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Feb 23, 2026 • 6min
Fact-checking Google's AI overviews just got a little easier
Google processes over 8.5 billion searches a day, and if you're one of the millions of people contributing that figure, you may want to be wary of the results you choose to consume. Newstalk's Technology Correspondent Jess Kelly joined Anton to explain why.
Feb 23, 2026 • 6min
Are we becoming a nation of Catholic shamers?
Last Wednesday people all across the country dawned ashes on their forehead to mark Ash Wednesday. One person who did so on Virgin Media’s The Tonight Show was Ireland Editor with the Irish Independent Fionnán Sheehan was met with online trolling. Fionnán spoke to Anton about what he experienced.
Feb 23, 2026 • 4min
Concerns fresh Trump tariffs could hit the Irish pharma industry
The European Commission has called for Washington to abide by the terms of the trade deal struck last year with the EU. This comes after US President Donald Trump announced new global tariff hikes a day after an adverse Supreme Court ruling. All to discuss with Dan Mulhall Former Ambassador of Ireland to the United States.
Feb 23, 2026 • 6min
Henry McKean reports from last night's Bafta Awards
As predicted, Jessie Buckley did the business at the Royal Festival Hall in London and picked up the Best Actress Bafta, the first for an Irish woman in that category ever. Henry McKean was there for us last night and got all glammed up. He joined us from outside the Baftas this morning.
Feb 23, 2026 • 4min
Update following shooting of armed man in Mar-a-Lago
The US Secret Service have shot and killed an armed intruder who breached the perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s Florida residence, early yesterday. We get the latest on this with David Smith Washington Bureau chief of The Guardian.
Feb 23, 2026 • 7min
What needs to be done to improve road safety?
So what should politicians do to address the rise in road deaths in Ireland? Anton asked Jennifer Whitmore, Social Democrats TD for Wicklow and spokesperson for Transport.
Feb 23, 2026 • 5min
What is the cause in a post‑COVID rise in STIs?
There has been over a forty percent increase in sexually transmitted diseases compared in January of this year compared to last year. So what is causing this sharp rise? For more on this, Anton spoke to Dr Aisling Loy, Consultant in Genito-Urinary Medicine in the GUIDE clinic at St James’s Hospital.
Feb 23, 2026 • 5min
Did You See?
It’s time for "Did You See”. Where we take a closer look at some of the stories you may have missed in the news this morning. Joining Anton this morning was Gráinne Ní Aodha, News Reporter with PA Media.
Feb 23, 2026 • 8min
Most workers say they aren’t paid fairly
More than half of workers in Ireland believe that their pay does not match their skills and effort. That’s according to new polling published today by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, whose Secretary General Owen Reidy spoke to Anton.
Feb 23, 2026 • 4min
Hoteliers are concerned about the outlook for the Irish economy
New research shows that seventy six percent of hoteliers are concerned about the outlook for the Irish economy over the next twelve months. This comes as the Irish Hotel Federation is set to meet for its annual conference later today. Speaking to Anton to discuss further was Paul Gallagher CEO of the Irish Hotels Federation.
