Clamping levels in Dublin City rose by 6 percent last year with 47,000 vehicles in total being locked up.  But is it the best deterrent to discourage illegal parking? We asked Sadhbh O'Neill, Part Time Lecturer in Energy and Climate Law at TUD.   

The XL Bully ban comes into effect tomorrow. Shane was joined on the show this morning Martina Kenny, Co- Founder of My Lovely Horse Rescue. 

“The Irish economy had far more momentum in late 2024 than excepted”. That's according to Bank of Ireland’s latest economic forecasts. We heard from Conall MacCoille, Chief Economist, Bank of Ireland.  

Investigators have recovered the black boxes from the passenger plane whose mid-air collision with a military helicopter over Washington's Potomac river killed 67 people. We get the latest from David Smith is Washington Bureau Chief of The Guardian.

“I’ve lost all faith in zips and I’m now phasing them out of my life” So says Adrian Chiles broadcaster and a Guardian columnist who explained why toe Newstalk Breakfast.

Ireland’s is likely to produce less housing over the next two to three years than we did in 2023, not more. That’s according to a new report from construction consultants Mitchell McDermott. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Paul Mitchell is co-founder And Director of Mitchell McDermott, and co-author of the report.  

New CSO stats predicting a population increase of at least 10% for Cork and Kerry over the next 20 years. To break down why is Evelyn Mahon, Professor Emeritus with the School of Social Work and Social Policy at Trinity College Dublin. 

A passenger plane carrying 64 passengers and crew has crashed into a river in Washington DC after it collided in mid-air with a US Army helicopter. With more on this we spoke to Sean Bell, Former Fighter Pilot, Military Analyst and Co-Host of the Red Matrix Podcast.

The teacher recruitment and retention crisis in Irish secondary schools is worsening, according to a new survey of by the teacher's union of Ireland. We discuss these stark findings with David Waters the President of the Teacher's Union of Ireland.

A passenger plane carrying 64 passengers and crew has crashed into a river in Washington DC after it collided in mid-air with a US Army helicopter.  We get the latest this with Terry Sheridan, News Director at WSHU Radio.