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It's not because of fraudulent cases. The cases that have broken business owners are part of the compo culture but not fraudulent. People like herself who reckon they can make a few thousand out of a minor accident. 

Ray Darcy chats exclusively to John O'Shea about the Ireland v Switzerland football game last evening and what he believes his chances are for the job of Ireland Manager, he also talks about his time at Manchester United.

Ray Darcy Talks Exclusively To John O'Shea

Chris Eubank speaks exclusively to Oliver Callan

Oliver Callan | Arkins Dance

Darren Frehill continues his Road to Paris feature series on RTE Radio 1's Morning Ireland. Daniel Coyle has taken the showjumping world by storm over the last 12 months. He and mare, Legacy are among the top performers on the world circuit at the moment. Coyle's place at the Olympics has not yet been confirmed but he is almopst certain to be picked on his form. He is hoping his story can inspire the next generation in the Derry area.

His back story is quite extrodinary. He is from just outrside the city. Not from a horse background but fell in love with the game while riding ponies when young. He got luck with his own horse, UP TOWN GIRL. When that partnership came to an end, he had to start again and went across the atlantic to keep his dream alive

Daniel Coyle - The Road to Paris

Composers Irene and Linda Buckley spoke to Katie Hannon about their acclaimed score for new Irish movie That They May Face the Rising Sun.

Liveline: Composers Irene and Linda Buckley

RTÉ Liveline speaks to Eurovision royalty Johnny Logan

Ray D'Arcy speaks to Bambie Thug after qualifying for Eurovision final

Liveline interview with Marty Whelan, Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan

Lucy Latta from Wexford has pulled off one fo the biggest results in the history of Irish evening with her second place finish at the prestigious Badminton Horse Trials. Lucy finished second behind New Zealander Caroline Powell. It was a fairytake weekend for the Irish amateur as she and her horse, RCA Patron Saint came from 46th overall after dressage to make the podium with some heroics on the cross country course and the showjumping discipline. It is the best result by an Irish competitor at the prestigious event in 59 years.

Lucy Latta - Badminton Fairytale

Fine Gael TD Maria Bailey spoke to Today with Sean O'Rourke on RTÉ Radio 1 in an exclusive interview and said her family has endured a distressing, intrusive and abusive week as a result of documents leaked last Sunday.

 

She said that she was unable to go home for three days last week, that she could not drop her children to school and has had to come off social media.

 

Humanity, she said, has been crossed.

 

Maria Bailey said details of her case were leaked to cause maximum damage in the week before an election.

 

However, she added, an election is not won or lost in the last week and she did not believe her case had a negative effect on the elections.

 

The TD said that she was 'drawing a line' on the issue today, adding that she had learnt a lot about people and herself.

 

She said she was 'never looking for compensation' but wanted to recoup her medical bills.

 

She told Today with Sean O'Rourke that she is the subject of click bait and the story only gained traction because she 'handed them a fantastic headline.'

 

Maria Bailey said she was not a legal person but she took legal advice on the issue and was told she had a ' clear cut case.'

 

She criticised Michael McDowell and Michael Martin for commenting on the case saying ' they should know better.' 

 

She said that the incident happened long before she was a TD.

 

On the night in question she said she had had a glass of wine in her friends house before going to the hotel where they purchased one drink each.

 

Maria Bailey said she purchased one drink, which was not consumed, before going with her friends to see the swings.

 

She explained that she sat on the swing - which had a highly polished wooden seat - while holding a bottle of beer and reaching for her friend's bottle of wine when she slipped to the ground.

 

She said she went to A and E the following morning and attended intensive physio for the next three weeks.

 

She said she regretted that she ran a 10km run a number of weeks after the incident because she ' paid the price for it that night' but, like any athlete, she wanted to dip her toe into the water and see if she was capable of doing it.

 

She added that she never denied that she had run the race and had put it on her social media.

 

Maria Bailey said the hotel was helpful at all times and agreed to pay her medical bills.

Maria Bailey

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