An Oireachtas Committee is to recommend that legislation is introduced to allow for assisted dying if a person has a terminal illness and has only a short time to live. To discuss further we spoke to Professor Siobhan McHale, Consultant liaison psychiatrist in Beaumont hospital and member of the college of psychiatrists of Ireland.

“I already have my bag packed. I will walk into prison knowing I haven’t done anything to anyone” -so says Tipperary man Sean Meehan who has been threatened with jail time for building a log cabin on his own land. Sean joined Ciara this morning on the show.

Legislation to criminalise the sort of “sex for rent” scams first exposed by an Irish Examiner reporter has been introduced into the Dáil by Sinn Fein.Speaking to Ciara was Laura Harmon, Executive Director of the Irish Council for International Students.

An Bord Pleanala hearings into the Metrolink are currently underway. Today the focus will be on traffic management plans, land and property acquistion along the route. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast with his view of plans for Metrolink was Duncan Stewart, environmentalist and architect,

A new EU deal will see regulation on packaging and packaging waste with the aim to tackle the increase in packaging waste generated across the EU.  We got the details from Abi O’Callaghan Platt, Policy Director at VOICE Ireland.

The UN’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Committee has told Ireland to shore up its corporate tax policies as they are hindering efforts to ensure wealthy individuals and businesses are not exploiting loopholes to hide profits. To debate this Ciara was joined on the show by Seamus Coffey, Former Chair of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economist at UCC and also Christian Aid Ireland’s Head of Policy and Advocacy, Conor O’Neill.

Sex education to be taught at earlier age is one of several potential changes, in what will biggest planned shake-up to primary education in 25 years.  Shane discussed this further with Dr Patrick Sullivan, Deputy CEO of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment.

No country in the world affords women the same opportunities as men in the workforce that’s according to a new report from the World Bank Sonya Lennon, founder of WorkEqual gave her reaction to these findings.

Three days of negotiations with Hamas over a ceasefire in Gaza have failed to achieve a breakthrough We get the latest from Eylon Levy, Israeli Government spokesperson.

Fianna Fáil Councillor, Michael Cahill has described the Ring of Kerry Road an embarrassment and claims 70% of the road is substandard. Michael spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.