Newstalk Breakfast

An extraordinary meeting of the board of the Dublin Airport Authority is to take place today to formally suspend its Chief Executive Kenny Jacobs with full pay, pending the outcome of an investigation.    
 

Daniel McConnell, Editor of the Business Post, joined Shane Coleman on the show.

A new batch of 68 photographs related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been made public by Democratic US lawmakers. The photos include Epstein with director Woody Allen, and Bill Gates with an unknown woman.  

With more on this we spoke to David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief, The Guardian.  

Woman at the center of the viral "kiss cam" moment at a Coldplay concert has spoken out in recent interviews. Ciara and Shane asked this morning. Are we all far too quick to judge?

Ireland’s economy has shown resilience in the last year, but the Government needs “prudent ambition” for long-term, sustainable growth.  That’s according to the Central Bank’s final Quarterly Bulletin of 2025, which found Modified Domestic Demand is projected to grow by just below 4 per cent in 2025.  

We discuss this and more with Barra Roantree, Assistant Professor of Economics at Trinity College. 

The likes of Kneecap, Paul Mescal and the humble spice bag have given Ireland a new, cooler reputation.  But around the world, is Ireland being overly-romanticised? That’s the concern of Aoife Byrne, an Irish writer who has lived in London for 10 years. 

You may have received your December wages today and you may be waiting another six weeks for your monthly wages hit your bank account  

So how do you make it stretch? All to discuss with Conor Pope, Irish Times Consumer Correspondent.

Two men and a woman have died in separate road crashes in counties Limerick, Monaghan and Tipperary. Recently, we discussed the decision not to disband the RSA, but are we doing enough for road safety?  We discussed further with Leo Leighio, Vice President of the Irish Road Victims Association. 

EU leaders struck a deal to provide Ukraine a €90 billion loan to plug its looming budget shortfalls, but failed to agree on using frozen Russian assets to come up with the funds. 

We discuss this further with Emmanuelle Chaze, Ukraine correspondent for Radio France Internationale and France24.

Season 5 of Emily in Paris is out today, and this rendition takes her story to the eternal city of Rome.  Here to explain why this show is so beloved is Dee Molumby, Pop culture expert.   

AIB has released new data today detailing the most common scams of 2025, with 57% of all payment fraud reported originated from text message fraud.   With last-minute parcels and packages arriving now with Christmas a week away today, it is an especially risky time to fall victim to a financial scam . With advice on how to avoid scams is Adrian Weckler, Technology Editor Irish Independent.