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Jan 3, 2025 • 5min
Ireland's obesity levels soar
60 per cent of Adults in Ireland Overweight or Obese, while more than 7 in 10 of us say they’ve put off even trying to lose weight. That’s according to a new survey commissioned by Slimming World. We discuss the findings with Helen Heneghan, Consultant Bariatric Surgeon and Professor of Surgery at St Vincent’s Hospital and University College Dublin.
Jan 3, 2025 • 11min
Met Éireann forecasts lows of -10 degrees
A yellow weather warning for low temperatures is in place until 11am this morning as Met Éireann forecast sub-zero temperatures and “very disruptive and impactful” weather conditions over the weekend. We spoke to Alan O’Reilly from Carlow Weather, Aoibhinn Twomey, Communications Manager with The Road Safety Authority and also Aubrey McCarthy, Chairman of Tiglin Homeless Services.
Jan 3, 2025 • 7min
Generation Beta has arrived!
Babies born in 2025 will be the first people in “Generation Beta”, replacing Generation Alpha – but why do we have all these labels for generations and are they actually relevant? To discuss further we heard from Counselling Psychologist and Lecturer in TU Dublin Leslie Shoemaker.
Jan 3, 2025 • 7min
Addressing the impact of online masculinity influencer
A new resource has been created to provide guidance to schools, teachers and parents on how to address the impact of online masculinity influencers like Andrew Tate Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Dr Darragh McCashin Assistant Professor in the School of Psychology at DCU, Chair of The Observatory Anti-Bullying Centre and created this guide.
Jan 3, 2025 • 3min
Aftermath of the suspected terror attack in New Orleans
In New Orleans, the FBI have said they now believe Shamsud-Din Jabbar acted alone in a terror attack that killed at least 15 people on New Year’s Eve. We get the latest on this with Harriet Alexander, US-based Journalist.
Jan 2, 2025 • 5min
You feel pressure to complete dry January?
Along with all the other resolutions people make in the New Year, many people will be deciding to do Dry January and avoid all alcohol. But like other resolutions, do people sometimes put too much pressure on themselves to complete Dry January? We discuss this with Saoirse Hanley, Columnist with the Irish Independent.
Jan 2, 2025 • 12min
We get the latest on the New Orleans attack
15 people have been killed and at least 35 injured after car ploughed into a crowd on Bourbon street in New Orleans on New Years eve. The FBI have identified the suspect as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, whom they believe did not act alone. We get the latest from New Orleans with Kristine Froeba New Orleans based Journalist and also Trey Monahan from Molly’s at the Market in the French Quarter.
Jan 2, 2025 • 6min
House prices rising!
Housing prices nationally rose by an average of 9% during 2024, that’s according to the latest Daft.ie House Price Report released today. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast on the report findings are Ronan Lyons, Associate Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin and Author of the report.
Jan 2, 2025 • 8min
The latest on vacant posts in schools!
Many secondary schools have been struggling to fill teaching positions with hundreds of vacant posts in subjects such as maths and Irish. This is according to an unpublished draft study by the Department of Education obtained by the Irish Times under Freedom of Information.We discuss this further with Paul Crone, Director of the National Association of Principals and Deputies.
Jan 2, 2025 • 5min
Milan introduces an outdoor smoking ban!
Yesterday Milan introduced a total ban on smoking outdoors in the city – and those caught lighting up on city streets or crowded could be fined up to €240. Now the question is, should Ireland follow in Milan’s footsteps and ban outdoor smoking? One person who thinks so is Professor Luke Clancy, Director General of the Tobacco Free Research Institute Ireland.
