Should you pay for treatment if you make unhealthy lifestyle choices?

Should you pay for treatment if you make unhealthy lifestyle choices?

Callers react to unhealthy lifestyle choices health debate

So here we are once again talking about a health service that's costing us a fortune but not seeming to do its job. What's the problem or problems? is it that too much money is being spent on illnesses that we could do far to more to prevent ourselves?

Following another boxing death, is it now time to ban the sport?

There have been renewed calls for boxing to be banned after the death of Scottish fighter Mike Towell.

The 25-year-old was rushed to hospital following his fight against Dale Evans in Glasgow and passed away 24 hours later.

Mr Towell's death comes less than seven months after Nick Blackwell suffered bleeding in his skull after a fight with Chris Eubank Jr.

Is a council’s call for a boycott on the Sun a contravention of Human Rights law?

On yesterday's programme we talked about a motion from Derry and Strabane Disctrict Council calling on newsagents to stop selling the Sun newspaper.
One of the contributors in the discussion suggested that this might contravene the Human Rights Act.

We told you we would look in to this, and we have.

Stephen talked to Les Allemby, Chief commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission