Newstalk Breakfast Weekends

Clinical psychologist and CEO of St. Patrick’s Mental Health Service Paul Gilligan joined Susan to discuss Ireland’s mental health record and what to expect from the services going forward.

On today's front page panel, Susan was joined by Newstalk reporter Stephen Murphy and Ronan Duffy, reporter with the TheJournal.ie to discuss front page stories including the latest Business Post/Red C poll results showing Sinn Fein's rise above Fine Gael, Coronavirus, Ivan Yates' election results predictions and more.

Susan was also joined on the line by political editor of the Business Post Michael Brennan to comment on the Business Post/Red C poll results just less than one week away from election day.

It is the morning after the night before – the UK’s 47 year membership of the EU has come to an end. 

A geopolitical shift that has been three and a half years in the making has now happened - and we now turn our attention to an 11 month transition period.

Author and writer with the Mail on Sunday, Peter Hitchens has  been a long-standing critic of the EU and the UK’s place in it but did not agree with putting the issue to a referendum.

We asked him for his thoughts on this day.

Fine Gael has defended its decision to expel a leading member of its youth organisation after the party claimed he publicly supported his father - an Independent candidate in the General Election. 

Jude Perry, son of former Fine Gael minister of state John Perry and is currently studying in Washington DC, joined Susan to explain what happened.

The Grammy Awards ceremony takes place on Sunday, January 26th in Los Angeles. 

Alicia Keys will host the ceremony and there are 84 awards up for grabs - so Susan was joined by Newstalk's own John Fardy, presenter of Screentime and Aoife Barry, assistant news editor at TheJournal.ie

On today's front page panel, Susan was joined by Director of the Irish Academy of Public Relations Ellen Gunning and Managing Director of The Communications Clinic Eoghan Tomás McDermott to discuss front page stories including the Sunday Business Post/Red C poll showing Fianna Fail's lead and Sinn Fein's growing support, the tragic death of the children in Newcastle, the Children's Hospital new delays and extra costs amp; more.

Susan was also joined on the line by political editor of the Business Post Michael Brennan to comment on the Sunday Business Post/Red C poll results and talk about what voters are looking for in the General Elections candidates.

Yesterday evening saw the death of one of the most influential and admired politicians on this island 

Seamus Mallon who passed away at the age of 83 had been ill since last year. 

Andy Pollock was a friend and co-author of Seamus Mallon’s book ‘A Shared Home Place.’ 

He joined Susan to give us his memories of the man

Despite the fact that more women live in Ireland than men - less than a quarter of our elected politicians are women. 

To discuss the current state of play and what more can be done, Susan was joined by Ciarin de Buis, CEO of Women for Election.

On today's front page panel, Susan was joined by Hugh O’Connell, Political Correspondent with the Irish Independent and Breda Browne, PR Director of Unique Media to discuss front page stories including the first polls and what it means to Fine Gael, Harry and Meghan's departure from Royal duties - and titles, housing and all things General Elections, and more.

The Garda leading the investigation into the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods says anyone taking recreational drugs is fuelling gangland murder.

The 17-year-old was murdered as part of the ongoing gang feud in Drogheda, Co Louth.

On Newstalk Breakfast with Susan Keogh this morning, Garda Chief Superintendent Christy Mangan told said the brutal murder should be a reality check for everyone.

He said that if you go out and buy €100 worth of cocaine on a Saturday night, you are "providing profits for these people who are using that money to buy guns, to shoot people and to contract out killings."

"They need to realise coke is not a recreational pursuit - it's an act that fuels the murder of children like Keane and other people."