This Week Sunday 5 July 2020
This Week
A look at events making the news in the past week presented by Carole Coleman and Justin McCarthy.
Fianna Fail's Honeymoon Period Cut Short
Justin McCarthy looks into a turbulent first week in Government for Fianna Fail, which has seen open criticism of Micheál Martin and his Cabinet appointments. The new Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath also joins the programme to discuss the rumblings in his party and their plans going forward.
Irish Golf's Lost Summer
Carole Coleman explores whether of not the 400 golf clubs in Ireland can survive the Covid-19 pandemic after already losing out on millions via green fees and cancelled overseas bookings.
Delays To Help Survivors Of Abuse In Irish Day Schools
Solicitor James MacGuill is live in studio to discuss calls from abuse survivor Louise O'Keefe to address how the State dealt with victims of sexual abuse in schools.
An Uncertain Future
Gill Stedman reports on the anxieties that some 60,000 final year college students in Ireland have as they prepare to look for employment in a world where jobs have been decimated by Covid-19.
Is Irish Politics An All Boys Club?
Claire McGing of the Institute of Art Design and Technology in Dun Laoighre, and researcher on women in politics, explores why there were so few women given ministerial positions in the new Government last weekend.
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Presenters: David McCullagh, Carole Coleman & Justin McCarthy