Highlights From Newstalk Breakfast

Today, more than 20,000 students from over 200 schools across Ireland will take part in #Gaeilge24, a national challenge that encourages young people to speak only Irish for 24 hours. We hear all about it with Aodhán Ó Deá, Gaeilge24 Manager and Deputy General Secretary with Conradh na Gaeilge. 

There’s been a sharp rise in addictive behaviors like gambling, gaming, endless scrolling, and overspending. That’s the warning today from the St John of God Research Foundation’s annual conference. All to discuss with Professor Colin O' Gara, Head of Addiction Services at St John of God Hospital and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCD. 

Catherine Connolly will be officially declared the country's tenth president at an inauguration ceremony in Dublin Castle later today. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Pat Leahy, Political Editor of The Irish Times. 

Four newly appointed wardens are set to take to the streets of Cork this week to engage with businesses, residents and visitors, helping ensure the city is welcoming for all. We discuss these appointments with the Director of Cork Business Association, Cliona Barnes. 

Slow walkers and speed-weavers are being shamed on the streets. Am I part of the problem?” So writes Sunday Times writer Leaf Arbuthnot. 

A third recent outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed on a commercial turkey farm in less than a week, this time in County Monaghan. For more on this we heard from Nigel Sweetnam Chair of the Irish Farmers' Association National Poultry Committee.

Today, president-elect Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated as the tenth President of Ireland.  Seán Defoe, Newstalk’s Political Correspondent for more on this.

If you’re a Facebook or Instagram user, you may have noticed posts in recent days claiming that the parent company Meta will use your private messages to train its AI models from December. Is this true and should we be concerned? All to discuss with Newstalk’s Technology Correspondent, Jess Kelly.With thank to Renault. 

Shops are openly selling dangerous e-scooters that can reach 80kmh for use on public roads. That's according to an Irish Independent Investigation They contacted several sales reps who recommended models for commuting with top speeds of 80kmh , when the legal top speed of an e-scooter on our roads is 20kmh. We discuss this further with Ger Herbert, Motoring Editor with the Sunday Independent.  

The parents of Harvey Morrison Sherratt have said they were “shocked” at a whistleblower’s claims that Children’s Health Ireland had removed their son from its active spinal surgery waiting list after it wrongly determined he was a “palliative” patient.  The claims were published in the Sunday Times yesterday. We discussed further with  David Cullinane, Sinn Féin Spokesperson for Health. 

Objectors will have to foot six-figure legal bills for successful judicial review cases in a new move being brought to the Cabinet to speed up the supply of infrastructure and housing.. We discuss this further with Robin Mandal, Vice Chair of the Dublin Democratic Planning Alliance and former president of the Royal Institute of the Architect. 

After 14 years in office, we have reached the final day of Michael D Higgins’ time as Uachtarán na hÉireann. But what sort of legacy is he leaving behind? Joining Shane to discuss is Dr Eoin O’Malley, Teaches Politics at Dublin City University Fergus Finlay, Columnist with The Irish Examiner and Former CEO of Barnardos. 

The Director General of the BBC, Tim Davie, and the Chief Executive of news, Deborah Turness, have resigned following criticism that a BBC documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by US President Donald Trump. We get the latest on this with London Based Journalist, Vincent McAviney.

Transport for Ireland currently has five applications for smartphones, which include a journey planner, a leap card top-up, taxi driver database, an app for public transport tickets, and an app for local services in parts of Mayo, Limerick and Kerry. But is it time that the TFI rolled all of these apps into one single, user-friendly platform? That's the call from Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal West, Grace Boland.

Gardaí have renewed their appeal for information on the 1995 disappearance and murder of Jo Jo Dullard.  Marking 30 years since she went missing, they say the case remains under active investigation and review by the Serious Crime Review Team.  With more on this Ciara spoke to Criminologist, Trina O’Connor.

The UN climate summit, Cop30, begins today, with a packed agenda up for discussion. Our Reporter in Brazil Jessica Woodlock gave us a run through what we can expect from the conference this week. 

 Celebrity Traitors UK became the most-watched TV event of the year. To talk about last night’s finale was Scott Bryan, BBC TV Critic.

The national screening programme for breast cancer is projected to miss its screening targets for a third consecutive year.  Dr Michael McCarthy, Consultant medical oncologist and President of the Irish society of medical Oncology discuss the missed targets with Ciara.

James Browne, Minister for Housing and Fianna Fail TD for Wexford joined Shane this morning to discuss his plans to fix the housing crisis.

Remembrance Sunday is this weekend would you wear a poppy? Shane and Ciara gave their view.