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A manhunt is going on both sides of the Border for the gang who shot dead Detective Garda Adrian Donohue in County Louth on Friday. Some clues are beginning to emerge. The PSNI are examining a burned out car found in South Armagh – 25 miles from the scene of the shooting at Lordship Credit Union in Bellurgan , on the Cooley peninsula.
There are suspicions that the group involved in the robbery and murder are a cross border crime gang which operates in Louth and South Armagh. Valerie Cox has been to Cooley where she spoke to some of those who knew Detective Donohue.
Joining Pat also was Jim Cusack of the Sunday Independent .
A manhunt is going on both sides of the Border for the gang who shot dead Detective Garda Adrian Donohue in County Louth on Friday. Some clues are beginning to emerge. The PSNI are examining a burned out car found in South Armagh – 25 miles from the scene of the shooting at Lordship Credit Union in Bellurgan , on the Cooley peninsula.
There are suspicions that the group involved in the robbery and murder are a cross border crime gang which operates in Louth and South Armagh. Valerie Cox has been to Cooley where she spoke to some of those who knew Detective Donohue.
Joining Pat also was Jim Cusack of the Sunday Independent .
It is a question that has preoccupied us for centuries – what does it mean to be Irish? What are the origins of our race? Is there such a thing as Irish genetic purity? How would we feel if the archetypical Irishman was, in fact, half-British? And does it matter anyway, if in the next 20-30,000 years every trace of Irish people and culture will be scraped clean from its surface by new ice sheets? These are just a few of the questions that James Mallory explores in his new book, The Origins of the Irish and it is the first major attempt in nearly eighty years to deal with the core issues and multiple influences in the creation of the Irish people.
As it emerges that the source of horsemeat that ended up in Irish burgers was mainland Europe (specifically Poland), we have a chilling tale for you.
So if horsemeat and other products from around Europe are ending up in Irish beefburgers is that where the trail ends?
Well my next guest says it does not and has ample evidence that American horsemeat from de-commissioned racehorses amongst others is ending up in the European food chain.
More worryingly, many of these animals will have received recent medical treatments that had not being properly documented before their slaughter.
Pat was joined from the United States by investigative journalist Jack Rodolico of Lattitude News
Is the Irish language on life support? That’s the question my documentary maker and journalist Manchán Magan asks in a new play called Focal Point which opens in the Project Arts Centre on February 5th and then does a tour of schools. Manchán Magan's joined Pat in studio.
The connections between Ireland and Newfoundland has been well documented over the years – from speech patterns to music and I’m delighted to say we have one of those connections with me in studio this morning. The Dictionary of Newfoundland English defines "the once" as: "as soon as possible, right away." Used in a sentence, one might say "Let's go see The Once the once." Well I’m delighted to sat The Once got here as soon as possible from Carrick-On-Bannow to be with us this morning. Based out of St. John's, Newfoundland - the trio is comprised of Geraldine Hollett from Burin, Phil Churchill from Corner Brook and Andrew Dale from Coley's Point.
