RTÉ - Marian Finucane

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O'Connor joined Brendan O'Connor in studio this morning to tel him about her political career and much more. 

Michael Colgan, Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre joined Brendan this morning in studio on the death of actor John Hurt. 

Professor Ian Robertson, psychologist and Director of The Global Brain Institute at Trinity College Dublin joined Brendan in studio this morning to discuss Trumps first week in politics. 

Author and Broadcaster, Teena Gates and Electrician Conor, spoke to Brendan this morning on the difficulties people face when trying to buy a house. 

Transformation Coach, Pat Divilly joined Brendan in studio to discuss how to motivate men to get up and exercise. 

The Panel: Sean Donlon - Former Irish Ambassador to the US and Former Secretary General of Dept. of Foreign Affairs, Sebastian Hamilton - Editor in Chief, Irish Daily Mail, Catherine Heaney - Founder and MD of DHR Communications, Ciaran Hancock - Finance Correspondent, Irish Times and Tom McGurk - Sunday Business Post Columnist and Broadcaster.

Marian is joined on the line by Marion McKeone - US Correspondent for the Sunday Business Post.

Marian is joined in studio by Professor Ferdinand Von Prondzynski - Principal of Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen and on the line by Edwina Curry - Former Tory MP.

Marian is joined on the line by Suzanne Lynch - European Correspondent, Irish Times.

Following Donald Trump's inauguration yesterday, we were joined by Christopher Nixon-Cox, the grandson of former US President Richard Nixon, Alice Butler Short from Virginia Women for Trump, Simon Carswell who is the Washington Correspondent with the Irish Times and John Steinberger, chair of the Charleston County Republican Party in South Carolina.

This week as well saw the inquest into the death of 18-year-old Mayo woman Melissa Patterson who died after being hit by a car while out walking in July 2015. Melissa’s mother Carmel Cusack and her twin sister Belinda Patterson joined us in studio today.

Conor Pope, Consumer Affairs Correspondent of the Irish Times, joined us in studio to have a look at the facts and figures of the cost of care for elderly people, who wish to stay in their own homes.

The country is full of open-plan workplaces but, are they the best way to work? And, how can you optimise your work practices while sitting at an open-plan desk? Organisational Psychologist Patricia Murray joined us in studio to talk about it.

Agnes Bouchier-Hayes is a Lecturer and Home Economist with Food in the Limerick Institute of Technology and she joined us in studio to tell us how to reduce the amount of food we are throwing in the bin.

Martin Mansergh Declan Power Carole Coleman   Sam Smyth,  Columnist, Irish Mail on Sunday. Kim Bartley and John Connors,  Donnacha Ó Béacháin,  Simon Carswell,