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A new report from the National Cancer Registry Ireland has found the Covid pandemic did not have a lasting impact on cancer diagnoses or deaths. To discuss this further was Professor Deirdre Murray, Director of The National Cancer Registry Ireland.

Thousands of homes remain without power and towns across the country continue to battle flooding in the wake of Storm Bram. We get an update from Cork with Jamie O’Hara, Newstalk reporter. From Louth with Conor Hughes, owner of Beat It Music on Blackrock’s Main Street and with an update on the situation this morning with Alan O’Reilly from Carlow Weather.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties and Digital Rights Ireland are calling on the Government to clarify its plans to introduce a digital wallet to verify the age and identity of social media users  We discuss further with Joe O’Brien, Executive Director of ICCL. 

Now a new report is out from the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, which outlines an increase in the cost of building new apartments. It also suggested that first time buyers would require a first time buyers would require a combined salary ranging between 84,000 euros and 129,000 EURO to purchase an apartment.   We are joined now by one of the   co-authors of the report Paul Mitchell, Co-Founder And Director of Mitchell McDermott.

The entire country has now been placed under a status orange weather as storm Bram is to bring gale force winds today. The warning will remain valid until 3pm. We get the latest updates with Matthew Martin from Met Eireann and also Keith Leonard, Director of Fire and Emergency Management at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government.

Half of teachers who reported experiencing burnout cited unrealistic parental expectations as a contributing factor. But do parents really demand too much from teachers? For more on this, we heard from Anthony Quinn, TUI President. 

Today marks the launch of An Foclóir Nua Gaeilge, Ireland’s first “monolingual” dictionary.  The book, which is also available online, will offer a deeper explanation of the meaning of different Irish words, rather than offering its English translation.  With us to explain the significance of this is Patricia Nic Eoin from All About Irish. 

Councillors in Naas Municipal District will today vote on a proposal to suspend pay parking in some areas of the town from December 15th through to the end of the year. Several towns across Ireland, including Castlebar, Tralee and Newry have introduced similar measures for the festive season.   Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast to discuss was Bill Clear, Independent Ireland Councillor for Naas And Tony Lowes One of the Directors of Friends of the Irish Environment.  

A status Orange wind warning has just come into place for a number of southern counties with more to come under a orange warning later in the morning. A status yellow wind warning is in place for the whole country    Joining Shane to explain what we can expect from Storm Bram today is Alan O’Reilly from Carlow Weather. 

Almost 30 years after mobile phone use became commonplace, non-existent coverage or dropped calls still dominates large swathes of the country – so says Fine Gael Senator Mark Duffy.