The Claire Byrne Show

It’s time to talk everyday food now with chef and mindful eating coach Aisling Larkin and Irish yoghurt is our focus today !

Video footage has been released of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s depositions in relation to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. To tell us more what the footage features was New York Times Journalist Ali Watkins.

In the hours and days after Donald Trump began his assault on the Iranian regime, the rest of the world has been trying to assess what the extent of the response from Iran might be. What are their capabilities? What weapons can and will they use? How far will this spread and for how long?   Claire spoke to Javed Ali,  Associate Professor of Practice at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.

Seachtain na Gaeilge kicked off yesterday. So to celebrate, we discussed the go h-álainn meaning behind some of Ireland's towns with Podcaster Meghann Scully, Podcaster.

Dying doesn't normally give a person a new life yet that is exactly what happened to Patrick Charnley.    When he was in a coma, he experienced many hallucinations, these  became the starting point for his novel called 'This My Second Life'. Patrick Charnley joined Claire on the show.

As the Epstein files rumble on, so does the fallout for Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. The instantly iconic photo of him crouching down in the back of a car is still heavily featured in the day’s news and his daughters Beatrice and Eugenie have been apparently ‘banned from Ascot’. But should the crown be doing more? All to discuss with LBC Presenter Shelagh Fogarty.

What kind of audience is there for an Irish language film? And is it growing? All to discuss with the Director of the new Irish film Báite, Ruán Magan.

Government will this morning discuss the escalating conflict in the middle east and their plans to for the 22,000 Irish citizens currently sheltering in place in the region. So what is the situation here in terms of flights coming in and out? Also what is the travel advice for Irish people following unrest in Middle East. Claire discuss this and more with Graeme McQueen, DAA Media Relations Manager,Barry Andrews, Fianna Fáil MEP for Dublin  and George Lawlor, Labour TD for Wexford and spokesperson for Enterprise. From Dubai Ciaran Flynn, History teacher and Meath GAA secretary.

Despite many people turning their back on the Catholic Church some are finding and seeking new ways to pray. By visiting small oratories and mini churches to say a little prayer during the hustle and bustle of life. When out shopping, at the hospital or catching a flight. Newstalk Reporter Henry McKean has been looking into this and joined Claire to chat about the people he has meet at some of the small oratories around the city.

Storytelling makes us more empathetic and emotionally connected. Listening to the stories that other people tell and sharing our own has been shown to have a profound effect on building understanding between diverse groups. Author Colum McCann is one of the people behind the organisation challenging young people to get involved in storytelling with his group, Narrative 4 and he joined Claire this morning on the show.