Morning Ireland Wednesday 3 May 2017

Morning Ireland

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Gavin Jennings and Cathal Mac Coille

Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation conference opens today

Martina Harkin-Kelly, INMO President, says pay and staffing levels are top of the agenda for their conference

Govt publishes its Brexit negotiations strategy

Stephen Donnelly, Fianna Fáil Brexit spokesperson, discusses the Government's Brexit strategy document

Garda superintendents call for improved IT system for force

Noel Cunningham, President of the Association of Garda Superintendents, says a lack of investment in personnel, training and IT, is to blame for many of the problems which has led to the current crisis in An Garda Síochána

Schools due to be built on Harold's Cross Stadium site

Senator Kevin Humphries, Labour spokesperson for Dublin, welcomes state purchase of Harold's Cross Stadium

Who is Marine Le Pen?

Lisa Pereira reports from Paris on how Marine Le Pen's policies have found favour with with an increasingly mainstream electorate

Trump and Putin discuss steps to ease Syria's civil war

Fred Weir, Moscow Correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor, discusses US-Russian relations after Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin's latest phone conversation

Dáil prayer and silent reflection to be voted on tomorrow

Ailbhe Connelly of our political staff reports that the Dáil has debated a change to the standing order surrounding the Dáil prayer at the start of each session

Three cattle die from lead toxicity in Co Tipperary

Cian McCormack reports on the setting up of an inter agency investigation following the deaths of three cattle from lead toxicity in Silvermines, county Tipperary

Limerick schoolgirl is Ireland's first World Chess Champion

Diana Mirza, 16-year-old Limerick schoolgirl and Ireland's first World Chess Champion, gives her reaction to her success at the World School Chess Championships in Romania last weekend