Bad news for chocolate lovers! The cocoa has reached a record high, meaning the price of your favourite chocolate bars may take a serious hike.. We spoke to Tara Gartland, Owner of Tara Gartland Chocolate and Pastry Chef.

RTÉ chiefs past and present are preparing to grace the halls of Leinster House to appear before the Oireachtas Media Committee as the public broadcaster’s crisis rumbles on.  
 
Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast ahead of the meeting this morning was Niamh Smyth, Chair of the Oireachtas Media Committee.

Close to half a million people in Ireland still smoke every day . Today is National No Smoking Day and the Irish pharmacy union are urging people to seek help in their local pharmacy. We were joined on the show by  Tom Murray Treasurer of Irish pharmacy union and community pharmacist from Ramelton in Donegal.

Food delivery riders in Dublin are set to strike later this evening. Speaking to Shane this morning was  Fiachra Ó Luain, Labour rights’ officer for the English Language Students’ Union of Ireland.

Gardaí are conducting searches a park in Santry, Dublin for missing Icelandic man Jon Jonsson, who went missing in 2019. We get the latest on this with Muiris O’Cearbhaill a Reporter for the Journal.

Aviva Insurance are warning homeowners and business owners of a fire risk from tumble dryers due to a spike in associated claims.  Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast this morning was Gillian Devereux, Senior Loss Adjuster at Aviva Insurance.

Decisive action required to scrap TV licence and deliver sustainable public sector broadcasting and an independent media sector.  That’s the call from Sinn Féin TD for Cork North Central Thomas Gould who spoke to Shane this morning on the show.

All Things Considered: Should child benefit be means tested? Shane and Ciara discussed this morning.

Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys, is to seek Cabinet approval to extend Child Benefit to 18-year-olds who are in full time education, or who have a disability, from May 1st. Barra Roantree, Director of the MSc in Economic Policy at Trinity College Dublin spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

French president Emmanual Macron announced a pilot scheme that would see school uniforms made compulsory across the country if successful. Should Ireland follow suit? Or ditch the uniform altogether? To debate this we heard from Eric Nelligan, Assistant Principal at St Munchins College Limerick and Emma de Souza, Writer & Political Commentator.