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Jan 28, 2025 • 4min
A fresh wave of bin collection price hikes
The country's largest bin collection company Panda is set to hit customers with price hikes from this week. Charlie Weston, Personal Finance Editor with the Irish Independent gave Ciara a update on the new price hike and how customers will be affected.
Jan 28, 2025 • 5min
What is the Doomsday clock?
Now, you might consider adjusting your watches today, as the Doomsday clock is being updated to tell us how close we are to the end of the world But what does the clock actually mean and is there any chance of pushing it back? We find out with SJ Beard, Senior research Associate at the Centre for the study of Existential Risk.
Jan 28, 2025 • 4min
The symptoms of Oesophageal cancer
Oesophageal cancer affects more men than women in Ireland by a wide gap. But according to a recent survey from the Oesophageal Cancer Fund, a third of men are still unaware of its symptoms. Joining Shane this morning on the show was Dr Michael McCarthy, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Secretary of the Irish Society of Medical Oncology.
Jan 28, 2025 • 5min
Should the Dáil be recalled in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn
Mary Lou McDonald has written to the Taoiseach asking him to urgently recall the Dáil in order to address the aftermath of Storm Éowyn. We discussed with Claire Kerrane Sinn Féin TD for Roscommon and Galway.
Jan 27, 2025 • 5min
Should There Be A Two Drink Limit At Airport Bars?
Three in five people support calls for a two-drink limit at airport bars. That’s according to a new Red C poll published in the Business Post yesterday. Ciara Mooney, Managing Director of Freedom Travel and Solo Travel joins NewsTalk Breakfast to discuss.
Jan 27, 2025 • 4min
Electricity Outage Continues
246,000 homes and businesses remain without electricity supply following storm Eowyn last Friday. Joining NewsTalk Breakfast with the latest on their efforts to restore services is Siobhan Wynne, ESB Regional Manager.
Jan 27, 2025 • 6min
Tom Hand on Michael D. Higgin’s Controversial Speech
Tom Hand, whose daughter Emily was held hostage by Hamas, speaks to Ciara Kelly about the controversy surrounding Michael D Higgins’ speech at the Holocaust Memorial Event.A number of protesters walked out during President Michael D Higgins’s speech at the Holocaust Memorial Day event on Sunday.
Jan 27, 2025 • 4min
All Things Considered…
Shane and Ciara discuss the research conducted by Channel 4 that 52% of Gen-Z people favour dictatorship over democracy.
Jan 27, 2025 • 7min
Children Presenting With Gender Dysphoria Has Risen
Dr Paul Moran, Psychiatrist working with the National Gender Services joins NewsTalk Breakfast to discuss these new figures from GP records in conjunction with the NHS.Analysis of GP records in conjunction with NHS England has found the number of children with gender dysphoria has risen 50 fold in a decade, with more than 10,000 people under the age of 18 identified as transgender or struggling with their gender identity.
Jan 27, 2025 • 6min
Why Do Gen-Z Want Dictatorship Over Democracy?
More than 52% of Gen Z people said they would be in favour of turning the UK into a dictatorship, that’s according to new research by Channel 4.Brendan Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity college Dublin joins Ciara Kelly to discuss this interesting revelation.
