Students from economically advantaged families are more likely to be able to take part in private tuition to avoid educational disappointment – that's according to research from the ESRI.

 So, are grinds reinforcing educational inequality?  We discuss with Sheila O’Malley, Parenting Expert and Keynote Speaker.

The Irish Medical Organization (IMO) has called for the Government to use some of the proceeds from the Apple Tax to address major infrastructural issues in the Irish health services.    

We speak to Dr Denis Mc Cauley, GP and president of the Irish Medical Organisation to discuss this.

Irish universities risk ‘quiet and gradual decline’ due to funding shortages. That’s the warning from the provost of Trinity College Dublin, Professor Linda Doyle who explained why to Newstalk Breakfast.

It’s been almost 3 weeks since the Dublin Transport Plan was put in place to help reduce traffic flow in the city centre. But what sort of effects has it had on bus users in particular? We speak to Billy Hann, CEO of Dublin Bus.

An Tanaiste, Micheal Martin has said that Sophie Toscan Du Plantier’s murder case should have gone before a jury and noted that 'we failed in our duty to find a convict a bloody murderer’ . We discuss this further with Mick Clifford, Special Correspondent for the Irish Examiner.

The People Before Profit–Solidarity think in will take place in Dublin later today. We ask what is on the agenda at the think in with Mick Barry. People Before Profit Solidarity TD for Cork North Central. 

The UK is set to ban junk food ads before 9 pm and introduce a total ban on paid-for online advertising from 2025 in a bid to tackle childhood obesity. We get a reaction to this with joined by Dietitian, Orla Walsh.

  Since the first quarter of 2023, rents for new tenancies rose by 8.1 per cent nationally, that’s according to the Residential Tenancies Board  

The Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers say much of the data is still incomplete in terms of giving a full understanding of what is actually happening in the rental market. Speaking to Ciara this morning was their CEO, Pat Davitt.

An Taoiseach, Simon Harris joined us live from Fine Gael’s Think-In at Tullamore, County Offaly.   

Galway City Council is hoping to pilot the roll out of a new ‘tourism tax’ which it believes can be used to support sustainable tourism development, but what impact will this have on businesses?   

 Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast this morning was Pat Mc Donagh Founder and Managing Director of Supermacs.