Drivetime Tuesday 19 November 2019
Drivetime
Mary Wilson presents an information packed evening news magazine with all the stories of the day
Swine Flu Vaccine Case
Mary Bennett, mother of Aoife Bennett, and Michael Boylan, solicitor, discuss the settlement of Aoife Bennett's case after she claimed she developed narcolepsy after being given the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine at her school when she was 16.
Teachers reporting to TUSLA
Moira Leydon, Assistant General Secretary of the ASTI, talks to Mary about an Irish Examiner article that shows that teachers have reported almost four and a half thousand concerns over suspected child abuse to TUSLA.
Verona Murphy
Drivetime's Barry Lenihan reports on the controversy surrounding Verona Murphy.
Insurance Fraud
John O'Driscoll, Assistant Commissioner, and Dr Jason Van Der Velde, pre hospital emergency medicine physician, discuss medical insurance fraud.
National Broadband Plan
Richard Bruton, Minister for Communication, Climate Action and the Environment, speaks to Mary about Verona Murphy and the National Broadband Plan.
Men's Health Symposium
Drivetime's John Cooke reports from the Men's Health Symposium in NUI Galway.
Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein
Lisa Bloom, lawyer for five Epstein victims, talks to Mary about the BBC Prince Andrew interview.
Olivia's Column
In her political column this week, Olivia O'Leary asks where to now for Sinn Fein?
Climate Change: India
In the final part of her series Della Kilroy reports on how the global climate crisis is impacting India.
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Programme Highlights
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