Vaccine task force to meet as rollout plans considered

Morning Ireland Monday 30 November 2020

Morning Ireland

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Audrey Carville and Mary Wilson.

Full Programme Podcast: Monday, 30th November 2020

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Audrey Carville and Mary Wilson.

Sinn Féin TD's tweet 'insensitive and stupid' - Coveney

Simon Coveney, Minister for Foreign Affairs on brexit crunch talks and moving from lockdown to Level 3 restrictions this week.

Possible ban on UK potatoes could impact Irish supply

Tony Connelly, Europe Editor, on last-ditch brexit deal talks and why agreement must be reached this week. Fran McNulty, Agriculture and consumer affairs correspondent, reports on how Brexit might have knock on effects for chip shops.

Government may yet face hardest call on Covid-19 restrictions

Jack Horgan, Irish Times Journalist, analyses new Covid-19 data provided to the government by EY, which shows that counties where 'wet pubs' reopened saw a rise in 14-day incidence ten days later, and discusses what do we know now that we didn't before?

Dubliners window-shop in advance of retailers reopening this week

Joan O'Sullivan reports from Grafton Street ahead of the easing of level 5 restrictions.

Churches due to open tomorrow

Fr. Iggy O'Donovan, Augustinian Priest based in Fethard, Co Tipperary on the possibility of running extra masses for Christmas eve and Christmas day to cope with demand while adhering to public health guidelines.

Foster to write to Ceann Comhairle over SF TD's tweet

Gregory Campbell, DUP, discusses a since-deleted tweet sent by Sinn Féin's Brian Stanley, described by Arlene Foster as "shameful", which has prompted Ms Foster to write to the Chair of the Dáil

Vaccine task force to meet as rollout plans considered

Eleanor Burnhill looks at the challenges associated with the deliberate spread of online-based disinformation regarding covid-19 vaccinations

China launches Chang'e-5 mission to bring back rocks from moon

Leo Enright, Space commentator and broadcaster, discusses China's historic lunar mission to collect samples from the moon, in what is the first mission of its kind since the mid 1970s