The Anton Savage Show
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Anton Savage presents a bright, lively and engaging current affairs magazine show to kickstart your weekend.
The programme features all the latest news, features and opinion along with conversations about the conversations you are having on a Saturday morning from 9-11am.
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The programme features all the latest news, features and opinion along with conversations about the conversations you are having on a Saturday morning from 9-11am.
Listen and subscribe to The Anton Savage Show 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'
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Jul 1, 2023 • 14min
Abortion in Ireland: 5 Years on from the repeal of the eighth amendment
Today will see the annual 'Rally for Life' march in Dublin which is organised by a number of pro-life organisations.
It comes at a time when the five-year review of existing legislation has been published, and, just this week, Minister of Health, Stephen Donnelly, promised that there will be ‘safe zones’ around facilities offering abortion services.
Joining Anton to give her perspective is Niamh Ui Bhriain from the Rally for Life Committee.
Jul 1, 2023 • 6min
Look-ahead to a bumper weekend of sport
If you’re into sport, this weekend is really the start of your summer. Wimbledon is less than 48 hours away, but all eyes are on Croke Park this weekend with all four quarter-finals in the All-Ireland Football Championships. Joining Anton to preview all the action is Off The Ball’s, Cathal Mullaney.
Jul 1, 2023 • 14min
Should RTÉ’s top salaries be capped?
As we come to the end of a very eventful week with RTÉ executives in front of the Media and PAC Committees - with another committee meeting to take place next Wednesday - the RTÉ pay crisis looks set to continue to dominate the headlines.
Joining Anton to discuss the latest revelations and the future of RTÉ is Independent Senator, Rónán Mullen & Cearbhall Ó Síocháin, RTÉ Trade Union Group Secretary and Member of the Irish Executive Council, NUJ, and RTÉ staff member.
Jul 1, 2023 • 14min
What were your favourite childhood toys?
With the imminent release of the new Barbie movie, there is no better time to ask - what were your favourite childhood toys?
Joining Anton to delve into all the nostalgia is TV presenter and podcaster, James Kavanagh and Irish Examiner columnist, Jennifer Sheahan.
Jul 1, 2023 • 22min
What’s Going On with John Lee & Lauren Boland
Joining Anton to go through the top stories hitting the headlines is John Lee, Executive Editor with DMG Media Ireland & Lauren Boland, reporter with TheJournal.ie.
Jul 1, 2023 • 10min
In conversation with Sonya Lennon
Anton was joined in studio by entrepreneur and equality advocate, Sonya Lennon.
Together they discuss Sonya's start in television, the challenges of predicting fashion trends, and the importance of starting your pension earlier rather than later.
Jun 24, 2023 • 12min
Why are we fascinated with deep-sea tourism?
We heard the tragic news this week of the debris field found during the search for the missing tourist submersible 'Titan'. But how did we first become interested in learning about deep sea tourism and when did our fascination with exploring underwater wrecks begin? Joining Anton to discuss is Mensun Bound, maritime archaeologist and author of ‘The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance’.
Jun 24, 2023 • 10min
Ask the Expert: Skincare with Prof. Anne-Marie Tobin
Joining Anton for this week's installment of Ask the Expert is Professor Anne-Marie Tobin, consultant dermatologist.
Jun 24, 2023 • 12min
Ireland's first Online Safety Commissioner, Niamh Hodnett
This week, Ireland’s media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán set out its plans to enhance online safety, including highlighting that for the first time, online service providers will be legally obliged to take steps to make the internet safer for their users.
Joining Anton to discuss this is Ireland's first Online Safety Commissioner, Niamh Hodnett. She was among those speaking at the inaugural Media, Internet, and Data Protection Bar Association Conference yesterday on The Regulation of Online Harm.
Jun 24, 2023 • 5min
Wagner Group's armed mutiny: what we know so far
In stunning developments overnight, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, and his fighters crossed the border from Ukraine into Russia, entering the city of Rostov-on-Don claiming that his fighters controlled the city's military sites.
Hours later, Vladimir Putin, stated that the Wagner chief "betrayed" Russia out of "personal ambition".
To discuss, Anton is joined by Gabriel Gavin, Politico reporter covering Russia and the former Soviet Union
