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Newstalk Breakfast brings you all the news you need to set you up for the day – from politics, business, sport, entertainment and everything in between. Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly have all the stories that matter, every weekday from 7-9AM. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'
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Episodes
Demand for Irish language courses for adults has skyrocketed
9/30/2025
Waiting lists, sold out courses and extra dates added It might sound like promotion for a concert in the 3 arena, but we're actually talking about adult Irish language classes, which are having a year like never before.
Newstalk's Sarah Madden is one of the students driving demand beyond expectation and she sent us this report:
Duration:00:04:42
European and Middle Eastern leaders welcome a US peace plan for Gaza
9/30/2025
European and Middle Eastern leaders have welcomed a US peace plan for Gaza. The plan, agreed with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, calls for an immediate end to fighting. It includes the release of 20 living Israeli hostages and the remains of over two dozen believed to be dead, in exchange for hundreds of detained Gazans.
For more on this Ciara spoke to Paul Rogers, Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University.
Duration:00:07:54
Riff: Irish parents should take charge of kids’ social media usage more
9/30/2025
Meta boss says Irish parents should take charge of kids’ Instagram and Facebook usage more. All to discuss with Ciara and Jonathan this morning.
Duration:00:04:13
More local reaction to Co Louth triple murder
9/30/2025
Post-mortem examinations will be carried out on three family members found dead at their home in Drumgowna, Co Louth. Mark and Louise O'Connor, both in their 50s, and their son Evan, who was in his 20s and had additional needs, are believed to have died from violent attacks at their home.
We get reaction to the shocking attacks with Local Fianna Fail Councillor John Sheridan.
Duration:00:04:40
We discuss the gender health gap
9/30/2025
New research from Laya healthcare has revealed that fear of not being taken seriously is leading to over half of women delaying seeking medical help. Jonathan discusses this further with Dr Sumi Dunne, a GP specializing in women's health.
Duration:00:04:35
We review the first presidential debate
9/30/2025
The first presidential debate took place last night between Catherine Connelly, Jim Gavin and Heather Humphreys, with neutrality, Gaza, and the purpose of the Irish flag among the main topics of discussion.
But who came out on top? We discussed with Alison O’Connor, Journalist, Broadcaster and Commentator.
Duration:00:06:42
Call for the government to address shortcomings in storm responses
9/30/2025
The government must address shortcomings in its response to severe storms. That’s the call this morning from the Climate Change Advisory Council. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Professor Peter Thorne, Chairperson of the Council’s Adaptation Committee.
Duration:00:05:00
Latest into the suspected murder of three people in County Louth
9/30/2025
Gardaí have arrested a man in his 30s in connection with an incident in a rural area of Co Louth in which three people were killed. The victims were named locally as Mark and Louise O’Connor and their adult son Evan.
Joining us with the latest is Conor Lally Irish Times Crime and Security Editor.
Duration:00:04:42
Trump and Netanyahu set for crunch talks over new Gaza peace plan
9/29/2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due for talks on Gaza with Donald Trump in Washington today, with a new Gaza peace proposal expected to be on the agenda.
Fawaz Gerges, Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics, joined us on the show this morning.
Duration:00:06:04
You could go with - Spotify to tackle 'AI Slop'
9/29/2025
“AI Slop” is one of the terms of the year, referring to the junk created by AI, taking up space on online platforms. Spotify has announced some measures it's taking to tackle the issue on its platform.
Newstalk's Technology Correspondent Jess Kelly joined Ciara Kelly on the show.
Duration:00:03:25
Women more likely to face all forms of sexual violence than men
9/29/2025
Cuan, the Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Agency, is launching a new campaign encouraging victims of sexual violence to speak out. It comes as new ESRI research has found that women are significantly more likely to experience all forms of sexual violence, both as children and adults, compared to men.
Dr Stephanie O’Keeffe, chief executive of Cuan, joined Jonathan Healy on the show.
Duration:00:04:30
American football star ‘jumped and robbed’ in Temple Bar
9/29/2025
Yesterday saw the Pittsburgh Steelers claim victory at Ireland’s first NFL game, but on Friday night, their reserve quarterback Skylar Thompson was reportedly assaulted and robbed in Dublin city centre.
Gary Gannon, Social Democrats TD and the Party's Spokesperson for Justice, joined Ciara Kelly on the show.
Duration:00:09:15
Ireland’s natural environment in a “poor state”
9/29/2025
Nature in Ireland is in a “very poor” state, with the country’s economic growth achieved at the expense of the environment, according to the latest State of Europe’s Environment report from the EU.
Professor John Sweeney, Emeritus Professor in the Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units at the department of geography at Maynooth University joined us on Newstalk Breakfast this morning.
Duration:00:05:38
Chaos at Ryder cup as American fans hurl abuse at European players
9/29/2025
Europe persevered in the Ryder Cup over the weekend in New York thanks to a crucial putt from Shane Lowry. But what caught the attention of so many wasn’t the golf… It was the behavior of some American fans who were hurling abuse at the players.
Ciara Kelly was joined by Law Lecturer at the University of Galway Larry Donnelly.
Duration:00:06:29
Four dead, eight injured in US Mormon church shooting
9/29/2025
A gunman opened fire inside a Michigan church during a Sunday service before apparently setting the building on fire. David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief of The Guardian joined us on the show with the latest on the case.
Duration:00:03:41
We look ahead to this evening’s Presidential debate
9/29/2025
The first presidential debate will take place today on The Tonight Show at 10 pm. What can we expect to see? Louise Burne, Political Correspondent with the Irish Examiner, joined us on Newstalk Breakfast this morning.
Duration:00:05:40
Garda investigation underway into the death of a father and daughter in Finglas
9/29/2025
Gardaí are treating the death of a father and his five-year-old daughter in Finglas as a suspected murder-suicide, according to the Irish Times. However, the investigation is still at an early stage and postmortem examinations will decide the next steps.
Conor Gallagher, Crime Correspondent with the Irish Times joined Jonathan Healy with the latest on the investigation.
Duration:00:03:16
NFL comes to Dublin !
9/26/2025
Dublin City is awash with the colours of the Minnesota Vikings and the Pittsburgh Steelers, who will go head to head in Croke Park this weekend.
This is the first NFL game played in Dublin, and they are pulling out all the stops. With us to explain more is Michael McQuaid, founder of Pro-Football Ireland.
Duration:00:04:43
More and more landlords exiting the rental sector
9/26/2025
One in four Dublin home sales are now landlords exiting the rental sector. That’s according to the latest residential market review from property advisors DNG, which also found the rate of price increase seen in the capital has moderated for a third successive quarter.
We discuss the findings with Marian Finnegan is CEO of Sherry Fitzgerald.
Duration:00:06:16
Riff: Are we facing an overreaction epidemic?
9/26/2025
Are we facing an overreaction epidemic? Ciara and Jonathan had an interesting discussion this morning.
Duration:00:04:09