The Claire Byrne Show

The Social Media Addiction trials began yesterday, with the court hearing that Instagram and YouTube built “addiction machines”. This is the first in a series of cases against Big Tech, and centres on the claims of a 20 year old woman.  Newstalk’s Technology Correspondent Jess Kelly explained more about this. Also how to get the best value from your subscriptions.

Gor the latest on the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, mother of US TV host Savannah Guthrie, Claire was joined by US Based Foreign Correspondent, Sara Firth and ask what now as the ransom deadline has passed.

A city in Japan has officially cancelled its iconic cherry blossom festival, citing a crisis caused by over tourism and "badly behaved" visitors. The festival in Fujiyoshida normally runs in early April to coincide with the blooming of the city's iconic pink cherry blossoms. For more on this we heard from David McNeill, who is Professor of Communications at the Sacred Heart University in Tokyo. 

Over the past 12 months, demand for help from the youth mental health service, Jigsaw, increased by 23%, reflecting a youth mental health crisis in Ireland.  Someone who herself reached out for help is Rachel White, and Rachel is now Campaigns Officer for Jigsaw. Rachel joined Claire this morning on the show.Applegreen has announced youth mental health charity Jigsaw as its official charity partner for the next three years. They aim to raise €1million through various events and initiatives, including donating 1 cent to the charity for every transaction made at Applegreen at no cost to the customer. This donation is being increased to 2 cents per transaction for the month of February.

7 out of ten children between the ages of 8 and 12 can get around the rule that says they shouldn’t have accounts on TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, Discord, X, Reddit. We ask is the regulation working? On Safer Internet Day Claire was joined on the show by Online Safety Commissioner at Coimisiún na Meán Niamh Hodnett.

A young family has been left homeless after their Dublin flat was destroyed in a mistaken identity arson attack over the weekend. Jordan Wade and his partner Katie Chalk fled their apartment with their 4 children at 2am. Katie spoke to Claire this morning.

‘There are not enough hours in the day’. A sentence many parents find themselves uttering as they juggle work, the kids' activities, keeping the house clean. Simply trying to do it all!   What can we do to prevent ourselves from completely burning out?  All to chat about with Aoife Lee, Parent Coach of parentsupport.ie.

Chef and Mindful Eating coach Aisling Larkin joined Claire in studio to chat everything you can do with pasta.

The lifting of the Dublin Airport passenger cap is to be approved by Cabinet today. To talk through the next steps, Claire spoke to Political Reporter with the Irish Independent, Tabitha Monahan. 

Pay rises for CEOs at another three commercial semi-state organisations has been criticised by Sinn Fein. Louise O’Reilly has said that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael will always show up for those at the top while ordinary working people are taken for granted. But does the pay need to increase to keep the best people in the job?   Speaking to Claire this morning was Louise O’Reilly, Sinn Fein TD and John Clendennen Fine Gael TD and member of the Enterprise committee.