Newstalk Breakfast

The State’s population grew by almost 90,000 last year, according to figures from Eurostat. We discuss The implications of Ireland’s population growth with Cormac Lucey, Economics Commentator with The Sunday Times.

Fine Gael’s national executive council is due to meet tomorrow evening to discuss next steps following the withdrawal of Mairead McGuinness late last week. We discuss this and more with John Lee, Executive Editor of the Daily Mail.  

An internal document from Meta has shown policies that permit AI creations to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual,” and generate false medical information.  We discuss further with Newstalk's Technology Correspondent Jess Kelly.

Shane and Ciara discuss the latest on the race to the Áras.

A host of key European leaders will join Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky when he meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House later today.  We take a look ahead to this meeting with Misha Glenny Rector of the Institute of Human Sciences in Vienna and a former BBC Central Europe Correspondent.

Just one in eight children in Ireland cycle to school regularly. That’s according to new research published this morning, which also found that almost half of parents cited safety concerns, primarily a lack of protected bike lanes, as the reason for this.  So what can be done to improve the experience of cyclists who share the roads with vehicles? And how can we make these journeys safer for schoolchildren?  All to discuss with Una Morrison, Spokesperson for the Irish Cycling Campaign.

A number of Influencers on social media are claiming that chemicals in sunscreen are dangerous. Some viral clips have gone so far as to claim “the sun does not cause skin cancer”. To discuss this further was Professor Anne-Marie Tobin HSE National Clinical Lead for Dermatology. 

Chimneys, flues, hot ashes and soot were the top cause of fire recorded last year, according to new data compiled by the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management, in the Department of Housing. We discuss further with Ben Woodhouse Chief Fire Officer with Carlow County Council. 

Protests erupted over the weekend in Israel, with more than thirty people arrested for “disruption of order.” Families of hostages held in Gaza took to the streets to demand a deal be made by the Israeli government for their release. The protests come days after the Israeli Security Cabinet approved a plan to take control of Gaza City. We get the latest on the situation with Fawaz Gerges, Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

The Gallagher brothers are landing in Dublin this weekend as Oasis’ reunion comes to Croke Park for two nights! The band have already performed sell out shows around the UK and to tell us what’s in store for Dublin is Brendan O’Neill, Chief Political Writer at Spiked and writer for the Spectator, who saw Oasis at Wembley.