Newstalk Breakfast

Independent film Anora sweeps the Oscars, winning five awards including best picture and best actress for lead star Mikey Madison. We heard about the winners and losers from the Oscars with Debra Birnbaum, Editor-in-Chief of Gold Derby and former Head of Awards for Amazon-MGM. 

Yesterday world leaders met in London for a summit on peace in Ukraine, which UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said was necessary to ensure the security of every nation attending. Speaking to Shane this morning was Patrick Bury, Defence Expert at the University of Bath, former NATO analyst. 

On Friday morning, we spoke to Charlotte Cahill, one mother among a group of parents of children without suitable Special Education Needs school placements, who staged a 24-hour sleep out at the Department of Education over the weekend.   So why is it that so many parents find themselves in this situation?  Speaking to Shane this morning was Carl O'Brien Education Editor of the Irish Times. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington today to sign an agreement on sharing his country's mineral resources. Zelensky has described the bilateral deal as preliminary, and said he wants further agreements which include US security guarantees to deter renewed Russian aggression. We get reaction to this historical meeting taking place later today with Lesia Vasylenko Ukrainian MP.    

A University of Limerick research project examining e-bike usage has shown how they could change transport behaviours, improve health, reduce environmental impact and be “a plausible car replacement.”   We discuss further with Professor James Green, lead investigator at I-Cycle at UL’s School of Allied Health and Health Research Institute.  

ADHD prescriptions have seen an 87 per cent surge in the last five years as a ‘tsunami’ of demand is overwhelming services, according to the HSE. Speaking Ciara this morning was Dr Patricia Byrne, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. 

The Taoiseach has been formally invited to the White House for the annual St Patrick's Day bilateral meeting. US President Donald Trump has written to Micheál Martin, inviting him for a meeting in the Oval Office on March 12th. We get reaction to the invite with Ray Bassett, Former Senior Irish Diplomat.  

People often fall into the trap that news that happens outside Dublin is no news at all. That’s according to Irish Examiner Columnist and Cork native Michael Moynihan who spoke to Shane this morning. 

An official invite has been extended to An Taoiseach to visit the White House for St Patricks Day. Ciara and Shane discussed this further this morning.

A group of parents of children without suitable SEN school placements will stage a 24-hour sleep out at the Department of Education today  Speaking to Shane this morning was Charlotte Cahill is the one of the main organisers of the sleepout.