Highlights from Newstalk Breakfast

Tomorrow, the 6th of January is traditionally known as ‘little Christmas’, ‘Women’s Christmas’ or ‘Nollaig na mBan’! Once upon a time it was a day off for housewives who worked hard over the Christmas.. But does the tradition hold any weight in 2024?  Comedian, Emma Doran told us what she makes of it all?

Google is taking a bold leap into the future of online tracking, waving goodbye to third-party cookies those digital trackers that shadow users across websites.  Our Technology Correspondent, Jess Kelly explains it all to Newstalk Breakfast.

A woman in her 50s has died in a crash in County. Kerry, which marks the 4th road death of 2023. We were joined on the show by Shane Ross, Former Minister for Transport, Journalist and Author to discuss.

All Things Considered: Portion Sizes in restaurants. Ciara and Shane discussed this morning.

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly joined Shane this morning on the show. A new COVID inquiry was discussed.

What do you do if your child’s friend is a bad influence? You might be tempted to criticise the friend, but experts recommend doing a few other things instead. Here to tell us more is Gill Hines, Education and Parenting Consultant and Author of “It’s Not Fair!” and “Whatever!”

We’re only in the first week of the year but the darts final on Wednesday night set an impressive benchmark for sporting competitions. The World Championships drew viewers from all sides, with many becoming fans of the game for the first time. However, one noticeable feature in Irish pubs is the lack or decline of dartboards. We sent our reporter, Josh Crosbie to find out what the dart scene is like in Ireland.

The Government and Gardaí are not taking the rise of the far-right seriously.  That’s the view of Shane O’Curry, Director of the Irish Network Against Racism who spoke to Shane this morning on the show.

Oscar Pistorius is to be a free man today when he is released from a South African prison on parole. We get the latest from JJ Cornish is a Journalist based in South Africa.

Luke Littler is a name many people outside of the Darts world may not have known until recently.  Last night, the 16-year-old's dream of becoming the youngest ever world darts champion was not to be.Eleanor Cairns, Youth World Champion darts player, St Helens Youth Darts Academy and good friend of Luke Littler spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.