Everyday Ethics BBC Radio Ulster

For many people a diagnosis of Alzheimer's or Dementia might seem like a death sentence but can the impact be softened? Tens of thousands of people across Ireland are affected and for some it can be a long, lonely journey but are there ways to make it a bit easier? Presenter Audrey Carville in conversation with Dr Gemma Carney from Queen's University who's a social and cultural gerontologist involved in the exploration of human ageing, Nora Owen, a former Irish Government Justice Minister who cared for her husband Brian, and Kieran Coote who devoted years caring for his mother Patricia.

Drivers, students, stay-at-home parents, working people - we all seem to be more stressed at the very least, angrier at best. Shop workers, nurses, bus drivers- they all report getting shouted at, spat at or hit every week. There's a lot of fear in the world today - wars, the growth in dictators, the growth in extremist politics, climate change. And from fear comes anger. Basic respect and 'being civil' to each other is diminished. What's at its root? Audrey Carville is discussing this with Justine McCarthy (journalist and columnist with the Irish Times), Paul Connolly (musician and educator) and Professor Stephen Reicher (who teaches social psychology at the University of St Andrews).

Presenter Audrey Carville speaks to former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and the Palestinian Ambassador to Ireland Dr Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid. Positions seem entrenched, but are there any grounds for optimism?
Ehud Olmertwas Prime Minister of Israel from 2006-2009. He was a member of the Likud political party with Ariel Sharon and Benjamin Netanyahu, before forming Kadima with Mr Sharon.
Dr Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid is Palestine's first official Ambassador to Ireland after the Irish Government formally recognised the State of Palestine this week.

Journalism used to be regarded as the foundation of a civilised society and an essential part of the democratic process.
But in the age of social media, has news journalism been democratised, creating a new plurality of reporting and opinion? Are we witnessing the healthy overturning of a system run by a metropolitan elite for far too long? Or are the moral rules of journalism dying and expectations of objectivity and fairness being replaced by a toxic digital fog of instant comment, rumour, cynicism and outright lies?
Is this a danger to democracy or just entertaining political theatre? Is it pluralism or anarchy?
Presenter Audrey Carville in conversation with Dr Orna Young of FactCheckNI, journalist and film maker Trevor Birney and Mark Little, former RTÉ Washington correspondent and founder of the social media newswire Storyful.