Newstalk Breakfast

At least eight people are dead, with 17 still missing and 237 rescued after a passenger vessel capsized off northern Cyprus.  

We get the latest on this with Borzou Daragahi, Journalist and Founder of Badlands Newsletter. 

Treachery, backstabbing and bare-faced lies are all back on our TVs this weekend. The Traitors Ireland returns for its second season. 

With Anton discuss what might lie ahead is Vanessa Ogbonna, Presenter and the winner of season 1.

Bring your tents, bring your friends and bring your wellies! People with early access to Electric Picnic yesterday were met with torrential rain, but will it clear up over the weekend? 

Alan O'Reilly from Carlow Weather brings us a weather update for the Electric Picnic. 

Most of the town of Killarney in Co Kerry was hit by the" worst flooding in a lifetime" last night, according to its mayor. 

 We get an update on the situation there with Mayor of Killarney Councillor John O'Donoghue.

Women applying to work for An Garda Síochána have a consistently higher failure rate in the physical competency test they have to pass before joining the force. 

That’s according to information obtained by the Irish Examiner. Speaking to Anton to discuss these finding was , Irish Examiner Reporter Neil Michael.

A Border poll on a united Ireland is “off the table”, Andy Burnham has said on his first visit to Northern Ireland as UK prime minister. 

With reaction to this Anton spoke to DUP MP Gregory Campbell and also John Finucane, Sinn Féin MP for North Belfast.

There has been a big jump in the number of homeowners planning to switch their mortgage, according to new data. 

Close to 900 homeowners got the all-clear to switch mortgage provider last month, according to the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland. We get the details from Charlie Weston, Personal Finance Editor, Irish Independent. 

Electric Picnic returns to Stradbally Hall in Co Laois from Friday 28 to Sunday 30 August, with 80,000 festival-goers expected to attend. 

More than 800 performances are planned across 50 stages, with Lewis Capaldi, Gorillaz and Fontaines D.C. taking the headline slots on the Main Stage. Dave Fanning told Anton what is looking forward to seeing on stage this weekend.

Sixty six mostly gold bronze age artefacts have been stolen from museum in Spain in an overnight heist. For more details on this Anton heard from Stephe Burgen, Freelance Journalist in Barcelona.

We take a closer look at some of the stories you may have missed in the news this morning. Joining Anton this morning was David McRedmond, Former CEO, An Post.