ON TODAY'S SHOW

BRAIN TRAINING

Our brains are the basis of who we are, how good we feel, and how long we live. But are we making the most of our grey matter?  Ian Robertson is Professor of Psychology at Trinity College Dublin and he joined Gerry in studio this morning with some advice on brain training...

SLEEP PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN

A concerned parent contacted the show regarding her child who will not sleep in her own room.  In reply a caller suggested the child might just need a bit of reassurance since, she had just started school and had a new baby brother into the bargain...

ALCOHOLISM

A caller who spoke to Gerry today told him how she is now off alcohol for five years and that it nearly destroyed everything she had...she first discovered she had a problem when she was pregnant... 

PAT FALVEY AND ARCTIC EXPEDITION

Expedition leader Pat Falvey and team members Dr Clare O'Leary and John Dowd were taken from the Arctic Ice by plane and flown to the town of Resolute in Canada from where they had set out on their challenge almost a week earlier...

ABORTION SURVEY

A new research poll shows nine out of ten adults think abortion should be permitted under some circumstances. With lack of information available, women facing an unplanned pregnancy in Ireland are left vunerable and thousands travel abroad to terminate the pregnancy.

Gabrielle is the Programme Director of the Marie Stopes Reproductive Choices in Ireland...