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Sep 1, 2025 • 5min
Traitors Ireland kicks off!
Traitors Ireland kicked off last night on RTE 1, what can we expect from this season? All to chat with Hannah O’ Connell, Host of “Shrine Podcast”.
Sep 1, 2025 • 3min
How to limit your child's screentime!
It's the first full week of the new academic year, and while timetables and after school activities will feature heavily on parents’ minds, so too will the issue of screentime. Newstalk's Technology Correspondent Jess Kelly bring us advice.
Sep 1, 2025 • 11min
Sláintecare reforms pushing up cost of health insurance!
Sláintecare reforms being introduced into the health system are playing a major role in pushing up the cost of health insurance. We discuss all with Dermot Goode from Health Insurance Ireland.
Sep 1, 2025 • 4min
Monday Riff: Are Sláintecare reforms worth the cost?
Sláintecare reforms being introduced into the health system are playing a major role in pushing up the cost of health insurance. Are Sláintecare reforms worth the cost? Shane and Ciara discussed this morning.
Sep 1, 2025 • 6min
Irish Novelist Naoise Dolan taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla
Irish Novelist Naoise Dolan is among those taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla setting sail this week in an attempt to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza and deliver aid. Naoise explained to why she is taking part to Ciara this morning.
Sep 1, 2025 • 3min
When should you start giving your child pocket money?
More than half of adults in Ireland believe children should start receiving pocket money by the time they reach the age of nine. But what is the right age to start? We asked Kel Galavan, Money Coach and Author.
Sep 1, 2025 • 3min
Should EV chargers be exempt from planning rules?
If Ireland is serious about meeting its electric vehicle targets, household EV chargers should be exempt from planning permission requirements. That’s according to Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South, James Geoghegan who spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.
Sep 1, 2025 • 4min
The latest on the Presidential Election!
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has endorsed former Dublin GAA football manager Jim Gavin as the Fianna Fáil candidate in the upcoming Presidential Election. But what else happened in the campaign over the weekend? All to discuss with Daniel McConnell, Editor at The Business Post.
Aug 29, 2025 • 6min
One of the most active Gaeltachts in the country!
Chun críoch a chur lenár seachtain na Gaeilge, we sent our reporter Sarah Madden to Coláiste Lurgan to dust off her cupla focail and have a bit of spraoí:
Aug 29, 2025 • 5min
This year’s Electric Picnic lineup is packing a punch!
From Hozier to Inhaler and Sam Fender to Fatboy Slim, this year’s Electric Picnic lineup is packing a punch! Today FM’s Shelly Gray is here to get you into the swing of things.
