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As the weather gets warmer in the coming months, how can you reduce your risks of ticks?   Since May is Lyme Disease awareness month, Pete the Vet joined Anton to discuss how to keep your pets and families safe from fleas and ticks. 

With the wide array of extra curricular activities kids take part in, there inevitably comes a time when they will turn around and say: ‘I don’t want to do this anymore’. But what should you do when that happens? Just let them give it up or encourage them to keep going with it? Counselling Psychologist and Lecturer, TU Dublin Leslie Shoemaker joined Anton to discuss.

A sitting Labour MP has resigned from his seat, paving the way for Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham to potentially return to Westminster and mount a challenge to prime minister Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership  Lucy Fisher, Whitehall Editor of the Financial Times joined Anton

A new poll published today reveals that more than 4 out of 5 Irish people – 82% of the population - support a move away from fossil fuels backed by a considered clean energy plan.  Deirdre Duffy, CEO of Friends of the Earth joined Anton Savage

Bertie Ahern has made the front pages this morning across many of the morning papers, following a video surfacing online where he said that Ireland had “too many” migrants.  Joining Ciara Doherty to discuss this and the impact it had on her is Social Psychologist and Host of Newstalk’s Younified, Dr Mamobo Ogoro  

Following 14 years of collaboration between international societies and patient groups spanning six continents, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has now been renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS).  The renaming was spearheaded by the endocrinologist Profeossor Helena Teede, the director of Melbourne’s Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation and she joins me now&...

Cork has several statues of local heroes and characters - from Olympic runner Sonia Sullivan to Father Mathew and the Onion Sellers. Now Green Party Cork Cllr Oliver Moran wants to pay homage to a less celebrated legend from history. Councillor Oliver Moran joined Ciara Doherty this morning.

Supporters of the British Health Secretary Wes Streeting have said that today they expect him to hand in his notice to Prime Minister Keir Starmer and challenge him for his job as leader of the Labour party and, consequently, Prime Minister. It follows Keir Starmer’s government laying out its priorities for the coming parliamentary term in the King’s Speech yesterday.   Ian Dunt, Politic...

Infrastructure Minister Jack Chambers is set to provide an update on the Government's Accelerating Infrastructure Report later this morning at an engineering conference.  Among the speakers at the event is Sean O’Driscoll, Chair of the ESRI, and a leading member of the government’s Accelerating Infrastructure Task Force. 

Dublin Street Parking Services have informed their staff they will no longer clamp and tow cars for Dublin City Council when their current contract ends. It comes as a procurement process is currently ongoing for the new contract beginning later this summer  For years, councillors have called for changes to the way parking rules are enforced, and for more. Ciara Doherty was joined by Keith Co...

We take a closer look at some of the stories you may have missed in the news this morning. Joining Ciara Doherty this morning was David McRedmond, the CEO of An Post 

Nicotine pouches are being aggressively marketed to adolescents and young people, while regulation in many countries remains limited or absent.  That’s according to the first WHO global report on nicotine pouches to be published today.   Professor John Crown, Consultant at St Vincent Hospital Group joined Ciara Doherty

Conradh na Gaeilge will appear before the Oireachtas to protest the lack of Irish-medium education. This comes following record-breaking numbers of Irish exemptions in schools.   Julian De Spáinn, Ard Runaí of Conradh na Gaeilge joins Ciara Doherty.  

Three in four 17-year-olds in Ireland feel they experience some type of discrimination at least a few times a year.   That’s according to a new report from the Economic and Social Research Institute.   Ciara Doherty is joined by, Dr. Helen Russell is a Research Professor with the ESRI

The Labour Court yesterday invited representatives from both the SIPTU and Unite unions to talks today in a bid to resolve the ongoing dispute at the National Ambulance Service. Members began a work to rule on Monday and partook in a twenty four hour work stoppage which ended yesterday morning. John McCamley is SIPTU’s Ambulance Sector Organiser and will be attending the talks later and joins Ciar...

Ireland’s electricity system is failing to keep pace with the energy transition, according to the Climate Change Advisory Council. Around 10% of available renewable electricity could not be used last year due to grid constraints and curtailment, the highest rate since records began in 2016.  We get reaction to all this with Alex White, Chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council.

Dún Laoghaire Baths in Dublin is now the only bathing water in the country classified as ‘Poor’.  That’s according to a new report from the Environmental Protection Agency. Anton discussed the report findings with Jenny Deacon Programme Manager with the EPA .   

Over a quarter of people of Irish people don’t know what the labels on food products mean, according to research carried out by Too Good To Go.  It follows research from last year that 38 per cent of people admitted they did not understand the difference between ‘best before’ and ‘use by’ labels. Sarah Keogh, Dietician and founder of Eatwell helps us understand.

The Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport is this morning publishing its report on the Regulation of Online Platforms and it does not recommend a social media ban for under 16s.  Speaking to Anton to discuss further was Alan Kelly, Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport. 

A research study done by an online meeting company has reported that almost 50 per cent of Gen Z believe that being between five and 10 minutes late is the basically the same as arriving to work on time.   So what’s behind Gen Z’s failing time management? Irish Independent columnist Brenda Power has looked into this. 

We take a closer look at some of the stories you may have missed in the news this morning. Joining Anton this morning was Harry Brown Media Lecturer in TUD and host of the Ditch podcast.

US President Donald Trump is currently on his way to Beijing where he begins a two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trade and Taiwan are likely to be high on the agenda, but they may be surpassed by the war with Iran. To preview the visit was Dan Mulhall Former Ambassador of Ireland to the United States .

A motion passed by Tipperary County Council has called on the Government to phase out the Universal Social Charge.  The Council will now write to Finance Minister Simon Harris urging him to begin the process of abolishing the charge.  Independent Councillor Liam Browne who tabled the motion explained why to Anton.

As over 61,000 students prepare to sit the Leaving Cert, the National Association of Principals and Deputies say CAO points are being treated as currency rather than a reflection of ability.    Anton discusses this further with the Director of the National Association of Principals and Deputies, Paul Crone. 

The UK Labour Party has descended into open division over Keir Starmer’s future, as four ministers resigned and joined at least 80 MPs urging him to quit. Anton gets the latest with Lucy Fisher, Whitehall Editor of the Financial Times.