Newstalk Breakfast

'With phase 7 of BusConnects just around the corner . We ask what is your experience of public transport? Ciara and Shane discuss this together this morning.

US President Donald Trump has said his “success” in the middle east will help in negotiations to end in the war between Russia and Ukraine.  He is due to meet with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House later today, and has announced a meeting with Vladimir Putin next week in Hungary. 

We discuss further with Paul Rogers, Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University.

It’s goodbye to the 140, the 83 and many other buses and hello to Phase 7 of Bus Connects, which includes the new 24-hour “F” route. But how will it help you in getting from A to B? 

With us to explain more is Blake Boland, Spokesperson for Dublin Bus. 

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles pump out nearly five times more planet-heating pollution than official figures show, according to a new report from Transport & Environment.  

We discussed this further with Sofía Navas, Cars and Charging Research Analyst for the think tank Transport & Environment. 

Neighbourhoods across the nation should reimagine how we grow, share and eat food by growing gardens in their areas. That’s the call from Ballymun-based charity GAP Ireland, as part of National Community Gardens and Allotments Week. Henry McKean visited the area putting this call into practice and sent us this report. 

Farmer Tom Niland “can now rest in peace,” his family said, after three men were sentenced yesterday to between 14 and 15 years in prison for his unlawful killing. The 75-year-old died on September 30th, 2023, 20 months after suffering a violent attack in his west Sligo home on January 18th, 2022.

 Independent Cllr for Sligo, Tom Niland’s Neighbour and Friend Michael Clarke spoke to Newstalk Breakfast about his friend Tom.  

Linda Hall, a Teacher in Kings Wood Community College in Tallaght, was just 26 when she lost her father to sudden cardiac arrest, just three weeks after his 48th birthday.  Now she’s urging the public to learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation, better known as CPR. Linda spoke to Ciara this morning.

Bodywhys has launched a new wellbeing programme to address the rising body image and eating disorder concerns in Irish secondary schools.  A survey from the charity found that 45 per cent of teachers are aware of students in their classes who are experiencing an eating disorder.  

Joining Ciara to discuss was Dr. Fiona Flynn, who developed the programme. 

Scam call centres are paying up to €1,200 per person for the contact details of potential Irish victims. This is according to leaked documents from a scam operation obtained by The Irish Times show. For more on this we heard from Conor Gallagher, Crime and Security Correspondent of The Irish Times.

Bertie Ahern, former Taoiseach spoke to Shane this morning on the middle east, the Presidency and his own disappointment at not being the Fianna Fail candidate.