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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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Oct 20, 2025 • 7min
“I’m sorry, but your local property tax needs to go up"
“I’m sorry, but your local property tax needs to go up.” That’s according to Assistant Professor of Economics at Trinity College Barra Roantree, who says gutting the Local property tax might make homeowners happy, but it means the Government is relying more and more on economically harmful taxes.
Oct 20, 2025 • 5min
The One in Four charity report findings
The One in Four charity, which supports survivors of child sex abuse, saw more men than women come forward last year, for the first time in its more than 20-year history. Speaking to Shane this morning was CEO of One in Four Deirdre Kenny.
Oct 20, 2025 • 5min
Jewels of ‘historic value’ stolen from the Louvre
Jewels of ‘inestimable heritage and historic value’ were stolen from the Louvre yesterday. The thieves broke in through the gallery window and stole away with the loot, escaping on motorbikes. We get the latest on this with Paris-based journalist John Lichfield.
Oct 20, 2025 • 5min
It’s five days to polling day!
It’s five days to polling day So what can we expect from the last week of the presidential campaign? All to discuss with Seán Defoe Newstalk’s Political Correspondent.
Oct 17, 2025 • 6min
Do you hold hands in public?
“I hate hand-holding, I find it uncomfortable, I feel self-conscious and I get sweaty” So writes Newstalk’s own Simon Tierney in the Irish Independent and Simon explained why to Ciara this morning.
Oct 17, 2025 • 7min
Research finds majority of children use devices in their bedrooms
New research by Ireland's online safety charity, CyberSafeKids, reveals that 83% of primary school children have access to internet-connected devices in their bedrooms, with 63% allowed to have them overnight. We discuss further with Alex Cooney, CEO of Cybersafe Kids Colman Noctor, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist.
Oct 17, 2025 • 4min
What is your experience of public transport?
'With phase 7 of BusConnects just around the corner . We ask what is your experience of public transport? Ciara and Shane discuss this together this morning.
Oct 17, 2025 • 6min
Trump says he will meet Putin in Hungary for Ukraine talks
US President Donald Trump has said his “success” in the middle east will help in negotiations to end in the war between Russia and Ukraine. He is due to meet with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House later today, and has announced a meeting with Vladimir Putin next week in Hungary. We discuss further with Paul Rogers, Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University.
Oct 17, 2025 • 7min
Phase 7 of BusConnects is just around the corner
It’s goodbye to the 140, the 83 and many other buses and hello to Phase 7 of Bus Connects, which includes the new 24-hour “F” route. But how will it help you in getting from A to B? With us to explain more is Blake Boland, Spokesperson for Dublin Bus.
Oct 17, 2025 • 6min
Plug-in EVs pumping out five times more emissions
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles pump out nearly five times more planet-heating pollution than official figures show, according to a new report from Transport & Environment. We discussed this further with Sofía Navas, Cars and Charging Research Analyst for the think tank Transport & Environment.
