Morning Ireland

Morning Ireland Friday 6 December 2019

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Gavin Jennings and Bryan Dobson.

Full Programme Podcast: Friday, 6th December 2019

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Gavin Jennings and Bryan Dobson.

Case of brain-damaged homeless man in jail 'staggering'

Mary Carolan, Courts Correspondent with the Irish Times, reports on the case of a brain-damaged man who's being kept in prison in an "awful" situation.

Brain-damaged man in prison a 'social policy failure'

Fíona Ní Chinnéide, Executive Director of the Irish Penal Reform Trust, discusses yesterday's case of a jailed brain-damaged homeless man which the High Court President described as a staggering and truly awful situation.

Farmers plan further blockade over beef prices

Fran McNulty, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Correspondent, discusses today's planned blockage by farmers in County Cork.

Further protest at beef prices as Lidl centre blockaded

Damian O'Reilly, Lecturer in Retail Management at the Technological University in Dublin, discusses the impact of blockades at distribution centres.

More than 200,000 children on health waiting lists

Mary Regan reports on new figures which reveal almost 215,000 children are on waiting lists for health services across the country.

One in four children on waiting lists for longer than a year

Stephen Donnelly, Fianna Fáil's Health Spokesperson, discusses HSE figures which reveal over 200,000 children are on waiting lists for health services across the country.

Sex abuse survivors call for access to State redress

Conor O'Mahoney, Director of the Child Law Clinic at UCC, discusses the delay in a financial redress scheme for sexual abuse survivors in the 1960s and 1970s.

Ministers travel to Trim for special cabinet meeting

Heather Humphreys, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, discusses a report on remote working commissioned as part of Future Jobs Ireland.