Today: Fine Gael deputy Bernard Durkan on pending strike by hospital support staff   sex education in Catholic Schools, the damaging affects of home help cuts and and what's happening to Sinn Fein as latest opinion poll shows significant drop in support for the party while Fianna Fail is on the rise.  

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Today, insurance costs up 204% in 5 years, Focus Ireland report finds 9 out of 10 recently homeless families lived in their last home for over a year and Deputy Peadar Toibin on the Holles Street termination case. These stories and more. 

 

 

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Cllr Kevin Callan discusses why he has decided to propose Declan Power to fill his seat in the Drogheda Rural area on Louth Co Council. Also on the show Michael spoke to the mother of Danny Ryan who died four days after being born in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in 2017
 

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Today: Sinn Fein Senator Paul Gavan and Adrian Cummins of the Restaurant Association of Ireland discussed the controversy surrounding tips for hospitality workers,  we got reaction to the latest report on the Cervical  Smear check scandal and Fine Gael  under pressure to back ban on fur farming. 

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Today: Water charges could be on the way back with plans to hit households for 'excessive' use , enticing old people to downsize in order to ease the housing crisis., the mental health of men, and suicide prevent - just some of the topics covered today 

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Today, the Rockall fishing dispute, restoring the institution in the North, cocaine use in Ireland & gang feud in Drogheda, commuter hell hurting family life & should we have gender quotas in elections? These stories and more 

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Donald Trump's brief and divisive visit to Ireland comes to an end, contaminated horse meat investigation leads Gardaí to search seven premises in five counties and the number of motorists disqualified for drug-driving rose by 12% last year - do we need harsher penalties to curb the growing numbers of people driving under the influence? These stories and more on today's Michael Reade Show 

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Today, cannabis seizure in Co Meath, Hospital support workers to down tools later this month, should our defence forces be better paid? And, he's here....we have all the details of President Trump's arrival to Ireland plus, we discussed the sending of intimate images - have you ever had a sexual image of yourself shared online without your consent or do you know someone who has? According to a new study more than 1 in 10 young people between the ages of 15 and 18 have.
 

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IT's all about one man today as Donald Trump makes his first visit to Ireland as President of the USA.   We spoke to Peter O'Connell, Editor of the Clare Champion to find out how locals in Co Clare are preparing for his arrival, and got reaction from newly elected  MEP Clare Daly and Catherine Devitt of the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition  while  people on the streets of  Drogheda shared their views with Ross Leahy.   

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After insulting the London Mayor and dining with the Queen the 'Trump Show' is set to roll into town, local councillor Paddy Meade vows to protect the right of way to Bettystown Beach and petrol prices are at their highest in 6 months as the AA look for more Gardai on Irish roads. These stories and more.

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