Today on the show : Deputy Thomas Byrne says the Public Services Card debacle highlights Government's arrogance in how they deal with the public. Crime Editor with the Irish Sun Stephen Breen joined us with the latest details on the arrests in the ongoing investigation into the attempted ATM raid in Virgina and Lorraine O Connor of the Muslin Sisters of Eire gave us her thoughts on the horrible attack carried out on a hijab wearing teen in Dublin recently - these stories and more along with comment and calls from listeners.

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Today: Fermanagh bomb attack heightens fears of a return to violence if there's a hard Brexit,  lack of consultants pose a serious risk to women's health, intimidation of a local councillor, and  Children's Mental Health services in Meath are ‘only half of what they should be' –we heard more from Deputy Peadar Toibin.  

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Today on the show: The Irish League of Credit Unions tell us more and more students are skipping lectures so they can work to cover their term costs. ISME outline why they welcome the decision by the CCPC to carry out a full investigation into the insurance industry and as the Fleadh takes it's leave of Drogheda, Mayor of the town Cllr Paul Bell joins us to take a look back at the busy week that was - these stories and more along with comments & calls from listeners to the show

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Today on the show : With the Public Services Card found to be in breach of several aspects of data protection law the Irish Council for Civil Liberties call on Government to fully disclose how they plan to fix the problems with the PSC system. As Gardai appeal to motorists to stop "killer behaviour" by using their mobiles while driving Conor Faughnan of AA Ireland joins us to discuss this worryingly common driver habit and the Irish Heart Foundation outline why they're urging Government to take a more dynamic approach to reducing smoking rates by increasing the price of cigarettes to €20 a packet by 2025 - these stories along with calls and comments from listeners.

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Today on the show as data shows that 27% of people living in Direct Provision centres are children Fianna Fail's Anne Rabbitte voices her concerns about the living conditions for residents in these centres. FORSA General Secretary Barry Cunningham outlines why staff at the Louth County and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospitals have decided to take strike action at the end of the month over staffing issues and Dermott Jewell of the Consumer Association of Ireland offers advice to holiday makers facing widescale disruption with the pending strike action by Ryanair pilots. These issues and more along with calls & comments from listeners.

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Today on the Michael Reade show we were joined  by Fianna Fail's Thomas Byrne  who slammed the Education Minister  for not tackling the third level funding crisis while  tractor safety, the push to get learner drivers to sit their driving test, and the need  for hate crime legislation were some of the other topics under the spotlight.

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Today: Our old age pensioners under attack in their homes, we discussed  the latest on the talks aimed at resolving the beef sector dispute with Pat O'Toole of the Irish Farmers Journal,  the leaving cert results are out today but students being urged not to  drink excessively by Drinkaware, internet porn and it's Tuesday so we paid  a visit to our weekly crime slot with local gardai.  

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Today: Local councillors Maria Doyle and Emma Coffey spoke to us from Blackrock where they had been speaking to the famil y of the 93 year old man stabbed over the weekend, Deputy Shane Cassells discussed the car-jacking in Trim on Friday and concerns over a shake up of garda divsions while Joe Healy of the IFA and former Green Party MEP Patricia McKenna discussed the UN Climate change report . 

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Today on the show as UN tell us we should limit our meat intake to help save the planet Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice and Catherine Devitt of the Stop Climate Change Coalition debate the key findings of the UN report on climate change.Susan Gray of PARC calls on the authorities to do more to ensure that banned drivers surrender their licenses while local Labour Senator Ged Nash calls for a full public apology to a former Garda who was dismissed from his job in the 1980's for being gay - these stories and more along with calls & comments from listeners.

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Today: Dog fouling, Brexit, a united Ireland, insurance premiums and the plight of those in our defence forces - just some of the topics up for discussion 

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