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Almost 30 years after mobile phone use became commonplace, non-existent coverage or dropped calls still dominates large swathes of the country – so says Fine Gael Senator Mark Duffy. 

Netflix recently announced it had reached a deal to buy Warner Bros Discovery’s TV, film studios and streaming division for $72bn (€62bn).  But what does it mean for consumers? 

 All to discuss with Adrian Weckler Technology Editor with the Irish Independent. 

Communities around the country are left with far fewer GPs than others despite rising demand. That’s according to figures obtained by The Sunday Times revealing a widening postcode lottery in general practice.  

All to discuss with Dr Deirdre Collins, Chair of the board of the Irish College of GPs, and GP In Kilcullen Co. Kildare.

Should we be cautious about building more roads to ease congestion? That’s the suggestion from Trinity Professor Brian Caulfield, who warned that traffic modelling features a concept known as “induced demand”. 

Gardaí have launched a murder investigation into the deaths of Tadhg Farrell and his 60-year-old grandaunt, Mary Holt in a fire at a house in Co Offaly on Saturday evening.   

 A second woman was seriously injured and is receiving treatment at the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore.  Shane spoke to the Minister for Justice,  Jim O’Callaghan and started by asking him for his reaction to what Gardai are calling a murderous attack. 

“Continuing to build more roads to alleviate congestion, is precisely the kind of failed thinking that has resulted in our capital becoming the 10th most congested city in the world”  

So says Brian Caulfield Professor in transportation at the Centre for Transport Research at Trinity College Dublin in the Irish times today. Brian spoke to Newstalk Breakfast with more on this.

From zippies on zoom, to bellytops in the boardroom - it's safe to say that office wear has gotten less formal and more fun. But with more workplaces bringing in dress codes to reign wardrobes in, what is appropriate to wear to work? 

 And could cramping employees' style be a corporate no no? Newstalk's Sarah Madden reports:  

An emergency meeting of the Oireachtas National Security Committee will be held this week to examine the sighting of drones near the flight path of Ukrainian president Voldomyr Zelenskyy when he visited Dublin last week.  

We discuss further with Security and Defence Analyst, Declan Power. 

Gardaí have launched a murder investigation into the deaths of Tadhg Farrell and his 60-year-old grandaunt, Mary Holt in a fire at a house in Co Offaly on Saturday evening.  A second woman was seriously injured and is receiving treatment at the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore. 

We get the latest on this with Newstalk reporter Kyle Butler and Fergus McDonell, Independent Ireland Cllr for Edenderry.

The Grinch steals tonight's Late Late Toy Show. Henry McKean went backstage and met Patrick Kielty and he sent us this report.