NEPHET due to recommend more restrictions, warning about spiking, the plight of family carers and toll fees set to rise - just some of the topics covered on today's show

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The abuse that retail workers are being subjected to, the implications of the rise in energy prices for the less well, Irish Water's consultation on the draft Regional Water Resources Plan, Sinn Fein's Homeless Bill and National Lottery operators seeking regulatory approval for a 'must be won draw', were among the topics covered today

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Professor Anthony Staines spoke about the latest Covid developments as the gap to qualify for the booster is reduced to three months amid fears over the Omicron variant. Dundalk man Eddie McGuinness opened up about his throat cancer diagnosis and we spoke to Thomas McCann of the National Traveller Mental Health Network while Barry Kenny gave details of Iarnrod Eireann's new fleet of DART carriages

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Today on the show: Social Justice Ireland say house costings and utilities are the biggest burdens on tenants and home owners. Research from AA Ireland shows that the majority of drivers have witnessed a road rage incident. Retail Excellence give us their thoughts on the hauliers protest in Dublin today, Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick joins us to discuss private health insurance and local Cllr Padraig Fitzsimons on the long delays for people attending the walk in booster clinic in Navan over the weekend.

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Junior Minister Damien English discussed the extended government supports for those affected by Covid while local Labour Deputy Ged Nash discussed his campaign for a Covid testing centre in Drogheda and we spoke to John Dolan of the Disability Federation of Ireland about the cost of disability - just some of the issues covered today

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Local TDs Peadar Toibin and Fergus O'Dowd discussed the proposed Commission of Investigation into the management of covid in nursing homes while Deputy Imelda Munster discussed the ongoing situation at Sruthan House in Dundalk. We also covered shots being fired in Dundalk on Sunday, and got reaction to the new funding model for Childcare

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Storm Barra, Covid vaccines for children, the overnight petrol bomb on a house in Drogheda's St Finian's Park and the 'do not consume' notice for the Greenmount Treatment plant in Mid-Louth were just some of the topics covered today

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We got reaction to the new government Covid restrictions from a number of guests including the European Affairs Minister Thomas Byrne, local publicans Wayne Harding and Collette Nugent, restaurateur Mark McGowan, and Paddy Malone of Dundalk Chamber of Commerce.

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Today Junior Minister Damien English discussed the latest Covid recommendations from NEPHET, Minister for Justice Helen McEntee outlined details of her new scheme for the undocumented in Ireland, and Averil Power of the Irish Cancer Society on concerns that progress on cancer survival is at risk due to Covid disruption.

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The People Before Profit Ventilation Bill, average industrial earnings, Covid issues at the Parliamentary party's meetings, Barnardo's response to children having to wear face masks in schools and the updated situation at Tara Mines were among the topics discussed today

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