The Round-Up: Monday 1st June 2020

Eddie Lynch, Commissioner for Older people provides an update on challenges facing care home residents during the pandemic. Protect is the UK’s whistle blowing charity. Laura Fatah talks to us about how they support more than 3,000 whistleblowers each year who have seen malpractice, risk or wrongdoing in the workplace and also discusses the issue […]

The Round-Up: Friday 29th May 2020

Alan McBride, Coordinator at the WAVE Trauma Centre discusses the current situation of delayed pensions for victims and survivors of the Northern Ireland Conflict. Women’s sector lobbyist Rachel Powell, talks about how Covid-19 has exacerbated the issues around childcare in Northern Ireland.

The Round-Up: Thursday 28th May 2020

With lockdown restrictions beginning to ease many workers are being asked to return to their workplace. We talk to Rory Conway from Unite The Union about some of the issues that this is causing. Sport NI have launched a Framework to guide progression towards a resumption of sport and physical recreation in Northern Ireland. We […]

The Round-Up: Wednesday 27th May 2020

Sara Boyce from the Participation and Practice of Rights Project discusses mental health campaigning in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and the long term consequences which need to be addressed.

The Round-Up: Tuesday 26th May 2020

Colin Neill from Hospitality Ulster talks to us about the state of the industry and what it will take to ensure a revival after the pandemic. Dr Birgit Schippers discusses some of the issues raised by efforts to create a contact tracing app to help tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Round-Up: Friday 22nd May 2020

Ian Allen, editor of the Marlborough Express in New Zealand, talks about what the current situation is in the country and why he thinks that the death rate due to Covid-19 is so low there compared to the UK. Kevin Gamble, director of Féile an Phobail, talks about the decision to make this year’s festival […]

The Round-Up: Thursday 21st May 2020

Professor Colin Harvey from the School of Law at Queen’s University talks to us about the idea of an all Ireland response to Covid-19 and the future constitutional issues that are coming to the fore in the wake of Brexit. Amy Barr from the Just Stage It Academy talks to us about how their theatre […]

The Round-Up: Wednesday 20th May 2020

Today is International Clinical Trials Day. We are joined by Dr Janice Bailie to talk to us about the importance of this type of research and the current trials involving Covid-19 taking place in Northern Ireland. Danielle Lewis-James from Slater & Gordon talks to us about your rights when it comes to your booked holidays.

The Round-Up: Tuesday 19th May 2020

With all but essential travel banned during the lockdown, many of us are going weeks without turning our engine on. It is not often that a car will sit for such a long period without being used, so here are some tips on how to keep it healthy during and post lockdown from AA Patrol […]

The Round-Up: Monday 18th May 2020

Andrew McMichael form Alliance Healthcare talks to us about the demand for medical supplies at this time and the system is coping. Fidelma Fearon talks to us about how the Roma and Traveler communities have been struggling to cope through the Covid-19 outbreak and how it has exacerbated issues that they were already dealing with.