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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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Could you marry someone without knowing their political beliefs?

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

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Rent Freeze Bill

Fianna Fáil announced yesterday that will back a Sinn Féin bill calling for an immediate rent freeze for a period of three years. The bill now has the support of a majority of TDs, despite the opposition of the Fine Gael government. But is a three year rent freeze a good idea to help renters, or will interfering with the rental market have unintended negative consequences? Conor Skehan is Former chair of the housing agency and Lecturer in Planning at Technical University Dublin.