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Chris Donoghue & Norah Casey anchor Newstalk Breakfast every morning, giving you the first bite at News, Business and Sport.
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Chris Donoghue

Chris is a Newstalk veteran having worked at the station since early 2004. He loves nothing more than getting stuck into politicians and was based in Newstalk’s Dail office for a number of years. Chris also traveled coast-to-coast in the US covering the 2008 Presidential election and was based in Chicago with the Obama camp. He began presenting Newstalk Breakfast in August 2010.

Norah Casey

Norah is the CEO and owner of Harmonia Publishing, Ireland’s biggest publishing house. Having bought the business in 2004, Harmonia now prints over four million magazines annually for the Irish, British and US market. She is known on television as a former member of the Dragon’s Den panel and is a presenter on RTE television’s Today programme. She began presenting Newstalk Breakfast in October 2012.

Business Breakfast

From 6.30am to 7am every morning we have Business Breakfast with Newstalk's Business Editor Ian Guider. This includes extended business reports on the latest company results, stock market movements and breaking news plus interviews, comment, debate and analysis with CEOs, leading executives and experts. Ian also gives business news updates throughout the morning at 7.32am, 8.32 am & 8.55am. Got a business story? Contact breakfast@newstalk.ie

Sports

At 7.27am and 8.27am we have our Sports Bulletin with Oisin Langan. Oisin gives us the latest and best sports stories along with exclusive interviews.

Newspaper Review 

Join us at 7.40am & 8.40am every morning where Chris and Norah review the morning's newspapers. We go in depth into the front page headlines and the unusual yarns that might have fallen through the cracks. We also give a quick run through of the day's headlines and the sounds of the morning at 9.05am. 

Monday

TV - We have your guide to the best of the week’s telly every Monday at 9.50am in our TV Times feature.

Tuesday

History - Award winning historian Turtle Bunbury joins us every Tuesday at 9.50am for Hidden Histories. We take a look back at the stories behind some of the lesser known moments in Irish history. 

Wednesday

Movies - Producer, former Irish film censor and all round movie buff John Kelleher talks us through the big cinema releases of the week and also recommends a classic that you'll be able to watch on the box at home. 

Thursday

Music - The Irish Independent's John Meaghar is with us each Thursday at 9.50am to bring you the week's big music news, single and album releases and the unmissable gigs taking place around the country.

Friday

Quotes of the Week - what made you turn up the radio this week? At 9.50am on Fridays, Breakfast gives you the run down of the most memorable moments from the Newstalk schedule that week.

Politics

Every Wednesday at 9am we have Politics for Breakfast, Chris and Norah are joined in studio by leading political figures to dicuss the big issues of the day.