Clare Allen, a resident of Curragha, spoke to Michael about the campaign being run by local residents to have the council address the safety problems at the crossroads - they say there have been so many near misses at the junction and in light of yet another serious accident there in recent weeks, they are stepping up their calls on the council to address the problem.

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Deputy Gerald Nash (Labour) and Senator Shane Cassells (FF) gave their thoughts on extending the Covid restrictions until March 5th to keep case numbers.

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Dr Marie Scully of Abbeylands Medical Centre spoke to Michael about the recent cases numbers and community transmission rates- she says Covid is a very hard virus to get a handle on as it is constantly surprising the medical community with it's new variants.

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Paul Crewe, Drogheda based Project worker with Development Perspectives spoke to Michael about the work being done to create a new curriculum, the STIRE curriculum which is designed to help refugees resettle in Ireland

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Deputy John Lahart of the Oireachtas Health Committee spoke to Michael in advance of today's meeting of the Covid 19 sub-committee where the decision will be made on the next step with the Govt restrictions

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Mark Thompson of Relatives for Justice spoke to us about a letter the group have sent to the British and Irish Governments on behalf of over 3000 relatives who lost loved ones in the NI conflict - they are seeking a full investigation into the conflict. Mark Kelly spoke with us told us about his 12yr old sister Carol Ann who was killed by a plastic bullet fired by British soldiers in May 1981 as she returned home from the local shop where she was fetching milk for a neighbour.

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Mr McKee, a councillor in Meath, said that he could not defend the indefensible and labelled the Education Minister's handling of special schools' reopening as a 'shambles'

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Minister Niall Collins, Minister of State at the Dept of Further & Higher Education, refutes suggestions that Govt are to blame for the confusion over schools for children with special needs reopening, he says the blame for the confusion lies squarely with the teaching unions.

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Local GP and NEDOC Medical Director, Dr Illona Duffy tells us that while case numbers have fallen slightly over the last couple of days, there are more patients in ICU and HDU with complications due to Covid.

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Grainne Milne, Director of Midwifery with the Louth Hospitals and Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, spoke to Michael about the anger and confusion amongst midwives locally who are still awaiting the vaccine. She says they are ready to administer the vaccine as soon as they get it but they don't have it as yet - in the meantime they are working hard to protect staff and patients alike.

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