Newstalk Breakfast

Dublin City Council has published a plan to develop a new town in north Dublin between Glasnevin, Cabra and Finglas. The town of Ballyboggan would be located along the Royal Canal west of Glasnevin Cemetery and east of Ratoath Road, which is currently occupied by the Dublin Industrial Estate. A public consultation on the plan opened yesterday and is inviting submissions until May 12th. We hear all about it with Tom Philips, Managing Director of Tom Phillips and Associates and Adjunct Associate Professor of Town Planning, UCD. 

A clampdown on Air BnB style lettings will come before cabinet today amid concerns for tourism across the country. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast this morning was Maire Ní Mhurchu, CEO of the Irish Self-Catering Federation. 

The Union of Students in Ireland have warned young people to be “cautious” about engaging in “activism” while on their J1 to the US this summer as the Trump administration clamps down on protests on college campuses. To discuss this further Ciara spoke to Larry Donnelly, University of Galway Law Lecturer and Political Columnist with The Journal. 

Tommy Tiernan rejects wind farms on the grounds of desecration of that area of natural beauty. Do you agree with him? Shane and Ciara gave their view.

 Tánaiste Simon Harris has said it would be "inappropriate" for the United States to hit the pharmaceutical sector with tariffs while it was at the same time negotiating with the European Union on the trade relationship. Speaking to Ciara this morning was Dan Mulhall, Former Ambassador of Ireland to the United States.

President Donald Trump has said that 'Millions are dead because of three people' as he pointed the finger at former US President Joe Biden, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russia's Vladimir Putin for the three-year war prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  Sean Bell, Former Fighter Pilot, Military Analyst and Co-Host of the Red Matrix Podcast for more on this.

Have you seen the new Sure Whole Body Deodorant ad?  It features characters applying Sure deodorant to various parts of their bodies. Some would say it's a little bit graphic in its portrayal with more intimate body parts being sprayed with deodorant  Is this clickbait gone mad? We ask Stella O’Malley, Psychotherapist and Author. 

From today, users of Instagram, Facebook and Threads will begin seeing notifications in Meta’s apps about its plans to begin training its artificial intelligence models using the public posts of EU users. We get the details from Elaine Burke, Host of the For Tech’s Sake Podcast. 

The government needs to take emergency actions to reduce emissions in its Climate Action Plan, which will be brought to cabinet today.  That’s among the calls being made this morning by The Stop Climate Chaos coalition, whose Coordinator Oisín Coughlan joined Shane this morning on the show.

Inaction by the Minister for Justice is eroding morale and trust within An Garda Síochána. That’s the warning from the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, whose Annual Delegate Conference kicks off this morning. We heard from Kevin Bolger is the AGSI’s Deputy General Secretary.