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Oct 30, 2025 • 6min
Will the Gaza ceasefire hold?
The Israeli military yesterday carried out further strikes on Gaza, a move that raises concerns about the fragility of its ceasefire with Hamas. The IDF said it conducted the strike on what it called "terrorist infrastructure". We discuss further with Sean Bell, Former Fighter Pilot, Military Analyst and Co-Founder of Red Matrix Productions.
Oct 30, 2025 • 5min
Local Property Tax return deadline looming
Over 1.5 million households haven’t filed property tax valuation as the deadline approaches. So what do households need to do? To give us some advice was Karl Deeter, Financial Analyst.
Oct 30, 2025 • 7min
Keeping the car at home can have huge benefits for our health
The government must do more to prioritise active travel. That’s the call in a new report from the Climate and Health Alliance. We discuss this further with Caoimhe Clarke Consultant Psychiatrist and Co-Author of the report.
Oct 30, 2025 • 6min
A call for higher gambling taxes
Stewart Kenny, One of the Founders and Former Chief Executive of Paddy Power has called for higher gambling taxes to deter bookmakers from tactics that draw punters into more addictive games, as he said profits across the sector were “exploding”. Stewart spoke to Sean this morning,
Oct 30, 2025 • 6min
Breast cancer diagnoses increase 26% in women under-50
The number of women aged 20–49 diagnosed with breast cancer has risen by over a quarter in the past decade, according to new figures from the National Cancer Registry of Ireland. The Marie Keating Foundation has launched a new awareness campaign urging women, especially those outside the screening age, to check their breasts regularly for any changes. Speaking to Ciara this morning was Professor Seamus O’Reilly Consultant Medical Oncologist in Cork University Hospital.
Oct 30, 2025 • 5min
The latest on the Louvre jewellery heist
The two suspects arrested over the Louvre jewellery heist have "partially" confessed to their involvement in the robbery. Catherine Porter, International Correspondent for the New York Times brought the latest update on the investigation.
Oct 30, 2025 • 4min
Hurricane Melissa devastates Caribbean
Hurricane Melissa has blasted across the Caribbean, leaving 30 dead or missing in Haiti and four dead in Jamaica. We get the latest with Alan O’Reilly from Carlow weather.
Oct 29, 2025 • 5min
What is the very annoying 'six-seven' craze?
If you’ve recently overheard a group of children chanting ‘six-seven!’, you’ve witnessed what Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist Colman Noctor calls the latest viral ‘brain-rot’ craze.Colman explained all the Newstalk Breakfast this morning.
Oct 29, 2025 • 4min
Category five hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm after pummelling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, the US National Hurricane Center said. We discuss this further with Dr. Samantha Hallam, Ocean and Climate Scientist at the Irish Climate Analysis Research Unit at Maynooth University.
Oct 29, 2025 • 9min
Is the Gaza ceasefire at risk?
US President Donald Trump said that a US-backed ceasefire in Gaza was not at risk after local authorities reported that 26 people had been killed in Israeli strikes, as Israel and Hamas trade accusations of blame for the violence. We discuss further with Dan Feferman, middle east security analyst and former IDF intelligence officer.
