Newstalk Breakfast

US President Donald Trump yesterday announced a 90-day pause as part of his tariff plan but was also raising the tariff rate for China to 125pc. The EU and other countries who were facing into tariffs of between 10pc and 47pc are now going to pay a 10pc baseline tariff for 90 days.  We discuss this development with Joe Lynam, Newstalk’s Business Editor and also Dan O’Brien, Chief Economist at the Institute of International and European affairs and Columnist with The Currency. 

People Before Profit TD, Paul Murphy has proposed that there should be open access to university. Meaning that degrees are made freely available to all, with no or limited points restrictions. Paul spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan will not attend the Garda Representative Association’s annual conference this year. The GRA once again did not invite Commissioner Drew Harris. We discuss further with Christy Galligan, Former Garda Sergeant. 

President Donald Trump has paused reciprocal tariffs for any country that did not retaliate with their own tariffs. Meaning everywhere but China is getting a small reprieve.   Speaking to reporters outside the White House, President Trump explained why he decided on a 90 day pause. We discuss this further with Joe Lynam, Newstalk Business Editor and David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief from The Guardian.

While we’ve all been enjoying the warm weather, Uisce Eireann are warning people to remain mindful of their water supply during the sunny spell.    We heard from Margaret Attridge, Head of Water Operations at Uisce Eireann. 

Esther McCarthy, Lifestyle Editor and Saturday Weekend Magazine Columnist with The Irish Examiner, joins us now for our new weekly Red Carpet Roundup.

A new transport strategy for Limerick is looking to possibly axe one-way traffic on some city centre streets in a major urban shakeup.  Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast about the plans was Mayor of Limerick John Moran.

Special Advocate for Survivors of Institutional Abuse Patricia Carey has expressed "deep disappointment" after two out of eight religious bodies offered financial contributions towards the cost of the mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme.Patricia spoke to Jonathan this morning on the show.

US President Donald Trump's tariffs on dozens of countries take effect from today, including massive 104 percent duties on Chinese goods. In response, the EU plans to charge import duties of up to 25 per cent on a number of products sold from the US. We discuss this further with John Fitzgerald Adjunct Professor in Economics at Trinity College Dublin.

A warning about the dangers of overprescribing from UTV in the 1980s. But has overdiagnosis now become a real problem we need to address?  That’s the question neurologist Dr. Suzanne O’Sullivan explores in her new book “The Age of Diagnosis”.