Newstalk Breakfast

We take a closer look at some of the stories you may have missed in the news this morning. Joining Anton this morning was David McRedmond, CEO, An Post.

Ireland’s paternity leave system is failing families, with dads losing nearly three-quarters of their income to take just two weeks off after the birth of their child. These findings are according to new Movember research. 

To look into this further with Anton was Movember Policy and Advocacy Director in Ireland, Walter Jayawardene.

Oil prices have been falling in the aftermath of the announcement of a peace deal in the Iran war and with fuel supports announced earlier in the Spring due to expire at the end of next month. Tánaiste Simon Harris has said that the government will decide in the next two weeks about the continuing of fuel supports.  
 
We get reaction to this with Ger Hyland, President of the Irish Road Haulage Association.

News avoidance has reached its highest ever level, with 47 per cent of people saying they actively avoid the news, up 6 per cent from last year. That’s according to Coimisiúin na Meán’s Digital News Report being launched later today. 

With Anton to discuss more is Dr Niamh Sammon, Assistant Lecturer and Programme Chair of the BA in Journalism at TU Dublin and former Producer on Channel 4 News. 

The trial has continued of 52-year-old Riad Bouchaker, of no fixed abode, at the Central Criminal Court, relating to the alleged incident at Parnell Square on the 23rd of November 2023. 

Joining Anton with the latest from the trial was Newstalk Reporter Emily Keegan. 

if you want to get more detail on the proceedings at the Central Criminal Court today, be sure to listen to Frank Greaney's podcast All Rise: The Riad Bouchaker Trial, released every evening on the GoLoud app or wherever you get your podcasts.

It's been 10 years since tech companies stopped production of 3D TVs. At one stage they were promised to be the future of home entertainment, but now they're confined to the great gadget graveyard. 

 Newstalk's Technology Correspondent Jess Kelly looks back on 3D TV's.

Ministers, unions and employers will gather at the National Economic Dialogue in Dublin today as the Government signals tax and childcare measures ahead of Budget 2027.

Speaking to Anton ahead of this meeting was Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, Jack Chambers. 

Keir Starmer has announced that access to social media will be banned in the UK for users under 16, in what he described as “real change for our children and our future”.  We get the latest with Broadcaster and Journalist Vinny McAvinney.

An Garda Síochána have announced that their pilot programme for the use of tasers will be extended through the rest of the year and expanded to include Limerick. Is the extension and use of tasers welcome? Joining Anton this morning to discuss was Retired Garda Sergeant and Local Peace Commissioner in Donegal, Christy Galligan, and Dr Lucy Michael, Principal Investigator at Lucy Michael Research, Training and Consultancy. 

Pakistan's prime minister says a peace deal has been reached between the US and Iran which will end "military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon". 

Speaking to Anton this morning was Duncan Bullivant CEO of Henderson Risk Group, Former British Army Officer and Former UK Diplomat.