Nigel Farage has announced he will stand as a candidate in next month's UK general election and will lead the Reform Party. 
Is this likely to have an impact on the outcome?   Speaking to Shane this morning was Lauren McEvatt, Former UK Government Special Advisor.

Dublin City Council has missed a trick by not planning anything special to welcome Taylor Swift fans ahead of her three Aviva Stadium shows at the end of the month.  That’s according to Mannix Flynn, Independent Dublin City Councillor who told Ciara why this morning.

Love Island will be back on our screens on Monday.   The eleventh series of the hit dating show has no Irish contestants in its official line up. But this could all change when a hot new bombshell enters the villa.   Joining us this morning on the show was freelance presenter Meghann Scully, who was once considered for Love Island’s first ever season.

The first phase of a proof of concept for Body Worn Cameras for An Garda Síochána will take place today. We speak to An Taoiseach Simon Harris on this and more.

Separate inquests in Cork yesterday found two Irish women died as a result of weight loss surgery abroad in Turkey in 2021 and 2022. 
 Yet medical tourism has grown in popularity despite these glaring risks. We spoke to Helen Heneghan, consultant bariatric surgeon and Professor of Surgery at St Vincent’s University Hospital.

It will be all hands on deck for thousands of students across the country this bank holiday weekend, ahead of the Leaving and Junior Cert exams kicking off on Wednesday.  But are last-minute studiers better off forgoing sleep in favour of hitting the books? We speak to Tom Coleman is a health scientist and sleep coach.

The first phase of a proof of concept for Body Worn Cameras for An Garda Síochána will take place today. It plans to deploy 600 cameras across the Dublin, Limerick and Waterford Divisions. Speaking to Ciara with reaction to this was Liam Herrick, Executive Director for the Irish Council for Civil Liberties.

Donald Trump, the former president of the United States, has been found guilty on 34 felony charges of falsifying business records. We get the latest from David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief of The Guardian.

Bord Bia Bloom kicks off today showcasing the best of Irish food, drinks and horticulture over the next five days It’s landscape architect David Gallagher’s third year designing a garden for the festival, and he joined us live from the Phoenix Park.

It’s estimated we waste about 750,000 tonnes of food each year in Ireland that's according to MyWaste who are urging consumers and businesses to use a brown bin, as National Food Waste Recycling Week is launched.We spoke to Tad Kirakowski , CEO of Voice Ireland.