Brain health with Professor Brian Lawlor

Employees who don't have children feel they are discriminated against in the workplace compared to parents. That's according to Matrix Recruitment's latest Workplace Equality Survey. Speaking to Pat on these findings was Founder of Clearview Coaching Group and author of the Career Nook Janes Downes spoke to Pat this morning.

With Passport applications trebling in a month, will delays lead to people missing out on foreign travel? To discuss this further Pat spoke to Eoghan Corry Travel and Aviation Journalist.

We hear about a bold new initiative to help people open up and talk about the loss in their lives. "Deadly Conversations" are workshops with the Irish Hospice Foundation and Axis Ballymun. Speaking to Pat this morning about these was Dominic Campbell, Arts and Creative Engagement Officer at Irish Hospice Foundation and also Lewis Magee, Actor & Facilitator at the ‘Deadly Conversations’.

On any given day in Ireland approximately 60,000 children do not show up for school, in some cases, there are perfectly good reasons but for some children, it’s school avoidance. We hear how to deal with that with Mark Smyth, Clinical Psychologist.

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has signalled support for a decriminalisation of drugs, saying he backs calls from his own TDs for a health-led approach. Would a move towards proper decriminalisation of drugs here be wholly positive? To discuss Pat was joined on the show by Marie Byrne, Prevention and Addiction Counsellor and former Founder of the Aisling Group, and also Dr. Austin O’Carroll, GP working in homelessness and addiction for the last 25 years.