Wolves have suffered from centuries of demonisation – so talk of reintroduction and boosting their populations is inevitably met with resistance – with opponents particularly worried about the threat to livestock.

Pádraic Fogarty is an ecologist and environmental scientist who is the Campaign Officer with the Irish Wildlife Trust. He’s also a former editor of'Irish Wildlife’ and is author of ‘Whittled Away – Ireland’s Vanishing Nature’. He’s a leading advocate of the call to bring back the wolf.

He spoke to Fran on Tipp Today this morning

A database built by a state inquiry into the Mother and Baby Homes system will now be sent to Tusla. It's after the Dáil voted through a controversial bill which transfers the rest of the Commission's records to the Department of Children.

Minister Roderic O'Gorman has denied the intention is to seal the archive and has promised to revisit the question of access for survivors. The Commission is due to submit its report at the end of the month.

Mother & Baby Breeda Murphy is PRO of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home Alliance and she spoke to Fran on Tipp Today this morning.

Johnny Looby joined Fran on Tipp Today this morning for his unique take on Covid lockdown, hand sanitizer and the reintroduction of Wolves in to Ireland!

Gina Hetherington from Paws Animal rescue was in touch with us about an incident in Clonmel last night

She spoke to Fran on Tipp Today about her concerns about Garda resources while trying to rescue a swan from the Cahir Clonmel road last night.

Muiris Walsh spoke to Fran on Tipp Today this morning about the current state of play with GAA and whether games and juvenile training should continue.

Michael Cleary from JKC's toymaster in Nenagh spoke to Fran on Tipp Today this morning about how Level 5 restrictions affect his business.

It follows on from his positive and personal social media post on the issue last night.

A new exhibition opened in Cork this week telling the story of 9

men who lasted 94 days on hunger strike during the War of Independance.

Terence MacSwinney died during the strike 100 years ago this week. But of those 9 men who continued after his death, 3 of them were from Tipperary. Conor Reidy, our resident historian told us about it this morning.

Aisling Ryan who is General Manager of Ryans Cleaning spoke to Fran on Tipp Today this morning about how the company is dealing with Level 5 restrictions, but the good news is that they are now hiring!

The Grubb name is synomomous in Clonmel for its Quaker history. Clodagh Grubb has written a beautiful book called Samplers, Sewing and Simplicity and she spoke to Fran on Tipp Today this morning

Mairead from Arra Vets spoke to Fran on the show this morning about her new premises and also answered listener questions