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The Dublin Airport Authority announced yesterday that both short-term & long-term car parks are sold out in the coming days and have advised passengers to find alternative routes to the airport. Emer Currie, Fine Gael Senator has called on the Minister for Transport to meet with the DAA and she explained why to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

The government should consider giving Gardaí powers to arrest anyone illegally evicting a tenant without a warrant. So wrote an official at the Residential Tenancies Board in a letter to the Department of Housing last year. But is this something we should consider? Speaking to Ciara this morning was Eoin O’Broin, Sinn Fein’s spokesperson on housing.

A commemoration ceremony to mark the centenary of the end of the Civil War will take place this Sunday in the Garden of Remembrance. Ronan McGreevy Irish Times Journalist, Historian, and Author of the book “Great Hatred: The Assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP joined us on Newstalk Breakfast.

Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is set to announce his presidential bid today during an event hosted on Twitter Spaces with Twitter CEO, Elon Musk With more on this Ciara spoke to Larry Donnelly, Law Lecturer at the University of Galway and Journal.ie Columnist.

France yesterday officially banned domestic flights on short routes that can be covered by train in less than two-and-a-half hours - a move aimed at reducing airline emissions. Could Ireland be next? We heard from John Gibbons, Environmental Journalist, and Commentator.

The lost generation of covid teens needs our support” That’s the call from Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist Colman Noctor who spoke to Shane this morning.

All Things Considered: Housing refugees" was the discussion point this morning with Ciara and Shane.

Many of you will be making plans and packing bags for your summer holidays, but how many of you will be staying in B & Bs? The accommodation choice for a staycation in Ireland is now competing with short-term rentals. We sent our reporter, Josh Crosbie, to visit a few B&Bs to see how they are doing this tourist season.

Sinn Fein Leader, Mary Lou McDonald has asked the government to go beyond cosy chats to lower spiralling food costs and lower electricity costs for consumers. To discuss further Ciara was joined on the show by Lisa Chambers, Leader of Seanad Éireann & Fianna Fáil Foreign Affairs & EU spokesperson, and also Jennifer Whitmore, Social Democrats TD for Wicklow and Spokesperson for Climate and Energy.

Anti-blood sport campaigners have rejected the results of a new study by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. The study concluded that hares do not experience a greater risk of death after they have been used in coursing meets. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast wasAideen Yourell, Spokesperson for the Irish Council Against Blood Sports and Cork County Councillor Eileen Lynch.

It was announced yesterday that over 300 asylum seekers are set to be housed in a repurposed office block in Galway. Tom Phillips, Managing Director of Tom Phillips and Associates and Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture and Planning at UCD spoke to Ciara this morning and was if he feels is this is the right move in providing necessary housing?

The start of this month marked the 16th Anniversary since Madeleine McCann disappeared. And today Police searching for her are conducting a major search of a remote reservoir in Portugal. Kate Connolly Berlin Correspondent for the Guardian explained what was happening today.

Earth appears to be entering its sixth mass extinction period, brought about entirely by humans, as almost 50% of Earth’s species are ‘now in decline’. That’s according to a new study by Queen’s University Belfast. Speaking to Shane with reaction to this study's findings was Eanna Ni Lamhna, Wildlife expert.

Richard Bourke was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the manslaughter of Jasmine McMonagle, he was found guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility Dr Catherine O’Sullivan, Expert in Criminal Law and Criminology at UCC explained why this verdict was reached, and what constitutes diminished responsibility?

The long running Apple Tax saga hits its latest twist as the case goes before the Court of Justice of the European Union. The European Commission is appealing the 2020 decision from the EU's General Court overturning the decision from 2016 which found that Apple had underpaid €13.1 billion in tax due to Ireland between 2003 and 2014. The tax remains in an escrow account. With more on this, we hear...

Do we need a more secular society, all up for discussion with Shane and Ciara this morning.

Leave the mixing to the DJ when it comes to drug taking” That’s the message from the HSE as they launch a new campaign aimed at reducing drug-related harm at gigs in the coming months. More festivals will have drug surrender bins which allow people to give up substances to be tested to warn others. Speaking to Shane this morning was Nicole Ryan, Founder of Alex’s Adventure and pre-accredited addic...

“Want to hold high office? You have to swear an oath to God regardless of what you believe... The act of swearing an insincere oath flies in the face of the integrity of the office being assumed.” Those are the words of humanist and funeral celebrant, Brian Whiteside who spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning and we asked should religious oaths be removed from the constitution.

Taxi drivers must be incentivised to work evenings and nights. That’s the view of Fine Gael TD Emer Higgins who said it’s just one of the moves needed to solve our taxi number crisis, For more on this, Shane spoke to Jim Waldron, Spokesperson for the National Private Hire and Taxi Association.

Minister Simon Harris will seek Cabinet approval for increased sentences for assaults causing harm to Gardaí and emergency service workers today Ciara asked Brendan O’Connor, President of the Garda Representatives Association does he welcome this.

83% of Irish teenagers have their phones in their bedrooms at night. That’s according to new research from Planet Youth which suggests that a lack of sleep is one of the biggest preventable health problems that teens are facing. We asked Lucy Wolfe, Sleep consultant, and author, how concerned should we be by these findings.

Gone are the days of massive phone bills when you travel abroad, if you’re within the EU – but if you’re heading away this summer, you may want to read the fine print of your contract to ensure you don’t get stung! Newstalk’s Technology Correspondent, Jess Kelly brings us the details.

“The State needs to turn away from its reliance on the private sector and instead invest public finances in providing desperately needed housing” That is the view of Dr Lorcan Sirr, Senior Lecturer in Housing, Planning and Development at the Technological University Dublin and Lorcan explained to Newstalk Breakfast what needs to change now.

Today Minister Stephen Donnelly is signing in Ireland becoming the first country in the world to have health labelling on alcohol products. Minister Donnelly told Ciara on Newstalk Breakfast how it will all work.

“As the costs of Ireland’s climate change and migration policies charge sharply into focus, traditionally agrarian areas are feeling the biggest initial shock. And therein lies a dangerous Dutch warning for the future of Fine Gael in rural Ireland.” Those were the words of Dr. Eoin Drea in The Irish Times. Have current government policies left rural areas feeling disconnected and forgotten? Michae...