Newstalk Breakfast

Dublin City Council’s Central Area Committee were told last week that the council is constrained by the definition of what a derelict house is. So, what is the definition, and how can it be changed to address vacancies across Ireland? Claire McManus, Director of Dublin-based JFOC architects joined Anton Savage on the show to discuss.

Jordan Adams was diagnosed with early onset frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and is now planning to run a marathon in every county in Ireland.  

Jordan’s mother passed away at just 52 years old after living with FTD. He is undertaking the challenge in memory of his 12 relatives who lived in Ireland, who all died from FTD, the same disease that will, one-day, claim his life. Jordan joined Anton Savage on the show this morning…

A survivor-led Advisory Council should be established to shape government decisions on gender-based violence. That’s the call this morning in a new report from the National Women’s Council, whose Executive Director Corrinne Hasson joined Anton Savage on the show.

31-year-old Cole Allen, from Torrance, California, is set to be arraigned in federal court today on suspicion of targeting Trump administration officials during the White House Correspondents' dinner.

David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief, The Guardian, and Amy Tarkanian, Former Nevada Republican State Chairwoman and Republican Strategist, both joined Anton Savage on the show this morning.

New figures have revealed that the number of super-rich people in Ireland has doubled in five years. With these new figures, should we introduce a wealth tax? And if we did introduce it, what would it look like? 

Susanne Rogers, Research and Policy Analyst at Social Justice Ireland, joined Anton Savage on the show to discuss.

It’s time for "Did You See”. Where we take a closer look at some of the stories you may have missed in the news this morning. Joining Anton this morning was Frances Fitzgerald, former Government Minister.

Families of those who have died in road traffic accidents are “kept in the shadow” of investigations by Gardaí and the coroner’s inquest system according to the Irish Road Victims Association. David Mullins, solicitor and board member of the Irish Road Victims Association joined Anton Savage on the show to discuss.

The age of 70 "can be the new 50" if older people lose “highly inaccurate and out-of-date” ideas about what growing older feels like. That’s the view of Professor Ian Robertson, Co-director of Global Brain Health Institute at Trinity College Dublin and author of How Confidence Works, who joined Anton Savage on the show to discuss.

Banning young people from social media does not offer a realistic solution and teaching them digital literacy would be of greater benefit. TDs and Senators were told this at a meeting of the Oireachtas children’s committee by representatives of youth organisations.  

Roisin O’Neill of the National Youth Council of Ireland’s Youth Advisory Group joined Anton Savage on the show to discuss.

Gina London, CEO of Language of Leadership, Sunday Independent Columnist, and former CNN Correspondent, brought us the latest on the turmoil in the US following gunfire at the White House correspondents' dinner.