Today with Claire Byrne
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.
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Show overview
Today with Claire Byrne has published 200 episodes during 2025. That works out to roughly 40 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.
Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 9 min and 14 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-IE-language News show.
There hasn’t been a new episode in the last ninety days; the most recent episode landed 6 months ago. Published by RTÉ.
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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.
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Elon Musk could become the first trillionaire
Ciara O’Brien, Irish Times technology journalist
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor summoned by US Congress
Sara Firth, Foreign Correspondent based in Washington and Professor Kate Williams, Royal Historian
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
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
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Drinking water filters, do we need them and which ones work best?
Dr. Jenny Lawler, of the DCU Water Institute
The overcrowding crisis in Irish Prisons
Saoirse Brady, Executive Director for the Irish Penal Reform Trust
What to do if you get poisoned?
Dr. Edel Duggan The National Poisons Information Centre
Should you ‘act your age’ when it comes to exercise?
Karl Henry, health and fitness coach
Could you be due a tax refund?
Charlie Weston, Personal Finance Editor Irish Independent
New rules for renewing Learner Driver Permits
Jimmy Clery, Success 4 U Driving School in Limerick
Why are energy bills rising while wholesale prices drop?
Dr. Muireann Lynch, Senior Research Officer at the ESRI and Daragh Cassidy, Bonkers.ie
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
Plans to cut dermatology wait times
Dr. Conor Teljeur, HIQA’s Chief Scientist
The demand for Civil Restraining Orders
Maura Fay, RTÉ Reporter
Are we looking at an AI bubble?
Adam Maguire, RTÉ Business Desk
Bird Flu outbreak and the risk to Christmas Turkeys
Darragh McCullough, Farmer, broadcaster and columnist and Brian O’Connell, RTÉ Reporter
“Socially Useless” jobs
Dr. Harry Barry, GP and Mental Health Specialist and Dr. Anne Marie Creaven, Dept of Psychology, University of Limerick
Blarney Castle advertise unique job
Brian O’Connell, RTÉ Reporter
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