Drivetime

The outgoing mayor of Derry City said this week that the role has been the greatest honour of her life, even though it came with relentless abuse. Lilian Seenoi Barr was Northern Ireland's first black lord mayor she spoke to Cormac about how she faced "unprecedented levels" of racially-motivated online abuse during her term in office.

More than half of women's refuges across the country that we have contacted are currently full to capacity, while some refuges reported having to turn down hundreds of accommodation requests last year due to lack of space. Our reporter Una Kelly tells us more.

Surgeon Victoria Rose has just returned to the UK today after working as a surgeon in war-torn Nasser hospital in Southern Gaza for over three weeks. She worked 14 hour days treating casualties from Israeli attacks, while dealing with severe shortages caused by the humanitarian blockade.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he hopes the suspension of funding by the National Treatment Purchase Fund to Children’s Health Ireland will be a temporary one. Funding was suspended following “serious concerns” over a 2021 CHI report. To discuss this Sinn Fein’s Health Spokesperson David Cullinane.

The scheme encourages employers to hire people with disabilities ..by providing financial support and can help cover the cost of adapting a role for the employee. For more on this Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary.

Sunny had spent 16 years in a Florida prison for the murder of two police officers - some of those years on death row. She was released from jail in 1992. Cormac and Sarah speak to Abe Bonowitz of "Death Penalty Action" in the United States and Ellen McGarraghan, an author and private investigator.

The only shop in the village of Johnstown in Kildare has announced it's to close its doors this week. To discuss this Michael O'Donovan, President of the Vintner’s Federation of Ireland, Elaine Houlihan, former President of Macra na Feirme, Seamus Boland from Irish Rural Link & John Cooke visited Clare village Feakle to speak to local residents.

Nearly two decades since her disappearance Portuguese and German authorities have today started a new search for Madeleine McCann in Portugal. For more on this Robbyn Swann, co-author of the book Looking for Madeline published in 2017 and by Portuguese based journalist Alison Roberts.

The man who died during a shooting incident at the Fairgreen Shopping centre in Carlow town was out on bail on firearm charges at the time of the shooting. It has prompted new calls for a wider review of the enforcement and operation of bail laws. Fianna Fáil TD & barrister Cynthia Ní Mhurchú & Matt Carthy SF Spokesperson on Justice & Home Affairs.

The UN Security Council heard testimony this week from a US surgeon who says he treated children who were deliberately shot in Gaza. To discuss this Dr. Feroze Sidhwa

The family of Robert Delaney is making a plea for any information about what happened in 2008. Reporter Una Kelly has more.

Seamus McGrath, Fianna Fail TD and Donnachadh Ó Laoghaire Sinn Féin TD discuss the latest homelessness figures another record high recorded today

Richard Satchwell has been found guilty of murdering his wife Tina, for more on this Ralph Riegal, Southern Correspondent with the Irish Independent & Criminologist Trina O' Connor, followed by Sarah Benson, CEO of Women's Aid

Single-use vapes will be banned in Northern Ireland and the UK from this coming Sunday and the Irish Heart Foundation are calling for legislation to be fast-tracked here. To tell us more Mark Murphy is Senior Policy Manager with the Irish Heart Foundation

Two months ago President Trump signed an executive order aimed at reducing the scope of eight federal agencies as part of his campaign to downsize the US government. To explain how this is going- Patsy Widakuswara Voice of America White House bureau chief.

The "Not on my Flight" campaign is targeting unruly behaviours on flights to discuss this Jim Gavin, Chief Operations Officer of the Irish Aviation Authority

A US trade court yesterday blocked Donald Trump from imposing sweeping global tariffs on imports. For more I'm joined by Law professor at the University of Minnesota Richard Painter - who also served as chief White House ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush administration and Peter Burke the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment.

An Irish MEP has confirmed he used artificial intelligence to write a letter to Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, urging the EU to deliver more aid to Gaza for more, Ciaran Mullooly, Independent Ireland MEP for Midlands North-West

Hen parties are facing a backlash, not over bad behaviour but burnout. The modern hen do is fast becoming a "hen don't" for many women who are put off by the price, the travel and the organisational chaos. Jessica O'Sullivan Editor of One Fab Day tells us more.

The Russian government said this afternoon that it had proposed another round of talks with Ukraine to be held in istanbul which would start on June 2nd. For more on this Maria Mezentseva Member of Ukranian Parilament