What you need to know this Thursday lunchtime:In News - Calls for an end to the silence around the impact of abuse of alcohol by parents on their children and the Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney says science can't be ignored ahead of the easing of most restrictions on October the 22nd.In Sport- Keith Ricken is to be the new Cork senior football boss and in snooker Mark Allen is in 2nd round action in the Northern Ireland open today.