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Highlights from the daily news programme with Sarah McInerney and Cormac Ó hEadhra. Featuring all the latest stories, interviews and special reports. Listen live Monday to Friday at 4.30pm on RTÉ Radio 1.

Episodes

9 min
Jun 4, 2026
Do you have easy access to cash machines?

Report from John Cooke

7 min
Jun 4, 2026
EU taking Ireland to court over alleged lack of peat-cutting enforcement

Report from Tony Connelly, Europe Editor

8 min
Jun 4, 2026
Your walk is giving you away! The advance of biometrics

Oli Buckley, Professor in Cyber Security at Loughborough University

9 min
Jun 4, 2026
How can we make Dublin safer?

Report from Una Kelly

5 min
Jun 4, 2026
Last three months amongst the warmest on record

Paul Moore, Climatologist with Met Eireann

8 min
Jun 4, 2026
The best World Cup anthems of all time

Simon Maher, music journalist

8 min
Jun 4, 2026
Domestic economy sees modest growth of 0.6% in Q1 - CSO

Dan O’Brien, Chief Economist at the Institute of International and European Affairs and columnist with The Currency

5 min
Jun 4, 2026
Women of Honour 'disappointed' amid tribunal funding dispute

Roslyn O’Callaghan from The Women of Honour

3 min
Jun 4, 2026
Presbyterian minister tells trial Donaldson wanted to 'repent'

Conor Macauley, Northern Correspondent

11 min
Jun 4, 2026
Dublin City CEO on the state of the capital

Richard Shakespeare, CEO of Dublin City

6 min
4 min
Jun 3, 2026
Katie Taylor's Croke Park finale set to be confirmed on Friday

Damien O'Meara, RTÉ Sport broadcaster

13 min
Jun 3, 2026
Natalie McNally's partner sentenced to life for murder

Report from Una Kelly followed by Sonya McMullan of Women’s Aid Federation Northern Ireland

10 min
Jun 3, 2026
Does featuring on reality shows affect your career?

Dee Reddy, culture and entertainment journalist and Mary McCarthy, Irish Independent columnist

6 min
Jun 3, 2026
€8,500 scrappage grants to encourage switch to electric vehicles

Neil Briscoe, Irish Times motoring journalist

6 min
Jun 3, 2026
Political reaction to Healy Rae's comments

Louise Burne, Irish Examiner Political Correspondent

11 min
Jun 3, 2026
Minister Foley on new maximum fee caps for early learning

Norma Foley, Minister for Children, Disability and Equality

12 min
Jun 3, 2026
Public-only consultants providing private care

Prof Sam Coulter-Smith, former Master of the Rotunda and former Chair of the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; and Liam Doran, former General Secretary of the INMO

3 min
Jun 3, 2026
Complainant B tells Donaldson trial she should have gone to police sooner

Report from Conor Macauley, Northern Correspondent

2 min
Jun 3, 2026
Enoch Burke to remain in prison for at least another three weeks

Shane Phelan, Irish Independent Legal Affairs Editor

11 min
Jun 3, 2026
Should dyslexic students be allocated extra marks in exams?

Donald Ewing, Head of Education and Policy at Dyslexia Ireland and Fiona McDermott, parent with daughter doing Junior Cert

8 min
Jun 3, 2026
What kitchen gadgets are worth their salt?

Caitriona Redmond, Irish Examiner consumer columnist

7 min
Jun 2, 2026
Michael Healy-Rae claims brother cost him ministerial job

Jerry O’Sullivan, Radio Kerry

10 min
Jun 2, 2026
A former neo-Nazi on how he reformed his life

Robert Orell, Director of Transform

8 min
Jun 2, 2026
Does pop music deserve more respect?

Emma Ledden, communications expert and former MTV presenter

6 min
9 min
Jun 2, 2026
New HSE autism assessment protocol criticised

Dr Patricia Byrne, College of Psychiatrists

8 min
Jun 2, 2026
Have you texted during a play?

Nuala McKeever, playwright and performer

15 min
Jun 2, 2026
When will Parent's Benefit be pay-related?

Laura Bambrick, Social Policy Officer with the ICTU and Grace Boland, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal West

3 min
7 min
Jun 2, 2026
Clarkson's Farm returns

Ellen O'Neill, YouTube farmer from Wicklow

13 min
Jun 1, 2026
Legislation to remove Triple Lock expected to be enacted by end of year

Fianna Fáil MEP for Ireland South, Billy Kelleher and Sinn Féin spokesperson on Defence Donnchadh O’Laoghaire.

3 min
Jun 1, 2026
Jeffrey Donaldson trial

Vincent Kearney, RTÉ's Northern Ireland Editor.

5 min
Jun 1, 2026
New dynamic electricity tariffs

Dr Nick Scroxton, paleoclimatologist with the Maynooth University ICARUS Climate Research Centre.

9 min
4 min
Jun 1, 2026
Mandelson's private messages with ministers published

Anna Gross, Political Correspondent with the Financial Times.

5 min
Jun 1, 2026
Uisce Eireann running out of space to spread sewage sludge

Caroline O’Doherty, Climate and Science Correspondent with the Irish Times.

4 min
May 29, 2026
Trial told Donaldson letter to complainant not an apology

Vincent Kearney, RTE Northern Editor

11 min
May 29, 2026
Can't be 'self-defeating' over Israel games - Taoiseach

Barry Ward, Fine Gael TD for Dun Laoghaire and and Aodhan O’Riordain, Labour MEP for Dublin.

6 min
May 29, 2026
French Open heatwave

Stephen Higgins, editor of the Irish tennis site Crosscourt.

9 min
May 29, 2026
High-Visibility vests for cyclists and pedestrians?

John Cooke, Drivetime reporter.

9 min
May 29, 2026
Exam season: How can parents relax?

Joanna Fortune, psychotherapist and author.

6 min
May 29, 2026
Homeless statistics hit record high

John-Mark McCafferty, Chief Executive of the homeless charity Threshold.

2 min
May 29, 2026
Is Iran-US deal close?

US-based journalist Harriet Alexander.

9 min
May 29, 2026
DRC minister visits Ireland to discuss Yves Sakila death

Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, the Democratic Republic of Congo's foreign minister.

18 min
May 29, 2026
The Catch Up

Joining us for the Catch-Up this week are Jen Hogan, columnist with The Irish Times, and Tadhg McNally, political reporter with the Irish Examiner.

6 min
May 29, 2026
Seasonal fruits to enjoy this summer

Edward Hayden, chef and lecturer.

11 min
May 28, 2026
The EU has fined TEMU €200 million

Ciara O’Brien, journalist with the Irish Times  and Barry Andrews, Fianna Fail MEP for Dublin

9 min
May 28, 2026
'Catastrophic collision' of Ebola and conflict according to WHO

Emmet Livingstone, DRC Journalist

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