Morning Ireland Wednesday 27 January 2021
Morning Ireland
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Gavin Jennings and Mary Wilson.
Full Programme Podcast: Wednesday, 27th January 2021
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Gavin Jennings and Mary Wilson.
Sixteen-year-old boy dies in Dublin stabbing
Paul Reynolds, Crime Correspondent, reports on a stabbing in Dublin city last night that left one teenager dead and two others in hospital.
Level 5 restrictions to continue until 5 March
Micheál Lehane, Political Correspondent, discusses the political reaction to the Govt's new Covid-19 travel restrictions.
Some arrivals from overseas face mandatory quarantine
Dermot O'Brien, assistant secretary general of the Garda Representative Association, discusses the questions frontline officers have about the Govt's latest Covid-19 plans.
New travel quarantines "fall far short" - Shortall
Róisín Shorthall, co-leader of the Social Democrats, on yesterday's announcement by the government to extend Level 5 covid-19 restrictions until March 6th.
Students feel overwhelmed by remote learning
Cillian Sherlock reports on how third level students are coping with remote learning
'I think the vast majority of people are compliant. But some are not' -McGrath
Michael McGrath, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, responds to Garda and Opposition criticism of the Govt's new Covid-19 restrictions
Ireland's Covid-19 death toll passes 3,000
Orla Keegan, Head of Education, Research and Bereavement at the Irish Hospice Foundation, on dealing with grief during the Covid pandemic
Big tech still in legal limbo over policing hate speech
Aengus Cox reports on the debate of freedom of speech online, and the recent tech giants' shutdown of social media platform, Parler.
'We can't keep chasing rents' - Stanley
Wayne Stanley, head of policy at the Simon Community, discusses a new report which warns high rents and a lack of supports mean single people are now most at risk of homelessness during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Birdwatching attracts new fans
Niall Hatch, of BirdWatch Ireland, says the group attracted 2,000 new members last year
Tributes paid to Irish soprano Cara O'Sullivan
Cara O'Sullivan, who has died at the age of 59, performs Rossini's Una Voce Poco Fa with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra
7:10am It Says In The Papers
Presented by Fiona Kelly
8:10am It Says In The Papers
Presented by Fiona Kelly
7:30am Business News
Presented by Petula Martyn
7:50am Business News
Presented by Petula Martyn
8:30am Business News
Presented by Petula Martyn
7:35am Sport News
Presented by Darren Frehill
8:35am Sport News
Presented by Darren Frehill
Weather Forecast
Presented by Linda Hughes of Met Éireann.
8am Bulletin
Presented by Brian Jennings
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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