-smokers say they will return to smoking if fruity flavours are banned, with almost half saying they will buy these flavours abroad or online.

Neither the HSE nor the Irish Cancer Society recommend vaping as an effective way of quitting smoking.

Addiction Medicine Specialist, Dr. Garrett McGovern says this stance is not based on evidence, and Dr McGovern joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sexual assault survivor Hazel Behan is praising the Joint Committee on Justice for listening to victims and recommending the abolition of counsellor's notes as evidence in sexual assault cases.

The recommendation was put forward by the committee today, which says the practise violates a victim's right to privacy and confidentiality.

Hazel Behan, who was assaulted in Portugal in 2004, says the committee's decision was "brave" and very "encouraging".

Ms Behan is currently taking her case to the European Court of Human Rights over what she alleges is the failure of the Portuguese authorities to properly investigate her assault.

Hazel joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about all of this.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Consumers are facing into a costly Christmas as groceries, energy bills and even pints are all rising in price.

Figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that inflation is now at its highest level in a year-and-a-half.

A survey shows that most consumers are planning to cut back on their spending this festive season as the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite.

Economist Austin Hughes joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Drogheda/East Meath Fianna Fáil Councillor, Stephen McKee, is calling once again on Meath County Council to carry out urgent road safety measures at Mounthanover Junction on the Beamore Road.

Cllr McKee stated; ‘I have been raising road safety issues at Mounthanover Junction over a period of time now and the accidents at this black spot only continue; with two more crashes in recent days.’

‘On foot of previous representations I made, the Council put in additional ‘Stop’ signage further back from the junction and repainted road markings and ‘Stop’ lining but more clearly needs to be done.’

Cllr McKee joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Government has defended the removal of annual targets for housing delivery, with the Minister for Housing saying they "can become a distraction".

James Browne said that data on completions will be available each year.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin also defended the absence of annual targets, saying it was difficult to put yearly precise figures on private sector delivery in particular.

This morning on The Agenda we spoke to Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment & Fine Gael TD, Peter Burke, some more about this.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin was giving it the big ‘ní neart go cur le chéile’ in his speech at the COP30 climate change leaders’ summit in Brazil last week, as he stressed the need to act with “unity and with more urgency”.

But in carefully-worded remarks midway through his speech on Thursday, he said that the “spirit of common purpose is weakening” and the world’s attention is being diverted elsewhere.

This morning on The Agenda, we spoke to Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora & Fine Gael TD, Neale Richmond, to talk some more about this.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sinn Féin TD for Meath East, Darren O'Rourke, has said the government must end the rip-off and cut the cost of driving. 

Deputy O'Rourke was speaking as the party moved a Dáil motion this week that calls on government to stop hikes, end the financial penalties for paying motor tax in instalments, reverse the latest carbon tax increases on petrol and diesel, and to stand up to insurance companies once and for all. 

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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Drogheda City Status Group has utterly rejected a suggestion by Taoiseach Micheál Martin that Drogheda could have its Borough Council restored, saying that such a move would be simply not good enough, falling way short of what Drogheda need.

Anthony Murphy, PRO of Drogheda City Status Group, joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us in more detail

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.