Morning Ireland

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Audits recommended at Central Mental Hospital

Prof Harry Kennedy, Clinical Director at the Central Mental Hospital, discusses the inquest into the death of Gary Connell

Carter & Tutu on Darfur tour

Andrew Heavens, GRN reporter, says the two attacked world governments for failing to support a planned peace-keeping force

Sputnik's 50th anniversary

Leo Enright, technology journalist, discusses Sputnik which marked the beginning of the space age and space race

HSE budget controversy

Helen Donohue reports on how HSE budgets work and why 2007 has proved difficult in balancing the books

Explosion at Finglas factory

Paul Reynolds, Crime Correspondent, brings the latest on the factory explosion

Changes to garda crime investigations

Paul Reynolds reports on major changes in the way An Garda Síochána tackles serious crime & trains the force

Underperforming teachers to be penalised

John Carr, INTO, says the Dept of Education's new plan is deeply flawed and unworkable

Cameron challenges Brown to call election

George Jones, Political Editor, Daily Telegraph, says British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is facing a critical weekend in politics

Tributes paid to Tony Ryan

Michael O'Leary, Chief Executive, Ryanair, remembers working for one of Ireland's great entrepreneurs

Lost in translation

Eleanor Burnhill reports on interpreters and the lack of skilled workers in the area

Drug allegations raised in the Dáil

Simon Coveney TD (FG) calls on Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to ask his ministers if they were quoted in a book about cocaine use