Newstalk Breakfast Highlights
Morning Shows
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'
Location:
Dublin, Ireland
Description:
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'
Twitter:
@BreakfastNT
Language:
English
Contact:
Newstalk HQ Marconi House Digges Lane Dublin 2 1890 453106
Email:
breakfast@newstalk.com
Episodes
Caring Full-Time
6/4/2025
Sinead Tighe is a full-time carer to her teenage son and she joined Newstalk Breakfast to share the daily realities of caregiving and new research ahead of National Carers Week.
Listen here.
Duration:00:05:58
Madeleine McCann Search Update
6/4/2025
Sky News correspondent Dan Whitehead joins the show from Portugal with the latest on the new search effort in the Madeleine McCann case.
Listen here.
Duration:00:04:03
CHI Consultant Controversy
6/4/2025
Martin Wall, Public Policy Correspondent with The Irish Times, joins the show to discuss a new report revealing how a CHI consultant missed on-call hours for over three years, while earning large sums for weekend clinics to reduce waiting lists.
Listen here.
Duration:00:08:43
Helen McEntee on Leaving Cert Day 1
6/4/2025
Minister for Education Helen McEntee joins Newstalk Breakfast as thousands of students begin their Leaving and Junior Certificate exams.
Get all the conversation here.
Duration:00:11:18
Leona Macken’s Cervical Cancer Story
6/4/2025
Leona Macken joins Newstalk Breakfast after receiving a formal apology from the HSE over false-negative smear test results that led to a late-stage cervical cancer diagnosis.
Listen here.
Duration:00:06:43
Friendship and The Wealth Gap
6/4/2025
Professor in Psychiatry, Brendan Kelly of Trinity College Dublin joins Newstalk Breakfast to talk about how wealth gaps between friends can create stress
Listen here.
Duration:00:06:23
EPA Climate Risk Assessment
6/4/2025
Conor Quinlan from the Environmental Protection Agency joins Newstalk Breakfast to explain Ireland’s first national climate risk report and which areas are most vulnerable in the years ahead.
Listen here.
Duration:00:05:19
Death of Sunny Jacobs
6/4/2025
Councillor with Independent Ireland, Michael Leainde joins Newstalk Breakfast with reaction to the deaths of Sunny Jacobs — who spent five years on death row in the US — and Galway man Kevin Kelly, in a Connemara house fire.
Listen here.
Duration:00:03:35
All Things Considered
6/4/2025
All things considered, Ciara and Jonathan discuss the ongoing troubles with the CHI.
Listen here.
Duration:00:03:56
Madeleine McCann Search Update
6/4/2025
Sky News correspondent Dan Whitehead joins Newstalk Breakfast from Portugal with the latest on the new search effort in the Madeleine McCann case.
Get all the latest here.
Duration:00:03:51
CHI Consultant Controversy
6/4/2025
Martin Wall, Public Policy Correspondent with The Irish Times, joins the show to discuss a new report revealing how a CHI consultant missed on-call hours for over three years, while earning large sums for weekend clinics to reduce waiting lists.
Listen here.
Duration:00:08:31
Leaving Cert Starts
6/4/2025
Minister for Education Helen McEntee joins Newstalk Breakfast as thousands of students begin their Leaving and Junior Certificate exams.
Listen here.
Duration:00:11:05
Leona Macken’s Cervical Cancer Story
6/4/2025
Leona Macken joins Newstalk Breakfast after receiving a formal apology from the HSE over false-negative smear test results that led to a late-stage cervical cancer diagnosis.
Listen here.
Duration:00:06:32
Friendship and The Wealth Gap
6/4/2025
Professor Brendan Kelly of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin joins Newstalk Breakfast to talk about how wealth gaps between friends can create stress.
Listen here.
Duration:00:06:12
EPA Climate Risk Assessment
6/4/2025
Conor Quinlan from the Environmental Protection Agency joins Newstalk Breakfast to explain Ireland’s first national climate risk report and which areas are most vulnerable in the years ahead.
Listen here.
Duration:00:05:08
Death of Sunny Jacobs
6/4/2025
Councillor with Independent Ireland, Michael Leainde joins Newstalk Breakfast with reaction to the deaths of Sunny Jacobs — who spent five years on death row in the US — and Galway man Kevin Kelly, in a Connemara house fire.
Listen here.
Duration:00:03:23
Irish Woman Detained in the West Bank
6/3/2025
A 70-year-old Irish woman has been arrested in the occupied West Bank and is detained in Israel, fighting a deportation order.
Deirdre ‘D’ Murphy is volunteering with the International Solidarity Movement an activist group helping Palestinian residents in the occupied West Bank.
Mariam is another member of this group and joined NewsTalk Breakfast earlier to discuss.
Duration:00:03:37
Weight Loss Drugs & Diet Culture
6/3/2025
Dr David A. Kessler, former US FDA Commissioner, joins Newstalk Breakfast to discuss his new book 'Diet, Drugs and Dopamine' — and what the popularity of Ozempic says about our relationship with food.
Listen here.
Duration:00:05:23
All Things Considered
6/3/2025
All things considered, is the Leaving Cert too much to stress about? Jonathan and Ciara discuss.
Duration:00:04:08
LDA Reform on the Table
6/3/2025
Conor Skehan, Sunday Independent columnist, joins Newstalk Breakfast to discuss proposed reforms to the Land Development Agency that could speed up the delivery of housing across Ireland.
Listen here.
Duration:00:06:15