
Drivetime
RTE Ireland
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.
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Dublin, Ireland
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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.
Twitter:
@DrivetimeRTE
Language:
English
Contact:
RTÉ Donnybrook Dublin 4 185 071 5105
Website:
http://www.rte.ie/
Email:
drivetime@rte.ie
Episodes
Review of car headlights ordered following complaints from nighttime drivers
10/28/2025
Many newer cars have superbright headlights , and this is leading to calls for a review in the UK . Could it and should it happen here too? To discuss this Geraldine Herbert, Motoring editor with Independent.ie.
Duration:00:07:13
Endometriosis affects hundreds of thousands of women in Ireland - we hear one woman experience
10/28/2025
Lisa Walsh, a member of the Endometriosis Advisory Taskforce within the Department of Health, will be travelling to Greece in just a few days’ time for specialist surgery, after a decade of living with severe pain associated with the disease.
Duration:00:10:34
Should Data Centres be low priority in the event of power shortages?
10/28/2025
Data centres should be helped the least in the event of future power shortages, according to a poll from environmental advocacy organisation Friends of the Earth. For more on this Rosi Leonard, Data Centre Campaigner at Friends of the Earth and Alan O'Reilly // Customer Experience Manager for Blacknight.
Duration:00:10:20
Category 5 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall
10/28/2025
We hear from meteorologist Matthew Cappucci, Jim Brennan & Kristina Ruggiero - a New York couple honeymooning in Jamaica are now stranded as Hurricane Melissa. Stevroy Steer runs a law firm here in Dublin but is back in Jamaica and John Sweeney , Climatologist at NUI Maynooth.
Duration:00:20:21
A dog's life
10/27/2025
Dogs aren't just for Christmas, here now to talk about the benefits of introducing one into your life is journalist Mary McCarthy
Duration:00:04:30
Fine Gael post election
10/27/2025
Fiana Fáil are not the only party with questions to answer after election defeat. Joining Barry Lenihan to discuss the state of the party is Brian Brennan, TD for Wicklow-Wexford
Duration:00:08:32
Fianna Fáil Leadership Crisis
10/27/2025
Critism is growing of Fianna Fáil leadership following the presidential election. For more Barry Lenihan speaks to Minister Mary Butler of Fianna Fáil
Duration:00:11:58
Meta and TikTok in breach of transparency rules
10/24/2025
The European Commission has issued preliminary findings that both TikTok and Meta are in breach of transparency rules. Brian O'Donovan, our Work and Technology Correspondent tells us more.
Duration:00:04:03
Road Safety
10/24/2025
Gardai and the Emergency Services are encouraging everyone to stay safe on our roads. Reporter John Cooke has been meeting some of those on the front line in Galway.
Duration:00:06:47
How 'retail event' shopping goes against the best principles of sustainability
10/24/2025
Fionnuala Moran, Sustainability Influencer and Broadcaster
Duration:00:04:31
The German crane company on their viral ad after the Louvre heist
10/24/2025
Alexander Boecker, MD of Boecker
Duration:00:06:27
Conditions for pregnant women and young mothers in Gaza
10/24/2025
Jamil Sawalmeh, Country Director of ActionAid Palestine
Duration:00:06:27
No EU decision to freeze Russian assets to fund Ukraine
10/24/2025
Bill Browder, Founder & CEO of Hermitage Capital, prominent Putin-critic, and Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign; Lisa Yasko, Ukrainian MP
Duration:00:13:33
Why a tax-hike on e-cigarettes is prompting vapers to bulk buy
10/24/2025
Mark Murphy, Senior Policy Manager with the Irish Heart Foundation; Dr Garrett McGovern, Medical Director and Addiction Specialist at the Priority Medical Clinic.
Duration:00:08:49
EU leaders expected to give 140 billion euro of frozen Russian assets on loan to Ukraine
10/23/2025
Under the deal, Ukraine would only repay the loan once Russia makes war reparations. It comes as EU countries have formally adopted the 19th package of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Minister of State for European Affairs & Defence Thomas Byrne, and Chris Weafer, Chief Executive of Macro-Advisory, discuss.
Duration:00:15:31
Optometrists warn about novelty contact lenses
10/23/2025
With Halloween just days away, Ireland’s health regulator CORU has issued a stark warning. Those spooky “cat’s eyes” or “vampire lenses” might look good for one night, but they could leave you with lasting eye damage, or even blindness. Declan Hovenden, member of the Optical Registration Board & Head of Optometry at TU Dublin, explains.
Duration:00:05:48
Barry Lenihan gives us the latest from the Presidential campaign
10/23/2025
Presidential contenders are making their final pitches tonight with polling stations opening at seven o'clock in the morning. Here's the latest from our reporter Barry Lenihan.
Duration:00:10:53
Reaction to the Soldier F verdict, found 'not guilty' on all 7 charges relating to Bloody Sunday
10/23/2025
A former British paratrooper was found not guilty of two murders and five attempted murders on Bloody Sunday in Derry in January of 1972. To discuss this, we hear from author and journalist Aoife Moore, whose uncle Patrick Doherty was shot dead on Bloody Sunday, and Daniel Holder, Director of the Committee on the Administration of Justice.
Duration:00:09:51
A second night of violence in Citywest, and 16 charged
10/23/2025
Gardai say they believe a further protest is planned for Citywest tonight. For more on second night of disturbances at the Citywest accommodation centre, Detective Garda Niall Hodgins, Vice-President of the Garda Representative Association and Chief Commissioner at the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Liam Herrick.
Duration:00:12:12
A US lawyer representing Epstein survivors on renewed focus on the scandal
10/22/2025
"Nobody’s Girl", by Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent voices in the Jeffrey Epstein case is now out. In the book - Giuffre, lays bare her story of abuse, trafficking, and power without consequence. Cormac was joined by Mary Fitilchyan, an attorney with The Bloom Firm in Los Angeles, which has represented several Epstein survivors.
Duration:00:07:11