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Nov 5, 2025 • 4min
‘Unprecedented emissions cuts’ are needed
‘Unprecedented emissions cuts’ are needed to avoid temperature rises making much of world ‘unlivable’. That’s according to a new report from the United Nations’ Environment Programme, which found that the world has failed to meet its target of limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees, and will likely breach this threshold in the next decade. All to discuss with Sadhbh O’Neill, Climate Policy Researcher.
Nov 5, 2025 • 6min
Should we speak to children like we speak to adults?
‘We too often tend to talk down to children. The inclination to continue parentese well past babyhood is patronising to kids.’ So wrote Simon Tierney, Newstalk’s Own in The Irish Times.
Nov 5, 2025 • 6min
A need of a society where survivors of sexual violence feel safe to disclose
Rape Crisis Ireland is calling for urgent action to ensure Ireland becomes a society where survivors of sexual violence feel safe to disclose and receive the support they need. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast to discuss further was Dr Clíona Saidléar Executive Director, Rape Crisis Ireland.
Nov 5, 2025 • 5min
Housing crisis could last another 15 years
Department of Finance predicts Ireland’s housing crisis could last another 15 years. Ciara and Shane discussed this further.
Nov 5, 2025 • 8min
Ireland’s housing crisis is likely to persist for at least another 15 years
Ireland’s housing crisis is likely to persist for at least another 15 years, according to the Department of Finance. The grim analysis was contained in Future Forty: A Fiscal and Economic Outlook to 2065. Shane discusses these findings with Dr Emma Howard, Economist at TU Dublin.
Nov 5, 2025 • 9min
Government accused of fuelling anti-immigrant sentiment
The Government has been accused in the Dáil of using rhetoric that is fueling anti-immigrant sentiment. This follows claims from Tánaiste Simon Harris that opponents are trying to ‘shut down’ debate on immigration For more on this, we heard from Gary Gannon, Social Democrats TD and Spokesperson for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration & John Clendennen, Fine Gael TD for Offaly.
Nov 5, 2025 • 4min
Do teeth whitening kits actually work?
You might be bombarded with teeth whitening ads across your social media, but do the kits work or could they be potentially dangerous? We discuss further with Dr Caroline Robbins, owner of Kiwi Dental.
Nov 5, 2025 • 6min
Is decriminalisation the way forward in the war against drugs?
The Labour Party will today call for a health-led drugs policy and decriminalization of people who use drugs. Is this the way forward in the war against drugs. All to discuss with Dr Garrett McGovern, Medical Director at the Priority Medical Clinic in Dundrum and GP addiction specialist.
Nov 5, 2025 • 6min
Zohran Mamdani has won the New York City mayoral race
Zohran Mamdani has won the New York City mayoral race, capping a meteoric rise from a little-known state politician to one of the country's most visible Democratic figures. So who is the New York mayor? To tell us was David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief, The Guardian.
Nov 4, 2025 • 7min
What’s next for Ireland’s Left parties?
After the recent presidential election, which saw the highest-ever vote for a left-wing candidate in Irish history. Many supporters of Catherine Connolly met an event last night to discuss “What’s Next for the Left?” Joining Newstalk Breakfast talk about it is one of the event’s speakers, Paul Murphy, People Before Profit TD.
