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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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Episodes
Those visiting Dublin could soon face a tourist levi
4/17/2025
Those visiting Dublin could soon face a tourist levi as four city council authorities have signed up for a working group to explore the proposal. Such a tax could be in place by September. But with tourists' tax being common across Europe what do other cities and countries do ?
Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Clare Dunne, Ceo Of The Irish Travel Agents' Association.
Duration:00:04:30
The mental health coach who helped Rory McIlroy to Grand Slam success
4/17/2025
Rory McIlroy will return to Ireland triumphant this weekend having claimed a career Grand Slam in dramatic fashion at Augusta National last Sunday.
But one of the men behind Rory’s success is Mental Health coach Dr. Bob Rotella, author of Make Your Next Shot Your Best Shot. Bob spoke to Dr Bob this morning.
Duration:00:20:01
Is there too much tolerance to housing objections?
4/17/2025
Minister for Public Expenditure and Infrastructure, Jack Chambers has said that there is ‘too much tolerance” of housing objections based on the “character” of an area. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Gavin Lawlor, President of Irish Planning Institute.
Duration:00:05:47
Pharma companies warn of investment exodus from Europe
4/17/2025
The heads of 30 pharmaceutical companies have said they are considering diverting as much as €100 billion they had planned to invest in Europe to the United States and other countries instead as part of a possible industry “exodus”.
Speaking to Ciara this morning was Cathal Friel is Chairman and Co-Founder Poolbeg Pharma.
Duration:00:07:50
Do we really know where pharmacy fees come from?
4/17/2025
Pharmacists across the country have hit out in the way the government plans to introduce a free HRT scheme. They say the fee being offered will effectively have them working at a loss.
Our reporter, Josh Crosbie has been examining the different rates of dispensing fees.
Duration:00:07:27
Should you really give out to another person’s child?
4/17/2025
‘‘It’s wrong to tell off other people’s kids it leaves me fuming as a mum’. So wrote Charlotte Cripps, Writer with the Independent UK who explained all to Ciara this morning.
Duration:00:05:48
Calls for m50 tolls to be abolished
4/17/2025
To get traffic out of the city centre, it’s time to abolish tolls on the M50. So says Green Party councillor for Ballyfermot-Drimnagh, Ray Cunningham who spoke to Ciara this morning.
Duration:00:04:53
The Mental Health Commission report findings
4/17/2025
The Mental Health Commission has this morning released a report showing significant gaps in the mental health services offered in hospital emergency departments across Ireland.
Speaking to Shane this morning on the show was Professor Jim Lucey, Inspector of Mental Health Services and the Author of the Report.
Duration:00:06:48
All Things Considered: Has Identity Politics Crossed the Line?
4/16/2025
“The phrase “straight white men” seems to have been imported into Ireland from the United States as a way for certain people to flaunt their right-on credentials but all it ends up doing is antagonising people.”
So wrote one disgruntled reader in a letter to the Irish Times this week.
But have identity politics and labels really gone too far? Ciara and Shane discussed on the show today.
Duration:00:04:05
Has identity politics gone too far?
4/16/2025
“The phrase “straight white men” seems to have been imported into Ireland from the United States as a way for certain people to flaunt their right-on credentials but all it ends up doing is antagonising people.”
We discussed this further with Ian O’Doherty, Columnist with the Irish Independent.
Duration:00:05:37
Our Red Carpet Roundup
4/16/2025
Esther McCarthy, Lifestyle Editor and Saturday Weekend Magazine Columnist with The Irish Examiner, joined us on the show for our new weekly Red Carpet Roundup.
Duration:00:05:09
Teacher unions raise concerns over senior cycle reform
4/16/2025
Leaving Cert reforms are being ‘rushed’ before schools have capacity. That’s the warning from the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland
To discuss this further Ciara spoke to Conor Murphy, English teacher in Skibbereen Community School.
Duration:00:05:17
We discuss the findings of the long-awaited report into the Grace case
4/16/2025
The final report of the Farrelly Commission has found a "fundamental failure" by the South Eastern Health Board and the HSE in their duty of care to a severely intellectually disabled young woman, known as “Grace”
However, the report has concluded that it is "not satisfied" that the level of evidence was such to fully establish sexual, emotional or physical abuse of Grace during her time in the foster home in the south east of the country.
Shane spoke to "Emma” whose sister “Sarah” was in the same Foster home as Grace.
Duration:00:09:27
The Social Democrats are proposing a state-backed savings account
4/16/2025
Coined “The Homes for Ireland Savings Account”, the proposal would offer higher interest rates and tax-free returns to help fund affordable housing by tapping into record household deposits. Could it be the key to unlocking funding for new housing?
We discuss this idea further with Fiona Cormican, Managing Director of Fioncor Consulting Limited and Brendan Burgess, Founder of the consumer forum Ask about money.com
Duration:00:08:19
Is it still worth shelling out for Easter Eggs?
4/16/2025
No, you’re not imagining it Easter eggs have started getting smaller and do taste different. So, is it still worth shelling out on the treat? We asked Caitriona Redmond, Consumer Columnist with the Irish Examiner.
Duration:00:04:13
Calls for Epipens to be made available in public spaces
4/16/2025
EpiPens should be every defibrillator’s next-door neighbour so says Fine Gael Senator Evanne Ní Chuilinn who explained why to Newstalk Breakfast.
Duration:00:04:24
A teenager has died following a tractor crash in Leitrim
4/16/2025
A teenage boy has died and another has been hospitalised following a tractor crash in Carrigalene, Co Leitrim on Tuesday afternoon
We speak to Paddy O’Rourke, Fianna Fáil Councillor in Carrigallene.
Duration:00:03:07
Plans for a new town in north Dublin!
4/16/2025
Dublin City Council has published a plan to develop a new town in north Dublin between Glasnevin, Cabra and Finglas. The town of Ballyboggan would be located along the Royal Canal west of Glasnevin Cemetery and east of Ratoath Road, which is currently occupied by the Dublin Industrial Estate.
A public consultation on the plan opened yesterday and is inviting submissions until May 12th. We hear all about it with Tom Philips, Managing Director of Tom Phillips and Associates and Adjunct Associate Professor of Town Planning, UCD.
Duration:00:05:53
Warning issued to J1 students travelling to US this summer
4/15/2025
The Union of Students in Ireland have warned young people to be “cautious” about engaging in “activism” while on their J1 to the US this summer as the Trump administration clamps down on protests on college campuses.
To discuss this further Ciara spoke to Larry Donnelly, University of Galway Law Lecturer and Political Columnist with The Journal.
Duration:00:05:07
Clampdown on Air BnB is set to go to cabinet today
4/15/2025
A clampdown on Air BnB style lettings will come before cabinet today amid concerns for tourism across the country. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast this morning was Maire Ní Mhurchu, CEO of the Irish Self-Catering Federation.
Duration:00:04:46