The difficulty in recruiting teachers is a "country-wide issue"

We hear from our reporter Andrew Lowth in Monasterevin, Co Kildare, Mid- West Correspondent Petula Martyn in Limerick and our reporter Joan O'Sullivan on O'Connell St. in Dublin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's less then twelve hours to Donald Trump's deadline for Iran to re-open the Strait of Hormuz. For the latest Natasha Turak, Journalist based in Dubai.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our reporter Peter O’Connell travelled to Limerick City and Ballina in Co Tipperary to gauge local opinion on the pipline.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Barry Doyle, Director of production and hospital services at the Irish Blood Transfusion ServicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new study shows that a significant number of parents would like their child to attend a non-denominational primary school. For more on this survey carriend out by the Department of Edcuation, Alan Hynes Chief Executive The Catholic Education Partnership.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To tell us more about these arrangments, Maritime expert, Lars Jensen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sara Firth, Foreign correspondent based in Washington DC, discusses reports of attempts to bring the Middle East war to a temporary halt.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin Cullinane, WHO'S Group Head of Communications at daa, on a lost parrot found in a carpark at Dublin airport.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anthony Quinn, President of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland, discusses the Annual Teachers' Conference which begins today in Kilkenny, with the unions looking for more funding for schools.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Theo Dorgan, Irish poet and former director of Poetry Ireland, discusses the life and careeer of poet and author, Gabriel Rosenstock who has died at the age of 76.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.