Newstalk Breakfast

The Irish Road Haulage Association will meet Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien later this morning demanding immediate action to reduce rising fuel costs, warning they need concrete measures. 

Speaking to Anton this morning was their President Ger Hyland.

The draft National Drugs Strategy put forward by the government is fundamentally flawed due to its failure to reference the well-established link between poverty, inequality and drug-related harms. 

That’s the view of Anna Quigley, Coordinator of Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign who explained why to 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 David McRedmond, CEO of An Post.

Yesterday, Minister for Transport, Darragh O’Brien TD met with stakeholders across the transport sector to discuss both short and long-term solutions to congestion in the Greater Dublin Area. 

Anton discusses this further with Barry Kenny, Corporate Communications Manager, Iarnród Éireann.

Today is set to be the hottest of the year so far, with temperatures potentially reaching as high as 17 or 18 degrees! 

Joining Anton with more on this is Ailís Hankinson, Meteorologist with Met Éireann. 

A typical mortgage switcher in Ireland could save €2,399 or more within one year of switching their mortgage, according to new figures from Irish Mortgage Advisors. 

We get the details with Trevor Grant the Chairperson of Irish Mortgage Advisors. 

Child protection should be removed from Túsla and returned to direct ministerial and departmental control.  That’s the call in a motion to be debated before the Dail today by Ken O’ Flynn Independent Ireland TD for Cork North Central. Ken explained why he is calling this to Anton this morning.

Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has said in a written message that the killers of security chief Ali Larijani, who died in an Israeli strike, "will have to pay for it".  This comes after Israeli strikes on the world's largest natural gas field, South Pars in Iran, were criticised by Qatar as a dangerous and irresponsible step. 

We get the latest on the war on Iran with Borzou Daragahi Iranian Journalist and Analyst.

Pearse Doherty Sinn Fein Deputy Leader, Finance spokesperson, and TD for Donegal, is to bring a motion before the Dáil next week demanding urgent action to tackle the soaring cost of home heating oil, petrol and diesel. 

The UK Health Security Agency says meningitis cases linked to the outbreak in Kent have risen from 15 to 20 and two young people have died. As of 5pm yesterday, nine cases have been confirmed in the lab, with 11 still under investigation. 

We discuss the details of the outbreak with Kingston Mills, Professor of Experimental Immunology at Trinity College Dublin.