Newstalk Breakfast

The new Dublin By Dusk initiative will kick off this evening. Taking place on the last Thursday of every month for the next 10 months, the event invites people to explore what the city has to offer after 6 pm, including culture and hospitality, entertainment, and unique evening experiences. 

To tell us about it is Ray O’Donoghue Dublin’s Night-time Economy Advisor.

Friends of the Earth Ireland and Beyond Fossil Fuels are calling for limits to data centre industry following their report that claims data centres could take a further €1.6 billion euros from households over the next decade. 

Anton debates this with Rosi Leonard, data centre campaigner with Friends of the Earth  and Lorcan Allen, Irish Data Centre Supplier Alliance Director.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has warned schools that expensive uniform policies could be putting unnecessary financial pressure on families and limiting parents’ choice 

We heard from Grainne Griffin, Director of Communications, Consumer Information and Financial Education at the CCPC.

Burnout is usually a term associated with the workplace, but it is also prevalent among users of dating apps, who can easily fall into the exhaustion and cynicism that they may previously have reserved for their workplace. So how can they get out of this cycle, and even ensure they don’t get into it in the first place?  

We get that advice from Mairead Loughman Owner and Founder of LoveHQ.   

We take a closer look at some of the stories you may have missed in the news this morning. Joining Anton this morning was Ronan McGreevy, Irish Times Journalist and Historian.

Ireland should introduce a fraud refund scheme that requires payment providers to reimburse customers impacted by scams. 

That’s the call today in a new report from the Oireachtas Finance Committee, which is chaired by Sinn Féin TD for Galway West Mairéad Farrell who spoke to Anton.

It will be a “few years” before construction works on the Dublin MetroLink rail line are at “full tilt”, the Oireachtas transport committee has heard. 

To discuss this further Anton spoke to Paul Davies, Lecturer in Public Procurement, DCU. 

The prosecution case against Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been set out for the jury at Newry Crown Court. 

The former MP is accused of rape and several counts of gross indecency and of indecent assault. He has pleaded not guilty to the 18 alleged offences.  We get the latest with Emily Keegan Newstalk Reporter.

Gen Z, the generation born from the late 90s through the early two thousands. The generation that doesn’t drink or go out much, has AI stealing their jobs and doesn’t know how to communicate in person

But is it time we just shut up and let Gen Z get on with their lives instead of saying they are all of these things or none? Our reporter Alex Rowley certainly thinks so and explained why to Anton.

The newly launched Coalition Against Sunbeds has called for a total ban on sunbeds, which directly cause 5% of all melanoma skin cancers in Ireland. 

Speaking to Anton to discuss further was Professor Anne-Marie Tobin, member of the Coalition Against Sunbeds.