At about 5pm local time on Tuesday 12 January, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale hit the Caribbean country of Haiti. It's estimated to have killed up to 200,000 people and left over a million more injured and homeless.
Morning Ireland has been reporting on the disaster from the first day and continues to do so. Cian McCormack travelled to Haiti shortly after the earthquake struck, and has returned now, to check on the reconstruction efforts six months later.
Click on the links below to listen to his reports, and to the many interviews we broadcast as the tragedy unfolded.
To see photos from Cian's reporting assignments in Haiti, click here
Morning Ireland:
Joesefa Gauthier, Digicel, says many of the buildings in the centre of Port-au-Prince have collapsed but their building did notMorning Ireland:
Eleanor Burnhill reports that the earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale lasted for less than a minuteMorning Ireland:
Bríd Kennedy, Regional Director, Concern Worldwide, says they got a call last night to say that all the team was safe and wellMorning Ireland:
Arlene Martin Wilkins, Jamaica Observer, says hundreds are feared dead and bodies have already been found on roads in the capitalMorning Ireland:
Michael Carey, Chair of Jacob Fruitfield and partner in non-profit organisation Soul of Haiti, says they have been attempting to build the economy in HaitiMorning Ireland:
Bríd Kennedy, Concern's Regional Director, says there needs to be a quick response to prevent violence on the streetsMorning Ireland:
Matthew Price of the BBC reports that the runway at the airport is intact and has been secured by UN and Haitian authoritiesMorning Ireland:
Dr Eric Laroche, WHO Assistant General for Health Action in Crises, says the lack of water, food and hygiene could lead to an outbreak of diseasesMorning Ireland:
Pete Garrett, Head of Disaster Relief for the British Red Cross, says that humanitarian organisations need to work togetherMorning Ireland:
Duly Brutus, Haiti's Ambassador to the Organisation of American States, says that up to 100,000 people may have diedMorning Ireland:
Survivors of the earthquake explain the current situation to the BBCMorning Ireland:
Lisa Pereira, Morning Ireland Studio and Web Producer, reports on the online activity that has followed the disaster in the Caribbean stateMorning Ireland:
Chris Bean, Head of the Geophysics Research Group at UCD's School of Geological Sciences, says Haiti sits on the boundary of two tectonic platesMorning Ireland:
Darren Hanniffy, GOAL aid worker, says bodies are being piled high in trucks in the capital city of Port-au-Prince in the wake of Tuesday's catastrophic earthquakeMorning Ireland:
Peter Hallward, author of 'Damming the Flood', says the governments rushing to help are the same governments who kept Haiti in a condition beyond abject poverty for over 100 yearsMorning Ireland:
Edel Lawlor, Our Little Brothers and Sisters, says the workers in her charity say the airport is overwhelmed by the amount of aidMorning Ireland:
Evelyn McClafferty spoke to US citizen Yvonne Trimble who, with her husband Joel, is a missionary based in HaitiMorning Ireland:
Aid workers describe how the most impoverished country in the Western Hemisphere is coping with the aftermath of the earthquakeMorning Ireland:
Darren Hanniffy, GOAL worker, describes the situation 24-hours after he arrived in Port-au-PrinceMorning Ireland:
Matthew Price, BBC correspondent is in Port-au-Prince, says absolutely no aid seems to be reaching the people in HaitiMorning Ireland:
Former Haitian Prime Minister Claudette Werleigh says the country was dealing with many problems prior to this disasterMorning Ireland:
Denis O'Brien, one of the biggest employers in Haiti, says that the situation on the ground is shocking, with half the housing flattenedMorning Ireland:
Charlie Bird, Washington Correspondent, reports that on day six of the disaster, search and rescue operations are still finding people aliveMorning Ireland:
Paul Conneally, International Red Cross, says that the aid operation is going more slowly than is ideal, but that everyone is doing the best they canMorning Ireland:
Darren Hanniffy of GOAL says that they are starting to receive supplies and that they will commence their distribution as soon as possibleMorning Ireland:
Matthew Price, of the BBC, was one of the first reporters into Haiti after the earthquake hit, and he has returned to see if the situation has improvedMorning Ireland:
Colin Diner, Rescue South Africa, says that there is still hope of finding people alive among the rubble and ruinsMorning Ireland:
Charlie Bird, Washington Correspondent, reports that as many as 100,000 people have already been buried in mass gravesMorning Ireland:
Dominic Crowley, Head of Concern's Emergency Unit in Haiti, says the security situation is stable with just pockets of sporadic riotingMorning Ireland:
Bill Clinton, UN Special Envoy for Haiti, tells the BBC's Matt Frei that he is optimistic for the recovery of Haiti despite the problems it is currently experiencingMorning Ireland:
Dr Louise Ivers, Partners in Health, says it is important to get food supplies to the survivors as many are going hungry and thirstyMorning Ireland:
John Mahon, commercial airline pilot, tells Eleanor Burnhill that he has flown several international rescue teams into Port-au-PrinceMorning Ireland:
David Orr, World Food Programme spokesman, says the WFP provided meals for 95,000 people yesterdayMorning Ireland:
Benoit Leduc, Médecins Sans Frontières co-ordinator, says there was some violence in Port-au-Prince as people sought emergency aid suppliesMorning Ireland:
Paddy Doyle, Manager, Taxback.com in Haiti, says there were bodies everywhere and people screaming for help in the aftermath of the earthquakeMorning Ireland:
Raymond Joseph, Haitian ambassador to the US, says the government in Haiti is functioning and meetings are being held every dayMorning Ireland:
Louis Belanger, Oxfam, says today they are providing water for up to 4,000 people on a golf courseMorning Ireland:
Charlie Bird reports Irish aid agencies are making a great effort in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquakeMorning Ireland:
Evelyn McClafferty talks to health care workers and other volunteers who are going with GOAL to Haiti on an Aer Lingus flightMorning Ireland:
Gena Heraty, Our Little Brothers and Sisters, said the aftershock was the worst thing that could happen for children who are living in fear following the quakeMorning Ireland:
Professor Paul Collier, Oxford University, says Haiti is the poorest country in the Western HemisphereMorning Ireland:
Charlie Bird, Washington Correspondent, reports that two local people were shot dead near the airport in Port-au-Prince by police yesterdayMorning Ireland:
Donal Reilly, Catholic Relief Services, says up to 50,000 people are in the camp on the hill over-looking Port-au-Prince living in make-shift accommodationMorning Ireland:
Cian McCormack reports from Port-au-Prince with an update on the situation 13 days after the devastating earthquakeMorning Ireland:
Dominic McSorley, Concern's Director of Operations in Haiti, says aid agencies are beginning to make progress despite some obstaclesMorning Ireland:
Cian McCormack reports that the Haitian government is planning to set up camps on the outskirts of Port-au-PrinceMorning Ireland:
Cian McCormack reports that officials say 85,000 people have been buried in mass graves, but many bodies remain on the streetsMorning Ireland:
Cian McCormack reports that thousands of people are still living on the side of the road near their destroyed homesMorning Ireland:
Raymond Joseph, Haiti Ambassador to US, says that non-governmental organisations should co-operate to maximise the assistance they provideMorning Ireland:
Cian McCormack reports that the people of Port-au-Prince are still trying to cobble together some type of existence in the aftermath of the earthquakeMorning Ireland:
Paul Collier, former UN special advisor to Haiti, discusses the bigger pictureMorning Ireland:
Dr Louise Ivers, Clinical Director of Partners In Health, speaks to Colman O'Sullivan about the current situation on the groundMorning Ireland:
Cian McCormack revisits Haiti six months after the earthquakeMorning Ireland:
Cian McCormack reports that Minister for Overseas Aid Peter Power visited a number of relief camps in Haiti as the country faces into hurricane seasonMorning Ireland:
Cian McCormack reports native Haitians are displaying their instincts for enterprise in the wake of January's devastating earthquakeMorning Ireland:
Cian McCormack says that finding the site where bodies were being buried six months ago was difficult with people giving different directionsMorning Ireland:
Cian McCormack finds that Haitians have differing opinions on what the future holds for their countryMorning Ireland:
Cian McCormack reports that six months after the devastating eathquake, the Caribbean nation is struggling to cope with the after-effects