11am - 2pm
with
John Dunne
Ireland has the second highest proportion of workers in Europe whose commute into work before the Covid-19 pandemic was taking an hour or more.
Over one in 10 employees faced the lengthy daily trip - only in Latvia had a higher proportion commuters take as long to get to work.
New training in how to deal with cases of sexual violence is to be rolled out across the justice system.
It will include specialist training for frontline gardaí, lawyers and judges.
A court challenge brought by gardai against the Berlin D2 Bar in Dublin's licence renewal gets under way today.
It's after footage emerged in August of alleged non-compliance with Covid-19 social distancing rules.
A survey has found that a third of businesses in Ireland and the UK are planning to downsize city centre offices and replace them with smaller satellite offices in rural areas.
The regulations allowing the Cervical Check Tribunal to begin came into force yesterday, despite survivors' concerns.
Vicky Phelan and the 221 plus group met with the Minister on Friday.
The Chief Medical Officer says health officials aren't at the stage of noticing a trend yet with the latest Covid 19 figures.
Last night, a further 720 cases of coronavirus were confirmed, of whom 22 are in Co. Kildare.
5 additional deaths were also reported.
A third post mortem examination will be carried out this morning following an apparent murder suicide which left three men dead in Cork on Monday.
Assistant state pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster carried out post mortem exams on two of the bodies yesterday.
More than half a million people are now receiving state employment supports.
It follows release of new figures for the numbers receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.
Aer Lingus, Ryanair and the DAA will all renew calls for rapid testing to facilitate air travel later today.
They'll be speaking at the Oireachtas Transport Committee, joined by a representative from Rome Airport where the practice is underway already.
The HSE will apologise to the 1,971 people who had to notify their own close contacts later today.
People who received a positive result between October 16th and 18th were asked to carry out the task because contact tracing services were overwhelmed.
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