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‘Grossly unfair’ minimum bill threshold could stop you from getting electricity credits. That's according to People Before Profit TD, Richard Boyd Barrett who spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

Protesters are to gather this Sunday in Limerick to highlight the continuing problem of record overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick.  Ciara spoke to Protest organiser, Mike Daly and asked why he felt the need to organise this protest.

The Army’s bomb squad has been deployed to the scene of the explosion in Dublin City centre in which one man died yesterday.     We get the latest on this with Shauna Bowers, Irish Times Reporter.    

Over 50% of women aged 35-54, and nearly 25% of men under 45 acknowledge having experienced unhealthy relationships. That’s according to a new survey.   To discuss these findings was Dr Caroline West, Sex educator and relationship columnist with the Irish Independent .

Nearly three quarters of people have a monthly budget but just one in four stick to it, according to a new survey from AIB. So where are people going wrong?   Here to shed some light is Paul Merriman, Financial planning expert from askpaul.ie .

A UK public health expert is today visiting Dublin to warn legislators and regulators that extreme measures to ban flavoured vapes will have detrimental effects on tobacco-free ambitions.        Clive Bates is the Director of Counterfactual and former Director of Action on Smoking and Health (UK) and joined Ciara this morning on the show.

The Government must make reform of the television licence fee a “legislative priority” for this Dáil term.  That’s the call from Susan Kirby, Chief Executive of Screen Producers Ireland who spoke to Newstalk Breakfast.

The owner of a building in Longford where a fire began after it was earmarked to house 85 Ukrainians has pulled out of the agreement with the Department of Integration over concerns regarding his family’s safety. We speak to Independent Councillor Mark Casey .

Put trains on disused railway lines, not just bicycles  That’s the call from Eamon O’Cuiv, Fianna Fail Spokesperson on Rural Development who joined Shane in the studio this morning.

The Labour Party’s Fertility Leave Bill has been pushed out for twelve months by the government.  Ivana Bacik, Labour Leader, joined Shane this morning and was ask was she disappointed with this decision.

Longer-term commitments needed to achieve our ‘Housing For All’ 2024 target.  That’s according to an annual Irish construction industry review, published today by AECOM.    Speaking to Ciara this morning on the show was Hubert Fitzpatrick, Director General of the Construction Industry Federation .

What do you do when your parents are pressuring you to marry? We're joined by author Naina Kumar. Naina, in your debut novel ‘Say You’ll Be My Jaan’, you explore the idea of a pair of friends trying to escape their matchmaking families. Is it still a thing, do you think? Do parents still put pressure on their kids to get married.

Senator Rónán Mullen denies that e-collars for cats and dogs are cruel as the government launch a public consultation about a possible ban   Gillian Bird, DSPCA Head of Education and Media gave her view on the show this morning.

Friday is the deadline for appealing against the planned redevelopment of the Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre. A petition has also been started to have the centre listed as a protected structure. One of those who has made an appeal is the journalist Frank McDonald who spoke to Newstalk Breakfast.

Punitive tax needed on vulture funds to stop them buying-up family homes that's the call from Sinn Fein’s spokesperson on Housing Eoin O'Broin and he joins us on the show this morning along with Financial Advisor and Analyst, Karl Deeter. 

The first meeting of the Department of Health’s Productivity and Savings Taskforce will take place today.  The task force hopes to deal with the use of new technology, new ways of working, and the future cost of health care.   Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly spoke to Newstalk Breakfast.

We’ve been talking about it all morning, let’s come back to ADHD struggles and traditional schools. We ask why do children with ADHD struggle in traditional schools? To discuss Ciara spoke to Claire Twomey, Professional Advanced ADHD Coach www.adhdconnections.ie

Anxiety is intensifying in the workplace according to Laya Healthcare Workplace Wellbeing Index.  How do we tackle it?  We’ve teamed up with Laya Healthcare to explore wellbeing in the workplace. Today we’re talking to Leslie Shoemaker, Counselling Psychologist and Lecturer at TU Dublin .

The UN Refugee Agency has urged those objecting to providing shelter for asylum seekers to reflect on the consequences of their actions.     This plea comes as the count of new International Protection Applicants without government-provided housing has reached an all-time high.     Nick Henderson the CEO of the Irish Refugee Council spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this mo...

The sale of all energy drinks to young people and children in the UK should be banned – thats according to a review of the latest evidence on their effects on health.  The review was led by Dr Amelia Lake, professor of public health nutrition at Teesside University  We asked Dr Eva Orsmond, Medical Doctor and Specialist in Overweight & Obesity at Dr Eva’s Clinics in Dublin &...

Donald Trump secured a resounding victory in the first 2024 republican presidential contest in Iowa. We get an update from David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief of The Guardian.

Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth Roderic O’Gorman gave his reaction to the scenes in Rackett hall yesterday in Tipperary where it seems families of asylum seekers had to run the gauntlet of protesters being restrained by Gardai your reaction to those scenes . 

Bigger heavier cars are a safety disaster for other drivers as well as cyclists and pedestrians.   So wrote Dr. Catherine Conlon in the Examiner yesterday.   We get reaction from Ger Herbert Motoring Expert .

Minimum public open space requirements and smaller gardens are among the new house building rules which have been issued to local authorities.    We get more details on this new building rules from Tom Philips, Managing Director of Tom Philips Associates.  

The Oireachtas Agriculture Committee is starting a new campaign in Brussels to highlight why Ireland should “hold” a nitrates derogation of 220kg of organic nitrogen.  For more on this Shane was joined on the show by  Denis Drennan, President of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association and Steven Matthews Green Party Planning and Local Government Spokesman and Chair of the Oireachta...