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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'

Latest episodes

Do people need to embrace boredom a bit more?

3 days ago - 4 mins

Newstalk Breakfast Highlights

Was banning bedsits back in 2013 a mistake?

3 days ago - 7 mins

Newstalk Breakfast Highlights

Ireland’s relationship with the United States soured?

3 days ago - 7 mins

Newstalk Breakfast Highlights

Michael O’Leary reacts to air traffic control strikes in France

3 days ago - 10 mins

Newstalk Breakfast Highlights

Ireland’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions decrease by 2 per cent in 2024

3 days ago - 6 mins

Newstalk Breakfast Highlights

Disagreements over the likely costs of a united Ireland

3 days ago - 6 mins

Newstalk Breakfast Highlights

UK study finds banning phones in school does not improve grades

Yesterday, Education Minister Helen McEntee confirmed the Government would go ahead with spending nine million euro on phone pouches in schools. However, a new study in the UK has found that schools with phone bans are no better off than those without the ban. We discuss this further with Dr Victoria Goodyear, lead author of the study from the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Birmingham.