Newstalk Weekend

One week ahead of the general election Anton was joined by Joan Burton, Former Labour Minister and John Downing, Irish Independent and former deputy Government Press Secretary to preview.

As Storm Bert grips the country Anton was joined with the latest by Deirdre Lowe, Met Eireann and Jamie O’Hara, Newstalk’s Southern Correspondent

Joining Anton to go through the top stories from the Saturday papers is Jack Horgan Jones, Political Correspondent with The Irish Times.

Anton is joined by comedian, Neil Delamere, to talk about all things comedy, his experience on Countdown, and together with Pat Shortt reflects on the legacy of veteran comedian and actor, Jon Kenny who died earlier in the week.

Just over a week after Donald Trump won a second-term in the White House, the makeup of his administration is beginning to take shape including the bombshell appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the position of health secretary. Joining Anton to go through what these appointments might mean for the next four years is Katherine Eban, special correspondent with Vanity Fair focusing on public health and homeland security issues & Paul Brandus, West Wing Reports founder and White House Bureau Chief. 

Anton is joined by Richard Boyd Barrett, Leader of People Before Profit & TD for Dún Laoghaire.Together they discuss where the left sits in the overall political landscape as we head into the general election, the performance of the Green Party, the provision for childcare, cost of living, and more.

Joining Anton to go through the main stores from the Sunday papers is Gabija Gataveckaite, Political Correspondent with the Irish Independent; Joan Mulvihill, Digitalisation Lead at Siemens; and Pat Rabbitte, former Leader of the Labour Party.

Nicola Tallant, Investigations Editor with the Sunday World and host of the Crime World Podcast joins Anton to disuss what she learned from her in-depth sit-down with Gerry Hutch.Part one of Nicola's interview is availble now on the Crime World Podcast platform.

Brinsley McNamara is a writer, video maker, and adventurer. He is the creator of the 'Weird Ireland' social media channel which has taken TikTok and Instagram by storm this year. He’s just written his first book called Weird Ireland: An Unofficial Guide to the Island - he joins Anton to chat about it all.

Joining Anton to go through the main issues that have dominated the general election campaign trail and to look ahead to what week two may hold is Frances Fitzgerald, former Minister, MEP and Member of the Gender Equality Advisory Committee to the G7 & Kevin Cunnigham, Lecturer in Politics at TU Dublin & MD/Founder at Ireland Thinks.