Michael Carrick has departed his role

Going to the bank, picking up groceries, visiting the pharmacy, collecting a takeaway coffee or popping into the local shop. Technology has made many of these activities quicker and easier.  But have we lost something along the way? Ciara asked Gabe Ballard author of 'Against Convenience'.

New research from the Central Bank suggests consumers can save around €300 by shopping around for motor insurance.   Speaking to the Claire Byrne Show was Minister of State with responsibility for Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance Robert Troy.

Microsoft is scrambling this morning to solve a global outage that has left hundreds of thousands of workers unable to perform their jobs. Speaking to Ciara was Ronan Murphy, Chief Strategy Officer at Forcepoint and cybersecurity expert and Eoghan Toms McDermott, Managing Director of the Communications Clinic.

New research has analysed what makes a conversation enjoyable, stimulating and memorable. So could the science behind a good chat help with messaging around climate change?  To explain all was Phil Smyth, Physicist, Engineer and Broadcaster.

Hundreds of schools were the latest targets of bomb hoaxes yesterday, following on from media organisations and airlines last week. What could be behind these threats and is Ireland the prime target as host of the EU presidency? To discuss was Sky's Europe Correspondent, Alistair Bunkall and Former Head of the Bomb Disposal Unit in the Irish Army, Ray Lane. 

Actor Dominic Cooper chatted to Claire about staying with locals in Donegal while making his latest film 'The Lightkeeper'. The film is closing Dingle Film Festival.

A number of UK celebrities have been criticised by entertainment figures over their silence on the David Walliams accusations. Adam Sherwin, Arts and Media Correspondent, the i paper discuss this further with Claire.

Manchester United has confirmed that Michael Carrick has departed his role. We speak to football journalist, Guillem Balague. He is the author of Brave New World: Inside Pochettino’s Spurs. A book that will be of additional interest to Manchester United supporters now.

Fifty heads of state will gather in Dublin this morning as a major security operation is underway. Our Political correspondent Sean Defoe is at the Convention centre where leaders are meeting and Barry White Barry Whyte, Newstalk's chief reporter has been speaking to some Dublin businesses impacted by this huge security lockdown.

Jensen Huang is fighting for his job as the crisis continues at AI Giant Nvidia. The company's board met late last night to decide the handling of their CEO. For the latest on this Claire spoke to Host of the 'For Tech Sake' podcast Elaine Burke.