Newstalk Breakfast

Stewart Kenny, One of the Founders and Former Chief Executive of Paddy Power has called for higher gambling taxes to deter bookmakers from tactics that draw punters into more addictive games, as he said profits across the sector were “exploding”. Stewart spoke to Sean this morning,

The number of women aged 20–49 diagnosed with breast cancer has risen by over a quarter in the past decade, according to new figures from the National Cancer Registry of Ireland. 

The Marie Keating Foundation has launched a new awareness campaign urging women, especially those outside the screening age, to check their breasts regularly for any changes.  Speaking to Ciara this morning was Professor Seamus O’Reilly Consultant Medical Oncologist in Cork University Hospital.

The two suspects arrested over the Louvre jewellery heist have "partially" confessed to their involvement in the robbery.  Catherine Porter, International Correspondent for the New York Times brought the latest update on the investigation.

Hurricane Melissa has blasted across the Caribbean, leaving 30 dead or missing in Haiti and four dead in Jamaica. We get the latest with Alan O’Reilly from Carlow weather.

If you’ve recently overheard a group of children chanting ‘six-seven!’, you’ve witnessed what Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist Colman Noctor calls the latest viral ‘brain-rot’ craze.

Colman explained all the Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm after pummelling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, the US National Hurricane Center said. 

We discuss this further with Dr. Samantha Hallam, Ocean and Climate Scientist at the Irish Climate Analysis Research Unit at Maynooth University. 

US President Donald Trump said that a US-backed ceasefire in Gaza was not at risk after local authorities reported that 26 people had been killed in Israeli strikes, as Israel and Hamas trade accusations of blame for the violence. 

We discuss further with Dan Feferman, middle east security analyst and former IDF intelligence officer.

An SDLP councillor from Mid-Ulster has spoken out after discovering that footage of a car crash he was involved in was filmed and shared online, before he even had the chance to tell his wife about it. 

Speaking to Sean this morning was Councillor Malachy Quinn.

According to the 2025 Lancet Countdown Report on Health and Climate Change, released today, continued reliance on fossil fuels and insufficient adaptation to rising global temperatures are already having serious consequences for human health.  

Ciara discussed this further with Sinead Loughran, Climate Policy Officer with Trócaire.

After reinstating fees for the Junior and Leaving Cert exams, the Government should abolish them permanently. That’s according to Sinn Féin TD Pat Buckley who spoke to Ciara this morning on the show.