Everyday Ethics

Earlier this month a couple in their early 50s were found dead in their home in Glenbeigh in County Kerry. It is thought they had been dead for several months. And Hazel and David Byrne were not the first couple whose deaths went unnoticed on this island in recent times. Over the past three years, there have been at least seven cases of men and women being found, months after they had died.How could this happen? Where is the community? Has community broken down? How has it changed and what the impact?Audrey Carville was joined by Michael Harding (an author and columnist), Liz Kennedy (a journalist and arts critic) and Niamh Hourigan (a professor of sociology at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick).

It's the month of love. February 14th looms ever larger. St Valentine' Day, the commercial world's dream day when they make millions out of our willingness to declare our love for that special someone. We could do it any day of the year but, it seems, everything has to have a date! Are you still in love with that person you made a pledge to all those years ago? Married or not, how do you keep your relationship from drifting into hostility or worse still- apathy? On the path from love to marriage to divorce- can a split be prevented. Or, in some cases, is it the best thing? Presenter Audrey Carville in conversation with Claire Auchmuty, who is a relationship and divorce coach, Emily Beven an associate at Stowe Family Law and Philip Jinadu- director of Care for the Family.

This week the PSNI laid down a challenge to men and boys everywhere. Check your behaviour towards women and girls. Step away from negative attitudes. Challenge your mates. And have the confidence to step in safely and put a stop to potentially abusive behaviour. The Power to Change campaign comes as figures show that between January 2019 and December 2024, thirty two women and girls were killed by men. And there were 92 attempted murders from December 2018 to November '24. In the Republic, 1,250 attacks in the home were reported every week last year. Will initiatives such as this PSNI plan bring real difference over time? Presenter Audrey Carville in conversation with Kerrie Flood, CEO of Fermanagh Women's Aid, Wicklow secondary school teacher Eoghan Cleary and journalist Amanda Ferguson.

The past week saw an extraordinary admission from a major media company. News Group Newspapers, owned by Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp, admitted that one of its papers- had been involved in incidents of unlawful activity. This related to its intrusion into the life of Prince Harry and took place over a period of 15 years from 1996. News Group also apologised to the Prince. It said it was private investigators rather than its journalists who were involved. The impact of this on journalists of long standing, working for media with strong reputations, will surely reinforce the mistrust that increasing numbers have in journalism. And yet with increasing numbers getting their news on social media sites- much of which is unchecked, and in some cases deliberately false, why are these platforms trusted more? Presenter Audrey Carville in conversation with Paul Tweed, a lawyer specialising in defamation and by former BBC journalist and editor Mihir Bose.

So much has been written and said about Mr Trump and how he will govern the country for the next four years.We brought together four people - Corina Lacatus from Queen Mary University in London, Julie Norman from University College London, Jane Kinninmont from the European Leadership Network and former US Secret Service Agent Barry DonAdio

On January 9, the man who has been described as the best post-presidency President was laid to rest. Jimmy Carter died last month at the age of 100. He served as 39th president of the United States from 1977-1981. On the twentieth of this month Donald Trump will be sworn in as the country's 47th President. So from George Washington to Mr Trump, who has been the greatest President of all time? Presenter Audrey Carville in conversation with Dr Sarah Thelan who teaches 20th Century US political and cultural history at University College Cork, Denman professor of American History at the University of Texas Catherine Clinton and journalist, author and former long time pundit for Fox News, Cal Thomas.