Today: The spiralling cost of the National Children’s Hospital is set to escalate further by at least 50 million but project chiefs admitted yesterday that they don’t actually know what the final cost will be –we got reaction from Sinn Fein’s Imelda Munster, a member of the Dail PAC committee, farmers warn that yesterday’s blockade at Aldi will be the first of many unless there’s an immediate beef price hike, urgent need for emergency ambulance hand-over protocol is being highlighted by SIPTU and proposed new legislation will require the mandatory open disclosure of serious patient safety incidents.

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Threshold CEO John Mark McCafferty spoke with us following the launch of their annual report - he told us about the work they do and he says they believe that without housing organisations like theirs the current homeless figures would actually be doubled.

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Today: As the homeless figures reached over 10,500 for the first time, Housing Charity Threshold claims there would be double the number in emergency accommodation but for its interventions. We spoke to to its Chief Executive John Paul McCafferty morning, Marie KIerans asked people on the streets of Drogheda if they have confidence in the Housing Minister, the turbulent week that was in the Dail, and the high number of people living in poverty. 

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Today: Fianna Fail’s Thomas Byrne on why his party abstained in the vote of no confidence in Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy which was defeated by just three votes while we also separately got reaction from Junior Housing Minister Damien English. Also today: a decision has to be made before 10.30 this morning on whether to charge Lisa Smith or release her from garda custody and a local cervical cancer survivor responds to the latest report.  

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Following the defeat of the motion of no confidence in Minister Eoghan Murphy in the Dáil last night, Fianna Fail's Thomas Byrne outlined why he and his party colleagues abstained from the vote and Fine Gael's Minister of State on Housing Damien English told us why Government need to be moving on from the vote and continuing the progress they are making on tackling the housing crisis.

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Today on the show: Fr Peter McVerry told us that he has no confidence in Government's strategy to solve the housing crisis. Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Sport Fergus O Dowd called on the FAI to bring order to the chaos within their organisation and Gavin Booth, solicitor for the family of Seamus Ludlow gave details of their meeting with the Garda Commissioner - these stories and more along with calls / comments from listeners to the show.

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Today: The return of Lisa Smith and her daughter is dominating media coverage today and was discussed on this morning’s show with a number of guests including her solicitor, Peter Fitzpatrick TD and her former friend Carol Duffy, a bill to ban the provision of pornography to children, the implications of  Fridays by elections results and how the Invictus  cross border Project in Dundalk’s Muirhevna Mor is improving lives of people in the community

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Darragh Mackin, Lawyer with Phoenix Law in Belfast spoke to us as Lisa faces into another day of questioning by Gardai since her return to Ireland yesterday. He says there has been no evidence implicating her in any crime and unless that changes she has the same right as anyone else to be considered innocent until proven otherwise.

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Today: Local Deputies Imelda Munster and Deputy Shane Cassells , who are members of the Dail’s Public Accounts Committee joined us to discuss the controversial Leinster House printer which has cost the taxpayer almost 2 million euro,  politicians should face sanctions for racist comments, according to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC), It’s Black Friday and we discussed those all important tips for shopping online, and the RSA on the life changing impact of serious injuries as a result of traffic collisions on our roads. 

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Today: Chairman of the Oireachtas Sport Committee Deputy Fergus O Dowd on the FAI audit being sent to gardai, protesting farmers, the Housing Minister to face a No Confidence vote ,the imminent return of Lisa Smith and we get reaction to the government’s proposed graduated speeding penalty point system as part of a crackdown on excessive speed. T

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