Newstalk Weekend

Joining Anton to go through some of the top stories hitting the headlines this week is Gina London, leadership communications expert, and Sunday Independent columnist & Gerard Howlin, public affairs consultant, political commentator, and former senior government adviser.

Joining Anton to kickstart your weekend is Ireland AM presenter, Alan Hughes ahead of his production of the panto - 'Snow White and Sammy & Buffy' at the National Stadium' 'Snow White and Sammy & Buffy' will open on Tuesday, December 13th at The National Stadium in Dublin. Tickets available at panto.ie.

Joining Anton to discuss Twitter temporarily closing its office in Dublin as more staff have chosen to leave, as well as the growing fears that the company may not be able to stay operational is Ciara O'Brien, Business and technology journalist at The Irish Times.

Joining Anton for this week's episode of Ask the Expert is Dr. Mary O’Kane, lecturer in psychology and early childhood education, and the author of 'Perfectly Imperfect Parenting'

David Meade has used his background in international business and personal interest in popular psychology to create a unique combination to inspire audiences around the world to critically think about the challenges around them. One of his main areas of interest is the power of persuasion and he joins Anton to discuss the 3 main principles. Science week is taking place from 13th to 20th November with events running right across the country both in-person events and online. For more see SFI.ie

Last year, the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow sought to keep alive the target of holding global temperatures to 1.5C. With this year’s COP27, the feeling is not so much of keeping us on track but steering us back on course as the gap between targets and outcomes seemingly only widens. To discuss what we can expect from next week’s negotiations, Anton is joined by Caroline O'Doherty, Environment Correspondent at the Irish Independent & Omar Ibrahim, Industrial Ph.D. Research Fellow and Energy Engineering student at University College Cork.

Daniel O'Donnell has just released his brand-new album ‘I Wish You Well’ and will be showcasing his new music for Irish audiences in the new year on tour around the country. Daniel joins Anton to tell him more.

With John Lewis coming out with their Christmas ad this week, it got Anton thinking about some of the most memorable and iconic ads from years gone by. But just what makes a memorable ad in the first place? Bryan Regan, Sales Director Audio One joins Anton to discuss.

Joining Anton to go through some of the top stories hitting the headlines this week is Brenda Power, journalist and barrister & Paul Hayes, CEO at Beachhut PR.

Joining Anton to Kickstart Your Weekend is musician and broadcaster, Fiachna Ó Braonáin. The Hothouse Flowers, guitarist, and vocalist is getting ready for his segment at the Dublin Book Festival tonight where he will be in conversation with Bill Whelan to launch Bill’s new book, 'The Road to Riverdance'.