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Morning Ireland Tuesday 12 November 2019

Morning Ireland

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Bryan Dobson.

Full Programme Podcast: Tuesday, 12th November 2019

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Bryan Dobson.

Lisa Smith expected back in Ireland within weeks

Rukmini Calimachi, New York Times Foreign Correspondent focusing on the so-called Islamic State group, assesses Turkey's decision to begin deporting foreign members of the so-called Islamic State group held in custody.

Turkey to deport Lisa Smith and her daughter to Ireland

Michael Murphy, Ex-senior intelligence officer with the Defence Forces and Security Consultant, discusses what is likely to happen to Lisa Smith if she returns to Ireland

Taxi driver used remote control to up fares, court told

Tom Tuite, Journalist and Courts Reporter, details a case where a taxi driver was found to have ripped off passengers 280 times by secretly using a remote control to add €9 to fares without their knowledge.

Majority of gay teenagers feel unsafe in school - Report

Moninne Griffin, CEO of BeLonG To Youth Services, discusses the views of gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans pupils.

Tackling the climate crisis doesn't have to be hot air

Philip Boucher Hayes discusses his documentary 'Hot Air' which is screening tonight as part of RTÉ Climate Week.

Rent inflation slows to lowest level in 6 years - Daft

Ronan Lyons, Assistant Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin, on how Rent increases have started to slow because people can no longer pay the market rates.

€40m spent on school building remediation works

Emma O'Kelly, Education Correspondent, discusses the cost of remediation works in schools with fire safety breaches and structural defects.

Crimestoppers launch campaign to combat Metal Theft

John O'Driscoll, Assistant Commissioner Special Crime Operations, and Paul Mulvaney, Executive Director of ESB Networks, discuss the problem of metal theft.