The Anton Savage Show

Henry Healy, cousin of Barack Obama talks to Anton about the upcoming visit of President Biden.

Anton is joined by campaigner Ailbhe Smyth and reporter with The Journal Lauren Boland.

Joining Anton to ‘Kickstart Your Weekend’ is Gary O’Hanlon, award-winning chef, broadcaster and columnist.

INTO Deputy General Secretary joins Anton to discuss the upcoming INTO Congress next week. Some items on the agenda are issues relating to cost-of-living and teacher supply.

Joining Anton for this week's episode of Ask the Expert is Dr. Mary O'Kane, Lecturer in Psychology and Early Childhood Education with the Open University.

Signed on April 10th, 1998, the Good Friday Agreement was then and remains a remarkable achievement and brought an end to 30 years of conflict in the North. But while Northern Ireland has made significant progress towards greater prosperity, and a safer and more inclusive society since then, its future, now more so than ever, remains uncertain. Jonathan Powell, Chief of Staff to Tony Blair from 1997 to 2007 and who was on his negotiating team during the Good Friday negotiations, joins Anton to discuss.

Today the end of the eviction ban comes into effect and this afternoon the 'Cost of Living Coalition' will be leading a demonstration outside the Dáil to protest the government’s decision on this. Joining Anton to discuss is Richard Boyd Barrett, People Before Profit TD for Dun Laoghaire and its spokesperson for Housing as well as John-Mark McCafferty, Chief Executive of Threshold.

Yesterday Enoch Burke arrived at the Four Courts after sending a “big long email”, according to Mr. Justice Alex Owens, in which he alleged that he was denied a fair trial. To take a look back at how we got to this point in proceedings is Newstalk and Today FM Courts Correspondent, Frank Greaney.

This week the 'World Congress on Brain Injury' is taking place in Dublin. Around 19,000 people in Ireland acquire a brain injury each year, and one of those leading the discussions on the latest rehabilitation, treatments, and management of the condition is Dr. Brian Waldron, President of the World Congress on Brain Injury and also the Principal Clinical Neuropsychologist at Acquired Brain Injury Ireland. He joins Anton to discuss as well as Niamh Cahill, who is a brain injury survivor.

After last week’s disappointing 31-5 defeat in Wales, Ireland’s Women’s Six Nations team faces a formidable France in Musgrave Park later on today. Fiona Hayes, former Ireland international, joins Anton to preview the game.