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Bans on smartphone and social media access alone fail to equip children for healthy use of such technology.  That’s according to a new study published by the British Medical Journal. The research was led by Dr Victoria A Goodyear of the Institute for Mental Health at the University of Birmingham in England, who joined NewsTalk Breakfast earlier to discuss.

A powerful earthquake has rattled Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand, trapping dozens of workers in a collapsed skyscraper in Bangkok, where a state of emergency has been declared.  Tommy Walker,a Journalist in Bangkok joins NewsTalk Breakfast to go through more.

A draft audit report into 561 hip surgeries on children since 2021 found 79 per cent of the surgeries at Cappagh hospital and 60 per cent at Temple Street “did not meet the threshold for surgery”.  Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty raised the issue in the Dáil yesterday and joined NewsTalk Breakfast earlier to discuss further.

According to the latest residential market review from leading property advisors DNG, the average price of a second-hand home in Dublin is fast approaching €600,000.  Marian Finnegan, Managing Director of Sherry Fitzgerald joins NewsTalk Breakfast to go through the latest on these figures.

The Dáil descended into chaos on Tuesday, but what is driving our politicians to behave this way? What does behavioural science say about it? Leslie Shoemaker, Counselling Psychologist and Lecturer in TU Dublin joins NewsTalk Breakfast to speak about what has our politicians acting out of sorts.

With Mother’s Day on Sunday who better to talk to about the enigmatic and iconic Irish mammy than Jen Hogan, Irish Times Columnist and Host of the “Conversations with Parents” Podcast.

‘Tanning TikTok’ has seen a resurgence of the use of sunbeds among Gen Z despite well-known health risks. Professor Seamus O’Reilly, Consultant Medical Oncologist in Cork University Hospital joins Ciara for NewsTalk Breakfast to go through this shocking resurgence.

Migrants are more likely to be working than Irish-born, but many experience poverty and high housing costs  - that’s according to new research from the ESRI today.  For more on this Shane is joined by Teresa Buczkowska, a Migrant rights campaigner.

All things considered, do we worry too much about our kids, even when they're grown up? Shane and Ciara discuss.

As calls for the resignation of Ceann Comhairle intensify, NewsTalk Breakfast is joined by the Sinn Féin leader to give the oppositions views. The move against Verona Murphy comes following a meeting of the leaders of the main opposition parties on Wednesday morning to discuss their response after the Dáil was disrupted on Tuesday amid an acrimonious row on speaking time changes.

Many categories of serious crime fell in Ireland in 2024 — but sexual crimes, murders and threats to kill increased. Joining NewsTalk Breakfast is Trina O’Connor, Criminologist and Lecturer in Criminology to discuss this further.

Ceann Comhairle, Verona Murphy, has insisted she will not resign as she faces no-confidence vote next week. Michael Healy Rae, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Independent TD for Kerry, joins NewsTalk Breakfast.

 Does religion have a place in our classrooms?  Thats the question that will be debated later this evening in Dún Laoighaire by People Before Profit TD, Richard Boyd Barrett and Senator, Rónán Mullin.  NewsTalk Breakfast is joined by David Graham, Communications Officer for Education Equality, and David Quinn, Head of the Iona Institute Columnist with the Sunday Independent.

Girls as young as 10 are using expensive skincare products in a bid to keep up with the latest trend. But can the popularity of online fads end up damaging kids’ skin? Professor Catriona Ryan, Consultant Dermatologist at the institute of Dermatologists, joins NewsTalk Breakfast to go through this shocking trend.

A study has found that nearly nine in ten mums and dads still worry about their children even when they are grown up. Shane Coleman sits down with Dr. Brendan Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin to go through this study.

Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy has hit back after the opposition calls for her resignation. Seán Defoe joins NewsTalk Breakfast to go through the latest on the Ceann Comhairle’s position.

All things considered, was the chaos in Dáil Éireann on Tuesday an embarassment on all sides? Ciara and Shane discuss.

 Consumers warned to brace for flurry of price hikes as cost of health insurance, energy, phone and broadband to surge in the coming month.  Sinead Ryan, Presenter of The Home Show and consumer columnist with the Irish Independent joins NewsTalk Breakfast to go through our best options as consumers.

Esther McCarthy, Lifestyle Editor and Saturday Weekend Magazine Columnist with The Irish Examiner, joins NewsTalk Breakfast now for our new weekly Red Carpet Roundup.

In a letter to Health Commissioner Oliver Várhelyi, 12 Health Ministers  are urging the European Commission to step up its fight against tobacco and novel nicotine products. Des Cox, Consultant in paediatric respiratory medicine at Children’s Health Ireland and member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Advisory Group on Smoking and E-Cigarettes, joins NewsTalk Breakfast to go throu...

Minister for Transport, Climate, Environment and Energy, Darragh O’Brien, joins NewsTalk Breakfast to give the governments view on the chaos that erupted in the Dáil on Tuesday.

‘Politicians who lie about climate change should be treated the same way as TV presenters who grope their colleagues’ so says Mike Berners-Lee, Professor at Lancaster University. Mike is the founder of Small World Consulting and Author of several books including his new publication “A Climate of Truth.” He joins NewsTalk Breakfast to explain these views on political deception for climate change.

After the chaos that descended in the Dail yesterday, there have been questions arising over the confidence in the Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy. Ciara is joined by Paul Murphy, People Before Profit TD, to go through Tuesday’s chaotic scenes.

Today is World Maths Day – but how can we ensure that mathematics is accessible and engaging for everyone?  TJ Hegarty, Founder of Breakthrough Maths, joins NewsTalk Breakfast to talk the best way to make maths fun for all.

Councillors in Louth have voted to reject rezoning of residential land in Dundalk, potentially halting the development of hundreds of new homes, despite the planning regulator's formal recommendations. Fianna Fail Councillor, Shane McGuinness joins NewsTalk Breakfast to go through this rezoning of land.