Newstalk Breakfast
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Newstalk Breakfast brings you all the news you need to set you up for the day – from politics, business, sport, entertainment and everything in between. Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly have all the stories that matter, every weekday from 7-9AM. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'
Episodes
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Jun 4, 2025 • 7min
Leona Macken’s Cervical Cancer Story
Leona Macken joins Newstalk Breakfast after receiving a formal apology from the HSE over false-negative smear test results that led to a late-stage cervical cancer diagnosis.Listen here.
Jun 4, 2025 • 6min
Friendship and The Wealth Gap
Professor in Psychiatry, Brendan Kelly of Trinity College Dublin joins Newstalk Breakfast to talk about how wealth gaps between friends can create stressListen here.
Jun 4, 2025 • 5min
EPA Climate Risk Assessment
Conor Quinlan from the Environmental Protection Agency joins Newstalk Breakfast to explain Ireland’s first national climate risk report and which areas are most vulnerable in the years ahead.Listen here.
Jun 4, 2025 • 4min
Death of Sunny Jacobs
Councillor with Independent Ireland, Michael Leainde joins Newstalk Breakfast with reaction to the deaths of Sunny Jacobs — who spent five years on death row in the US — and Galway man Kevin Kelly, in a Connemara house fire.Listen here.
Jun 4, 2025 • 4min
All Things Considered
All things considered, Ciara and Jonathan discuss the ongoing troubles with the CHI.Listen here.
Jun 3, 2025 • 4min
Irish Woman Detained in the West Bank
A 70-year-old Irish woman has been arrested in the occupied West Bank and is detained in Israel, fighting a deportation order. Deirdre ‘D’ Murphy is volunteering with the International Solidarity Movement an activist group helping Palestinian residents in the occupied West Bank. Mariam is another member of this group and joined NewsTalk Breakfast earlier to discuss.
Jun 3, 2025 • 5min
Weight Loss Drugs & Diet Culture
Dr David A. Kessler, former US FDA Commissioner, joins Newstalk Breakfast to discuss his new book 'Diet, Drugs and Dopamine' — and what the popularity of Ozempic says about our relationship with food.Listen here.
Jun 3, 2025 • 4min
All Things Considered
All things considered, is the Leaving Cert too much to stress about? Jonathan and Ciara discuss.
Jun 3, 2025 • 6min
LDA Reform on the Table
Conor Skehan, Sunday Independent columnist, joins Newstalk Breakfast to discuss proposed reforms to the Land Development Agency that could speed up the delivery of housing across Ireland.Listen here.
Jun 3, 2025 • 10min
Carlow Shooting
Fintan Phelan, Mayor of Carlow, and Christy Galligan, former Garda Sergeant join Newstalk Breakfast as it’s revealed that a man who fired shots in a local shopping centre was already on bail and facing 13 firearms-related charges.Listen here.
