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Today with Claire Byrne

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Highlights from the mid-morning show with Claire Byrne, featuring stories of the day, sharp analysis, features, sports and consumer interest items. Listen live Monday to Friday at 10am on RTÉ Radio 1.

Episodes

15 min
Nov 7, 2025
Breastcheck delays - the impact on cancer patients

Amy Nolan, Director of Clinical affairs, Irish Cancer Society and Professor Janice Walsh, Consultant Medical Oncologist, St Vincent’s Hospital

12 min
Nov 7, 2025
The overcrowding crisis in Irish Prisons

Saoirse Brady, Executive Director for the Irish Penal Reform Trust

9 min
Nov 7, 2025
Elon Musk could become the first trillionaire

Ciara O’Brien, Irish Times technology journalist

11 min
Nov 7, 2025
Drinking water filters, do we need them and which ones work best?

Dr. Jenny Lawler, of the DCU Water Institute

16 min
Nov 7, 2025
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor summoned by US Congress

Sara Firth, Foreign Correspondent based in Washington and Professor Kate Williams, Royal Historian

8 min
Nov 7, 2025
What to do if you get poisoned?

Dr. Edel Duggan The National Poisons Information Centre

2 min
Nov 7, 2025
Callans Kicks

Callans Kicks

24 min
Nov 7, 2025
The Gathering

Fiona O’Loughlin, Fianna Fáil Senator and Seanad Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Trade // Darren O'Rourke, Sinn Féin TD for Meath East and Party Spokesperson on Education and Youth // Christina Finn, Political Editor, The Journal.ie // Tom McEnaney, Media consultant and founder of Effective Aid Ukraine

11 min
Nov 6, 2025
Bird Flu outbreak and the risk to Christmas Turkeys

Darragh McCullough, Farmer, broadcaster and columnist and Brian O’Connell, RTÉ Reporter

8 min
Nov 6, 2025
New rules for renewing Learner Driver Permits

Jimmy Clery, Success 4 U Driving School in Limerick

8 min
Nov 6, 2025
Plans to cut dermatology wait times

Dr. Conor Teljeur, HIQA’s Chief Scientist

10 min
Nov 6, 2025
The demand for Civil Restraining Orders

Maura Fay, RTÉ Reporter

11 min
Nov 6, 2025
Why are energy bills rising while wholesale prices drop?

Dr. Muireann Lynch, Senior Research Officer at the ESRI and Daragh Cassidy, Bonkers.ie

10 min
Nov 6, 2025
Could you be due a tax refund?

Charlie Weston, Personal Finance Editor Irish Independent

18 min
Nov 6, 2025
Are we doing enough to protect our National Parks?

Padraic Fogarty, Ecologist and Author and Christopher O’Sullivan, Minister of State with responsibility for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity

12 min
Nov 6, 2025
Are we looking at an AI bubble?

Adam Maguire, RTÉ Business Desk

10 min
Nov 6, 2025
Should you ‘act your age’ when it comes to exercise?

Karl Henry, health and fitness coach

15 min
Nov 5, 2025
Inflammatory language around immigration?

John Clendennen Fine Gael TD for Offaly and Gary Gannon, Social Democrats TD and Spokesperson for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

12 min
Nov 5, 2025
Bird Flu

Niall Hatch, Head of Communications and Development for Birdwatch Ireland and Dr. Maeve Louise Farrell, post-doctoral researcher in UCD Veterinary (working on influenza surveillance project in Ireland)

8 min
Nov 5, 2025
New Dutch PM. Who is Rob Jetten?

Senay Boztas, journalist in the Netherlands

12 min
Nov 5, 2025
Blanket ban on smartphones in schools?

Professor James O'Higgins Norman, Professor of Education and Society, UNESCO Chair on Bullying and Cyberbullying and Maura Fay, RTÉ Rporter

6 min
Nov 5, 2025
Plan to make migrants pay for accommodation might cost the state millions

Cathal Malone, Head of Legal Research, Thomas Coughlan & Co, Solicitors

11 min
Nov 5, 2025
Blarney Castle advertise unique job

Brian O’Connell, RTÉ Reporter

18 min
Nov 5, 2025
1 year since the Trump election and more recent US elections

Greg Swenson Chairman of Republicans Overseas and Patti Shields, Vice-Chair of Democrats Aboard, Chair of Democrats Abroad Ireland

14 min
Nov 5, 2025
“Socially Useless” jobs

Dr. Harry Barry, GP and Mental Health Specialist and Dr. Anne Marie Creaven, Dept of Psychology, University of Limerick

15 min
Nov 4, 2025
Farmers express concerns over nitrates derogation

Francie Gorman, President of the Irish Farmers Association

15 min
Nov 4, 2025
Crack-down on cheap products flooding the market from China

Jean McCabe, CEO of Retail Excellence Ireland and Jo Linehan, sustainability journalist

8 min
Nov 4, 2025
Bloody sands visible from space: Sudan’s emergency grows deeper as massacre continues

Denise Brown, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan

11 min
Nov 4, 2025
Headlight glare: why some drivers find led lamps too bright

Neil Briscoe, motoring journalist with the Irish Times and completecar.ie

13 min
Nov 4, 2025
Apprenticeship plus Ivan Yates

Ellen Coyne, Political correspondent with The Irish Times

20 min
Nov 4, 2025
Property Tax Q&A

Gwen Bowen, Conveyancing and probate solicitor

10 min
Nov 4, 2025
Big infrastructure projects but who will build them?

Brian Caulfield from School of Engineering at Trinity College Dublin

9 min
Nov 4, 2025
Jellyfish around the Irish coast

Ken O’Sullivan, underwater photographer

8 min
Nov 3, 2025
Working asylum seekers will face accommodation bill

Mary Regan, Political Editor, Irish Independent

10 min
Nov 3, 2025
Sister Stan

Dr. Mary McAleese, Former President of Ireland and Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Former Archbishop of Dublin

12 min
Nov 3, 2025
A look ahead to the agenda for COP30

Caroline O’Doherty, Climate and Science Correspondent at the Irish Times and Hannah Daly, Professor in Sustainable Energy at University College Cork

8 min
Nov 3, 2025
Is Christmas cancelled in Limerick?

John Moran, Mayor of Limerick

9 min
Nov 3, 2025
Bowel Cancer - what you need to know about screening

Dr. Alan Smith, Consultant in Public Health Medicine with the HSE National Screening Service

10 min
Nov 3, 2025
What we know about London train stabbing

Henry Riley, reporter with LBC in London

15 min
Nov 3, 2025
Book: The Taoiseach: A Century of Political Leadership

Iain Dale, broadcaster, author and political commentator

13 min
Nov 3, 2025
Stetsons and Spurs - what happens when stars go country

Jennifer Gannon, Pop culture writer and broadcaster

18 min
Oct 31, 2025
Richard Boyd Barrett on his cancer recovery

Richard Boyd Barrett, People Before Profit TD

11 min
Oct 31, 2025
Andrew stripped of "prince" title

Lydia Starbuck, Associate Editor for Royal Central

9 min
Oct 31, 2025
Why many council-owned properties are vacant

Brian O'Connell, RTÉ Reporter

10 min
Oct 31, 2025
Why you SHOULDN'T clean up leaves this winter

Dr. Michelle McKeown is an Environmental Geographer at University College Cork and Donna Mullen, Ecologist and author of 'Make Your Home a Nature Reserve'

9 min
Oct 31, 2025
Insurance costs rise nearly 10 percent

Brian O’ Connell, RTÉ Reporter

3 min
Oct 31, 2025
Trick 'r Treat weather

Cathal Nolan, meteorologist and founder of the Irish Weather Channel

10 min
Oct 31, 2025
Luigi Mangione's diaries

Harriet Alexander, Senior Features writer for the Daily Mail in New York

27 min
Oct 31, 2025
The Gathering

Naoise Ó Muirí, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay North // Louise O'Reilly, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Fingal // Jennifer Bray, Sunday Times Political Editor // Kevin Doyle, Group Head of News at Independent.ie

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