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Mar 19, 2025 • 7min
Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill latest trolley figures
We’ve been talking about the trolley numbers and whether changes to staff rosters and getting consultants in over the weekend has really made a difference. Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill joins us to discuss the drop in trolley figures last weekend.
Mar 19, 2025 • 5min
Leaving Cert students could soon have to take oral exams in English
Leaving Cert students sitting the English exam could soon face oral tests at the end of fifth year where they will be quizzed on plays or books they have studied. The plans have been set out in a document produced by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. We get reaction to this proposal with Conor Murphy English teacher in Skibbereen Community School.
Mar 19, 2025 • 7min
What the Netflix hit 'Adolescence' can teach us
“Adolescence” is the latest Netflix hit, exploring the internet rabbit holes young men can fall into and the impact it has in the real world. With Ciara to discuss more is Dr Richard Hogan, Family Psychotherapist and author of “Home Is Where The Start Is”.
Mar 19, 2025 • 3min
All Things Considered: Solving the hospital trolley crisis
All Things Considered: Solving the hospital trolley crisis. Ciara and Shane discussed this morning.
Mar 19, 2025 • 7min
Putin and Trump agree 30-day pause on attacking energy infrastructure
Russia and Ukraine have both accused each other of launching air attacks that sparked fires and damaged infrastructure just hours after their leaders agreed to a limited ceasefire to halt attacks on energy infrastructure. To discuss this further Shane spoke to Misha Glenny, Author and Broadcaster and Rector for the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna.
Mar 19, 2025 • 9min
Sinn Fein criticise what they say is a ‘do-nothing Government’
The Dáil returns today after the St. Patrick’s Day break but the Government is already coming in for criticism from Sinn Fein as there is only 11 more sitting days until the next break at Easter. We heard from the Sinn Féin Party Whip Padraig MacLochlainn and Fine Gael TD for Dun Laoghaire Barry Ward.
Mar 19, 2025 • 5min
Touchdown for Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore!
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore landed back on earth last night, after their eight-day visit to the International Space Station became nine months. Speaking to Shane this morning was Dr Niamh Shaw, Science and Space Communicator.
Mar 19, 2025 • 5min
Ireland should be better prepared for major weather events
The Climate Change Advisory Council has said that Ireland must be much better prepared for the next major weather event. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Peter Thorne, Chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council’s Adaptation Committee.
Mar 19, 2025 • 7min
Benjamin Netanyahu vows to fight Hamas ‘with increasing military strength’
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israeli strikes across Gaza that killed over 400 people are ‘only the beginning’ and Israel will press ahead until it realises all its war goals. Ciara spoke to Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, Israel's Foreign Ministry Special Envoy and Former Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem.
Mar 18, 2025 • 6min
Could wearing nail polish could help solve toxic masculinity?
Wearing nail polish could help solve toxic masculinity and men’s mental health crisis? That's according to social innovation expert and author of the Uncertainty toolkit Sam Conniff whose project “Hard As Nails” brings men into nail salons to document their experiences outside of gender norms.
