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After the death of a second woman in an alleged gang rape. She was also from the badly marginalised dalit community. Both killings have sparked national revulsion but gender and caste based violence continue to be endemic in the country. The sister of george floyd the unarmed black man who was killed in Police Custody has broken her silence. Latonya floys has been speaking to a british newspaper. She called on americans to vote, telling the uks daily mirror that President Trump actively embolden...

This is bbc news, the headlines. Search teams in the lebanese capital, beirut, say they have found possible signs of life in a collapsed building a month after the huge blast which destroyed parts of the city. Rescuers said theyd detected a pulse two metres deep in the rubble in a residential area. Joe biden has spoken by phone to jacob blake the black man whose shooting by police in wisconsin sparked days of unrest. In a speech in the city of kenosha, mr biden accused donald trump of legitimisi...

Live news, sports and traffic, presented by Audrey Carville. Listen GSK will not contribute to mother and baby homes financial redress - report Jack Horgan Jones, political reporter with the Irish Times, discusses the latest developments in the Governments redress scheme for mother and baby home survivors. Listen Fórsa calls for SNAs to be prioritised in vaccine roll-out Andy Pike, Head of Education Division at Fórsa, says Special Needs Assistants deserve to be one of the priority groups in t...

Morning Ireland Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English, Gavin Jennings Audrey Carville, Áine Lawlor and Mary Wilson. Listen Green TD Costello lodges papers concerning CETA with High Court Mícheál Lehane, Political Correspondent reports that the Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar, has suggested that a coalition TD taking a High Court challenge against the Government is worse than voting against it in the Dail. Listen "All non-essential arrivals into Ireland need to be subje...

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Mary Wilson and Aine Lawlor. Listen Govt to replace Direct Provision with international protection system Elaine Loughlin, the Irish Examiners Deputy Political Editor and Nick Henderson, CEO of the Irish Refugee Council on the publication of the Governments White Paper on ending Direct Provision. Listen Share: Dr McMahon: New model needs to get going "without baggage from a previous system that was bad" Dr Bryan McMahon, former Chairperson of...

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Gavin Jennings. Listen Investigation under way after fatal shooting in Dublin Paul Reynolds, Crime Correspondent reports on a man was shot and killed fatal in Ballymun, in Dublin, last night. Listen Good trends reported in some Covid-19 indicators Professor Philip Nolan, chair of the Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, discusses the latest figures and advice from the National Public Health Emergency Team Listen...

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Gavin Jennings. Listen Draconian quarantine rules aim to keep out variants Dr Gerald Barry, Assistant Professor of Virology at University College Dublin, discusses tough new measures to curb the spread of coronavirus variants from abroad Listen Johnson and Johnson hope to gain approval from the EMEA for its new vaccine Dr Leisha Daly, senior director of government affairs and policy for Johnson and Johnsons supply chain, o...

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Mary Wilson. Listen ECDC hampered by problems when pandemic hit Emily OReilly, European Ombudsman, discusses the lack of resources which hampered the performance of the European Centre for Disease Control throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen Cabinet to discuss naming of child victims of crime Mícheál Lehane, political correspondent, discusses what is likely to be discussed at todays cabinet meeting and the latest Cov...

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Áine Lawlor and Mary Wilson. Listen Post-mortem examination to be carried out on body found in car Paschal Sheehy, Southern Editor, has the latest on a Garda investigation into the discovery of a womans body in a burning car in north Cork, and a man recovered from a river nearby Listen Doneraile community numbed after discovery of womans body Frank Roche, Fermoy-based Independent Cllr on Cork County Council, came upon the burning car as he w...

Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Áine Lawlor and Mary Wilson. Listen Over 70s should get Pfizer, Moderna vaccines - HSE Professor Karina Butler, Chair of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee, discusses the Covid-19 vaccines recommended for the over 70s Listen Task force and HSE to meet on updated vaccination plan George Lee, Science Correspondent, reports on the latest on the Covid vaccine rollout; Darragh OLoughlin, General Secretary of the Irish Pharmacy Union, ar...