Deputy Ged Nash and Senator Gerard Craughwell shared their thoughts on the President's decision not to attend the Northern Ireland centenary event next month

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INTO President Joe McKeown discussed the findings of the OECD report on funding in education and he says we have some of the biggest class numbers in Europe which is impacting on teachers ability to give individual students the time and attention they should be getting on a daily basis.

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Chief Executive of Nursing Homes Ireland, Tadhg Daly spoke with Michael about the need to maintain safety controls in nursing homes in order to keep Covid out of the homes and keep infection rates under control

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Anne Lennon of Friends of Ardee Bog spoke with Michael on route to their silent vigil outside Leinster House today about their campaign to raise awareness about the bid to save Ardee Bog, the natural habitat of countless birds and wildlife who are vital to our ecosystem.

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To mark Palliative Care Week running from Sept 12-18, we spoke with Alison Cashell, Clinical Nurse Coordinator for children with life-limiting conditions, about some of the common misconceptions that exist about palliative care and the work she and her colleagues do.

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Jackie McKenna, Project Manager with the Family Addiction Support Network and Bishop Michael Router, Patron of the FASN spoke to us about the important work done by the group to offer support to addicts and their families and discussed the financial struggles they face to remain open

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As the Fianna Fáil think-in takes place in Cavan, we spoke with local FF Cllrs Emma Coffey and John Sheridan about their views on the current in-house fighting and how they see the party emerging from this current controversy.

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CEO of CyberSafeKids, Alex Cooney spoke with Michael about the findings of their annual report which has shown a marked increase in the number of children gaming online with strangers and it also highlights how Covid has made digital technologies become central to the lives of young people

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Independent Senator Gerard Craughwell says people are tired of hearing about the Zappone fiasco but they also recognise that some of the "explanations" leave us with more questions than answers, which warrant further investigation.

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Deputy Gary Gannon, member of the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs, spoke to Michael about the questions he plans to put to Simon Coveney on the Zappone appointment when he appears before the committee today

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