Highlights From Newstalk Breakfast

Central Dublin’s formerly majestic views have been reduced to a tawdry spectacle of decline. That is the view of Columnist with The Sunday Independent, Liam Collins who spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

The World Health Organisation announced yesterday that Europe will face a challenging autumn and winter if more is not done to deal with escalating cases. For more on this Newstalk Breakfast spoke to Professor Anthony Staines, Professor of Health Systems at the School of Nursing and Human Sciences at DCU.

Europe's heatwave looked set to peak yesterday, but temperatures may remain above normal into the middle of next week according to the World Meteorological Organisation. London Fire Brigade declared a major incident due to “a huge surge” in blazes across the capital amid 40°C heat yesterday Rachael Venables is a correspondent with LBC radio and joined from the scene of one of the worst fires yesterday in Wennington. We also spoke to Cliodhna O'Flynn, Journalist and Broadcaster in Spain.

Sinn Féin has intensified its campaign for a border poll with the launch of a 'Commission on the Future of Ireland'. But is a border poll the right decision for the island of Ireland? Sinn Fein MLA for South Antrim and chair of the commission, Declan Kearney & Editor of The Belfast Newsletter, Ben Lowry spoke to Vincent on the show this morning.

With increased risks of severe weather incidents – Ireland now needs urgent action to ensure society has the infrastructure and services in place to respond to the impact that climate change That’s the call today from the Climate Change Advisory Council and Professor Peter Thorne who is the Chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council’s Adaptation Committee spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

Free Now have announced that they are set to add an additional €1 to the price of every taxi journey starting in August. The company announced the price increase to its customers yesterday via email Jim Waldron, Of the National Private Hire & Taxi Association gave Newstalk his reaction to this price increase.

Refugees travelling here from 20 safe European countries will from tomorrow be required to hold visas under a change agreed by Government yesterday. The move tightens immigration rules here amid an accommodation shortage for refugees. Nick Henderson is the CEO of the Irish Refugee Council

Will Ireland’s strict carbon emission targets require a reduction in the national herd? Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue spoke to Vincent on the show this morning to discuss further.

The Football Association is set to trial the removal of heading from u12 football and below. The move comes as scientists have found a link between playing football and having dementia later in life. Dawn Astle, Co-founder of the Jeff Astle Foundation spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning to discuss this decision further.

Temperatures peaked at 33 degrees in Dublin yesterday, the hottest day recorded in 135 years. Irish Water has warned that there are 12 areas across the country at risk of drought. Cara Augustenborg, Assistant Professor of Landscape Studies and Environmental Policy at UCD discussed what these high temperatures mean for climate change.

Steve Bannon, former chief political adviser to Donald Trump and founding father of his anti-elite movement, had his day in court on Monday on charges of contempt of Congress after he snubbed the House committee investigating January 6, 2021. So what can we expect to hear from the trial? Martin Wall Irish Times Washington correspondent spoke to Vincent this morning on the show.

Limerick bet Kilkenny in Croke Park yesterday evening and became three in a row All Ireland final winners Off The Ball’s Aishling O’Reilly was reporting to us from the winning team’s hotel.

What an enjoyable weekend of sunshine with the highest temperatures of 29 degrees recorded in Dublin Evelyn Cusack, Head of forecasting at Met Eireann spoke to Newstalk Breakfast to give an update on what we can expect from the week ahead.

It’s time for the five remaining candidates in the Conservative leadership race to appeal to the public! They went head-to-head in live TV debates over the weekend. How did they fare? To discuss Vincent spoke to George Parker, Political Editor of the Financial Times.

TikTok is set to roll out content filters and maturity ratings in a pledge to make app safer – but will this actually make a difference? Newstalk’s Technology Correspondent, Jess Kelly spoke to Ciara with the details.

This week the European Commission are set to tell it’s member states to start cutting their gas usage immediately and will upgrade the EU’s emergency status to ‘alert’ as the likelihood of winter shortages increase Muireann Lynch, Energy Economist at the ESRI joins me now to tell us more.

Dissident Fianna Fáil TDs worried about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis are demanding a review of the deal underpinning the coalition put in place two years ago. The call, backed by a large group of backbenchers, is a further blow to the leadership of Taoiseach Micheál Martin. One such TD is Fianna Fail’s John Lahart who joined Ciara this morning on the show.

TikTok trends and viral videos of parents playing pranks on their children can be found in every corner of the internet, but is this a breach of the child’s privacy? Newstalk Breakfast spoke to Psychotherapist and the Author of Fragile, Stella O’Malley to talk about the impact of posting videos of your children online

As the good weather continues, the public is being warned that water safety needs to be at the forefront of everyone’s minds as they head for a dip. This is following the sad news of three drownings over the past week. 14 year old, Bradley Lulendo from Dublin tragically lost his life last week while swimming, and his brother Pasias Lulendo spoke

Incoming asylum seekers from Ukraine and elsewhere have been staying at Dublin Airport due to a shortage of State-provided accommodation. Gormanston Camp will open its doors on Monday to house Ukrainians coming to Ireland as they flee the Russian invasion. Pat Carey is Chair of the Irish Red Cross spoke to Vincent this morning on the show.