This Week

Kimberly Prost, a Canadian judge sanctioned by the United States, says she has never reconsidered working at the International Criminal Court (ICC), even though it has led to her being shut out from most of the international banking system.

Once a highly unlikely outcome, Ireland have the chance to make it to the next World Cup. However, Czechia must first be defeated in Thursday's semi-final play-off in Prague to keep the dream alive. Former Irish international Ray Houghton previews the tie

With concerns over so many non-EU payment providers, the European Central Bank wants to launch a digital euro for citizens. So how will it work? Eithne Dodd reports

US President Donald Trump and Iran threatened to escalate their war, targeting energy and fuel facilities in the Gulf. We hear from Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East Correspondent for The Economist, and Mark Mellett, former Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces

This Week speaks to members of Transfusion Positive, who were caught up in the Hepatitis C contamination crisis in the 1990s. We then hear from Cliona O'Farrelly, Professor for Comparative Immunology at Trinity College Dublin

People Before Profit/Solidarity TD Richard Boyd Barrett has told its annual conference that he believes a real opportunity now exists for the first government of the left to emerge. He speaks to This Week

We hear from RTÉ's Washington Correspondent Jackie Fox; CNN's Chief National Correspondent John King; and Danny McCoy, Chief Executive of IBEC

There are worries that an increasing number of PhD applications from Iranians are being rejected. Fatemeh Golpayegni is Iranian and also Associate Professor in School of Computer Science at UCD.

Our reporter Eithne Dodd has been looking at the enforcement issues around dog control and dog attacks

To examine the collateral damage to the region we speak to Raya Jalabi, Middle East Correspondent for the Financial Times, and The Economist's Gregg Carlstrom

Aontú held its Ard Fheis in Laois yesterday and Peadar Tóibín, the party's leader, speaks to This Week.

On August 27th 1979, the provisional IRA bombed Lord Mountbatten's cruiser at Mullaghmore harbour in Sligo, killing the British statesman along with his daughter, grandson, and 15-year-old Paul Maxwell. Paul's mother, Mary Hornsey, gives a rare interview on the event.

At their peak, there were around 3,000 partially built housing estates in 2008 and 2009. Figures obtained by This Week show that at least 58 remain throughout the country. Eithne Dodd has been taking a look at the legacy of unfinished housing developments, known as ‘Ghost Estates’

The conflict in the Middle East has caused substantial increases in the cost of oil and gas. Liz Bossley, who has fifty years of experience in international oil markets, gives her view on the current situation.

Fiona Mitchell brings us the latest updates on the conflict as it reaches day nine. We then hear from the Beirut-based correspondent Rania Abouzei.

We hear from Reza Sayah (France 24 Correspondent in Tehran); Sebastian Usher (BBC Middle East Analyst); Dr Roja Fazaeli, Professor of Law and Islamic Studies at the University of Galway; Jackie Fox (Washington Correspondent); and Dr Edward Burke (Assistant Professor in History of Warfare at UCD).

In the latest of our interviews with the leaders of parties in the Dáil, we're joined by Roderic O'Gorman, leader of the Green Party.

With Irish citizens stranded in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait, we speak to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Helen McEntee.

In the latest of our interviews with the leaders of parties in the Dáil, we're joined by Mary Lou McDonald, leader of Sinn Féin

After a US Supreme Court ruling struck down previous tariffs, Donald Trump has announced new 15% tariffs on imported goods. Laura Noonan from Bloomberg News explains the new measures.

After what seems like endless rain, we are beginning to see patches of blue sky and that means spring is on the way. Eithne Dodd has been speaking to gardeners and garden-lovers about when they will know it’s springtime

Guardians who represent the interests of vulnerable children in complex court cases are threatening High Court action over plans to regulate their service. We hear from Dermot Simms, former District Court Judge and now Chair of the Association of Guardians Ad Litem, and Pat Bergin, Director of the new Guardian Ad Litem National Service

Further US-brokered talks aimed at ending Russia's war on Ukraine are due to take place in Geneva next week, after previous talks in Abu Dhabi. Siobhan O'Grady, Ukraine Bureau Chief for the Washington Post, outlines the state of play ahead of the meetings.

A planned €100m critical-care wing for Dublin's Rotunda Maternity Hospital was rejected by An Coimisiún Pleanála this week. Sean Daly, Master at the Rotunda, discusses the current situation at the hospital.

In the latest of our interviews with the leaders of parties in the Dáil, we're joined by Simon Harris, Tánaiste and leader of Fine Gael.

During statements on the Kenova Inquiry, Taoiseach Micheál Martin named Freddie Scappaticci as the former British army agent - nicknamed Stakeknife. Deirdre Heenan, Professor of Social Policy at the University of Ulster speaks to This Week.

The newspaper associated with breaking the Watergate scandal, and significantly contributed to US President Richard Nixon's resignation, was rocked to its core this week when management unveiled swinging cuts, including axing most of its foreign correspondents. Glenn Kessler joins Paul Cunningham for more.

The DAA chief executive Kenny Jacobs stood down from his position this week, after reaching a High Court settlement with the airport's operator and receiving an undisclosed payment. For more on this we're joined by Arthur Beesley, Current Affairs Editor with the Irish Times.

Iran and the United States are due to hold more indirect talks on Tehran's nuclear capacity after what were described as positive discussions in Oman on Friday. For more on this Paul is joined by Ghoncheh Habibiazad of BBC News Persian

We've just passed the one-year anniversary of the ban on the XL Bully dog in Ireland. Eithne Dodd has this report.

In the latest of our interviews with leaders of parties in the Dáil, we're joined in studio presently by the leader of the Social Democrats, Holly Cairns.

The Global Sumud Flotilla announced this week that it's organising another sail to Gaza with the aim of delivering humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory and helping to rebuild its infrastructure.

In the latest of our interviews with the leaders of parties in the Dáil, we're joined from our Cork studio by deputy Michael Collins who is leader of Independent Ireland.

In the next of our interviews with leaders of the Dáil's political parties, we're joined in studio by People Before Profit - Solidarity's Ruth Coppinger.

Syria's government and Kurdish forces have reached a comprehensive agreement that includes the gradual integration of the Kurds' forces and administration into the central state. We talk to two Kurds in Ireland (Jude Bakar & Zhyan Phelan) and correspondent Jasper Mortimer.

Tomorrow, Pope Leo XIV will hold a private audience with abuse survivor David Ryan who featured in the RTÉ Radio documentary Blackrock Boys. We hear from Deidre Kenny of One in Four, who will accompany David on the trip.

US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that his nominee to become the next chief of the Federal Reserve is Kevin Warsh. We speak to Patrick Honohan, former Governor of the Irish Central Bank

On Friday, the Government increased grants to small businesses from €20,000 to €100,000. In a new approach, hundreds of Red Cross volunteers have been knocking on doors alerting people impacted by flooding about their entitlements. Eithne Dodd reports from Enniscorthy with some of those volunteers.

An opinion poll suggests that one in 10 Irish people - aged between 18 and 29 - believe that the Holocaust is a “myth". We speak to Holocaust survivor Suzi Diamond and chair of Holocaust Education Ireland Tom O'Dowd

Sean Murray, Irish Examiner, reports from Minneapolis where a protestor and US citizen, Alex Pretti, was tackled by masked ICE agents yesterday and then shot dead.

Ivan Bacik, Labour Leader on how to handle Trump, the possibility of a United Left and the EU

After bombarding Ukraine's energy network for months, Russian airstrikes knocked out power for over a million people amid subzero temperatures. Emannuelle Chaze, journalist in Ukraine.

This week, six Irish people received an Oscar nomination - Jessie Buckley, John Kelly, Richard Baneham, Maggie O’Farrell, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe. Two Irish film studios - Element Pictures and Wild Atlantic Pictures – saw their respective movies Bugonia and Blue Moon nominated. Eithne Dodd, RTÉ Reporter

Suzanne Lynch, Brussels Bureau Chief at Bloomberg and Professor John McHale - Head of Economics at the University of Galway give an outlook ahead of this afternoons meeting of EU Ambassadors. The meeting is to assess how to respond to Donald Trump's threat to sanction 8 European countries for getting in his way to take over Greenland.

BBC's Middle East Analyst, Sebastian Usher on the brutal crackdown by the authorities, which reportedly led to the death of thousands and has appeared to have crushed nationwide protests.

Uachtaráin Fianna Fáil, an Taoiseach Micheál Martin on Trumps move on Greenland, Homelessness and Grok's AI.

Our reporter Eithne Dodd visited two salt marshes recently - in Cork and Dublin

The beginning of each year is when this programme interviews the leaders of the political parties in the Dáil. In 2026, we're starting with the Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín, who joined Paul in studio today.

The Dáil returns on Tuesday following its lengthy Christmas break. We were joined in studio by Sandra Hurley, RTÉ's Political Reporter, to find out what it will mean for the Government and Opposition.

The European Parliament is to consider whether to ratify the controversial Mercosur trade deal between EU and South America. We discussed the matter with Jorgen Warborn of the centre-right European Peoples Party grouping backing the deal and Sinn Féin's Agriculture spokesperson Martin Kenny, who stands in opposition to it.