23.11.21

Kildare Focus

Tuesday, 23 November 2021 - 40 minutes

Fiona Montague
Founder, K Dolls
• K Dolls – Social group for women in Co. Kildare.
Charlotte Byrne
Education Officer, Irish Refugee Council
• New report spotlights higher education barriers faced by refugees and people in asylum process
Tom Halpin
Head of Communications, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
• SEAI encourages everyone to take real climate action and use less fossil fuels
Aoife Hegarty
Journalist, RTE Investigates
• Three separate investigations are underway into a series of complaints of suspected sexual abuse of unconscious patients by a doctor at Naas General Hospital.
Dr. Micheál O’Dwyer
Scientific Officer in the Air Quality Team at the EPA and Author of the Report
• Large decrease in air pollution from traffic in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions