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Ireland needs to turn its rainfall into a valuable asset and tourist attraction”, That’s the view of our next guest Jens Thoms Ivarsson a leading Swedish designer and artist joined Shane this morning to tell us how do we can turn rain and rainfall into an asset?
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Councils need to support outdoor dining, if permitted, this summer. That’s according to Tanaiste Leo Varadkar. One of the most successful examples of al fresco dining last year was Princes Street in Cork.  Paul Montgomery is the owner of Clancy’s late bar on the street and he spoke to us this morning on the show.
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More people are starting to move around Ireland, that’s according to new research by Google Data which showed that workplaces had seen a 14% increase in movement in the last month while traffic increased by 9%. To discuss this Ciara spoke to Dr Deirdre Robertson, Behavioural Research Unit at the ESRI.
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The HSE has missed its target to administer 100,000 Covid vaccines last week, falling over 18,000 short. A deferral in a delivery of 25,000 doses from Astrazeneca has been blamed. Also family doctors have rounded on aspects of the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines, criticising shortcomings in communications and inconsistencies in delivery schedules For more on this we were joined by Roisin Shortall Co-Leader of the Social Democrats and Monaghan based GP Dr Illona Duffy.
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A leading bariatric surgeon has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to increase obesity in Ireland.  Dr. John Conneely a Consultant Surgeon at the Mater Private Network, made the claim following new data from the CSO which revealed that more than 4 in 10 people said their consumption of junk food and sweets had increased since the start of the Covid-19 crisis.  To discuss further Ciara spoke to Dr Eva Orsmond, Medical doctor and health advocate at Orsmond Clinics.
 
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The EU has accused the UK of “breaking international law” after Boris Johnson’s government moved to delay checks on goods entering the North from Britain, which are required under the Northern Ireland protocol.  Darren McCaffrey, Euronews Political Editor spoke to us this morning on the show.
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