Why is the virus is spreading faster in the west?

Morning Ireland Tuesday 19 January 2021

Morning Ireland

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Gavin Jennings and Mary Wilson.

Full Programme Podcast: Tuesday, 19th January 2021

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Audrey Carville and Gavin Jennings.

Union to decide on Special Needs school reopening plans

Emma O'Kelly, Education correspondent, discusses the ongoing row between the Department of Education and teachers unions about the potential re-opening of classes for children with special needs this week.

Cabinet approval sought for €91m vaccination deal

David Murphy, Political Coverage Editor, discusses what is expected to be raised at today's cabinet meeting, including a planned €91m deal for GPs and pharmacists to deliver 1.5m Covid-19 vaccines.

A plan to pay GPs and chemists to jab 1.5 million people

Dr. Denis McCauley, Chairman of the GP Committee of the IMO, welcomed the deal agreed with the Government to administer Covid vaccines and says doctors will start administering the AztraZeneca vaccine as soon as it's approved by the EMA

Slight fall in patients in hospital with Covid-19

Fergal Bowers, Health Correspondent, reports on the latest Covid-19 statistics in Ireland as eight further deaths and 2,121 new cases were confirmed by the Department of Health yesterday.

ESB faces probe over link to Colombian coal mine

Dr Gearoid O Cuinn, director of Global Legal Action Network, discusses a formal complaint being lodged today against ESB about alleged human rights abuses at an ESB-linked coal mine in Colombia.

Construction workers at Kerry hospital receive vaccine

SIPTU Health Divisional Organiser, Kevin Figgis, says it is receiving complaints from members nationwide about how the Covid 19 vaccine is being rolled out.

Group shocked at racism conclusions in homes report

Aengus Cox gets reaction from members of the mixed-race Irish community to last week's the report into mother-and-baby homes

US inaugurations: High drama and sore losers

Kendra Berkoff Lamy, President Elect Joe Biden's former press secretary, previews his presidency

Why is the virus is spreading faster in the west?

David McNeill, Medical Director for Westdoc, and Dr Brian Osborne, Assistant Medical Director of the Irish College of General Practitioners and a GP in Galway, discusses rising rates of Covid-19 in the West of Ireland.