Morning Ireland

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Banks' public interest directors' earnings controversy

Ciaran Lynch, Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, discusses the appearance of the banks' Public Interest Directors

Public interest directors 'don't know much about banking'

Shane Ross, Independent TD, discusses the appearance by the banks' public interest directors before the Oireachtas finance committee yesterday

Loyalist flag protests damage Belfast business

Michael Deane, Belfast restaurateur, is concerned that there's still no end in sight to the flags protest

Loyalist flag protests continue into third week

Tommie Gorman, RTÉ Northern Editor, says social media is playing an important role in the organisation of the flag protests

Russian President outlines position on Syria

John Lough, Chatham House, discusses Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual major press conference in Moscow

Health insurance renewals to rise by 20% in January

Dermot Goode, Health analyst with Cornmarket, says some health insurance customers could see large increases in their policy charges this January

Latest attempts to avert 'Fiscal Cliff' fails

Bill Nicholson, Operations Editor of USA today, on why a vote on a Republican bill to limit tax rises to those earning more than $1m year was abandoned in the US House of Representatives

Relief for those in mortgage debt

David Hall, Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation, assesses new personal insolvency legislation

Seven people hospitalised after Shannon chemical plant incident

Cathy Halloran, RTÉ's Mid-Western Correspondent, says yesterday's incident at the plant is the second serious case of pollution there (last was in 2007)

People flock to Newgrange for winter solstice

Richard Dowling, RTÉ North East Correspondent, reports live from the 5,000 year old tomb where drummers made up for the Sun's no-show

Nothing tastes quite like home at Christmas

Jackie Fox reports on what people are sending abroad for Christmas

Weather forecast

Presented by Siobhán Ryan of Met Éireann

8am News Bulletin

Presented by Michael Murphy