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Newstalk Breakfast Highlights

Newstalk Breakfast brings you all the news you need to set you up for the day – from politics, business, sport, entertainment and everything in between. Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly have all the stories that matter, every weekday from 7-9AM. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast Highlights on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.   You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'

  1. Why has the weather been so grey of late?

    19 HR. AGO

    Why has the weather been so grey of late?

    Dublin Airport has gone nine consecutive days without recording any sunshine, according to Met Éireann. So why has the weather been so grey of late? Alan O'Reilly of Carlow Weather filled us in. Also speaking to Newstalk Breakfast Leslie Shoemaker, Counselling Psychologist and Lecturer in TU Dublin on the effect has all this gloomy weather had on our mental states.

    5 min
  2. National Children’s Hospital bill set to rise once again

    20 HR. AGO

    National Children’s Hospital bill set to rise once again

    Builders of the New Children’s Hospital want an extra 853 million euro in construction costs, according to the Irish Independent. It looks like the final bill of 2.24 billion could be more than a 100 million higher than figures estimated last autumn. We asked where has this increase come from with Paul Davies, Public Procurement Expert from DCU.

    5 min
  3. Calls to make apartments more appealing to investors

    20 HR. AGO

    Calls to make apartments more appealing to investors

    Property Industry Ireland have submitted their white paper to Government, which includes key recommendations on to boost apartment delivery. David Howard, Director of Property Industry Ireland discussed the recommendations with Shane this morning on the show.

    5 min
  4. All Things Considered: Has Irish neutrality passed its sell by date?

    20 HR. AGO

    All Things Considered: Has Irish neutrality passed its sell by date?

    Has Irish neutrality passed its sell by date? Shane and Jonathan discussed and debated this morning on the show.

    4 min
  5. Senior American and Russian officials will hold talks in Saudi Arabia

    20 HR. AGO

    Senior American and Russian officials will hold talks in Saudi Arabia

    Senior American and Russian officials will hold talks in Saudi Arabia today on improving their ties and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, but Kyiv has not been invited to participate in the talks.   We discuss this and more with Bobby McDonagh, Former Irish Ambassador to the UK and EU.

    7 min
  6. Should we retrofit our streets?

    21 HR. AGO

    Should we retrofit our streets?

    We should retrofit our streets in the interest of road safety. That’s the call from Dr. Catherine Conlon, Public Health Doctor and former director of human health and nutrition with safe food. Dr Conlon discussed this further with Shane this morning on the show.

    7 min
  7. Should you be a stay-at-home dad?

    21 HR. AGO

    Should you be a stay-at-home dad?

    Being a house husband is much more tiring than being a mechanic. So wrote Stay at Home Dad David Hitchcock in the Daily Telegraph and David explained why to Jonathan this morning on the show.

    5 min
  8. Are leaving cert reforms happening too slowly?

    21 HR. AGO

    Are leaving cert reforms happening too slowly?

    Any further delays to Leaving Cert reform would put children in a position to miss out on the best possible opportunities. That’s according to the Ombudsman for Children. For more on this Jonathan spoke to Michael Gillespie, General Secretary of Teachers Union of Ireland.

    6 min
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Newstalk Breakfast brings you all the news you need to set you up for the day – from politics, business, sport, entertainment and everything in between. Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly have all the stories that matter, every weekday from 7-9AM. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast Highlights on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.   You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'

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