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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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Newstalk Breakfast Highlights

Calls on electricity suppliers to help consumers save money

a day ago - 5 mins

Newstalk Breakfast Highlights

Katie Amess, daughter of murdered MP Sir David Amess following Kneecap’s apology

a day ago - 9 mins

Newstalk Breakfast Highlights

Could you marry someone without knowing their political beliefs?

a day ago - 8 mins

Newstalk Breakfast Highlights

The lack of Irish language secondary schools in the Dublin South City area

a day ago - 5 mins

Newstalk Breakfast Highlights

Calls to take the next steps to decriminalising drug use in Ireland

a day ago - 6 mins

Newstalk Breakfast Highlights

Ireland has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world

A new report has found that only 2 out of 3 women initiate breastfeeding before they leave the maternity hospital. This is in comparison to 90% in Australia, 81% in the UK and 79% in the US. Professor Michael Turner of the HSE national programme for obstetrics said the figures, which showed only 37.3% of mothers breastfeeding upon discharge, were disappointing. Kay Brown, Coordinator at La Leche League joins us to discuss why she believes Ireland is slacking behind other countries and what needs to be done to improve the situation.