Highlights From Newstalk Breakfast

US President Joe Biden's efforts to enforce environmental regulation in the world's second-most polluting country have been dealt a major blow by a Supreme Court ruling on air pollution. Newstalk Breakfast spoke to John Gibbons, Environmental Journalist and Commentato.r

The latest Covid surge and record attendances at emergency departments across the country is meaning that some hospitals are having to re-introduce visitor restrictions. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast this morning was Anthony Staines, Professor of Health Systems at the School of Nursing and Human Sciences at DCU

Yesterday Aer Lingus was forced to cancel 12 flights to and from Dublin Airport due to ‘due to a spike in Covid cases’ leaving many passengers stranded. Should travellers fear further cancelled flights? Johnathan spoke to Michelle Walsh Jackson Travel Expert with thenoveltraveller.com.

Vandals have struck at the largest cemetery of megalithic tombs in Ireland in County Sligo. Locals have called it an ‘attack on Ireland’ Sligo Independent Councillor Marie Cassidy told Newstalk Breakfast a little bit about the tombs and what happened.

Disposable vapes will 'get a whole new generation of people addicted to nicotine' That’s according to Professor Colin O’Gara at UCD School of Medicine who also says the recent jump in the popularity of disposable e-cigarettes is a “cause for concern”. Professor Luke Clancy, Director General of the Tobacco Free Research Institute Ireland and consultant respiratory physician spoke to Newstalk Breakfast with more on this.

Gardai have confirmed that they will be conducting a full-scale review of the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier. It will be 26 years this December since the French Television Producer was killed outside her holiday home in Schull in Cork. Ralph Riegel is Southern Correspondent with the Irish Independent and he spoke to Johnathan on this new review announcement. Also Solicitor for Ian Bailey Frank Buttimer spoke to Newstalk Breakfast.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson there who thinks Vladimir Putin would not have started the war in Ukraine if he was a woman Ella Whelan, Spiked Online Columnist and Co-Convener of the Battle of Ideas Festival gave us her view on this.

Privately-run inpatient mental health centres offer a better level of care than HSE-run facilities. That’s according to the Mental Health Commission’s 2021 Annual Report, which found that significant investment is required into HSE-run inpatient services to ensure all people, regardless of their financial means, have access to a similar standard of care. Emma O’Sullivan has been struggling with an eating disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) for a decade and is now crowdfunding to try to afford private inpatient care. Emma spoke to Johnathan this morning on the show.

Faulty septic talks are posing risks to health and the environment That is one of the conclusions of a report from the Environmental Protection Agency that’s released today For more on this Shane spoke to Noel Byrne Programme Manager with the EPA’s Office of Environmental Enforcement.

As schools close for the summer how can you encourage your teen to get a summer job? Richard Hogan, Clinical Director of Therapy Institute and Columnist with the Irish Examiner and author of ‘Parenting the Screenager had some advice for Newstalk Breakfast.

Cabinet has approved legislation for free contraception for women between the ages of 17 and 25, following through on a plan announced in last October’s Budget. Green Party Senator Pauline O’Reilly spoke to Johnathan on the show this morning.

embers of the Defence Forces are to begin training so they can stand in for security personnel at Dublin Airport in the event of a Covid-19 surge. The Government has supported a request from Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan and Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton to allow Defence Forces members to begin to assist the Dublin Airport Authority. Minister of State at the Department of Transport Hildegarde Naughton

I don’t need to be patronised and told that every line on my face tells a story’ - so says bestselling author Sheila O’Flanagan who spoke to Shane this morning.

The army has been put on standby to help at Dublin Airport until the end of the summer but there’s already been criticism of using soldiers to cover the staff shortages For more on this Newstalk Breakfast spoke to Paul Murphy People Before Profit TD for Dublin South West.

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions will come before an Oireachtas Committee meeting later today to voice their concerns about issues within the hospitality industry – where they say workers are exploited and mistreated – and it’s led to the staffing crisis that we see today. Johnathan was joined on the show this morning by Fiona Dunne, One National Co-Ordinator at the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU).

Former US President Donald Trump tried to take the steering wheel from his Secret Service limousine driver in an attempt to join the crowd marching on the US Capitol last year, a top aide in his administration Cassidy Hutchinson. With more on this Shane spoke to BBC North American Correspondent Anthony Zurcher /

Dalton Philips the CEO of the DAA has warned of the possibility of a cap on flights from Dublin Airport as it continues to struggle with staffing issues. It comes as Aer Lingus cancelled flights at the weekend due to the impact of covid-related absences. But what exactly would a flight cap mean for the many holiday goers who have already booked flights? With reaction to this Aideen spoke to Padraig Ó Céidigh, Founder of Aer Lingus Regional and former chairman of Shannon Group.

Yesterday it was confirmed that the head of the HSE Paul Reid would be stepping down from his position in December. What implications could this have for the HSE? Shane was joined on the show this morning by Dr Eddie Molloy Independent Management Consultant.

British Socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is due to be sentenced today. She is facing up to 65 years in prison for her role in an elaborate child sexual abuse case involving disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein Harriett Alexander a New York-based reporter spoke to Aideen this morning.

Boris Johnson's legislation to scrap parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol has cleared its first Commons hurdle. The bill passed by 295 votes to 221 despite attracting fierce criticism from a number of MPs on the Tory benches as well as the opposition. Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney spoke to Shane on the show this morning.