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May 26, 2025 • 8min
Trumps tariffs on the European Union
US President Donald Trump has agreed to extend a deadline to negotiate tariffs with the European Union until 9 July. It comes after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she had a "good call" with Trump on last night. We discuss further with John Fitzgerald, Adjunct Professor in Economics at Trinity College Dublin.
May 26, 2025 • 5min
Rent pressure zones should they stay or should they go?
Minister for Housing, James Browne will be bringing recommendations to coalition leaders today around the future of rent pressure zones. Speaking to Newstalk Breakast Mary Conway, Chairperson of the Irish Property Owners Association.
May 26, 2025 • 5min
An inside scoop of the Metallica world tour
Metallica brings their world tour to Dublin in June 2026. Our reporter, Josh Crosbie was in Philadelphia over the weekend and got to see the tour in advance.
May 26, 2025 • 6min
What place does Pride Month have in Ireland?
“While marchers at Pride between the 1980s and 2000s were almost exclusively gay men and lesbians, today these parades are dominated by heterosexuals professing their “allyship” without realising how patronising they sound.” Those are the words of author John Boyne in the Sunday Independent and we get reaction from Eddie McGuinness, founder of The Outing Queer Arts Collective and Winter Pride Festival in Co. Clare.
May 26, 2025 • 5min
Is our love for SUVs worth the cost to the climate?
We in Ireland are disproportionately contributing to the climate disasters of the present and future beyond our shores’. That’s according to John Sweeney, Emeritus Professor in the Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units at the Department of Geography at Maynooth University.
May 26, 2025 • 5min
US envoys in Ukraine have called for a ceasefire
US envoys in Ukraine have called for a ceasefire after a huge Russian attack on Ukraine killed at least 12 people and injured dozens overnight. But as the war wages on, how will the international community react? Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Dr Jenny Mathers, Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University.
May 23, 2025 • 4min
Camogie Associations make a historic decision
After weeks of controversy, the Camogie Association has voted to give players the choice of wearing shorts or a skort. We get reaction to this with Brian Malloy, President of the Camogie Association.
May 23, 2025 • 10min
Your questions answered on the Metro Project
Dr Sean Sweeney is the Programme Director of Ireland’s first planned metro project. Sean has come into Newstalk to answer listeners questions on the project.
May 23, 2025 • 5min
Europe’s budget airlines under scrutiny over hand luggage fees
A coalition of consumer groups is urging national watchdogs and the European Commission to investigate budget airlines over what they claim are unfair hand luggage fees. We discuss this with Eoghan Corry, Editor of TravelExtra.ie.
May 23, 2025 • 9min
We hear from on the ground in Nassar Hospital in Gaza
Medics in southern Gaza have been comparing it to a "slaughterhouse" because of the daily bombardment from Israeli forces. Shane spoke to Orthopedic surgeon with the NHS Dr. Graeme Groom who is working in Nassar Hospital.
