Newstalk Breakfast Weekends

The number of people in ICU with Covid-19 has fallen below 100 for the first time in two months.

Latest figures indicate the disease is moving in the right direction including the number of cases, positivity rates, the five day moving average and GP referrals.

Dr Catherine Motherway, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine at University Hospital Limerick joined Susan to discuss.

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The phased return to school gets underway tomorrow for Lleaving cert students and for junior and senior infants and first and second class in primary school.

But will schools be operating in the exact same way as they were when we finished up for the Christmas break or will there be any extra measures to make sure children and teachers are protected?

Susan was joined by INTO General Secretary, John Boyle to discuss.

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The 78th Golden Globes awards takes place later on this evening, Sunday February 28th.

There is plenty of Irish interest this year as Brendan Gleeson is up for his portrayal of Donald Trump in The Comey Rule while Cartoon Saloon - the Kilkenny-based animation studio - has been nominated for Wolfwalkers. 'Element Pictures' - the Dublin-based production company behind Normal People - is also in the mix for 'Best Television Limited Series'.

John Fardy, presenter of Screentime joined Susan to discuss the awards and also chat about the planned reboot of Frasier.

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Susan Keogh was joined by Justice Minister Helen McEntee to discuss the anti-lockdown protest in Dublin as well as the Garda operation and handling of the situation.

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Traffic on the Strand Road in Dublin’s Sandymount area was due to be reduced to just one lane from this coming Monday to facilitate a six month trial of creating a cycleway system on one of the capitals busiest roadways.

However, Dublin City Council has now taken the decision to suspend all works on the cycleway following a High Court order

For more on this Susan was joined by Lord Mayor of Dublin, Hazel Chu and Mannix Flynn, Independent Cllr for Dublin City Council.

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Post mortems are to take place this weekend on the bodies of three brothers believed to have died in a double murder-suicide in Mitchelstown, co. Cork.

Gardai have appealed to anyone with information in relation to interactions they may have had with the brothers or for any information that may be relevant to the investigation.

Ralph Riegal, Southern Correspondent with The Irish Independent joined Susan to discuss.

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The Children’s Minister has said the majority of second level students will not return to school until after the Easter holidays however, leaving cert pupils and children in junior infants up to second class are expected to get back into the classroom on March 1st followed by the rest of primary schools two weeks later.

While nothing has been confirmed as of yet, the prolonged closure of schools has not only had an impact on the lives of parents or guardians and our children's education, but our kid's emotional and physical development as well.

To discuss Susan was joined by:

Dr Deirdre McGillicuddy, Primary school teacher and assistant professor in education in UCD,

Dr Brian Osborne, ICGP Assistant Medical Director & GP in Galway

Dr Niamh Lynch, is a consultant paediatrician in Cork

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Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality met virtually to discuss Article 41 of the constitution including Article 41.2, the ‘women in the home’ clause.

The meeting, which took place online, involved 99 citizens selected randomly who will determine whether article 41.2 of the constitution should be kept - removed or replaced. 

One of the keynote speakers was Dr Laura Cahillane, Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Limerick, and she joined Susan Keogh to discuss. 

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Hugh O’Connell, Political Correspondent with Independent News and Media, joined Susan Keogh to discuss the latest on schools reopening, the Leaving Cert, Covid-19 vaccine rollout and more.

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Love is in the air this Valentine's weekend as many of us will be planning on doing something special with our someone special.

Aside from the candles, the cards, the messages of love and affection as well as the romantic meal, many of us will also be looking to snuggle up on the couch and watch a romantic comedy too.

But with so many films to choose from, what should we be watching?

Susan was joined by Screentime's John Fardy to talk through his top 5 romantic comedies of all time to help us along our way.

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