Over 40,000 tickets have been sold for the final fight of Katie Taylor's professional boxing career at Croke Park and the remaining tickets go on sale today.  

The Clones Cyclone, Former World Champion Barry McGugian chatted to Anton this morning.

Jeffrey Donaldson has said the two women who made allegations of sexual abuse against him are lying. The former DUP leader- who took to the stand yesterday for the first time-

Our reporter Jamie O Hara gave us the latest from Newry Crown Court.

You will be glad to hear we have a sunnier and warmer weekend ahead of us. Alan O Reilly of Carlow Weather brought us the weekend weather update. 

President Donald Trump has said the United States and Iran could sign a peace deal as soon as this weekend that ⁠would reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping, but Iran countered that it had not reached a final decision on an agreement. 

Speaking to Anton was Nicholas Hopton, Former UK Ambassador to Iran and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council.

The long-awaited and much-debated EU Migration and Asylum Pact is at last coming into effect today. 

But what exactly are we in store for as a result of this? And did Ireland make the right move by opting in? To debate this further was Barry Andrews Fianna Fail MEP for Dublin and Michael McNamara Independent MEP for Ireland South.

Most people think of cycling injuries as cuts, bruises or perhaps a broken wrist. However, surgeons around the world are warning that they have seen a rising number of serious injuries specifically related to e-bikes. 

Anton discusses this further with Dr Jerry Tsang, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery at Queen Mary University .

Recent energy price increases are placing a disproportionate burden on low-income households, with government supports only partly offsetting the impact.  That’s according to new research from the Economic and Social Research Institute.  
 
Joining Anton to discuss these findings was Dr Claire Keane, Associate Research Professor at the ESRI.

You’ll be all too familiar with cosmetic products claiming nine out of ten people found their product did this why dermatologists said it did that. But just how accurate are these claims and how cautious do you have to be of them? For advice on this Anton spoke to Dr Rosemary Coleman is a Consultant Dermatologist at the Blackrock Clinic.

We take a closer look at some of the stories you may have missed in the news this morning. Joining Anton this morning was Harry Browne, Media Lecturer at TU Dublin and Host of The Ditch Podcast.

“GAA football and hurling fans cannot be subjected to another season of not being able to watch their county teams compete in the provincial and All-Ireland championships on TV”. So says Fine Gael Senator Mike Kennelly who spoke to Anton this morning.