The Anton Savage Show

Joining Anton to Kickstart Your Weekend is Melvin Benn, Managing Director of Festival Republic, the promoters behind Electric Picnic.

Joining Anton to go through the top stories hitting the headlines is Aoife Foley, Professor in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Queen’s University; John Gibbons, Environmental Journalist; author and actress, Claudia Carroll & Karl Deeter of Irish mortgage Brokers.

Joining Anton for this week's episode of Ask the Expert is Dr. Mary O’Kane, Lecturer in Psychology and Early Childhood Education to answer some of your burning parenting questions.

Back in March, The Anton Savage Show spoke with Andriy Parkhomenko, who spent a year living here in Ireland before heading back to Ukraine to join the war against Russia. We caught up with Andriy to hear about how things have been for him, and the country he's fighting for.

This morning An Garda Síochána’s centenary commemorations will be taking place across Dublin City & in Dublin Castle. The event marks 100 years since the first Garda Commissioner, Michael Staines, accompanied by members of Ireland’s new police service, marched into Dublin Castle for the handover of policing duties from the British. An Garda Síochána's Sergeant John Reynolds joins Anton to discuss.

Yesterday SSE Airtricity announced its standard household gas and electricity prices would be going up by 39% and 35.4% respectively from October 1st. To discuss this and how other countries are managing the energy crisis, Anton is joined by David Horgan, CEO of Petrel Resources & Aoife Foley, Professor in Energy Systems Engineering at Queen's University Belfast. And, with Budget 2023 just around the corner, Anton is joined by Seán Defoe, Newstalk's Political Correspondent to look ahead to what we might expect.

25 years after her death, Princess Diana remains a source of adoration as much as fascination to people around the world. To discuss her legacy, Anton is joined by royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams.

For this week’s installment of Kickstart Your Weekend, Anton is joined by smelting archaeologist, Dr. Paul Rondelez, to chat about this weekend’s 'Furnace Festival' taking place in Caherconnell Fort in Co. Clare.

You wouldn't generally associate prisons with farmers' markets and coffee shops but that's what's available at Loughan House in Co. Cavan. The open prison marked its 50th anniversary yesterday and showcased the unique ethos at the facility. Our reporter Josh Crosbie was there meeting with prisoners and staff to find out what life is like at Loughan House.

Joining Anton to go through the main stories that were hitting the headlines this week is Conor Pope, Consumer Affairs Correspondent with the Irish Times & playwright and producer, Amanda Brunker.