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Novel research into Parkinson's Disease and how it can be diagnosed by scent will be presented on Wednesday evening in Maynooth University. Professor Perdita Barran who is is Chair of Mass Spectrometry in the Department of Chemistry at The University of Manchester, will explain the fascinating story of her research.

Time Magazine has just published its Health 100 list, which selected the top 100 individuals who are the most influential in the world of health right now and a behavioral scientist based in Dublin has made it into the final line-up. Dr. Dale Whelehan is CEO of 4 Day Week Global.

The Cabinet is set to approve a new enterprise support package tomorrow to help struggling retail and hospitality businesses. To discuss the new package I'm joined by Emer Higgins, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Mid West and Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail and by Labour Senator Marie Sherlock.

Proposed legislation to increase the legal age for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products from 18 to 21 has been welcomed today. For more on this Director General of the Tobacco Free Research Institute Ireland, Professor Luke Clancy and Director of Forest [Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco] Simon Clark.

The UK goverment's Rwanda deportation policy should not apply in Northern Ireland because it undermines human rights protections guaranteed in the North, a court has ruled today. For reaction Colin Murray, Professor of Law & Democracy at the University of Newcastle and Stephen Farry, Alliance MP for North Down.

The Land Development Agency - the State’s affordable housing delivery body - today launched 57 homes in Hollystown Dublin 15. The scheme is jointly run by the LDA and Fingal County Council, and will offer buyers the opportunity to own a home through a shared equity arrangement; or through a Help to Buy scheme 12 more houses there were acquired by the Council for social housing