Morning Ireland

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Weather hits roads, airports, buses & rail

Siobhán Moore, Dublin Airport Authority, says some, but not all, flights to and from the airport are delayed by around 40 minutes

Jane Cregan, spokeswoman, Iarnród Éireann, says a machine failed at Dublin's Pearse Street Station last night

Conor Faughnan, AA Roadwatch, says motorists should slow down and keep a safe distance from the car ahead

Economic picture around the world

Brian O'Connell, London Editor, says unemployment is rising at the fastest level since 1997 in Britain

Charlie Bird, Washington Correspondent, says figures due out today are expected to show over 500,000 people lost their jobs last month

Margaret Ward, Foreign Editor, says people are walking the streets looking for factory jobs in parts of China

Tony Connelly, Europe Correspondent, says unemployment is the biggest challenge accross the board

Competitiveness in the energy sector

Bill Prasifka, Chief Executive, Competition Authority, says regulation in the energy market can only take us so far

Dell workers elect committee

Denis Ryan, Dell workers committee, says he has worked in the company for ten years and has been offered a redundancy package of six weeks pay

Living standards to drop by 10%

Listen to clip of Brian Cowen's speech last night

Harry McGee, Irish Times, gives his analysis of the speech delivered at the Dublin Chamber of Commerce AGM

New programme to help the unemployed

Don Barry, President of the University of Limerick, outlines the details of a joint venture in Kerry and Limerick

Two worldwide premiers for Carr

Sinéad Crowley, Arts & Media Correspondent, reports one of Marina Carr's plays is a story for children and the other an adult drama