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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

Nov 7, 202515 min

Elon Musk could become the first trillionaire

Ciara O’Brien, Irish Times technology journalist

Nov 7, 20259 min

Drinking water filters, do we need them and which ones work best?

Dr. Jenny Lawler, of the DCU Water Institute

Nov 7, 202511 min

Callans Kicks

Callans Kicks

Nov 7, 20252 min

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor summoned by US Congress

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

Nov 7, 202516 min

The overcrowding crisis in Irish Prisons

Saoirse Brady, Executive Director for the Irish Penal Reform Trust

Nov 7, 202512 min

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

Nov 7, 202524 min

What to do if you get poisoned?

Dr. Edel Duggan The National Poisons Information Centre

Nov 7, 20258 min

Should you ‘act your age’ when it comes to exercise?

Karl Henry, health and fitness coach

Nov 6, 202510 min

Are we looking at an AI bubble?

Adam Maguire, RTÉ Business Desk

Nov 6, 202512 min

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

Nov 6, 202518 min

Plans to cut dermatology wait times

Dr. Conor Teljeur, HIQA’s Chief Scientist

Nov 6, 20258 min

New rules for renewing Learner Driver Permits

Jimmy Clery, Success 4 U Driving School in Limerick

Nov 6, 20258 min

Bird Flu outbreak and the risk to Christmas Turkeys

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

Nov 6, 202511 min

Could you be due a tax refund?

Charlie Weston, Personal Finance Editor Irish Independent

Nov 6, 202510 min

Why are energy bills rising while wholesale prices drop?

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

Nov 6, 202511 min

The demand for Civil Restraining Orders

Maura Fay, RTÉ Reporter

Nov 6, 202510 min

“Socially Useless” jobs

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

Nov 5, 202514 min

Blarney Castle advertise unique job

Brian O’Connell, RTÉ Reporter

Nov 5, 202511 min

Plan to make migrants pay for accommodation might cost the state millions

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

Nov 5, 20256 min

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

Nov 5, 202515 min

New Dutch PM. Who is Rob Jetten?

Senay Boztas, journalist in the Netherlands

Nov 5, 20258 min

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

Nov 5, 202512 min

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)

Nov 5, 202512 min

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

Nov 5, 202518 min

Property Tax Q&A

Gwen Bowen, Conveyancing and probate solicitor

Nov 4, 202520 min

Headlight glare: why some drivers find led lamps too bright

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

Nov 4, 202511 min

Farmers express concerns over nitrates derogation

Francie Gorman, President of the Irish Farmers Association

Nov 4, 202515 min

Bloody sands visible from space: Sudan’s emergency grows deeper as massacre continues

Denise Brown, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan

Nov 4, 20258 min

Jellyfish around the Irish coast

Ken O’Sullivan, underwater photographer

Nov 4, 20259 min

Apprenticeship plus Ivan Yates

Ellen Coyne, Political correspondent with The Irish Times

Nov 4, 202513 min

Crack-down on cheap products flooding the market from China

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

Nov 4, 202515 min

Big infrastructure projects but who will build them?

Brian Caulfield from School of Engineering at Trinity College Dublin

Nov 4, 202510 min

Working asylum seekers will face accommodation bill

Mary Regan, Political Editor, Irish Independent

Nov 3, 20258 min

Book: The Taoiseach: A Century of Political Leadership

Iain Dale, broadcaster, author and political commentator

Nov 3, 202515 min

Sister Stan

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

Nov 3, 202510 min

Bowel Cancer - what you need to know about screening

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

Nov 3, 20259 min

Is Christmas cancelled in Limerick?

John Moran, Mayor of Limerick

Nov 3, 20258 min

What we know about London train stabbing

Henry Riley, reporter with LBC in London

Nov 3, 202510 min

Complications getting driving license when returning from abroad

Maura Fay, RTÉ Reporter

Nov 3, 202512 min

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

Nov 3, 202512 min

Stetsons and Spurs - what happens when stars go country

Jennifer Gannon, Pop culture writer and broadcaster

Nov 3, 202513 min

Insurance costs rise nearly 10 percent

Brian O’ Connell, RTÉ Reporter

Oct 31, 20259 min

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

Oct 31, 202527 min

Why many council-owned properties are vacant

Brian O'Connell, RTÉ Reporter

Oct 31, 20259 min

Richard Boyd Barrett on his cancer recovery

Richard Boyd Barrett, People Before Profit TD

Oct 31, 202518 min

Trick 'r Treat weather

Cathal Nolan, meteorologist and founder of the Irish Weather Channel

Oct 31, 20253 min

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'

Oct 31, 202510 min

Goodbye from Claire

Goodbye from Claire

Oct 31, 20251 min

Andrew stripped of "prince" title

Lydia Starbuck, Associate Editor for Royal Central

Oct 31, 202511 min