The Taoiseach Micheál Martin will join other EU leaders in Brussels today for the start of a two-day summit.
The main items on the agenda for the European Council meeting are Covid-19, energy prices and trade.
Leaders will discuss booster vaccines, and whether there should be a common position on their use.
Minister for European Affairs, Thomas Byrne, says the negotiations over the Northern Ireland protocol are also likely to feature.
Keith Grace, Karol Sadlier, Ceola and Carron announced as the station's A New Local Hero finalists
With Irish Music Month underway, the good news is continuing to roll in for rising stars across the nation, with more than eighty artists being named as local finalists in the national search for A New Local Hero over the coming weeks. Here are Sunshine 106.8's four picks: Keith Grace, Karol Sadlier, Ceola and Carron.
Andrea Hayes talks with Brian Redmond from RTE One's Dancing with the Stars Show
Pat Shortt in conversation with Sunshine 106.8's Joe Harrington
