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Mental health charity Turn2Me warns that overly ambitious resolutions can actually do more harm than good, and we should instead adopt a more realistic and compassionate approach. All to discuss with Turn2Me CEO Fiona O’Malley.

get your scarves and gloves at the ready as we look ahead to this weekend’s weather with Alan O’Reilly of Carlow Weather.

Gardaí believe the petrol bombing of a family home in north Dublin was a botched attack actually intended for a man living in the Finglas area who is suspected of involvement in organised crime.   A family of five were injured in the blaze but managed to escape their burning home. We get more details on this with Conor Lally, Security and Crime Editor for the Irish Times. 

A classic Christmas tale... thoughts about getting presents for our loved ones go from ‘I have plenty of time’ to ‘Oh no’ in the blink of an eye.    But how do we course correct now that the damage has been done and the time lost?    Lifestyle Editor and Saturday Weekend Magazine Columnist with The Irish Examiner, Esther McCarthy joined us on Newstalk Breakfast to present thoughtful last-minute gifts that just might save your Christmas... 

Tomorrow, boys and girls will find gifts under the tree as Santa delivers presents across the world. But has he been cleared to enter Irish airspace, and where is he now?   Aisling Duff is an Air Traffic Controller with AirNav, and joined Jonathan Healy on the show.

A judicial review of the Metrolink project has been withdrawn in what Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien has called "an early Christmas present". Paul Hosford, Acting Political Editor of the Irish Examiner, joined us on the show this morning.

Two police officers and another person have been killed in a car blast in Moscow, Russia's investigative committee has said. It happened close to the scene where a Russian general was killed by a bomb on Wednesday.  Meanwhile Russia has continued to launch strikes targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure, while peace talks between the two nations have thus far yielded little progress.  Emmanuelle Chaze, Ukraine correspondent for Radio France Internationale and France24 joined us on Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

At least 8,000 new documents related to the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were made available yesterday on the US Department of Justice's website.   This latest release includes many references to Donald Trump, including a claim by a senior US attorney that the US president was on a flight in the 1990s with the now-deceased convicted child sex offender and a 20-year-old woman.   Larry Donnelly Law lecturer from University of Galway and Columnist with The Journal spoke to Shane Coleman on the show.

88 per cent of people believe that there is a worrying amount of anxiety in society. That’s according to a new report from St Patrick’s Mental Health Services. So, why are we becoming increasingly anxious?    Psychotherapist and Author Iseult White joined Shane Coleman on the show to discuss.

Nearly two million people are travelling through Dublin Airport over Christmas.   Henry McKean met with a number families reunited at the arrivals hall, including some meeting new baby relatives for the first time. He sent us this report…