Ireland abstains from UN Human Rights Council vote

Morning Ireland Thursday 24 July 2014

Ireland abstains from UN Human Rights Council vote

Averil Power, Fianna Fail Senator, discusses Ireland's abstention from a vote at the UN Human Rights Council on a resolution calling for an investigation into war crimes in Gaza

Hamas calls for truce

Jonathan Miller, Foreign Affairs Correspondent with Channel 4 news, reports on a call by Hamas leader for a ceasefire to end of Gaza blockade

Possible ceasefire in Gaza

Shashank Joshi, research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, discusses the possibility of a truce

Some airliners lift flying restrictions to Tel Aviv

Rafi Sela, President of AR Challenges a transport and security consultancy firm in Tel Aviv, reacts to US and other international airliners decision to stop flights to Israel's capital

Last Cabinet meeting before summer break

Daniel McConnell, Political Correspondent with Independent Newspapers, discusses the political issues of the day following yesterday's last Cabinet meeting before the summer break

Latest on the banking inquiry

Pearse Doherty, Finance Spokesman Sinn Fein, discusses the next steps in the banking inquiry

GP care may be in place by end of year

Steve Thomas, from the Centre for Health Policy at Trinity College Dublin, on the plans to extend free GP care

Castletownbere credit union wound up

Charlie Weston, Personal Finance Editor with the Irish Independent, and Noel Harrington, Fine Gael TD for Cork South West and resident of the Castletownbere, discusses the closure of the credit union there