Newstalk Breakfast

A new poll published today reveals that more than 4 out of 5 Irish people – 82% of the population - support a move away from fossil fuels backed by a considered clean energy plan. 

Deirdre Duffy, CEO of Friends of the Earth joined Anton Savage

Bertie Ahern has made the front pages this morning across many of the morning papers, following a video surfacing online where he said that Ireland had “too many” migrants. 

Joining Ciara Doherty to discuss this and the impact it had on her is Social Psychologist and Host of Newstalk’s Younified, Dr Mamobo Ogoro  

Following 14 years of collaboration between international societies and patient groups spanning six continents, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has now been renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). 

The renaming was spearheaded by the endocrinologist Profeossor Helena Teede, the director of Melbourne’s Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation and she joins me now  

Cork has several statues of local heroes and characters - from Olympic runner Sonia Sullivan to Father Mathew and the Onion Sellers. Now Green Party Cork Cllr Oliver Moran wants to pay homage to a less celebrated legend from history.

Councillor Oliver Moran joined Ciara Doherty this morning.

Supporters of the British Health Secretary Wes Streeting have said that today they expect him to hand in his notice to Prime Minister Keir Starmer and challenge him for his job as leader of the Labour party and, consequently, Prime Minister. It follows Keir Starmer’s government laying out its priorities for the coming parliamentary term in the King’s Speech yesterday. 

 Ian Dunt, Political Columnist with the i paper has the latest for us   joined Ciara Doherty.

Infrastructure Minister Jack Chambers is set to provide an update on the Government's Accelerating Infrastructure Report later this morning at an engineering conference. 

Among the speakers at the event is Sean O’Driscoll, Chair of the ESRI, and a leading member of the government’s Accelerating Infrastructure Task Force. 

Dublin Street Parking Services have informed their staff they will no longer clamp and tow cars for Dublin City Council when their current contract ends. It comes as a procurement process is currently ongoing for the new contract beginning later this summer 

For years, councillors have called for changes to the way parking rules are enforced, and for more.

Ciara Doherty was joined by Keith Connolly, Fianna Fáil Councillor for the Ballymun-Finglas LEA 

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

Nicotine pouches are being aggressively marketed to adolescents and young people, while regulation in many countries remains limited or absent. 

That’s according to the first WHO global report on nicotine pouches to be published today.  

Professor John Crown, Consultant at St Vincent Hospital Group joined Ciara Doherty

Conradh na Gaeilge will appear before the Oireachtas to protest the lack of Irish-medium education. This comes following record-breaking numbers of Irish exemptions in schools.  

Julian De Spáinn, Ard Runaí of Conradh na Gaeilge joins Ciara Doherty.