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Mar 26, 2025 • 5min
All Things Considered
All things considered, was the chaos in Dáil Éireann on Tuesday an embarassment on all sides? Ciara and Shane discuss.
Mar 26, 2025 • 5min
Price Hikes
Consumers warned to brace for flurry of price hikes as cost of health insurance, energy, phone and broadband to surge in the coming month. Sinead Ryan, Presenter of The Home Show and consumer columnist with the Irish Independent joins NewsTalk Breakfast to go through our best options as consumers.
Mar 26, 2025 • 5min
Red Carpet Roundup
Esther McCarthy, Lifestyle Editor and Saturday Weekend Magazine Columnist with The Irish Examiner, joins NewsTalk Breakfast now for our new weekly Red Carpet Roundup.
Mar 26, 2025 • 4min
The Fight Against Tobacco
In a letter to Health Commissioner Oliver Várhelyi, 12 Health Ministers are urging the European Commission to step up its fight against tobacco and novel nicotine products.Des Cox, Consultant in paediatric respiratory medicine at Children’s Health Ireland and member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Advisory Group on Smoking and E-Cigarettes, joins NewsTalk Breakfast to go through the letter’s recommendations.
Mar 26, 2025 • 15min
Dáil Speaking Rights
Minister for Transport, Climate, Environment and Energy, Darragh O’Brien, joins NewsTalk Breakfast to give the governments view on the chaos that erupted in the Dáil on Tuesday.
Mar 26, 2025 • 6min
Political Deception on Climate Change
‘Politicians who lie about climate change should be treated the same way as TV presenters who grope their colleagues’ so says Mike Berners-Lee, Professor at Lancaster University.Mike is the founder of Small World Consulting and Author of several books including his new publication “A Climate of Truth.”He joins NewsTalk Breakfast to explain these views on political deception for climate change.
Mar 26, 2025 • 14min
Dáil Behaviour
After the chaos that descended in the Dail yesterday, there have been questions arising over the confidence in the Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy.Ciara is joined by Paul Murphy, People Before Profit TD, to go through Tuesday’s chaotic scenes.
Mar 26, 2025 • 5min
Maths Week
Today is World Maths Day – but how can we ensure that mathematics is accessible and engaging for everyone? TJ Hegarty, Founder of Breakthrough Maths, joins NewsTalk Breakfast to talk the best way to make maths fun for all.
Mar 26, 2025 • 6min
Rejection of Rezoning Land
Councillors in Louth have voted to reject rezoning of residential land in Dundalk, potentially halting the development of hundreds of new homes, despite the planning regulator's formal recommendations.Fianna Fail Councillor, Shane McGuinness joins NewsTalk Breakfast to go through this rezoning of land.
Mar 25, 2025 • 6min
Could you give up owning a car?
“Six months ago, I sold my car and bought an e-bike. So far I don’t regret it one bit” Those are the words of climate policy researcher Sadhbh O’Neill who explain why to Shane this morning on the show.
