On Monday's version of 'Déise Today', Maria was talking to driving instructor Kieran Kennedy to talk about the recent news that one in six Irish motorists were involved in a car crash while learning to drive their cars as per a AA survey.
A survey of more than 5,000 people by AA Young Driver Insurance found almost 18% had experienced one or more crashes with their L plates on.
One in 12 also admitted using a family member’s car without their permission.
The AA’s Conor Faughnan said: “Learning to drive is much more refined than previous decades where someone could take to the road on their own.
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Also on the show, Maria McCann was talking to Joanna Fortune, who is a clinical psychotherapist.
Joanna was on the show to discuss the recent decision by the World Health Organization (W.H.O) to recognise video game addiction as a ‘disease’.
The organisation state that in order to be classed as addicted to video games that “For gaming disorder to be diagnosed, the behaviour pattern must be of sufficient severity to result in significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning and would normally have been evident for at least 12 months.”
Joanna was also on the show to discuss what happened when the makers of the highly popular game ‘Candy Crush’, developer “King” appeared before British MPS at a digital, culture, media and sports committee last week.
King say that they don’t believe that their games could be addicted but also told the committee that they were not psychiatrists.
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Maria was also talking to Joe Healy, National President of the ‘Irish Farmers Association’ where he was talking about the organisation’s huge concern over the new EU trade deal that is under negotiations with Mescour.
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