The government will confirm today whether indoor dining will return as planned next Monday or if the measure will be postponed due to concerns about the spread of the Delta variant of Covid-19.  It’s certainly the story of the day and on the line to give us the health expert view is Professor Sam McConkey, Infectious Disease Specialist at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland discuss this with us on the show this morning.

And to debate this issue further we also heard from  Marc MacSharry Fianna Fail TD and Paul Murphy People Before Profit TD.

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