Drivetime

Report from John Cooke

David McWilliams, Economist, columnist and podcaster & Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Labour Party MEP for Dublin.

Patrick O'Donovan, Minister for Arts and Media

There are calls for a forgotten graveyard in Belfast to be formally marked, honouring the 10,000 people buried there. The site dates back to the famine, but today is mostly hidden by a housing development and old railway line. With our reporter Una Kelly.

The UN calls Gaza a 'killing field': reaction from former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

The HSE has apologised for failings in care which led to the death of 76 year old Michael Cuddihy from County Limerick. He died from septicemia two days after being discharged from the overcrowded emergency department at UHL. Our reporter John Cooke was at Limerick Coroner's Court today.

The UN calls Gaza a 'killing field: Reaction from the Palestinian Ambassador to Ireland Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid.

European Union member states have voted in favour of imposing tariffs on some US imported goods, a statement from the European Commission confirms. Oliver O'Connor, Chief Executive of the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association and Bryan Reilly, Director of the National Taxpayers Union Free Trade Initiative.

Have scientists really brought an extinct wolf species back to life? Dr Maria McNamara is a Paleontologist and Senior Lecturer in the School of Biological Earth and Environmental Science at UCC.

China said today it would raise tariffs on imports from the United States from 34 per cent to 84 per cent. Meanwhile, European stock markets fell after China's latest tariff announcement, and investors are selling their long term US government bonds. With Paul Sommerville, of Sommerville Advisory Markets.

Experts are warning Ireland's maritime security is facing critical challenges due to underfunding, outdated infrastructure, and a lack of coordination across agencies. Brendan Flynn, University of Galway politics lecturer and specialist in maritime security.

Warm, dry and sunny weather makes the best conditions for trees and grasses to release their pollen, which can be carried through the air by the gentle breeze. It doesn't affect everyone, but if you are one of the 26 per cent of people that gets hayfever, this time of year can be a misery. Dr Iseult Sheehan, Clinical Director at Allergy Ireland.

Dr Razan al-Nahhas is an American physician volunteering currently at the Al-Awda Hospital in Deir al Balah in central Gaza.

Reporter John Cooke speaks to the family of Emer O'Loughlin, as Gardai seek information on the whereabouts of the chief suspect in her violent death 20 years on.

David Cullinane, Sinn Féin Health Spokesperson; Gerry Maguire, Chief Executive Officer at Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland; Amanda Coughlan from the Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland Paediatric Advocacy Group.

Couples in their twenties and early thirties are increasingly requesting tracks from the seventies, eighties and nineties, ringing in the big day with the same tunes their parents danced to.

Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers has this afternoon announced a review of the National Development Plan. There are plans to refocus the strategy on delivering much needed housing, to boost energy and water supplies, and develop transport links.

HIQA has published a 200-page review into the use of unapproved implantable springs in spinal surgery at Temple Street Children's University Hospital in Dublin. Niamh Griffin, Health Correspondent with the Irish Examiner.

A new report states that Northern Ireland's public services remain 'in crisis' and Stormont needs to be able to raise more of its own revenue rather than relying on funding from Westminster. Una Kelly reports.

With Kate English, Deloitte Ireland’s Chief Economist