Morning Ireland Friday 5 October 2018

Morning Ireland

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Audrey Carville and Bryan Dobson.

"I can't tell friends the truth about being homeless. It's too embarrassing" - Amanda

Emma O'Kelly, RTÉ Education correspondent, returns one year on, to speak again to a young homeless student who is struggling with life in a hotel room.

Unacceptable for homeless families to live in hotels - Coveney

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney discusses families living in hotels and the latest developments in the Brexit negotiations and a new series of seminars being held around the country to make businesses Brexit-ready.

EU calls on UK to bring forward 'promised' proposals to break Brexit deadlock

Tony Connelly, Europe Editor and Tommie Gorman, Northern Editor , discusses the latest developments in the Brexit negotiations.

Commemorations to mark 50th anniversary of Derry march

Martin Cowley, retired journalist and Eamon Hayes, retired RTÉ sound recordist, recall the scenes on Duke Street in Derry City 50 Years ago. For archive coverage of the march, copy and paste this link into your browser: https://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/1031-civil-rights-movement-1968-9/

Over 1,000 feared to be missing in Indonesia disaster

Simon Roughneen, Reporter in South-East Asia, explains how Indonesia is dealing with the aftermath of last week's earthquake and tsunami.

6% of properties available within assistant limits - study

Niamh Randall, National Spokesperson for the Simon Communities, discusses its latest snapshot of the rental market.

Republicans aim to confirm Brett Kavanaugh this weekend

Patrick Mara, Republican Political Consultant, discusses the reaction to the FBI investigation into Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

West accuses Russia of global hacking campaign

Dr Sally Leivesley, security expert and advisor to companies and governments, also Managing Director of Newrisk, discusses the potential consequences of the US, UK and Netherlands accusing Russia of cyber-attacks.