Morning Ireland Monday 25 January 2021
Morning Ireland
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Audrey Carville and Mary Wilson.
Full Programme Podcast: Monday, 25th January 2021
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Audrey Carville and Mary Wilson.
Covid-19 deaths so far this month approach 700
Dr Orla Healy, Chief Operations Officer for South/South West Hospital Group, on the need to redeploy staff to the intensive care unit in Cork University Hospital at the weekend.
Covid sub-committee to meet over maintaining measures
David Murphy, Political Coverage Editor, reports on the big decisions facing the Govt this week, including mandatory travel quarantine, the re-opening of schools and the vaccine roll-out.
EU says it will make companies respect vaccine deals
Dr Matthew Sadlier, Consultant Psychiatrist in the Mater Hospital and member of the IMO's Consultant Committee, on the vaccination delay for frontline workers.
Social workers call for deployment to nursing homes
Cian McCormack reports on a call by the Irish Association of Social Workers for HSE social workers to be sent into nursing homes to help with communication between families and their loved ones.
DUP says topic of border poll is 'reckless'
Jeffrey Donaldson, DUP MP, discusses his party's position on travel and possible cross border cooperation on Covid 19
Passengers coming to Ireland should be "tested pre-arrival, tested post-arrival" - McDonald
Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Féin leader, discusses the calls for mandatory quarantine for people travelling into Ireland, and the cross-border Covid-19 response
Hotels cautiously welcome idea of becoming quarantine centres
Elaina Fitzgerald, President of the Irish Hotels Federation, says its members would be open to hosting people for mandatory quarantine.
Thousands arrested as Navalny supporters hold protests
Sarah Rainsford, BBC Moscow Correspondent, reports on the detention of 3,000 Alexei Navalny supporters after protests at the weekend.
Five arrested after garda car rammed in Co Donegal
Paul Reynolds, Crime Correspondent, reports on an incident at a Garda checkpoint in Donegal
Interest rates on State savings schemes to be reduced
Fran McNulty, Consumer Affairs Correspondent, reports on changes to the State's prize bonds.
Eleven rescued after two weeks trapped in Chinese mine
Yvonne Murray reports that rescuers in east China pulled 11 miners from hundreds of metres underground where they had been trapped for two weeks.
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7:30am Business News
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7:35am Sport News
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Weather Forecast
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8am Bulletin
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Programme Highlights
How to make a flipping good pancake
Cillian Sherlock learns how to make the perfect pancake, and finds out why we eat them on the same day every year
Is it hate speech or free speech?
Aengus Cox reports on the debate of freedom of speech online, and the recent tech giants' shutdown of social media platform, Parler
Kevin In The Pink to light up galleries in Kerry
Amy Ní Riada reports from Kerry where Kevin In the Pink, by 17 year-old Casey Etherton, from Caherdaniel, will go on display. The oil painting won the 2020 Texaco Children's Art Competition