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Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court for "illegitimate and baseless" investigations targeting the US and Israel. Fawaz Gerges Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics discuss this more with Ciara this morning on the show.

Workers at the semi-stated owned Bord na Móna Recyling have promised to ballot for a strike if the company is ever privatised. To explain more to us was Adrian Kane, SIPTU Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction Divisional Organiser.Statement from Bord na Móna: Bord na Móna’s strategic review of its recycling business is still in progress and further comment cannot be provided at this point.

Many rural roads will see to speed limit sign changes from today as the first wave of speed limits changes as part of the ‘Slower Speeds, Safer Roads’ campaign are enforced. This change will see speed limits reduce from 80 to 60 kilometres per hour.   Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Dr. Suzanne Meade, Transport Infrastructure Ireland Senior Engineer in Road Safety. 

Would you support a United Ireland? Shane and Ciara discussed this morning.

New figures show that Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead were hit with financial penalties of close to €5 million last year over performance standards failures, as passengers have recently complained about “ghost buses”.   Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Harry McCann, Spokesperson for Dublin Bus. 

Actress Lily Collins announced the birth of her first child this week through surrogacy. But she was quickly accused of "renting another woman’s body” to avoid becoming pregnant herself. But where do we draw the ethical line on surrogacy? Ciara discussed this with Natalie Sutherland, Surrogacy Solicitor and Partner at Burges Mee Family Law. 

Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court for "illegitimate and baseless" investigations targeting the US and Israel. We discuss further with David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief of The Guardian.

“I want my kids to know that success in life isn’t handed to them – it’s earnt, and now when they win, they are fully aware that I haven’t purposely lost and instead that victory came about because they simply outplayed me.” They’re the words of Kirsty Ketley, parenting consultant and freelance writer and Kirsty spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

Yesterday, Education Minister Helen McEntee confirmed the Government would go ahead with spending nine million euro on phone pouches in schools.  However, a new study in the UK has found that schools with phone bans are no better off than those without the ban. We discuss this further with Dr Victoria Goodyear, lead author of the study from the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Birmingham.

This morning on the show, Ciara and Shane ask the question, are we equipped to resolve the housing crisis?