Newstalk Breakfast

Social Pro­tec­tion Min­is­ter Dara Calleary will bring a review of the hot school meals to cab­inet today along with plans for a num­ber of changes.  

It follows new research that shows that a fifth of all hot school meals. We get reaction to this with Sarah Keogh, Dietician at Eatwell.ie.

The cost of home-heating oil has soared by as much as 75pc in the last year. This is raising fears among industry experts such as Fuel for Ireland that older people will ration their heating this winter. 

These fears come as the Government is considering exempting home heating oil from future carbon tax increases. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Roderic O’Gorman, Leader of the Green Party.

“A new survey shows a clear and urgent public demand for greater use of CCTV to help tackle crime”. This is according to Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South James Geoghegan who spoke to Jonathan this morning.

We take a closer look at some of the stories you may have missed in the news this morning. Joining Anton this morning was Ralph Riegel, Southern Correspondent for the Irish Independent.

One in five full-time employees earns less than the real living wage according to a new report.  

To look into this further was Dr. Lisa Wilson, Senior Economist at the NERI and Adjunct Associate Professor at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.

One in eight young people aged 15 to 24 consume energy drinks every day. With three in four people supporting age restrictions on energy drink sales according to new Safefood research.  

To discuss further with Jonathan was Dr. Aileen McGloin, Director of Nutrition at Safefood.

Russia vowed to "intensify" its strikes on Kyiv in response to Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow. As an exit poll showed the Putin's United Russia party on course to win tightly controlled parliamentary elections. 

Speaking to Jonathan this morning was Jenny Mathers, Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University.

New research suggests the popular beauty treatment could be linked to tiny mites living around the eyelashes. To explain all was Dr Rosemary Coleman, Consultant Dermatologist, Blackrock Clinic.

Planning permission for a €1.5 billion data centre in Mayo, which was opposed by author Sally Rooney, has been overturned. An Coimisiún Pleanála says the developers failed to show there was enough renewable electricity available to power the facility 

Speaking to Anton with reaction was Rosi Leonard, Data Centre Campaigner with Friend of the Earth and Ronan Kelly is the Chief Executive Officer of Digital Infrastructure Ireland. 

With home heating oil in high demand. There’s a difference in the VAT rates paid by households depending on how they heat their homes Heating oil is charged at 13.5%, compared with 9% for domestic gas 

To discuss all this further with Anton was Kevin McPartlan, CEO of Fuels for Ireland.