Newstalk Weekend

Dr. Marie Cassidy was State Pathologist from 2004 until her retirement at the end of 2018. She has since signed a two-book deal for a crime fiction series set in Dublin which was inspired by her career. She joins Luke O'Neill to discuss.

For this week’s installment of Ask the Expert Luke O'Neill is joined by Sarah Keogh, Dietician and founder of Eatwell.

The FDA has approved a second Alzheimer’s drug that can slow the onset of the disease and it is expected that the drug will be approved for use in the EU in the coming months. To the possible impact this could have Luke O'Neill is joined by Prof Sean Kennelly, Clinical Director of the Institute of Memory and Cognition in Tallaght University Hospital & Newstalk presenter, Clare McKenna.

The Beatles’ third studio album & feature film A Hard Day’s Night, originally released in the UK July 1964, celebrated its 60th anniversary earlier in the month. It has endured in all of that time, through all the iterations of the fab four and remains to many the very best of what the Beatles ever made. Dave Fanning joins Luke O'Neill to discuss its lasting impact.

Joining Luke O'Neill to go through the top stories from the Saturday papers is Jack Horgan-Jones, Political Correspondent with The Irish Times & Sheila Naughton, Multimedia Reporter with Newstalk.

It happened early on Saturday evening as Trump was holding a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Shots were fired, piercing part of Mr Trump’s ear from the stage giving a speech to supporters. Following the assassination attempt on Donald Trumps life Sean Defoe was joined by Larry Donnelly, Director of the Kennedy Summer School and Law Lecturer at the University of Galway and Bruce Morrison, Former US Congressman for the democratic party to give their reaction to the shocking events.

Sean Defoe goes through this morning's papers with Hazel Chu, Former Lord Mayor of Dublin and Green Party Councillor, Gráinne Ní Aodha, News Reporter with PA Media and Paul Hayes, founder of Beachhut PR

This week's 'In Conversation with Cathy Belton, a Veteran Stage, film, & TV Actor known for her performances in Hidden Assets and Red Rock. Sean Defoe chatted to Cathy about her career, the summer closure of Abbey Theatre and the premier of the play Reunion’ as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.

 The latest poll in the Sunday Mail has found that 40% of people want to keep Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in Government – compared to 25% of people who want Sinn Féin to take over. Joining Sean Defoe to discuss Sinn Fein's results in the Local/European election, why support for the party has slumped, and the party strategy going forward was Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald.

Now, it’s one of those weekends where, even if you loved sport, you would be hard pressed to keep up with it all. Thankfully we’ve got just the people to help us sort out the when and where, the what’s happened and the what’s happening across the worlds of GAA, Soccer, Rugby, and Tennis - Kieran Cunningham, Chief Sports writer and current affairs columnist at the Irish Daily Star & Former Ireland and Munster front row Fiona Hayes