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Nov 8, 2025 • 8min
Ask the Expert: Pete the Vet
Pete Wedderburn, aka Pete the Vet, joins Anton to answer listener questions on pet health and behaviour.
Nov 8, 2025 • 7min
COP30: What are the red-line issues being discussed?
Tens of thousands of people are beginning to arrive in Northern Brazil ahead of the first day of COP 30 on Monday. It follows a two-day UN climate assembly which saw around 60 world leaders in attendance, including Taoiseach Michael Martin. Newstalk reporter, Jessica Woodlock, is there for us - she joins Anton to discuss.
Nov 8, 2025 • 10min
Families are spending €2,100 more per year on groceries than 3 years ago
Irish families are now spending more than €2,100 extra a year on groceries compared to 2022. Conor Pope, Consumer Affairs Correspondent for the Irish Times, joins Anton to discuss why food prices keep climbing and whether there’s any real relief in sight.
Nov 8, 2025 • 7min
What do the latest bird flu outbreaks mean for Christmas?
The Government has issued a compulsory housing order for all captive birds and poultry this week in an effort to prevent the spread of avian influenza. Joining Anton to discuss what efforts are underway to prevent further spread of the disease, as well as what the wider implications may be for Christmas, is Amy Forde, News Editor with The Irish Farmers Journal.
Nov 8, 2025 • 9min
What are the most overrated TV shows ever made?
Kim Kardashian's All's Fair is being described as “existentially terrible” and “a clumsy, condescending girlboss fantasia”, but what are the shows that get all the plaudits but shouldn't? Screentime’s John Fardy joins Anton to discuss.
Nov 8, 2025 • 26min
What's Going On with Jen Cummins & Mark Hennessey
Anton is joined by Jen Cummins, Social Democrats TD for Dublin South Central & Mark Hennessey, Ireland and Britain Editor at the Irish Times, to run through the main stories from the Saturday papers.
Nov 8, 2025 • 9min
Revenue extends LPT filing deadline to November 12th: What do you need to know?
Revenue has extended the deadline for Local Property Tax filings until Wednesday, the 12th of November as hundreds of households had still not filed by yesterday’s original deadline. Joining Anton to discuss is Charlie Weston, Personal Finance Editor Irish Independent.
Nov 2, 2025 • 14min
Canadian Ambassador on Ireland's Growing Relationship with Canada
Anton is joined by Canadian Ambassador to Ireland Dennis King to talk about Ireland and Canada's growing trade relationship.They discuss Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney and some of the opportunities for more collaboration going forward.
Nov 2, 2025 • 12min
Geraldine Osborne: Somewhere Cold: A Year Living in the High Arctic
Anton is joined by Geraldine Osborne, author of her new book Somewhere Cold: A Year Living in the High Arctic where she tells the story of the year she spent living in the freezing arctic with her three kids, all under the age of 5 at the time.
Nov 2, 2025 • 17min
Former Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan on Anti-Immigration Protest & Community Engagement
Anton is joined by for Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan to discus anti-immigration protest, including the recent arson attack on an Ipas centre in Drogheda.They also discuss community engagement and policing
