Chun críoch a chur lenár seachtain na Gaeilge, we sent our reporter Sarah Madden to Coláiste Lurgan to dust off her cupla focail and have a bit of spraoí: 

Finally, the race for the Áras is beginning to heat up as Billy Kelleher looks set to throw his hat into the ring for the Fianna Fáil candidacy.  So, how are those in the running shaping up? All to discuss with Newstalk’s Political Correspondent Sean Defoe.

From Hozier to Inhaler and Sam Fender to Fatboy Slim, this year’s Electric Picnic lineup is packing a punch! Today FM’s Shelly Gray is here to get you into the swing of things.

Social housing plays a vital role for vulnerable households, but excessive concentration in certain locations risks repeating previous mistakes and undermining the creation of balanced, mixed-tenure neighbourhoods.  

We discuss this and more with Colm Lauder, Founding Partner at Lauder Teacher and Business Post contributor and Conor Sheehan, Labour Party Housing Spokesperson and TD for Limerick City.

Almost a year to the day that schoolboy Kyran Durnin was first reported missing from his home in Drogheda, gardaí have renewed their appeal for anyone with any information on the case to come forward. We discuss this further with NewsTalk Reporter Barry Whyte. 

Eighty thousand music fans will descend on Stradbally, Co. Laois, for this year’s Electric Picnic. But will the EP attendees need to pack their raincoats? We get an idea of the weekend weather with Alan O’Reilly of Carlow Weather.

Requests from schools for voluntary contributions must be written in bold, plain language so that no family is misled. That’s the call from Paul Lawless Aontú TD for Mayo, who says that too often these requests are wrapped in language that sounds like a bill.  

The richest 10 per cent of households in the Republic hold almost half the wealth, according to new figures from the Central Bank.  Given these figures, is a tax on the wealthy necessary? All to discuss with Dr Emma Howard, Economist at Technological University of Dublin. 

The number of incidents involving “unruly” passengers on flights more than trebled, according to the Irish Aviation Authority. To discuss further we spoke to Jade Kirwan, Director of Communications of Ryanair.

It’s Irish week all this week on Newstalk Breakfast. This morning we heard from Historian and ex-human rights worker Nadia Dobrianska who and has not only learned to speak English, but Irish too.