Poor diets, inactivity, and air pollution as well as the lack of access to nature all negatively affect people’s health, Irish Doctors for the Environment has said in an open letter to all 949 councillors.  Dr Ola Løkken Nordrum, Operations Officer Irish Doctors for the Environment explained to Shane what exactly they are calling for?

From today women from the age of 17 to 35 will be eligible for free contraception. But does the scheme go far enough?  We speak to Monaghan based G.P. Dr. Illona Duffy.

France's far right has made big gains in the first round of the parliamentary election. For an update from France Jonathan spoke to Cole Stangler , Independent journalist based in Marseille, France. And author of Paris Isn't Dead Yet: Surviving Gentrification in the City of Light.

The National Women’s Council has said that unduly lenient sentencing as seen in Cathal Crotty receiving a suspended sentence for violently attacking Natasha O’Brien, has exposed implementation deficits in the government’s Zero Tolerance Strategy on violence against women.Jonathan spoke to The National Womens Council’s Violence Against Women Coordinator Ivanna Youtchak.

Taylor Swift brings her epic Eras Tour to Dublin this weekend, when over 150,000 Swifties will descend on Ireland's capital to witness the megastar journey through her almost 20-year career. Shane spoke to Pascal Donohue, Minister for Public Expenditure, President of the Eurogroup. Fine Gael TD for Dublin Central and Claire O’Malley, Taylor Swift superfan.

The Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (IALPA) union’s disputes committee will meet this morning to consider further strike action by pilots at Aer Lingus. This comes as talks between them and Aer Lingus broke down yesterday. We speak to Michael Doherty, Professor in Employment Law at Maynooth University to get a reaction to a possible escalation. Also Clare Dunne, CEO of Irish Travel Agents Association joined us to explain how the strike is effective the travel agents industry.

We return to presidential debate in the US and that rather disastrous performance by Joe Biden. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Patti Shields the chair of the Irish branch of Democrats Abroad.

‘Anyone who starts their day with highly processed sweet stuff, such as cereal or croissants, sets themselves up for a roller coaster of blood sugar peaks and troughs which make impulse control and concentration difficult.’ So says Dr Alex Richardson, Founder Director of Food and Behaviour Research, UK who spoke to Johnathan this morning on the show.

More than 650m passengers have travelled on the Luas since the launch of the Green line from Sandyford to St Stephen’s Green 20 years ago. We speak to Doireann Ni Bhriain, broadcaster and voice of the Luas and Olivia Kelly, Dublin Editor for the Irish Times.

Tragedy struck Waterford yesterday as two teenage boys lost their lives in a collision between a bus and an e-scooter. 15-year-old Gilbert Collins was pronounced dead at the scene, while a 17 year old Abuzwa Idris was taken to Waterford University Hospital but died yesterday evening.  We spoke to Fianna Fail Cllr and Mayor of Waterford City and County Jason Murphy on this awful tragedy.