Ireland’s fertility rate has fallen to its lowest level on record, dropping well below the replacement rate needed to sustain the population.   Fewer babies are being born, parents are older, and the natural increase in the population has fallen sharply — raising questions about health, access to fertility care, and how realistic it is for people to […]

Disputes over property and nursing home costs are causing deep rifts in families across Ireland. In this case, one sibling was signed over the family home for free less than five years ago, yet now expects the rest of the family to share the cost of nursing home care for their parents.  To explain how the Fair Deal […]

  Our next guest is with an organisation that work with some of the world’s most vulnerable Christian communities, often in regions where war and persecution are a daily reality.  Brandon Scott is with Aid to the Church in Need, an international charity supporting persecuted and suffering Christians worldwide. He joins us as alarming reports come from Aleppo, Syria, where renewed […]

Professor John O’Brennan, professor of European Union politics at Maynooth University and an expert on Ireland’s role within the EU.  With coalition politics shaping decisions here at home, many are asking: does that have consequences beyond our borders — especially for how Ireland is viewed and heard in Brussels?   From debates around major EU trade […]

Today we were talking about faith, justice, and care for creation. I’m delighted to be joined by Rev Dr Karen Campbell from Irish Council of Churches, who’s here to tell us about an upcoming conference called Let Justice Flow Like Rivers. 

Karen Murphy, who has spent more than 20 years working in large organisations across brand marketing, innovation, and transformation. More recently, Karen has been advising companies and individuals on how to use artificial intelligence in practical, sensible ways.  She sees firsthand the growing gap between the hype around AI and how people actually feel about it — overwhelmed, unsure, or convinced it’s too technical for them. […]

Joining Nikki is Paul McKinney from the Irish Blood Transfusion Service — the organisation responsible for collecting and supplying blood to hospitals across Ireland.   Right now, the IBTS is running its “Every Drop Counts” campaign and making appeals for donors of all ages as blood stocks across many groups have fallen to critically low levels.