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It’s more than thirty years since the disappearance of Annie McCarrick in 1993. The 30-year garda investigation into the American national disturbing disappearance was upgraded to a murder investigation last week. Annie’s childhood best friend Linda Ringhouse joined us on Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

140 Garda Sergeants and Inspectors will gather in Galway today for the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors annual conference. Ronan Clougher, Deputy General Secretary of the AGSI joined on Newstalk Breakfast ahead of the conference.

More than 400 tenants who received eviction notices contacted housing charity Threshold in March. CEO of Threshold, John Mark McCafferty joined Ciara Doherty on the show.

Finance Minister Michael McGrath says the new 15% corporation tax rate will likely kick in next January. Jim Stewart, Finance professor with Trinity College and domestic expert on corporate tax

Former Miss Ireland Lynda Duffy has revealed she used to starve herself for weeks as she battled with an eating disorder and joined us on Newstalk Breakfast. If you have been affected by any of the issues raised, you can contact BodyWhys on (01) 2107906.

“It’s important that people of all ages have a good understanding of our national story and our history, warts and all,” that’s the call from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. It comes after a Sunday Times poll revealed 1 in 4 young people are uneducated on The Troubles. Darragh Gannon, Head of Irish Studies at University College Dublin and Fulbright Irish Scholar at Georgetown University

The Defence Forces have confirmed that Russian vessels that it had been monitoring in recent days have now left Irish waters. Cathal Berry, Independent TD, and a former Army Ranger joined Shane Coleman on the show this morning.

This Thursday marked the UN’s first official day of zero waste, an initiative that aims to promote sustainable consumption and raise awareness about zero-waste alternatives. But how much of a problem is excess waste here in Ireland? Sarah Madden reports.

Day of 90 of #100DaysOfWalking! At the end of every week we recognize some of our great ‘100 days’ community ' by crowning a walker of the week! This week's Walker of the Week is Anna Douglas from Portmarnock, Dublin.. She told us why she got involved.

According to the latest provisional Revenue data, alcohol consumption is down on pre-Covid levels, as Ireland moves closer to European consumption norms. Long-term trends continue to see a decline in consumption as it has decreased by 30% since its peak in 2001. Speaking to Ciara this morning was Paula Leonard, CEO of Alcohol Forum Ireland.

Former US President Donald Trump will be charged over hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 presidential election. The move which Trump denies means he is the first serving or former US president to face a criminal charge. Larry Donnelly Law Lecturer at the University of Galway and Journal.ie Columnist brought us more details this morning.

All Things Considered: Fixing O'Connell Street. What needs to be done, how, and when?, all up for discussion with Ciara and Shane.

A planning appeal by An Post has cited “the deterioration in the security environment” on Dublin’s O’Connell Street as one of the factors behind its underperforming Witness History exhibition at the GPO. Janet Horner, Green Party Councillor for the North Inner City

Saturday will see the end of the government’s winter evictions ban. We get reaction from Fr Peter McVerry, Founder of the Peter McVerry Trust and Social Campaigner.

The IRFU is to undertake a study on the effectiveness of headgear preventing brain injuries in rugby. The study was just one of the topics of discussion at the 14th World Congress on Brain Injury which has been taking place in Dublin this week. Dr Philip O’Halloran, a Consultant Neurosurgeon at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham is leading up the IRFU study and joined Shane on the show this mo...

Former US President Donald Trump will be charged over hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 presidential election. The move which Trump denies means he is the first serving or former US president to face a criminal charge. Speaking to Ciara this morning was David Smith - Washington reporter with The Guardian.

There are mixed views by residents living along the Dublin and Wicklow coast when it comes to installing wind farms in the Irish sea. There are proposals to erect between 39 and 50 turbines, 10 kilometres from the coast and some could be more than 300 metres in height. An extra and final public consultation on the plans by Dublin Array took place in Sutton yesterday and our reporter Josh Crosbie w...

We need an immediate rise in PRSI rates to fund the state pension. That’s the call from The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, whose Chairperson Sebastian Barnes joined Ciara to explain what they are looking for.

Hot school meals are to be extended to all remaining Deis schools over the next year with plans to extend it to all schools from 2030. That’s under plans set to be announced by Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys today. Paddy Lavelle, General Secretary of Education and Training Boards Ireland spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

The Defence Forces chief of staff Lt Gen Seán Clancy and his predecessors assured the Government over a period of decades that abuse towards women in the Defence Force ‘was in the past’, a secret cabinet memo has shown. Speaking to Shane on Newstalk Breakfast was Senator, retired army officer, and Security Analyst, Tom Clonan.

Buskers Beware – adhere to the new by-laws or face a fine, that’s the call of Killarney Councillors as they introduce new busking bylaws. Cllr Niall Kelleher, Mayor of Killarney and President of Killarney Chamber of Commerce and Tourism spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

Labour Senator Annie Hoey has called for an end to the three-day waiting period for abortion ahead of the publication of the review of the operation of abortion services. Annie explained to Ciara why she has called for this? Also speaking to Ciara was Emer Toibín, Aontú Councillor do you feel that the waiting period should remain?

The government will today announce funding allocations worth €17 million for capital projects in our regional airports. Minister of State with special responsibility for aviation, Jack Chambers spoke to Shane this morning on the show.

Comedian Mario Rosenstock has been selling out venues across the country with his Gift Grub Live Nationwide Tour. Mario joined us on the show this morning.

The European Union has passed a law meaning all new cars sold in the EU have to be zero CO2 emissions from 2035. For more on this Newstalk Breakfast spoke to Geraldine Herbert, Motoring journalist with the Sunday Independent.