Home-schooling for secondary school students

Morning Ireland Friday 22 January 2021

Morning Ireland

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Áine Lawlor and Mary Wilson.

The Week In News

Joe Biden inauguration; Covid in Mayo and Monaghan; When will schools for children with additional needs reopen?; UK denies full diplomatic status to EU; GPs to give Covid vaccine; Mother and Baby Homes; Navalny arrested in Russia; Nurse pleads for Covid compliance; Call for ESB to end links with Cerrejón; Waterford LGFA gets its own grounds

Full Programme Podcast: Friday 22nd January 2021

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Aine Lawlor and Mary Wilson.

Covid-19: 51 further deaths, 2,608 new cases

George Lee, Science Correspondent, has the latest update on Covid-19 statistics and calls by the Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan to avoid non-essential travel.

'Ireland is an island, it can be sealed' - McInerney

Prof James McInerney, Head of the School of Life Sciences at the University of Nottingham, discusses the destruction caused by the new variants of COVID-19.

Belmullet has highest Covid-19 rate in Ireland

Dr Illona Duffy, Monaghan-based GP, and Dr Fergal Ruane, Mayo-based GP, on their battle against the high levels of Covid-19 in their respective areas.

'We remain in a precarious position' - Henry

Dr Colm Henry, Chief Clinical Officer of the HSE, discusses the huge health service implications of this third wave of Covid-19.

Should the EU shut their borders to member states?

Dr Margaret Harris, World Health Organisation spokesperson, discusses the impact of the COVID-19 variants on the prospect of further travel restrictions.

EU gravely concerned over Covid-19 variants

Tony Connelly, Europe Editor, outlines what was discussed at the EU leaders' virtual summit and says non essential travel was top of the agenda.

EU's ambassador to UK to be granted 'privileges'

David O'Sullivan, former EU Ambassador to the Untied States, says the UK's decision not to grant full diplomatic status to EU diplomats is "small-minded".

Home-schooling for secondary school students

Sinéad Hussey, North East Correspondent, reports from Belturbet in Co Cavan on how some of the students and teachers at St Bricin's College.

Man jailed for over ten years for coercive control

Finbarr Murphy, Chief Superintendent, discusses the increase in Garda services for victims of coercive control and domestic violence following the first successful conviction for coercive control.