Nine To Noon for Wednesday 3 June 2009

09:05 IHC Mainstreaming

Dr Jude MacArthur - author of report Learning Better Together which argues that disabled children do better in classrooms in regular schools, rather than being in special schools; and Peter Simpson, Vice President of Principals Federation and Principal of Belfast School in Christchurch.

09:20 The recession and its effect on retailing

Sheila Murray-Hamilton, owner of Hamilton & Murray (H&M) and Desire stores; Kerry Prendergast, Wellington Mayor; Dr Paul Ballantine, Senior Lecturer in Marketing at University of Canterbury, specialising in retailing and consumer behaviour.

09:45 Australia correspondent Ray Moynihan

10:05 The man who sued the Pope

Colm O'Gorman took the Catholic Church to court over the abuse he suffered at the hands of his priest.

10:30 Book Review with Phil Smith

An Elegy for Easterly by Petina Gappah
Published by Faber & Faber
ISBN 9780571246939

10:45 Reading. October - a short story by Peter Butler

"No longer a virgin! Strange how it happened, crazy night."

11:05 Music review with Marty Duda

Artist of the Week is Jeff Buckley

1. Song To The Siren (3:28) - Tim Buckley taken from 2001 album "The Dream Belongs To Me" (Manifesto/Shock)

2. Last Goodbye (4:35) - Jeff Buckley taken from 1994 album "Grace" (Columbia)

3. Everybody Here Wants You (4:46) - Jeff Buckley taken from 1998 album "Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk" (Columbia)

4. Hallelujah (7:35) - Jeff Buckley taken from 2009 album "Grace Around The World" (Columbia)

11:30 Legal commentator Catriona MacLennan

Catriona discusses what initiatives can be taken to deal with loan sharks who prey on the poor.

11:45 Film Review with Graeme Tuckett

Today Graeme reviews State of Play and River of No Return.