Newstalk Breakfast

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered top officials to come up with proposals for the potential resumption of nuclear testing for the first time since the end of the Cold War more than three decades ago.  

 We get the latest on this with Paul Rogers, Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University.

Financial education will soon be part of the curriculum in all British primary and secondary schools. Following an independent curriculum review, financial literacy was considered “the most highlighted area of importance by parents,”  

 Ciara discussed this further with Paul Merriman, CEO of Fairstone and Founder of Ask Paul.

Public transport workers have claimed that antisocial and abusive behaviour has increased across the network.  

A survey by Siptu of over 200 members also reveals employee concern about progress on a government commitment to set up a dedicated transport police force. We discuss further with John Murphy, SIPTU Transport sector Organiser. 

‘We too often tend to talk down to children. The inclination to continue parentese well past babyhood is patronising to kids.’   

So wrote Simon Tierney, Newstalk’s Own in The Irish Times.

‘Unprecedented emissions cuts’ are needed to avoid temperature rises making much of world ‘unlivable’. 

That’s according to a new report from the United Nations’ Environment Programme, which found  that the world has failed to meet its target of limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees, and will likely breach this threshold in the next decade.  

All to discuss with Sadhbh O’Neill, Climate Policy Researcher. 

Rape Crisis Ireland is calling for urgent action to ensure Ireland becomes a society where survivors of sexual violence feel safe to disclose and receive the support they need. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast to discuss further was Dr Clíona Saidléar Executive Director, Rape Crisis Ireland. 

Department of Finance predicts Ireland’s housing crisis could last another 15 years. Ciara and Shane discussed this further.

The Government has been accused in the Dáil of using rhetoric that is fueling anti-immigrant sentiment. This follows claims from Tánaiste Simon Harris that opponents are trying to ‘shut down’ debate on immigration 

For more on this, we heard from Gary Gannon, Social Democrats TD and Spokesperson for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration & John Clendennen, Fine Gael TD for Offaly. 

Ireland’s housing crisis is likely to persist for at least another 15 years, according to the Department of Finance.  The grim analysis was contained in Future Forty: A Fiscal and Economic Outlook to 2065. Shane discusses these findings with Dr Emma Howard, Economist at TU Dublin.

You might be bombarded with teeth whitening ads across your social media, but do the kits work or could they be potentially dangerous?   

We discuss further with Dr Caroline Robbins, owner of Kiwi Dental.