Highlights From Newstalk Breakfast

President Donald Trump has said that the US will impose a 25% tariff on goods from the EU ‘very soon’. Shane discusses this further with David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief of The Guardian and also John Fitzgerald, Economist at Trinity College.

The Government's move to allocate Dáil speaking time to the Regional Independent TDs who support it. Along with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael backbenchers, has been voted through by the Dáil Reform Committee on a margin of 10 votes to 8. We speak to Sinn Féin Chief Whip and Spokesperson on Fisheries and the Marine, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn. 

List of convicted sex offenders to be published publicly like tax offenders list. Shane and Ciara discussed this on the show this morning.

The Australian women’s international football team Matilda's have joined in the heavy criticism of a commercial radio host’s comments, comparing the behaviour of the team to highschoolers and asking them if there were any men’s sports to talk about. It raises the question will women ever be treated equally in sport? We discuss this with Méabh De Búrca, Former Ireland football player and sports pundit.

Hamas has handed the bodies of the last four Israeli hostages that were included in the first phase of the ceasefire deal to the Red Cross.  The remains of the four men were exchanged for the release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners.   We get the latest on this with Alistair Bunkall, Sky News Middle East Correspondent. 

Are politicians too quick to appease Trump and are we in a new era of diplomacy. All to discuss with Ted Smyth, former diplomat and chair of the Clinton Institute for American Studies UCD.

 A Garda search at a property and its adjoining garden in Drogheda relating to the disappearance and murder of Kyran Durnin will enter its second day today. We get the latest on this with Security and Crime Editor with the Irish Times, Conor Lally. 

The founder of the disastrous Fyre Festival has announced there will be a second version of the controversial event, with some tickets costing up to $1m Sarina Bellisimo, Entertainment Journalist brings us the latest on this.

“This is a narcissistic era, one in which ideas of social justice and collective action seem redundant but our decisions still matter”.  These are the words of Sadhbh O’Neill, researcher in climate policy and writer at the Irish Times who spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

As the Dáil speaking rights row rears its head again, a private committee meeting today hopes to settle the matter once and for all. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast to discuss further was Michael Healy Rae, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Independent TD for Kerry and Richard Boyd Barrett, People Before Profit TD.

Dublin Chamber President Eoghan Quigley is calling on the Government to finally deliver key infrastructure and secure the city’s future. Eoghan explained what he is calling for to Newstalk Breakfast.   

 Ukraine has agreed to a minerals supply deal with the US, which officials in Kyiv hope will improve relations with the Trump administration. Ciara gets the latest on this with Bridget Kendall, Former Washington, Moscow and Diplomatic Correspondent for the BBC.

Has vaping in cinemas, shopping centres and pubs become normalised? Even though most indoor public spaces ban them.  Our Reporter, Henry McKean has been looking into this and sent us this report.

“Does the education system deliver for all young people?” That’s the question being asked at the 2025 Symposium of the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Paul Crone is the Association’s Director.

The €26 million redevelopment of Dublin’s Victorian fruit and vegetable market close to Capel Street is scheduled to begin by June, six years after it was closed by Dublin City Council. With more on this we spoke to Richard Guiney, CEO of Dublin Town.

Prison overcrowding in Ireland has forced more than 300 inmates to sleep on mattresses on cell floors.  That’s according to figures from the Prison Officers’ Association and Newstalk Breakfast discuss this further with the Association’s President Tony Power. 

Dublin’s €26m revamp of Victorian fruit and vegetable market to start six years after closure. Jonathan and Ciara discuss the importance of this Victorian piece of history.

The US has voted against a United Nations resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, siding with countries such as North Korea, Belarus and Sudan over it’s European allies. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast to discuss further was Misha Glenny, author and broadcaster, and the Rector of the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. 

Young women are nearly twice as likely as men to want to own their home, according to a new survey from the insurance broker Gallagher. To explain why that might be was Dr Jill O'Mahony, Sociology Lecturer at Southeast Technological University.

Pope Francis has had a ‘slight improvement’ overnight - but remains in critical condition . We get the lates on the health of Pope Francis with Gerard O’Connell, Vatican Affairs Correspondent and author "The Election of Pope Francis: An Inside Account of the Conclave that changed history".