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Anton Savage presents a bright, lively and engaging current affairs magazine show to kickstart your weekend.

The programme features all the latest news, features and opinion along with conversations about the conversations you are having on a Saturday morning from 9-11am.

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Anton is joined by one of Ireland's greatest writers, John Boyne.He is the author of 20 plus books, including the massive Boy In The Striped Pyjamas.His latest is titled ‘Fire’ which is as unflinching in the type of themes that it takes on, and the types of characters that he provides.Hit 'Listen' to get the conversation in full.
The Life of a Coroner

The Life of a Coroner

2024-11-2408:54

Anton is joined by Patrick O'Connor, solicitor and a recently retired coroner for the Mayo district.Patrick is a multi-generational coroner and speaks with Anton to look back on an interesting career and some of the important lessons learned.What exactly does a coroner do? Hit 'Listen' to find out.
Anton is joined by Sean Defoe, Bauer Media political correspondent and Noel Dempsey, Former Fianna Fáil Minister as we look ahead to the General Election 2024.Hit 'Listen' to get a sense of what to expect in the next week as the nation readies itself for voting on Friday.
The Sunday Papers

The Sunday Papers

2024-11-2431:12

Anton is joined by Louisa Meehan of WoodviewHRM, Ireland and Britain Editor with the Irish Times, Mark Hennessy, and Paul Gallagher, Non-executive director Tourism Ireland and General Manager Buswells Hotel Dublin to discuss the Sunday papers.Rachel Morrogh, CEO Dublin Rape Crisis Centre drops in on the panel to discuss Nikita Hand's civil case victory against Conor McGregor.If you or anyone you know are affected by the content of this podcast; contact the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre at 1800 778 888 or at https://www.drcc.ie/services/helpline/Hit 'Listen' to get all the weeks biggest news stories now.
Patrick O'Donovan, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, joins Anton to discuss the latest Ireland Thinks poll.The Sunday Independent's latest research shows Fine Gael has dropped 4 per cent in popularity between the most recent polls.Hit 'Listen' to get the latest.
Joining Anton to look back on the Dublin riots one year on is Richard Guiney, CEO Dublin Town and Conor Lally, security and Crime Editor of The Irish Times.
Joining Anton for this week's instalment of Ask the Expert is Sarah Keogh, Dietician, Founder of Eatwell.
This week is Fraud week across Newstalk with Bank of Ireland, to explain Anton was joined by Nicola Sadlier, Head of Fraud at Bank of Ireland.
One week ahead of the general election Anton was joined by Joan Burton, Former Labour Minister and John Downing, Irish Independent and former deputy Government Press Secretary to preview.
Joining Anton to go through the top stories from the Saturday papers is Jack Horgan Jones, Political Correspondent with The Irish Times.
As Storm Bert grips the country Anton was joined with the latest by Deirdre Lowe, Met Eireann and Jamie O’Hara, Newstalk’s Southern Correspondent
Anton is joined by comedian, Neil Delamere, to talk about all things comedy, his experience on Countdown, and together with Pat Shortt reflects on the legacy of veteran comedian and actor, Jon Kenny who died earlier in the week.
Just over a week after Donald Trump won a second-term in the White House, the makeup of his administration is beginning to take shape including the bombshell appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the position of health secretary. Joining Anton to go through what these appointments might mean for the next four years is Katherine Eban, special correspondent with Vanity Fair focusing on public health and homeland security issues & Paul Brandus, West Wing Reports founder and White House Bureau Chief. 
Anton is joined by Richard Boyd Barrett, Leader of People Before Profit & TD for Dún Laoghaire.Together they discuss where the left sits in the overall political landscape as we head into the general election, the performance of the Green Party, the provision for childcare, cost of living, and more.
Joining Anton to go through the main stores from the Sunday papers is Gabija Gataveckaite, Political Correspondent with the Irish Independent; Joan Mulvihill, Digitalisation Lead at Siemens; and Pat Rabbitte, former Leader of the Labour Party.
Nicola Tallant, Investigations Editor with the Sunday World and host of the Crime World Podcast joins Anton to disuss what she learned from her in-depth sit-down with Gerry Hutch.Part one of Nicola's interview is availble now on the Crime World Podcast platform.
Brinsley McNamara is a writer, video maker, and adventurer. He is the creator of the 'Weird Ireland' social media channel which has taken TikTok and Instagram by storm this year. He’s just written his first book called Weird Ireland: An Unofficial Guide to the Island - he joins Anton to chat about it all.
Joining Anton to go through the main issues that have dominated the general election campaign trail and to look ahead to what week two may hold is Frances Fitzgerald, former Minister, MEP and Member of the Gender Equality Advisory Committee to the G7 & Kevin Cunnigham, Lecturer in Politics at TU Dublin & MD/Founder at Ireland Thinks.
Joining Anton for this week's installment of Ask the Expert is Brian Burke, RTÉ Super Garden Judge, and Woodie's DIY and Garden Expert.
Maurice Brosnan, Senior Sports Writer with the Irish Examiner joins Anton to review the Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano bout which took place last night in Arlington, Texas.
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