Highlights From Newstalk Breakfast

After weeks of escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, India have launched strikes on Pakistan. We get the latest on this with Saurav Das, journalist based in India.

Previous Eurovision winners have signed a letter demanding the European Broadcasting Union ban Israel from the song contest.  One of the signatories is Ireland’s own Charlie McGettigan, who won Eurovision in 1994. Charlie spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

India and Pakistan have exchanged missile, and artillery strikes in a major escalation of hostilities after a deadly attack in disputed Kashmir. |We get the latest on this with Professor Scott Lucas, Professor of US and International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin. 

Shops charging 15c for paper bags, is it justified? Shane and Ciara discussed.

The conclave will start behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel later today but how soon can the world expect white smoke? We heard from Colm Flynn, Vatican Correspondent for EWTN, a Global catholic television network. 

The French government made headlines recently for seeking to take action against a TikTok group promoting extreme thinness.    Newstalk's Sarah Madden reports on the Irish people falling foul of the same sinister #skinnytok trend.  

The conclave begins later today. Our reporter Henry McKean is at St Peter's Square and has been getting a sense of what people think.

Penneys is the latest retailer to introduce a charge for paper bags. From next Monday, customers will pay 15 cent per bag but is the fee fair, or just another cost for consumers to shoulder?To debate this on Newstalk Breakfast was Sinead Ryan, Presenter of The Home Show on Newstalk and consumer columnist with the Irish Independent and Oisin Coughlan, Public Policy Advisor. 

There are just over 200 CCTV cameras in Dublin operated by An Garda Síochána, making it one of the least surveilled capital cities in Europe. Ciara discusses this further with James Geoghegan, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South. 

Today marks the beginning of the Irish Nurses and Midwives’ Organisation Conference, where nurses are expected to call for extreme weather compensation. Shane spoke to Edward Matthews, Deputy General Secretary of the INMO.

Last night’s Met Gala theme was “Tailored for You,” in connection with the Costume’s Institute’s landmark new exhibition, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,”   We wanted to take a look at how male fashion has changed through the years along with Rob Kenny, Founder and Director, Rob Kenny PR.

Anyone wearing a face mask, or any face covering, can be told to remove it once a garda “reasonably suspects” its use is intimidatory or intended to make it easier to commit a crime and avoid detection.  Under plans being brought to cabinet today, a person can be arrested and prosecuted if they refuse to remove their face covering. We discussed this further with Christy Galligan, Former Garda Sergeant. 

The Israeli cabinet have approved plans to seize the Gaza Strip and hold the territory indefinitely, which could push hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to the southward.  Alistair Bunkall Sky News Middle East Correspondent brought us the latest. We also heard from Avi Mayer Editor of the Jerusalem Journal and Former Editor-In-Chief of The Jerusalem Post. 

Donald Trump says he will hit films made in foreign countries with 100% tariffs, as he ramps up trade disputes with nations around the world.  What impact could this have on our own film industry? Ciara discussed this with  Rebecca O’Flanagan, Producer with Treasure Entertainment.

The grade adjustment unfairly penalises the Class of 2025, making them bear the brunt of a deeply unjust decision. So says Brian Mooney, Guidance Counsellor, Irish Times Columnist and Editor of Education Matters Yearbook.  

The Camogie Association has been called to appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Sport, after the Leinster semi-final was almost cancelled this weekend when players from Dublin and Kilkenny refused to wear skorts.    Oireachtas Sports Committee Chair and Labour TD Alan Kelly spoke to Ciara this morning on the show.

Sean Diddy Combs, the hip-hop entrepreneur whose wildly successful career has been dotted by allegations of violence, was brought to a New York courthouse on Monday to be tried on charges that he used the influence and resources of his business empire to sexually abuse women.  We get the latest on this with Journalist Harriet Alexander.

The Department of Finance is set to publish economic forecasts for Ireland to take account of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.  That’s one of several key issues that will be brought to Cabinet today.  Jack Horgan Jones Political Correspondent with the Irish Times tells us about the busy agenda today.

Parents are being urged to hire bouncy castles only from companies that are insured and safety-certified ahead of holy communion season. We speak to Glenn Tector, Owner of Sonics Entertainment and PRO for the Irish Inflatable Hirers Federation.

Brendan McDonagh has dropped out of the running for housing czar, after Fine Gael sought to block his appointment at a special Cabinet meeting. Sinn Fein Leader Mary Lou McDonald gives her reaction to Shane on the show this morning.