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Minister for Integration, Roderic O’Gorman has said that any asylum seeker arriving in Ireland for the next month may have to live on the streets as there is a “very real risk” government will not be able to accommodate them. To react to this statement, Shane was joined by Fianna Fail TD Cathal Crowe. and CEO of Doras, John Lannon

Today marks the midway point of Joe Biden’s Presidency of the United States, but has his term in office been a success thus far? Mick Mulvaney former chief of staff for Donald Trump joined Shane on the show. Mick – how would you assess the 2 years of Joe Biden’s presidency.

A meeting to discuss the unacceptable Level of Aircraft Noise Pollution emanating from the current operation of Dublin Airport was held yesterday evening. Shane spoke to Michael O’Rourke from St Margarets and The Ward resident's association, who chaired the meeting.

The latest deadline for the formation of a new Stormont executive has passed as impasse continues due to the DUP’s refusal to renter power sharing due to the Northern Protocol. However, the British government’s Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has indicated that he will delay a decision on calling another election. Speaking to Ciara this morning with more on this was Ben Lowry Editor...

Comedian Tommy Tiernan has apologised to TV Presenter and Activist, Emer O’Neill for an offensive joke which resulted in her walking out of his Vicar Street gig last week. Emer spoke to Shane this morning.

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe went before the Dáil yesterday evening and gave a statement in relation to issues surrounding his expenses declaration from the 2016 General Election campaign. In that statement, he acknowledged that he made a "clear mistake" and said he sincerely regrets the controversy and the role he played in it. Speaking to Shane this morning was Peop...

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will today join the great and the good of the world’s elite as he attends the World Economic Forum in Davos in Switzerland. Suzanne Lynch Chief Brussels correspondent with Politico Europe is in Davos and spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

 Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan has today launched the Government’s first Electric Vehicles Charging Infrastructure Strategy. The project will see €100 million spent on public charging infrastructure over the next three years. Minister Eamon Ryan spoke to Newstalk Breakfast about the strategy. And Eamon Ryan joins us now

We have a national right and duty to determine migration policy Our government must exercise that right carefully. Half-thought-out proposals to extend asylum rights to climate refugees are not helpful. That is the view of Michael McDowell, Senator, Former Tanaiste and Minister for Justice who spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

All this week on Newstalk we have brought you the latest figures on social housing allocations and supply. On Monday, we heard how there were more than 1,500 refusals on homes last year. Today our reporter Josh Crosbie has obtained figures on under-occupied social housing units.

Unemployment fell to 4.2% in Ireland last year. That 21-year low is good news for workers, but bad news for employers struggling to fill vacant positions. Newstalk Reporter Sarah Madden speaks to those taking drastic measures amid industry wide staff shortages.

Flight prices to rise and potential chaos ahead in Dublin Airport? - what does the summer hold for tourism and travel? Ciara spoke to Chief Executive at Irish Tourism Industry Confederation, Eoghan O’Mara Walsh.

Unemployment fell to 4.2% in Ireland last year. That 21-year low is good news for workers, but bad news for employers struggling to fill vacant positions. Newstalk Reporter Sarah Madden speaks to those taking drastic measures amid industry wide staff shortages.

Remote working is not working, that’s according to British Chief of Citigroup, Jane Fraser. She said slackers should be hauled back into the office until their productivity improves. To discuss this further we heard from Peter Cosgrove, Managing director at Futurewise.

‘Spare’ by Prince Harry is Ireland’s best-selling non-fiction book since records began as it sold over twenty thousand, five hundred copies in its first week. Jonathan spoke to the Managing Director of Penguin Random House Ireland, Michael McLoughlin.

The Cabinet is looking at a bill this morning which seeks to criminalise grooming children into crime gangs. People found guilty of grooming children into a life of crime will face up to five years under proposed new laws. With reaction to this new proposed laws was Former Garda Assistant Commissioner for Dublin, Dr. Pat Leahy.

The managing director of renewable energy firm Strategic Power Projects, Paul Carson has warned national energy projects should not be curtailed because of concerns from a small number of people and Paul spoke to Jonathan this morning on the show.

'All the staff in the world won’t fix Cork's roads,' - that was the stark warning from Cork County Councillors from the council’s director of roads. Councillors in the North Cork region who said many roads in their area had been hit by potholes, resulting in damage to cars and lorries as well as leading to accidents. Deirdre O’Brien, Fianna Fáil councillor in Cork County Council told Newstalk how...

The introduction of Safe Access Zones outside clinics offering abortion services will today be discussed at the Oireachtas Health Committee. 5 years on from the repealing of the 8th amendment, no laws on safe access zones which would ban protest outside clinics have been enacted despite then Health Minister Simon Harris ensuring they would be. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Dr Trish Horgan, GP...

The Cabinet is expected to approve a scheme to repair Celtic Tiger apartment defects which could cost the State up to 2.5 billion euro. Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien is bringing the memo which will cover fire, structural safety and water-caused defects on apartment buildings and duplexes built between 1991 and 2013. It means that the redress scheme for apartments alongside the upcoming redress...

Siobhan McLaughlin was murdered by her husband, Brian Kearney in 2006, he will be up for parole in the next couple of weeks Her heartbroken sister, Aisling McLaughlin spoke to Ciara this morning about how she and her family are feeling.

  New data shows that 2022 was the fifth hottest year for Europe since records began. But scientists are warning that 2023 could be even warmer, as a climate phenomenon called El Niño takes hold making it “very likely” the world will exceed 1.5C of warming. With more on these findings Newstalk Breakfast spoke to John Sweeney, Climatologist and Professor Emeritus at Maynooth University.

he Dáil returns this week and one man who is now in a new portfolio in government is Simon Coveney who has taken up the role of Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Minister Coveney spoke to Shane about his new position.

There will be no booze ban at the Aviva Stadium during the Six Nations after a survey found 70% of rugby fans would not support a ban on bringing alcohol to your seat in the stadium. The survey was carried out by the IRFU in response to some criticism of the impact alcohol was having on the match day experience for some fans. One of those who was critical is Gerry Thornley Irish Times Rugby Corres...

Rural TDs and the hotel industry are gearing up to fight a plan to bring in a new hotel room tax in Dublin after a report published yesterday revealed that a tax on overnight accom­mod­a­tion could raise more than €12 mil­lion a year for the capital. Daithi Doolan is a Sinn Féin Councillor for Ballyfermot-Drimnagh