Newstalk Breakfast Highlights

A surge in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnoses among children is driving spiraling waiting-lists for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. That’s according to the Minister of State for Mental Health, Mary Butler, who revealed that up to 70 per cent of referrals to one Camhs team in Cork are due to ADHD.We discuss this further with Ken Kilbride CEO ADHD Ireland.

A report by the Land Development Agency has found that almost 15,000 homes could be constructed by 2032 on state-owned land.  For more on this we speak to Carol Tallan, CEO of Property District and author of Irish Property Buyers Handbook annual.

Bosses should stop calling so many meetings that waste their staff’s time, so says Frank Coughlan, Irish Independent columnist. Frank explained why to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.  

People Before Profit TD, Paul Murphy has proposed that there should be open access to university. Meaning that degrees are made freely available to all, with no or limited points restrictions. Paul spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

US President Donald Trump yesterday announced a 90-day pause as part of his tariff plan but was also raising the tariff rate for China to 125pc. The EU and other countries who were facing into tariffs of between 10pc and 47pc are now going to pay a 10pc baseline tariff for 90 days.  We discuss this development with Joe Lynam, Newstalk’s Business Editor and also Dan O’Brien, Chief Economist at the Institute of International and European affairs and Columnist with The Currency. 

Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan will not attend the Garda Representative Association’s annual conference this year. The GRA once again did not invite Commissioner Drew Harris. We discuss further with Christy Galligan, Former Garda Sergeant. 

President Donald Trump has paused reciprocal tariffs for any country that did not retaliate with their own tariffs. Meaning everywhere but China is getting a small reprieve.   Speaking to reporters outside the White House, President Trump explained why he decided on a 90 day pause. We discuss this further with Joe Lynam, Newstalk Business Editor and David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief from The Guardian.

Esther McCarthy, Lifestyle Editor and Saturday Weekend Magazine Columnist with The Irish Examiner, joins us now for our new weekly Red Carpet Roundup.

While we’ve all been enjoying the warm weather, Uisce Eireann are warning people to remain mindful of their water supply during the sunny spell.    We heard from Margaret Attridge, Head of Water Operations at Uisce Eireann. 

Special Advocate for Survivors of Institutional Abuse Patricia Carey has expressed "deep disappointment" after two out of eight religious bodies offered financial contributions towards the cost of the mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme.Patricia spoke to Jonathan this morning on the show.