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Feb 19, 2025 • 6min
Calls for right to be forgotten for cancer survivors when accessing financial services
Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin South Central Catherine Ardagh has said that cancer survivors deserve to be treated fairly when accessing financial products such as mortgages, health insurance, and travel insurance. Catherine explained why to Shane this morning.
Feb 19, 2025 • 6min
President Zelensky cancels Saudi trip
Donald Trump has criticised Ukraine after President Zelensky expressed surprise at not being invited to Saudi talks on ending the war, blaming Ukraine for starting the conflict and suggesting they could have reached a deal sooner. For more on this Ciara was joined on the show by Donnacha Ó Beacháin, Professor of Politics at DCU and author of forthcoming book "Unfinished Empire: Russian Imperialism in Ukraine and the Near Abroad".
Feb 18, 2025 • 5min
Why has the weather been so grey of late?
Dublin Airport has gone nine consecutive days without recording any sunshine, according to Met Éireann. So why has the weather been so grey of late? Alan O'Reilly of Carlow Weather filled us in. Also speaking to Newstalk Breakfast Leslie Shoemaker, Counselling Psychologist and Lecturer in TU Dublin on the effect has all this gloomy weather had on our mental states.
Feb 18, 2025 • 5min
National Children’s Hospital bill set to rise once again
Builders of the New Children’s Hospital want an extra 853 million euro in construction costs, according to the Irish Independent. It looks like the final bill of 2.24 billion could be more than a 100 million higher than figures estimated last autumn. We asked where has this increase come from with Paul Davies, Public Procurement Expert from DCU.
Feb 18, 2025 • 5min
Calls to make apartments more appealing to investors
Property Industry Ireland have submitted their white paper to Government, which includes key recommendations on to boost apartment delivery. David Howard, Director of Property Industry Ireland discussed the recommendations with Shane this morning on the show.
Feb 18, 2025 • 7min
Senior American and Russian officials will hold talks in Saudi Arabia
Senior American and Russian officials will hold talks in Saudi Arabia today on improving their ties and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, but Kyiv has not been invited to participate in the talks. We discuss this and more with Bobby McDonagh, Former Irish Ambassador to the UK and EU.
Feb 18, 2025 • 4min
All Things Considered: Has Irish neutrality passed its sell by date?
Has Irish neutrality passed its sell by date? Shane and Jonathan discussed and debated this morning on the show.
Feb 18, 2025 • 5min
Should you be a stay-at-home dad?
Being a house husband is much more tiring than being a mechanic. So wrote Stay at Home Dad David Hitchcock in the Daily Telegraph and David explained why to Jonathan this morning on the show.
Feb 18, 2025 • 7min
Should we retrofit our streets?
We should retrofit our streets in the interest of road safety. That’s the call from Dr. Catherine Conlon, Public Health Doctor and former director of human health and nutrition with safe food. Dr Conlon discussed this further with Shane this morning on the show.
Feb 18, 2025 • 6min
Are leaving cert reforms happening too slowly?
Any further delays to Leaving Cert reform would put children in a position to miss out on the best possible opportunities. That’s according to the Ombudsman for Children. For more on this Jonathan spoke to Michael Gillespie, General Secretary of Teachers Union of Ireland.
