8.40am Sports News

Morning Ireland Thursday 31 July 2014

Morning Ireland

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Claire Byrne and Fran McNulty.

Reports from the ground in Gaza

Paul Mason, journalist with Channel 4 News in Gaza, discusses the situation on the ground there

Tactics used in Gaza conflict

Tom Clonan, Irish Times Security Consultant, analyses the tactics and strategies of Hamas and Israel in the ongoing conflict

Man's body found in Co Meath

Paul Reynolds, RTÉ Crime Correspondent, discusses the garda investigation into the discovery of a man's body in a field in Co Meath yesterday evening

Could Ireland deal with outbreak of Ebola virus?

Dr Darina O'Flanagan, Director of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, discusses the threat posed by the Ebola virus

EU allocates €2m extra to fight Ebola

Tarik Jasarevic, World health Organisation Spokesperson, discusses the international response to the latest outbreak of Ebola in West Africa

Second default for Argentina in 12 years?

Paul Byrne, journalist with Associated Press in Buenos Aires, reports on Argentina's latest debt difficulties

Scottish referendum approaches

Fiona Mitchell reports from Scotland where the economy is a key issue as the Scots prepare to vote in a referendum on Independence

Commemoration for WWI Irish soldiers at Glasnevin

John Green, Chairman of the Glasnevin Trust, discusses a new monumental 'Cross of Sacrifice' at Glasnevin Cemetery to commemorate the Irish soldiers who died in WWI and WWII

Polish community remembers WWII

Justin McCarthy reports on the events being organised by the Polish community in Dublin to mark the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw uprising during World War II

Centenary of the outbreak of WWI

Dr Heather Jones, Associate Professor at the London School of Economics, and John Horne, Professor of Modern European History at Trinity College Dublin, discuss the centenary of the outbreak of WWI