Number of homes to rent 'at lowest level since 2006'

Morning Ireland Monday 13 May 2019

Morning Ireland

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

Full Programme Podcast: Monday, 13 May 2019

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

Govt compensation scheme has paid nothing to abuse survivors

Conor O'Mahony, director of UCC's Child Law Clinic, tells us how victims are unable to get redress via the scheme set up for those abused in day schools run by religious institutions following the Louise O'Keefe ruling.

"They must own up to that responsibility"

Louise O'Keefe responds to revelations that a redress scheme for pupils abused in day schools, set up after her landmark win in the European Court of Human Rights, has failed to provide compensation to 44 applicants.

"They have built in a contingency fund of half a billion to cover unexpected things"

Tony Foley, Emeritus Associate Professor of Economics at Dublin City University's business school, assesses the potential financial implications on other public projects of the Government spending €3 billion on the National Broadband Plan.

Govt urged to clarify broadband investment process

Barry Cowen, Fianna Fail's Spokesperson on Public Expenditure and Reform, discusses his concerns about the €5 billion broadband project.

Farage's Brexit party leads UK poll on EU elections

Fiona Mitchell, London Correspondent, discusses the latest opinion polls in the UK, which show a surge in support for Nigel Farage's Brexit Party.

"We're more than anxious not to take up all the time with presentations and to give a very generous amount of time for questions"

Justice Henry Abbott, Chairperson of the Committee to Oversee the Plebiscite Public Information Campaign, speaks to us ahead of public meetings in Cork City, Limerick and Waterford, on the plebiscites for directly elected mayors.

Number of homes to rent 'at lowest level since 2006'

Ronan Lyons, Daft.ie, tells us how the number of homes to rent has reached its lowest level since 2006.

Women under 30 remain largely under represented in Irish Politics

Mary Regan, political reporter with RTÉ, reports on the number of women contesting the 2019 local elections.

"The situation, for me, is a grey area"

Aengus Cox speaks to members of the electric scooter community who are calling for the Government to regulate for the use of the vehicles in public spaces.

Anti-gay preacher barred from travelling to Ireland

Kevin Doyle, Group Political Editor for Independent News and Media, tells us how a controversial US preacher who denies the holocaust and promotes anti-LGBT rhetoric has been barred from speaking in Ireland.