All Things Considered: Impact of Rwanda Bill on Ireland. Shane and Ciara discussed.

Rental supply will be further constricted if we don’t discontinue Rent Pressure Zones and indefinite tenancies. That’s the warning this morning from The Irish Property Owners’ Association. 

We discuss with Pat Davitt, CEO of the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers and also Rory Hearne, Lecturer in Social Policy at Maynooth University and Social Democrats candidate for Europe in the Midlands/Northwest constituency.   

A scheduled meeting between Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and her UK counterpart James Cleverly was postponed at the last minute late on Sunday evening. The meeting was due to take place over the flow of migrants across the border. 

To discuss further Shane was joined on the show by Jim O’Callaghan, Fianna Fail Spokesperson for Justice and TD for Dublin Bay South and also Donnchadh O’Laoghaire, Sinn Fein’s spokesperson on Social Protection. 

Hotels have said there has been a 50% decline in domestic summer bookings of since the pandemic peak. But why are we seeing the sun set on Irish staycations?  We asked Megan Virgo, Freelance Travel Writer for the Irish Daily Mail.

The number of claims relating to accidents caused by uninsured vehicles grew by 11% in 2023.That’s according to new figures published by the Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland. We get reaction to these figures with Conor Faughnan, Transport Consultant and CEO of the Royal Irish Automobile Club.

A Hamas delegation will travel to Cairo today  to deliver its response to Israel's latest ceasefire proposal this comes after Israeli air strikes on three houses in Rafah killed 13 people and wounded many others. 

We get the details from Sean Bell, Former Fighter Pilot, Military Analyst and Co-Host of the Red Matrix Podcast.

'Extreme ‘beauty’ treatments are now the norm and destroying our perception of ageing’. That’s the view of Mary McCarthy, Irish Independent columnist who spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

Following four days of harrowing evidence at Aoife Johnston’s inquest, the Limerick Coroner, John McNamara, returned a verdict of medical misadventure in her death from meningitis after she contracted sepsis. 

Stephen McMahon, Chairperson of the Irish Patients Association gave his reaction to the verdict to Newstalk Breakfast.

All Things Considered: Shane and Jonathan react to Thursday's events in Newtownmountkennedy.

"Everyone laughed at Hitler in the 1920s. A century on, are we making the same mistake?" That’s the question posed by Broadcaster, Writer and Guardian columnist Adrian Chiles. Shane asked Adrian what prompted him to write the piece.