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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.

Location:

Dublin, Ireland

Networks:

RTE 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.

Language:

English

Contact:

RTÉ Donnybrook Dublin 4 185 071 5105


Episodes
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The Catch Up

11/21/2025
Eimear McAuley, News Correspondent with the Journal.ie and Mary Regan Political editor with the Irish Independent look back at the big news stories of the week.

Duration:00:17:25

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Mountain Off Road Damage

11/21/2025
The National Park and Wildlife Service is urgently appealing to the public to report all sightings immediately of damage caused by off road vehicles to help protect this sensitive landscape and ensure prosecutions.

Duration:00:08:03

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Teen Talks

11/21/2025
Drivetime is joined by a panel of teenagers, Calum Scott, Mukie Mabuza and Ashraf Siddiqui to discuss the big issues facing teenagers in todays every changing world.

Duration:00:14:30

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Rise In Single People Getting Mortgages

11/21/2025
New mortgage data shows solo buyers now make up one in three first-time buyer drawdowns — a rise in recent years. Trevor Grant Chairperson of Irish Mortgage Advisors explains the numbers.

Duration:00:07:50

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The Winter Flu Season

11/21/2025
The ECDC says an earlier and more severe flu season is on the way. Cork based GP Dr Phil Kieran explains.

Duration:00:08:37

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Eurovision Unveils Voting Rule Changes

11/21/2025
Eurovision unveils major voting rule changes for 2026 Evelyn O’Rourke, RTE's Arts and Media Correspondent outlines the changes.

Duration:00:06:39

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Ukraine Deal Latest

11/21/2025
Luke Harding of The Guardian has the latest on a potential deal between Russia and Ukraine heavily backed by the US.

Duration:00:10:30

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Food duplicates with Aengus Cox

11/20/2025
Aengus Cox, RTÉ's Consumer Affairs Correspondent

Duration:00:13:16

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What to do in Prague when you cheer on the Boys in Green

11/20/2025
Simon Calder, Travel Correspondent for The London Independent

Duration:00:05:50

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The Minister for Climate and Transport on COP30 and Metrolink

11/20/2025
Darragh O’Brien, Minister for the Environment and Transport at COP30

Duration:00:17:29

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Finding value in health insurance

11/20/2025
Dermot Goode of Health Insurance Ireland

Duration:00:09:02

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Latest Ukraine peace negotiations

11/20/2025
Report from Una Kelly, Anton Barbashin, visiting researcher at the European Council on Foreign Relations, and Sviatoslav Yurash, Ukrainian MP with President Zelensky’s ‘Servant of the People’ Party and chair of the Irish/Ukrainian Friendship Group

Duration:00:13:20

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Ireland draw Czechia in World Cup play-offs

11/20/2025
Kenny Cunningham, former Irish captain and pundit

Duration:00:06:58

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Where will Metrolink workers live?

11/20/2025
Henry Riley, reporter with LBC London

Duration:00:06:23

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How do schoolchildren get their lunches in Finland?

11/20/2025
Ronan Browne, journalist with the Finnish public service broadcaster Yle

Duration:00:09:42

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One killed in small aircraft crash in Co Waterford

11/20/2025
Ralph Riegel, Southern Correspondent with the Irish Independent

Duration:00:04:06

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State to buy lands around Castletown House in bid likely to end two-year standoff

11/19/2025
Report from Samantha Libreri, Eastern Correspondent

Duration:00:03:35

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Is there value in Black Friday sales?

11/19/2025
Adrian Weckler, Technology Editor with the Irish Independent, and Ruth Roberts, co-owner of cogstoysandgames.ie

Duration:00:12:13

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Ivan Yates appears before Oireachtas Media Committee

11/19/2025
Christina Finn, Political Editor for thejournal.ie

Duration:00:06:26

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Energy credits debate

11/19/2025
Pearse Doherty, finance spokesperson and TD for Sinn Féin, and Fianna Fáil TD Shane Moynihan

Duration:00:15:54