Newstalk Breakfast

In the UK a Tory bid to launch a new national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal has been voted down by MPs.Enda Brady, TV Presenter at TRT World explains what happen yesterday.  

In California, at least five people are dead while thousands have had to evacuate their homes amid devastating wildfires across Los Angeles. We get the latest on this with Gabrielle Canon, Climate Reporter and Extreme Weather Correspondent for the Guardian.

 After another night of sub-zero temperatures, the ongoing cold snap continues to cause disruption in many parts of the country. We get the latest on weather with Alan O’Reilly of Carlow Weather.

Recently we spoke to Glenda Harrington, of Dublin-based soup run Friends Helping Friends about the Proposed new bylaws banning on-street services for homeless people. We discuss this issue further with Mary Hayes, Director of the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive. 

As the excessive waste that comes with Christmas comes to an end. Angela Ruttledge, Head of Public Engagement at FoodCloud tells us about four easy climate resolutions for every household to adopt to reduce excess waste.   

Met Éireann have warned that further snow is possible while temperatures could drop to -10 degrees this week. We get an update from around the coutry with Alan O’Reilly, from Carlow Weather, Aoibhinn Twomey Public Relations Lead with the RSA. Also speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was our Southern Reporter Jamie O’Hara joins us from Charleville and also Barry Whyte, Newstalk’s Chief reporter is in Clonmel this morning.Newstalk Reporter Henry McKean joined us live from Limerick City and Stephanie Rohan, Newstalk Reporter is in Nass, Co Kildare.  

Parents should get priority over child-free colleagues on booking annual leave particularly when children are off school. That’s according to freelance journalist Rhiannon Picton-James who explained why to Newstalk Breakfast.

A new DNG report is predicting that housing prices are to continue to inflate in the coming year. Joining Ciara to discuss further was Marian Finnegan, Managing Director of Sherry Fitzgerald. 

A status Orange low-temperature alert was issued for 25 counties yesterday evening, with Met Eireann suggesting temperatures could reach minus 10 degrees this week. We get the latest on the weather situation with Rebecca Cantwell is a Forecaster with Met Eireann. 

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation.As we look ahead to Donald Trump’s inauguration on the 20th of January,  are we seeing the end of woke politics?    We discuss all with Ian O’Doherty, Columnist with the Irish Independent.