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Donald Trump has criticised Ukraine after President Zelensky expressed surprise at not being invited to Saudi talks on ending the war, blaming Ukraine for starting the conflict and suggesting they could have reached a deal sooner.  We get reaction to this with Ukrainian MP, Kira Rudyk.

Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill brought a memo to cabinet yesterday regarding the situation for urgent and emergency care this month. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast this morning Minister MacNeill discussed how to alleviate the trolley numbers.

“We need to take a stand and make misogyny a criminal offence”. That’s the view of Fergus Finlay, Irish Examiner Columnist and Former CEO of Barnardos who spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

Cabin-style homes in back gardens are set to be exempt from planning permission rules to try and ease the housing crisis under new Government plans. Ciara and Shane discussed this morning. 

The ESRI has today released findings on ‘Sexual Health Literacy and Sexual Health Behaviours among Young Adults in Ireland’    Anne Nolan is a Research Professor with the ESRI outlined some of the findings. To go through these findings was Dr Aisling Loy, Consultant in Sexual health, Himerous Health and HIV at St James Hospital.

Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin South Central Catherine Ardagh has said that cancer survivors deserve to be treated fairly when accessing financial products such as mortgages, health insurance, and travel insurance. Catherine explained why to Shane this morning.

Donald Trump has criticised Ukraine after President Zelensky expressed surprise at not being invited to Saudi talks on ending the war, blaming Ukraine for starting the conflict and suggesting they could have reached a deal sooner.  For more on this Ciara was joined on the show by Donnacha Ó Beacháin, Professor of Politics at DCU and author of forthcoming book "Unfinished Empire: Russian Imperialism in Ukraine and the Near Abroad".

Dublin Airport has gone nine consecutive days without recording any sunshine, according to Met Éireann. So why has the weather been so grey of late? Alan O'Reilly of Carlow Weather filled us in. Also speaking to Newstalk Breakfast Leslie Shoemaker, Counselling Psychologist and Lecturer in TU Dublin on the effect has all this gloomy weather had on our mental states.

Builders of the New Children’s Hospital want an extra 853 million euro in construction costs, according to the Irish Independent. It looks like the final bill of 2.24 billion could be more than a 100 million higher than figures estimated last autumn. We asked where has this increase come from with Paul Davies, Public Procurement Expert from DCU.

Property Industry Ireland have submitted their white paper to Government, which includes key recommendations on to boost apartment delivery. David Howard, Director of Property Industry Ireland discussed the recommendations with Shane this morning on the show.