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Newstalk Breakfast Highlights

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 Highlights 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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Banning Heading footballs for under 12s

The Scottish Football Association is finalising plans to ban children under the age of 12 from heading the ball. This follows a study by the University of Glasgow, published in October, which found that former professional footballers are three and a half times more likely to suffer from dementia and other serious neurological diseases. So, how concerning is the issue of head injuries in football, and is this ban something we should replicate here in Ireland? Kenny Cunningham is a former Ireland captain and he was on the show discussing the issue.