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Sep 29, 2025 • 9min
American football star ‘jumped and robbed’ in Temple Bar
Yesterday saw the Pittsburgh Steelers claim victory at Ireland’s first NFL game, but on Friday night, their reserve quarterback Skylar Thompson was reportedly assaulted and robbed in Dublin city centre. Gary Gannon, Social Democrats TD and the Party's Spokesperson for Justice, joined Ciara Kelly on the show.
Sep 29, 2025 • 6min
Ireland’s natural environment in a “poor state”
Nature in Ireland is in a “very poor” state, with the country’s economic growth achieved at the expense of the environment, according to the latest State of Europe’s Environment report from the EU. Professor John Sweeney, Emeritus Professor in the Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units at the department of geography at Maynooth University joined us on Newstalk Breakfast this morning.
Sep 29, 2025 • 6min
Chaos at Ryder cup as American fans hurl abuse at European players
Europe persevered in the Ryder Cup over the weekend in New York thanks to a crucial putt from Shane Lowry. But what caught the attention of so many wasn’t the golf… It was the behavior of some American fans who were hurling abuse at the players. Ciara Kelly was joined by Law Lecturer at the University of Galway Larry Donnelly.
Sep 29, 2025 • 4min
Four dead, eight injured in US Mormon church shooting
A gunman opened fire inside a Michigan church during a Sunday service before apparently setting the building on fire. David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief of The Guardian joined us on the show with the latest on the case.
Sep 29, 2025 • 6min
We look ahead to this evening’s Presidential debate
The first presidential debate will take place today on The Tonight Show at 10 pm. What can we expect to see? Louise Burne, Political Correspondent with the Irish Examiner, joined us on Newstalk Breakfast this morning.
Sep 29, 2025 • 3min
Garda investigation underway into the death of a father and daughter in Finglas
Gardaí are treating the death of a father and his five-year-old daughter in Finglas as a suspected murder-suicide, according to the Irish Times. However, the investigation is still at an early stage and postmortem examinations will decide the next steps. Conor Gallagher, Crime Correspondent with the Irish Times joined Jonathan Healy with the latest on the investigation.
Sep 26, 2025 • 5min
NFL comes to Dublin !
Dublin City is awash with the colours of the Minnesota Vikings and the Pittsburgh Steelers, who will go head to head in Croke Park this weekend. This is the first NFL game played in Dublin, and they are pulling out all the stops. With us to explain more is Michael McQuaid, founder of Pro-Football Ireland.
Sep 26, 2025 • 6min
More and more landlords exiting the rental sector
One in four Dublin home sales are now landlords exiting the rental sector. That’s according to the latest residential market review from property advisors DNG, which also found the rate of price increase seen in the capital has moderated for a third successive quarter. We discuss the findings with Marian Finnegan is CEO of Sherry Fitzgerald.
Sep 26, 2025 • 4min
Mo Chara, is due back before Woolwich Crown Court today
Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, better known by his stage name Mo Chara, is due back before Woolwich Crown Court today in relation to a charge under the Terrorism Act. He is accused of allegedly displaying a flag in support of proscribed organisation, Hezbollah at a concert in the city in November 2024. Emily Keegan, Newstalk Reporter who is outside the court gave us an update.
Sep 26, 2025 • 4min
Riff: Are we facing an overreaction epidemic?
Are we facing an overreaction epidemic? Ciara and Jonathan had an interesting discussion this morning.
