The Anton Savage Show

Joining Anton to go through the top stories from throughout the week is Brenda Power, columnist with the Sunday Times and The Irish Daily Mail & Lauren Boland, Reporter at The Journal.ie.

Joining Anton to discuss Boris Johnson and his current fight for his political career following the Commons Privileges Committee report which shows fresh evidence suggesting he was in contempt of parliament is writer, consultant, and former adviser to Tony Blair, Alastair Campbell.

Joining Anton for another installment of Ask the Expert is Jennifer Rock aka 'The Skin Nerd'.

New sex education classes for children will see parents have the right to withdraw their children from them with gender identity and pronouns now on the curriculum. Joining Anton to discuss this is Suzanne Graham who is an SPHE teacher & co-ordinator as well as a child protection development officer and school chaplain, alongside Catherine from Dublin who has considered withdrawing her son from SPHE.

Niall Breslin has become a determined and industrious campaigner for mental health in Ireland and in a parallel universe he could have been lining out for the Ireland rugby team in Rome today. Instead, he joins Anton to chat about bringing his podcast 'Where Is My Mind?’ to the 3Olympia Theatre and much more.

Joining Anton to discuss the INMO authorising balloting for industrial action in workplaces considered to be unsafe, what the government's plan is for the healthcare system as a whole across 2023, as well as the latest Fianna Fáil poll figures is Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly.

This week marked one year since the invasion of Ukraine. Some Ukrainians joined the army or territorial defense, others fled to Poland and beyond, and some stayed in their cities and learned to live with the threat. All across the week, Newstalk's Sean Moncrieff has been bringing us scenes of ordinary life still ongoing in Ukraine. When he was in Kyiv last week, he went to the capital’s zoo just 20 mins from the city centre. Sean met with Director Kyryl Partin, who explained how some of their new inhabitants came into their care from the worst affected provinces of Ukraine along the south and southeast.

Joining Anton to go through the top stories from throughout the week is Gina London, leadership communications expert, and Sunday Independent & Barbara Scully, author, and broadcaster.

Joining Anton to help Kickstart your Weekend is Colm Tóibin, Laureate for Irish Fiction & 'Ireland Reads Day' Ambassador. Newstalk's Henry McKean also took a trip out to St. Laurence O'Toole's CBS in Dublin to hear how important reading is to the young boys there, and to us all.

'As I Remember It: Bertie Ahern & the Good Friday Agreement' is a new podcast that tells the story of the Good Friday Agreement as told by those who negotiated it and marks the first time all those involved have reunited to reflect on the negotiations in 25 years. Head to newstalk.com/goodfridayagreement.