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According to the Director of Brendan Gleesonâs documentary, âFarewell to Hughesâ , Dublin is lacking in places for people to go to for traditional Irish tunes.
Liam Ă MaonlaĂ, Member of Hothouse Flowers joined Ciara on the show to discuss further.
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It's the final countdown to the Oscars on Sunday night. Our man Henry McKean is there for us in Hollywood. Henry joins us now from the Irish American, Oscar Wilde Awards, where Cillian Murphy walked the green carpet.
Henry McKean at the Oscars is brought to you by Aer Lingus.
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Figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the risk of people falling into poverty was lower in 2023 compared to the previous year, but they also reveal an overall increase in the percentage of people experiencing deprivation.
Barra Roantree Director of the MSc in Economic Policy, Trinity College Dublin broke down these figures for us.
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âPlease, no Barbies: is it time to cancel International Womenâs Day?â That's the title of an article by Features Writer with The Times, Helen Rumblow who joined Ciara this morning to discuss her article.
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Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary is unrepentant about labelling Transport Minister Eamon Ryan "a dunce" as an hour-long meeting between the pair yesterday failed to reach any resolution.
With reaction Newstalk Breakfast spoke to Pat Byrne, founder and chair of Cityjet and Executive Chairman.
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A hospital consultant says he is having to offer his public cancer patients a treatment he knows is just the second best available even though a better alternative is available to private patients in Ireland.
Speaking to Ciara was Michael McCarthy, consultant medical oncologist at University Hospital Galway.
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President Joe Biden gave his State of the Union address, a high-stakes moment as he looks to convince voters to give him a second term in the White House. We get reaction to his speech with David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief of The Guardian.
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Ireland is going to the polls tomorrow to vote in two referendums that would change the language on family and care in the Constitution. We debate with Brenda Power, Columnist with the Sunday Times and Irish Daily Mail and also Keith Walsh, Divorce and Family Law Solicitor.
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An Oireachtas Committee is to recommend that legislation is introduced to allow for assisted dying if a person has a terminal illness and has only a short time to live. To discuss further we spoke to Professor Siobhan McHale, Consultant liaison psychiatrist in Beaumont hospital and member of the college of psychiatrists of Ireland.
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âI already have my bag packed. I will walk into prison knowing I havenât done anything to anyoneâ -so says Tipperary man Sean Meehan who has been threatened with jail time for building a log cabin on his own land. Sean joined Ciara this morning on the show.
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Legislation to criminalise the sort of âsex for rentâ scams first exposed by an Irish Examiner reporter has been introduced into the DĂĄil by Sinn Fein.
Speaking to Ciara was Laura Harmon, Executive Director of the Irish Council for International Students.
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An Bord Pleanala hearings into the Metrolink are currently underway. Today the focus will be on traffic management plans, land and property acquistion along the route. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast with his view of plans for Metrolink was Duncan Stewart, environmentalist and architect,
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A new EU deal will see regulation on packaging and packaging waste with the aim to tackle the increase in packaging waste generated across the EU.
We got the details from Abi OâCallaghan Platt, Policy Director at VOICE Ireland.
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The UNâs Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Committee has told Ireland to shore up its corporate tax policies as they are hindering efforts to ensure wealthy individuals and businesses are not exploiting loopholes to hide profits.
To debate this Ciara was joined on the show by Seamus Coffey, Former Chair of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economist at UCC and also Christian Aid Irelandâs Head of Policy and Advocacy, Conor OâNeill.
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Sex education to be taught at earlier age is one of several potential changes, in what will biggest planned shake-up to primary education in 25 years.
Shane discussed this further with Dr Patrick Sullivan, Deputy CEO of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment.
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