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Cavan is one of four counties without a non-religious school option. Mother of two, Gabrielle Haughton, has highlighted the difficulty to get a non-denominational school in her locality, with the closest Educate Together school being over 30 minutes away…She joins Ciara to discus ... Show More

The EU will urge members to cut their dependence on Middle Eastern jet fuel and look into increasing imports from the US in guidelines expected this week.For more on this, Shane is joined by Anita Mendiratta, Aviation and Tourism Leadership Adviser. 

The past number of weeks have brought to the fore just how reliant we are here on imports for our food security, so is it time that we expand our food growing as a country and as individuals, be it in our gardens or allotments?Mick Kelly, Founder of GIY joins Shane to discuss. 

Just why do we pay so much for our energy in Ireland compared to other countries? To discuss this further Pat was joined on the show this morning by Charlie Weston Personal Finance Editor with The Irish Independent and also Muireann Lynch Energy Economist with The ESRI. 

With weather warnings left, right and centre is Ireland ever ready to handle the snow? Should we be looking at developing systems if extreme weather is set to become the norm? Journalist with Country Living and the Irish Farmer’s journal, Janine Kennedy grew up in Nova Scotia but ... Show More

There’s a new trade deal for Northern Ireland with the EU. It’s goodbye Northern Ireland Protocol, and hello Windsor Framework – but it’s unclear whether the Democratic Unionist Party will back the agreement and bring back the power-sharing government.PM Rishi Sunak and EU chief ... Show More

<p>Ireland voted in two ground-breaking referendums in the last five years. The same sex marriage referendum and Irish abortion referendum have changed the lives of many women in the country forever. And the campaigns continue. The Irish people are expected to go the ballot again ... Show More

There are accusations of betrayal as the HS2 rail extension to Leeds is scrapped. Train enthusiast, David Brewer, who has visited all the railway stations in the UK, shares his thoughts about how the money should be spent. Ireland’s Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, admits to Laura K th ... Show More

<p>This year’s Queen Speech was Boris Johnson’s attempt to reset his government’s policy agenda but it did little to tackle the growing cost of living crisis. We look at what the government might do, plus whether the EU and UK are about to enter a trade war over the Northern Irel ... Show More