Newstalk Breakfast discusses the impact of public service industrial action on flood response efforts, noting that unions will still respond to life-threatening emergencies. The show also covers Ryan Tuberty’s potential entry into politics, analyzing the challenges of constituency work and his family’s Fianna Fáil legacy in Galway West. Additionally, the hosts report on the Pope’s positive health prognosis following lung surgery, a rapidly escalating cyberattack on major web servers, and a viral story about a shark repeatedly returning to a South Korean canal.