Newstalk Breakfast

The French government is urging people to cut back on their meat consumption to reduce emissions as part of new guidelines aimed at improving public health and cutting emissions.  But is this a good idea? Anton discusses this further with Ciara Brennan, Owner of Happy Food at Home and Alice Doyle, Deputy President, Irish Farmers’ Association.

Nine years since their last album, U2 have surprised listeners with "Days of Ash”, a new six-track EP they describe as "six postcards from the present”. What has been the reaction to the new music? Anton asked Pat Carty, Music Journalist. 

Over €30 billion worth of contactless payments made in 2025 as cash withdrawals decline. All to discuss with Gillian Byrne, Head of Payments BPFI. 

US President Donald Trump will host the inaugural meeting of his so-called “Board of Peace” in Washington on Thursday, assembling representatives from member nations to announce strategies and funding for the reconstruction of Gaza. To look ahead to the meeting with Anton was David Smith Washington Bureau Chief from The Guardian.

Six people are hired every minute of the day on LinkedIn. It’s an online community where it’s two million members in Ireland come to connect, find jobs, learn new skills, stay informed and build their careers; So how can you make the best of your profile? All to discuss with  John McCall, LinkedIn Careers Expert. 

We have an expert response to concerns raised by TD Michael Collins about the food provided on the Hot school meals programme. Speaking to Anton was Josh Percival Registered Dietitian and owner of 3 State Gym.

Poor visibility from cyclists and the ongoing lack of a transport police are among the issues to be raised by bus drivers’ unions at a meeting of the joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport later today. Among those speaking is Thomas O’Connor, Assistant General Secretary with the National Bus and Railworkers’ Union.  

The Government is to confirm its intention to introduce age restrictions on the use of social media. This will form part of a new Digital and AI Strategy that will be considered by the Cabinet. To discuss further with Anton was Malcolm Byrne, Fianna Fáil TD for Wicklow Wexford and Sinead Gibney , Social Democrats TD for Dublin Rathdown. 

The Irish Property Owners’ Association has hit out at a video by the Residential Tenancy Board, accusing it of “harming tenant–landlord relationships”. One video features a landlord demanding to enter a rental property without prior notice to the tenants, while the other depicts a landlord evicting two tenants ahead of the lease ending. Anton was joined by Mary Conway, Irish Property Owners Association chair for reaction to this video.

There is an urgent need for government action to address the invisible health threat posed by air pollution. That’s the warning this morning from the Climate and Health Alliance, whose Secretariat Mark Murphy joined Anton this morning.