Highlights From Newstalk Breakfast

US President Donald Trump is set to announce tariffs tomorrow Europe is staring down the barrel of a recession according to Lucinda Creighton, CEO of Vulcan Consulting, Former Minister for European Affairs and columnist for the Business Post.

Irish Hauliers are today expressing concern for their drivers and brand Irish roads as dangerous. We speak to  President of the Irish Road Haulage Association Ger Hyland.

On yesterday’s show, we spoke to Sunday Independent Columnist, Conor Skehan on why he believes Ireland’s planning system has ditched common sense. We get reaction to this with Gavin Lawlor, President of the Irish Planning Institute.

The Dáil will vote today on a motion of confidence in the Ceann Comhairle put forward by five opposition parties.   Speaking to Ciara this morning wa Rose Conway-Walsh, Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Spokesperson Enterprise, Tourism and Employment. 

An Taoiseach Micheál Martin joined Shane Coleman on the show this morning. 

“Ireland’s planning system has ditched common sense for virtue-signalling". Those are the words of Conor Skehan, Sunday Independent Columnist and he joined us on the show this morning

President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick have both suggested US pharmaceutical multinationals located in Ireland will be targeted in what is expected to be a major tariff announcement on Wednesday. What impact will this have?  David Anchell is the founder and managing director of specialist pharma and industrial company Camida and joined us on Newstalk Breakfast this monring.  

Who let the dogs in, out or into a buggy... A leading dog behavioral expert is warning that treating pets like humans will unleash unwanted behavioral issues. Jim Stephens, Founder of Pet Behaviour Centre in Dublin, joined Shane Coleman on the show this morning.    

Could your iPhone replace visits to the GP? That is Apple's plan, according to reports. Newstalk's Technology Correspondent Jess Kelly joined us on the show. 

At least 17 hundred are dead following an earthquake in Myanmar this weekend, while hundreds remain trapped in the rubble. Ciara Kelly was joined by  Ciarán Donnelly, Senior Vice President for Crisis Response, Recovery & Development at the International Rescue Committee.

Two people have been killed while two children were injured following a crash in Mallow, county Cork, yesterday afternoon. Ralph Riegel, Southern Correspondent for the Irish Independent and Bernard Moynihan, Fianna Fáil Councillor for Mallow-Kanturk joined us on Newstalk Breakfast. 

All things considered, are the state's water systems in 'a desperate state?' Ciara and Shane discuss.

Bans on smartphone and social media access alone fail to equip children for healthy use of such technology. That’s according to a new study published by the British Medical Journal.The research was led by Dr Victoria A Goodyear of the Institute for Mental Health at the University of Birmingham in England, who joined NewsTalk Breakfast earlier to discuss.

A powerful earthquake has rattled Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand, trapping dozens of workers in a collapsed skyscraper in Bangkok, where a state of emergency has been declared. Tommy Walker,a Journalist in Bangkok joins NewsTalk Breakfast to go through more.

A draft audit report into 561 hip surgeries on children since 2021 found 79 per cent of the surgeries at Cappagh hospital and 60 per cent at Temple Street “did not meet the threshold for surgery”. Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty raised the issue in the Dáil yesterday and joined NewsTalk Breakfast earlier to discuss further.

According to the latest residential market review from leading property advisors DNG, the average price of a second-hand home in Dublin is fast approaching €600,000. Marian Finnegan, Managing Director of Sherry Fitzgerald joins NewsTalk Breakfast to go through the latest on these figures.

The Dáil descended into chaos on Tuesday, but what is driving our politicians to behave this way?What does behavioural science say about it?Leslie Shoemaker, Counselling Psychologist and Lecturer in TU Dublin joins NewsTalk Breakfast to speak about what has our politicians acting out of sorts.

With Mother’s Day on Sunday who better to talk to about the enigmatic and iconic Irish mammy than Jen Hogan, Irish Times Columnist and Host of the “Conversations with Parents” Podcast.

‘Tanning TikTok’ has seen a resurgence of the use of sunbeds among Gen Z despite well-known health risks.Professor Seamus O’Reilly, Consultant Medical Oncologist in Cork University Hospital joins Ciara for NewsTalk Breakfast to go through this shocking resurgence.

Migrants are more likely to be working than Irish-born, but many experience poverty and high housing costs  - that’s according to new research from the ESRI today. For more on this Shane is joined by Teresa Buczkowska, a Migrant rights campaigner.