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Newstalk Breakfast brings you all the news you need to set you up for the day – from politics, business, sport, entertainment and everything in between. Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly have all the stories that matter, every weekday from 7-9AM. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'
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Mar 28, 2025 • 8min
Irish Mammies
With Mother’s Day on Sunday who better to talk to about the enigmatic and iconic Irish mammy than Jen Hogan, Irish Times Columnist and Host of the “Conversations with Parents” Podcast.
Mar 28, 2025 • 6min
Rise in Sunbed Use
‘Tanning TikTok’ has seen a resurgence of the use of sunbeds among Gen Z despite well-known health risks.Professor Seamus O’Reilly, Consultant Medical Oncologist in Cork University Hospital joins Ciara for NewsTalk Breakfast to go through this shocking resurgence.
Mar 28, 2025 • 6min
Migrants More Likely to be Working than Irish Born – ESRI
Migrants are more likely to be working than Irish-born, but many experience poverty and high housing costs - that’s according to new research from the ESRI today. For more on this Shane is joined by Teresa Buczkowska, a Migrant rights campaigner.
Mar 27, 2025 • 3min
All Things Considered
All things considered, do we worry too much about our kids, even when they're grown up? Shane and Ciara discuss.
Mar 27, 2025 • 14min
Mary-Lou McDonald
As calls for the resignation of Ceann Comhairle intensify, NewsTalk Breakfast is joined by the Sinn Féin leader to give the oppositions views.The move against Verona Murphy comes following a meeting of the leaders of the main opposition parties on Wednesday morning to discuss their response after the Dáil was disrupted on Tuesday amid an acrimonious row on speaking time changes.
Mar 27, 2025 • 6min
Crime Rates
Many categories of serious crime fell in Ireland in 2024 — but sexual crimes, murders and threats to kill increased.Joining NewsTalk Breakfast is Trina O’Connor, Criminologist and Lecturer in Criminology to discuss this further.
Mar 27, 2025 • 9min
Ceann Comhairle No-Confidence
Ceann Comhairle, Verona Murphy, has insisted she will not resign as she faces no-confidence vote next week.Michael Healy Rae, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Independent TD for Kerry, joins NewsTalk Breakfast.
Mar 27, 2025 • 9min
Religion in Schools
Does religion have a place in our classrooms? Thats the question that will be debated later this evening in Dún Laoighaire by People Before Profit TD, Richard Boyd Barrett and Senator, Rónán Mullin. NewsTalk Breakfast is joined by David Graham, Communications Officer for Education Equality, and David Quinn, Head of the Iona Institute Columnist with the Sunday Independent.
Mar 27, 2025 • 5min
TikTok Skincare Trends
Girls as young as 10 are using expensive skincare products in a bid to keep up with the latest trend.But can the popularity of online fads end up damaging kids’ skin?Professor Catriona Ryan, Consultant Dermatologist at the institute of Dermatologists, joins NewsTalk Breakfast to go through this shocking trend.
Mar 27, 2025 • 5min
Parenting Worries
A study has found that nearly nine in ten mums and dads still worry about their children even when they are grown up.Shane Coleman sits down with Dr. Brendan Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin to go through this study.
