Drivetime Tuesday 15 January 2019
Drivetime
Mary Wilson presents an information packed evening news magazine with all the stories of the day
Apprenticeships
Martin McVicar, Managing Director & Co-Founder of Combilift, discusses his call for a change of mind-set from teachers and parents about future career options and apprenticeships.
Enforcing Coercive Control
David Tucker, crime and criminal justice lead for the College of Policing, speaks to Mary about the enforcement of coercive control laws in the UK.
Science Foundation Ireland Research Plan
Dr. Maria Prencipe, UCD Conway Institute, and Professor Mark Ferguson, Director General of Science Foundation Ireland and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government, discusses the launch of Science Foundation Ireland's annual plan that will be finding 20 research projects across a range of sectors.
Addiction and Sport
Oisin McConville, Former Armagh and All Ireland Football Champion, talks about his experience with a gambling addiction and the international symposium on addiction and trauma that is taking place in Croke Park on Tuesday January 29th entitled 'Celebrating Resilience and Change'.
Olivia O'Leary's Column
Olivia O'Leary examines the Brexit negotiations and asks 'if the perfect is the enemy of the possible?'
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Olivia O'Leary
In her weekly political column, Olivia O'Leary asks why Ireland doesn't have a big, ultra nationalist, anti immigrant party.
PrinterGate
Philip Boucher-Hayes gets a guided tour of a Komori printer similar to the one at the centre of the Dail controversy.
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan, security analyst, talks to Mary his experiences of being a whistleblower in the Irish army.
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Presenter: Mary Wilson