Newstalk Weekend

Anton is joined by Brenda Power, columnist with The Sunday Times and Irish Daily Mail, and journalist Lise Hand to go through the big stories in Saturday's papers.Three babies caught speeding in recent years, The manhunt continues for The Manhattan assassin, and a 74-year-old bird lays first egg in four years.Hit 'Listen' to get all these stories and more.

Anton is joined by Newstalk’s Courts Correspondent, Frank Greaney, to discuss the civil sexual assault case between Nikita Hand and Conor McGregor.Frank discusses what it was like to cover this case, the details of it, and what the future might look like.

Anton is joined by one of Ireland's greatest writers, John Boyne.He is the author of 20 plus books, including the massive Boy In The Striped Pyjamas.His latest is titled ‘Fire’ which is as unflinching in the type of themes that it takes on, and the types of characters that he provides.Hit 'Listen' to get the conversation in full.

Anton is joined by Patrick O'Connor, solicitor and a recently retired coroner for the Mayo district.Patrick is a multi-generational coroner and speaks with Anton to look back on an interesting career and some of the important lessons learned.What exactly does a coroner do? Hit 'Listen' to find out.

Anton is joined by Sean Defoe, Bauer Media political correspondent and Noel Dempsey, Former Fianna Fáil Minister as we look ahead to the General Election 2024.Hit 'Listen' to get a sense of what to expect in the next week as the nation readies itself for voting on Friday.

Anton is joined by Louisa Meehan of WoodviewHRM, Ireland and Britain Editor with the Irish Times, Mark Hennessy, and Paul Gallagher, Non-executive director Tourism Ireland and General Manager Buswells Hotel Dublin to discuss the Sunday papers.Rachel Morrogh, CEO Dublin Rape Crisis Centre drops in on the panel to discuss Nikita Hand's civil case victory against Conor McGregor.If you or anyone you know are affected by the content of this podcast; contact the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre at 1800 778 888 or at https://www.drcc.ie/services/helpline/Hit 'Listen' to get all the weeks biggest news stories now.

Patrick O'Donovan, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, joins Anton to discuss the latest Ireland Thinks poll.The Sunday Independent's latest research shows Fine Gael has dropped 4 per cent in popularity between the most recent polls.Hit 'Listen' to get the latest.

Joining Anton to look back on the Dublin riots one year on is Richard Guiney, CEO Dublin Town and Conor Lally, security and Crime Editor of The Irish Times.

Joining Anton for this week's instalment of Ask the Expert is Sarah Keogh, Dietician, Founder of Eatwell.

This week is Fraud week across Newstalk with Bank of Ireland, to explain Anton was joined by Nicola Sadlier, Head of Fraud at Bank of Ireland.