Newstalk Breakfast

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 Carol Tallon, CEO of Property District.

An unhealthy kind of confidence is becoming more and more prevalent, tipping into hubris. That’s according to Professor Ian Robertson, Co-director of Global Brain Health Institute at Trinity College Dublin and author of How Confidence Works.

More needs to be done in terms of clamping when it comes to our urban areas in Dublin so say some Dublin City Councillors. One of them is Alison Field, Labour Party Councillor representing Clontarf.

Iranian state media reported that Tehran has rejected a truce to end the war that they labelled as an "American proposal." Anton gets the latest on this with Mark Weiss, Israel Correspondent with the Irish Times. 

Nationwide fuel protests today are expected to severely disrupt traffic, particularly routes into Dublin, with convoys assembling from early morning across major roads. Speaking from Monasterevin was Newstalk Reporter Josh Crosbie. Also we get reaction to these protests from Ger Hyland, President of the Irish Road Haulage Association. 

The Artemis II space mission has successfully launched as four astronauts head towards the moon the first to do so in 50 years. They will remain in orbit around the earth for the next 24 hours. With more on this Anton spoke to Astronomer and Science Writer Dr David Whitehouse.

Iran, the energy crisis, global relations, the reshaping of the West, looking back on the visit to the US, European presidency, UNIFIL. Anton discusses all this and more with Taoiseach Micheál Martin in studio this morning. 

We get the latest on the war with Tara Kangarlou Global Affairs journalist and author of The Heartbeat of Iran. Also the impact of the US-Israeli war on Iran could be "substantially larger" than the economic chaos seen in the 1970s.That’s the view of Lars Jensen, a shipping expert and former Director at Maersk.

“Drink-driving is not an accident , it is a conscious decision.” those are the words of Dr Eoin Fogarty, emergency medicine and retrieval consultant at Cork University Hospital. With Easter bank holiday weekend approaching, attention is turning to road safety and the persistent issue of drink-driving in Ireland.  Dr Fogarty joined Anton this morning.

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 Former Minister for Justice Nora Owen.