RTÉ - Liveline

Liveline talked to Michael whose car insurance has gone up 400% and to Ian who is having his own problems with insurance renewals.

CPC is a seven hour course which you have to pay for yourself. We spoke to drivers who found it a waste of time and to CPC teachers who explained why is was so necessary.

Gerry told us about his childhood being fostered to a farmer - he had a difficult time of it and his search for his birth family. However, Ronán had a very positive experience.

David lives in Ballycroy Co. Mayo. A giant sperm whale washed up on his local beach 10 days ago. It is 50 foot long and weighs abut 20 tonne. Mayo County Council won't bury it and the smell of its rotting corpse is making life unbearable for locals.

Treasa has very bad teeth. Most of them are rotten through neglect and she can't get any help to treat them. She has a medical card and can get extractions but that is not the solution. Gillian can sympathise, she has severe epilepsy and she lost all her teeth 4 years ago. The long term use of medication also caused her teeth to rot.

Alison was listening to Christy on air yesterday about his stolen taxi. Alison lives in the same area and has been burgled twice. She tells Joe her story.

Helens son was on the Aer Lingus flight last Friday which was due to fly from Dublin to Heathrow at 5.30pm. The flight took off eventually at 8.45pm but was diverted back to Dublin at 12.20am. Helen was worried sick and didn't know what had happened. Her issue is with the information available to families on the ground and the flight information helpline. Alberts grandson travels as an unaccompanied minor from America regularly. He tells Joe the process that he goes through.

Christy, a taxi driver who finsihed work at 4am this morning but at 8.30pm was woken to say that the house had been broken into and his taxi was gone. The reg of the missing taxi is 06 D 89779

Denise told us about her 14 year old daughter who was on a flight on her own to London on Friday night. Due to terrible weather, the flight after being in the air for a few hours, arrived back in Dublin. Denise felt the airline staff should have taken better care of her daughter

Aoife spoke of her search for her birth mother - they lived, unknowingly, only doors away from each other

Louise Mhac An tSaoi who updated us with news of her son Liam - he spent last Sunday at home. The best day of his life, said Louise.

Last Wednesday David Gaffney was driving along Clonshaugh Avenue in Dublin when a tree fell on his car injuring him badly. He has subsequently discovered that despite having fully comprehensive insurance he himself is not covered because it was an "act of god". Rose's husband was killed by a falling tree and she faced a similar situation. They talk to Joe

Alices mortgage is one of the many mortgages beeing sold off by IBRC she told Joe about this.

Ian is training to be a tour guide. He wants to bring tourists to sites of religious signifcance around Dublin. He was surprised to discover that there was no plaque to mark the spot where the old Methodist Centenary Church once stood. the church is now the Department of Justice.

Brenda's son and his girlfriend were walking along Dawson Street on Saturday. They found a plastic pocket on the ground containing a hand written family tree which someone had clearly put a lot of work into. Its for the Hendry and Woods family. She would love to reunite it with the owner.