Highlights from Newstalk Breakfast

There was great Irish success at the 81st Golden Globe Awards, which took place in Beverly Hills, Hollywood last night. Tim Gray, Executive Vice President of the Golden Globes joined Ciara this morning to discuss the winners and losers from last night.

All Things Considered: Ciara & Shane discuss public's view on immigration. 

‘A reduction in the VAT on non-alcoholic beverages would be welcomed by consumers, particularly those choosing to abstain from alcohol’ that's the call from Garret Ahearn, Fine Gael Senator and Spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade and Employment who spoke to Ciara this morning.

The results of the of the 2023 annual litter survey by Irish Business Against Litter are out today! Conor Horgan, Spokesperson for Irish Business against Litter  - who has won the title of Ireland’s cleanest town? 

A cold weather advisory has been issued across Ireland by Met Éireann   For more on this Shane spoke to Gerry Murphy, Senior Forecaster with Met Eireann.

Tomorrow, the 6th of January is traditionally known as ‘little Christmas’, ‘Women’s Christmas’ or ‘Nollaig na mBan’! Once upon a time it was a day off for housewives who worked hard over the Christmas.. But does the tradition hold any weight in 2024?  Comedian, Emma Doran told us what she makes of it all? 

Google is taking a bold leap into the future of online tracking, waving goodbye to third-party cookies those digital trackers that shadow users across websites.  Our Technology Correspondent, Jess Kelly explains it all to Newstalk Breakfast.

A woman in her 50s has died in a crash in County. Kerry, which marks the 4th road death of 2023. We were joined on the show by Shane Ross, Former Minister for Transport, Journalist and Author to discuss.

What do you do if your child’s friend is a bad influence? You might be tempted to criticise the friend, but experts recommend doing a few other things instead. Here to tell us more is Gill Hines, Education and Parenting Consultant and Author of “It’s Not Fair!” and “Whatever!” 

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly joined Shane this morning on the show. A new COVID inquiry was discussed.

All Things Considered: Portion Sizes in restaurants. Ciara and Shane discussed this morning.

We’re only in the first week of the year but the darts final on Wednesday night set an impressive benchmark for sporting competitions. The World Championships drew viewers from all sides, with many becoming fans of the game for the first time. However, one noticeable feature in Irish pubs is the lack or decline of dartboards. We sent our reporter, Josh Crosbie to find out what the dart scene is li...

The Government and Gardaí are not taking the rise of the far-right seriously.  That’s the view of Shane O’Curry, Director of the Irish Network Against Racism who spoke to Shane this morning on the show.

Oscar Pistorius is to be a free man today when he is released from a South African prison on parole. We get the latest from JJ Cornish is a Journalist based in South Africa.

Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah blamed ‘Israeli aggression’ for the death of Hamas leader and has made claims that the US were ‘preventing end of war in Gaza’  Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast this morning was Hannah McCarthy, Journalist based in Israel.

Luke Littler is a name many people outside of the Darts world may not have known until recently.  Last night, the 16-year-old's dream of becoming the youngest ever world darts champion was not to be. Eleanor Cairns, Youth World Champion darts player, St Helens Youth Darts Academy and good friend of Luke Littler spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

Airbnb has revealed its 2024 travel predictions for Ireland with Wexford, Dublin, Limerick, Clare, Kerry, Louth and Galway featured in the top 10.  We get more details from Michelle Walsh Jackson, From the noveltraveller.com.

The Minister for Public Health Hildegarde Naughton has revealed that 10,000 free home sexually transmitted infection testing kits are being ordered every month from the Health Service Executive Dr Aisling Loy, Consultant in Sexual Health and HIV at St James Hospital spoke to Ciara this morning with reaction to these figures.

The NCT should be scrapped and re-evaluated' that's the view of Independent Councillor for Cavan Shane P O’Reilly who spoke to Newstalk Breakfast.

Mary Hayes, the director of the Dublin Region Homeless Executive, has been defending the service after criticism from politicians who said they were not told of plans to create homeless accommodation at a vacant pub in Dublin which was then set on fire. Mary spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

All Things Considered: COVID Inquiry. Shane and Ciara discussed a need for COVID inquiry for Ireland.

Most of us will have returned to the usual 9-5 this week but have you managed to get back into a healthy sleep routine?  To tell us more we spoke to Tom Coleman, Health scientist and sleep coach. 

Names of Jeffrey Epstein’s Associates have been released by a US Court. For more on this we heard from Harriet Alexander, US Based Journalist.

“I don’t want my flat white served with a hot take on the Middle East crisis” So wrote Finn McRedmond, Columnist with The Irish Times who spoke to Newstalk Breakfast.

Labour Party leader Ivana Bacik has said it is crucial that local representatives are given clear notification of any plans to provide emergency accommodation in the area.  It comes as a pub earmarked for homeless people was burned down in Ringsend, Dublin an area that Ms Bacik represents. Aodhan O’Riordan, Labour justice spokesperson gave his reaction to these comments.