Elections 2019: The picture so far

Morning Ireland Tuesday 28 May 2019

Morning Ireland

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Audrey Carville.

Full Programme Podcast: Tuesday, 28 May 2019

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Audrey Carville.

Major signal fault affecting Heuston Station services

Jane Cregan, Iarnród Éireann, tells us how major delays are expected on Heuston Station services.

"The main problem still exists. We are still working to rectify the central signalling problem that impacted on services this morning"

Jane Cregan, Iarnród Éireann, gives an update on service delays

Elections 2019: The picture so far

Barry Lenihan reports from the Dublin count at the RDS.

EU leaders meet to decide on next commissioner

Tony Connelly, Europe Editor, discusses the European elections and what the results now means for the makeup of Brussels Parliament.

Cork, Waterford reject, Limerick backs plan for directly elected mayor

Dr Frank Crowley, Economist at University College Cork, describes Cork City's no vote to a directly elected Mayor as a missed opportunity

Long makes history as Alliance party take seat in NI

Andree Murphy, columnist with Andersonstown News, discusses the European Election results in Northern Ireland

Daly, Andrews in dispute over transfers at Dublin count

Paul Cunningham, Political Correspondent reflects on another dramatic political night.

Limerick voters will have chance to elect mayor by 2022

John Paul Phelan TD, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, on the Mayoral Plebiscites rejected in Cork and Waterford but passed in Limerick

Complaints to the Ombudsman are up 11%

Peter Tyndall, Ombudsman and Information Commissioner, on their annual report which looks into the complaints made to the body in 2018.

Defense Forces treated with contempt' - ex-Army Ranger

Cathal Berry, who was Head of the Medical School at the Defence Forces and Deputy Commander of the Army Ranger Wing, said members of the military are being treated with "contempt".