The Irish Examiner reporting this morning a memo proposing to raise the legal age for buying cigarettes and tobacco from 18 to 21 is set to come before Cabinet within weeks. We asked John Crowne, Consultant oncologist at St Vincent's University Hospital Group is this a good move?

All Things Considered: The UK Asylum deal fallout. Ciara and Shane discussed in length this morning.

Rishi Sunak has stated that he’s "not interested" in pursuing a deal with the Irish Government.  This comes as Minister for Justice Helen McEntee is set to bring Emergency legislation to Cabinet today that would send asylum seekers back to UK. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Matthew Parris, Columnist with The Times and Former Conservative MP  Professor Siobhan Mulally, Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights and UN Special Rapporteur for Trafficking of the Persons.

Secondary School Students, regardless of attending single-sex or coeducational schools, favour coeducational settings that's according to new research from the Economic and Social Research Institute.  We get reaction from Jennifer Horgan, Secondary school teacher and Irish examiner columnist.

An issue that parents around the country may be faced with.... Your son or daughter gets into a relationship, but you do not like their partner – how do you navigate that?  We asked Leslie Shoemaker, Counselling Psychologist and Lecturer in TU Dublin for people in this situation what is the answer?

Climate change is responsible for an earlier, longer and more intense pollen allergy season in Ireland. That’s the warning from Irish pharmacists this morning. Illona Duffy, Monaghan based GP explained more to Ciara this morning.

US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken has urged Hamas to accept an ‘extraordinarily generous’ Israeli ceasefire deal. For more on this, Shane was joined on the show by Alistair Bunkall, Sky Middle East News Correspondent.

Parents have been warned to expect high prices for sending children to summer camps during the school holidays and are being advised to plan ahead.  We hear from Jen Hogan, Irish Times Columnist.

Many of you may have received notice from your mobile network that your phone bill is going up this month.  Newstalk’s Technology Correspondent, Jess Kelly joined us this morning with details on why the bills have gone up and where you can go to for better value.All with thanks to Bird & Bird.

Trade Unionism should be taught in primary schools. That’s the call this morning from the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation. Deirdre O’Connor is their Deputy General Secretary and joined Ciara this morning on the show to discuss this further.