Morning Ireland

Morning Ireland Friday 19 October 2018

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Gavin Jennings

2018 presidential election update

Michéal Lehane, Political Correspondent, takes a look at how the Presidential Election is going

'Certainly looks' like journalist Khashoggi is dead, says Trump

Jonathan Rugman, Channel 4's Foreign Affairs Correspondent, reports from Istanbul on the mystery surrounding the deal of Jamal Khashoggi

Nearly 10,000 elderly left on trolleys for over 24 hours in 2018

Stephen Donnelly, Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson, speaks about the trolley crisis

US opens federal investigation into Catholic Church abuse

Christopher Lamb, Rome Correspondent for The Tablet, an International Catholic weekly newspaper, brings us the latest on the U.S. Justice Department's investigation into child sexual abuse in the Pennsylvania Catholic Church

'Worrying trend' of people becoming homeless younger

Cathy Halloran, Mid West Correspondent, reports on the details of Novas' annual report, a housing and homeless agency in the Mid West

Extension of Brexit transition period considered by EU and UK

Sir Simon Fraser, Former Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, discusses the need for Theresa May to be allowed deliver an 'orderly Brexit'

Concern over use of restraint on psychiatric patients

John Saunders, Chairman of The Mental Health Commission, discusses the latest figures of the use of restraint and seclusion in the mental health services

Garda crackdown on speeding on national Slow Down day

Finbarr Murphy, Chief Superintendent with An Garda Síochána, discusses national 'slow down day'

Baboró Children's Arts Festival continues in Galway this weekend

Pat McGrath, Western Correspondent, reports on the Baboró Arts Festival for Children which is taking place in Galway over the weekend

Extraordinary flight ability of dandelions revealed

Dr Cathal Cummins, Associate Researcher at the University of Edinburgh's Schools of Biological Sciences and Engineering, discusses new research into the dandelion plant, which reveals a newly discovered form of natural flight