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
All Things Considered
6/5/2025
All things considered, is free speech under threat, or are we blowing the hate speech legislation out of proportion?
Jonathan and Ciara discuss.
Listen here.
Duration:00:04:17
Weight Loss Drugs and Contraception
6/5/2025
Professor Donal O’Shea, Clinical Lead for Obesity at the HSE, joins the show to discuss new warnings for women using weight-loss drugs, after reports of unexpected pregnancies linked to reduced contraceptive effectiveness.
Listen here to get the report breakdown.
Duration:00:04:53
EV Charger Rollout
6/5/2025
Motoring Editor with the Sunday Independent, Geraldine Herbert, joins Newstalk Breakfast to assess whether 175 new fast chargers will be enough to support growing EV demand across the country.
Listen here.
Duration:00:03:21
Homeless Spending Criticised
6/5/2025
Eoin Ó Broin, Sinn Féin's Housing Spokesperson, joined Newstalk Breakfast to reveal figures showing it often costs more to house families in emergency accommodation than to buy them a home.
Listen here.
Duration:00:06:08
Nursing Home Scandal
6/5/2025
Shane Scanlan, CEO of The Alliance Supporting Nursing Homes, joins Newstalk Breakfast following an RTÉ exposé of serious care concerns at homes run by Emeis Ireland (formerly Orpea).
Get all the latest here.
Duration:00:06:42
Free Speech
6/5/2025
Ian O’Doherty, Irish Independent columnist, joins Newstalk Breakfast to discuss growing pressure from US officials over Ireland’s planned hate speech laws.
Listen here.
Duration:00:07:28
Public Sunscreen Dispensers
6/5/2025
Councillor Aileen Browne joins Newstalk Breakfast to explain her proposal to install free sunscreen dispensers in parks and public areas to promote skin cancer awareness.
Listen here.
Duration:00:03:51
CHI Report Referred to Gardaí
6/5/2025
Martin Wall, Public Policy Correspondent with The Irish Times, joined Newstalk Breakfast to detail a report into waiting list issues and a toxic workplace culture at CHI, now referred to Gardaí.
Listen here.
Duration:00:02:40
Prison Expansion Plans Questioned
6/5/2025
Saoirse Brady, Executive Director of the Irish Penal Reform Trust, joins Newstalk Breakfast to discuss the Government’s plan to add 1,000 prison spaces and whether it addresses the core problems in our society.
Listen here.
Duration:00:04:54
Ukraine Drone Strikes
6/5/2025
Inna Sovsun, Ukrainian MP, joins Ciara Kellyas she responds to Donald Trump's warning that Vladimir Putin will retaliate after drone attacks on Russian airbases.
Listen here.
Duration:00:04:52
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.
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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