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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.

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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.

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English

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RTÉ Donnybrook Dublin 4 185 071 5105


Episodes
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Northern Ireland's first black mayor reveals 'unprecedented levels' of racism

6/4/2025
The outgoing mayor of Derry City said this week that the role has been the greatest honour of her life, even though it came with relentless abuse. Lilian Seenoi Barr was Northern Ireland's first black lord mayor she spoke to Cormac about how she faced "unprecedented levels" of racially-motivated online abuse during her term in office.

Duration:00:12:51

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More than half of women's refuges across the country are currently full to capacity

6/4/2025
More than half of women's refuges across the country that we have contacted are currently full to capacity, while some refuges reported having to turn down hundreds of accommodation requests last year due to lack of space. Our reporter Una Kelly tells us more.

Duration:00:10:31

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UK surgeon Victoria Rose on her work in Gaza and the worsening humanitarian crisis

6/4/2025
Surgeon Victoria Rose has just returned to the UK today after working as a surgeon in war-torn Nasser hospital in Southern Gaza for over three weeks. She worked 14 hour days treating casualties from Israeli attacks, while dealing with severe shortages caused by the humanitarian blockade.

Duration:00:08:41

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What next for children awaiting treatment as the NTPF pauses CHI funding

6/4/2025
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he hopes the suspension of funding by the National Treatment Purchase Fund to Children’s Health Ireland will be a temporary one. Funding was suspended following “serious concerns” over a 2021 CHI report. To discuss this Sinn Fein’s Health Spokesperson David Cullinane.

Duration:00:09:27

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Expansion of the Wage Subsidy Scheme launched today

6/4/2025
The scheme encourages employers to hire people with disabilities ..by providing financial support and can help cover the cost of adapting a role for the employee. For more on this Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary.

Duration:00:06:08

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Sunny Jacobs one of two people killed in a house fire in Conemara earlier today

6/3/2025
Sunny had spent 16 years in a Florida prison for the murder of two police officers - some of those years on death row. She was released from jail in 1992. Cormac and Sarah speak to Abe Bonowitz of "Death Penalty Action" in the United States and Ellen McGarraghan, an author and private investigator.

Duration:00:12:26

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Is the death of rural Ireland, real or exaggerated?

6/3/2025
The only shop in the village of Johnstown in Kildare has announced it's to close its doors this week. To discuss this Michael O'Donovan, President of the Vintner’s Federation of Ireland, Elaine Houlihan, former President of Macra na Feirme, Seamus Boland from Irish Rural Link & John Cooke visited Clare village Feakle to speak to local residents.

Duration:00:15:08

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A new search for Madeline McCann in Portugal

6/3/2025
Nearly two decades since her disappearance Portuguese and German authorities have today started a new search for Madeleine McCann in Portugal. For more on this Robbyn Swann, co-author of the book Looking for Madeline published in 2017 and by Portuguese based journalist Alison Roberts.

Duration:00:09:51

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Calls to reform Bail Laws

6/3/2025
The man who died during a shooting incident at the Fairgreen Shopping centre in Carlow town was out on bail on firearm charges at the time of the shooting. It has prompted new calls for a wider review of the enforcement and operation of bail laws. Fianna Fáil TD & barrister Cynthia Ní Mhurchú & Matt Carthy SF Spokesperson on Justice & Home Affairs.

Duration:00:09:27

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US surgeon who told the UN this week that Israel deliberately shot children in Gaza

5/30/2025
The UN Security Council heard testimony this week from a US surgeon who says he treated children who were deliberately shot in Gaza. To discuss this Dr. Feroze Sidhwa

Duration:00:12:51

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Delaney Family Appeal

5/30/2025
The family of Robert Delaney is making a plea for any information about what happened in 2008. Reporter Una Kelly has more.

Duration:00:13:17

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Latest homeless figures

5/30/2025
Seamus McGrath, Fianna Fail TD and Donnachadh Ó Laoghaire Sinn Féin TD discuss the latest homelessness figures another record high recorded today

Duration:00:09:35

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Richard Satchwell guilty of murdering wife Tina

5/30/2025
Richard Satchwell has been found guilty of murdering his wife Tina, for more on this Ralph Riegal, Southern Correspondent with the Irish Independent & Criminologist Trina O' Connor, followed by Sarah Benson, CEO of Women's Aid

Duration:00:25:18

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Banning single use vapes

5/29/2025
Single-use vapes will be banned in Northern Ireland and the UK from this coming Sunday and the Irish Heart Foundation are calling for legislation to be fast-tracked here. To tell us more Mark Murphy is Senior Policy Manager with the Irish Heart Foundation

Duration:00:08:33

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Voice of America Vs Trump

5/29/2025
Two months ago President Trump signed an executive order aimed at reducing the scope of eight federal agencies as part of his campaign to downsize the US government. To explain how this is going- Patsy Widakuswara Voice of America White House bureau chief.

Duration:00:11:16

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A campaign to tackle aggressive and unruly passenger behaviour on flights

5/29/2025
The "Not on my Flight" campaign is targeting unruly behaviours on flights to discuss this Jim Gavin, Chief Operations Officer of the Irish Aviation Authority

Duration:00:09:37

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US tariffs blocked by courts

5/29/2025
A US trade court yesterday blocked Donald Trump from imposing sweeping global tariffs on imports. For more I'm joined by Law professor at the University of Minnesota Richard Painter - who also served as chief White House ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush administration and Peter Burke the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment.

Duration:00:17:45

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MEP Ciarán Mullooly on the perils of using AI for official business

5/29/2025
An Irish MEP has confirmed he used artificial intelligence to write a letter to Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, urging the EU to deliver more aid to Gaza for more, Ciaran Mullooly, Independent Ireland MEP for Midlands North-West

Duration:00:10:09

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What to do about hen party burnout?

5/28/2025
Hen parties are facing a backlash, not over bad behaviour but burnout. The modern hen do is fast becoming a "hen don't" for many women who are put off by the price, the travel and the organisational chaos. Jessica O'Sullivan Editor of One Fab Day tells us more.

Duration:00:07:19

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Russia proposes second round of Ukrainian talks while Germany commits to long range missiles for Ukraine

5/28/2025
The Russian government said this afternoon that it had proposed another round of talks with Ukraine to be held in istanbul which would start on June 2nd. For more on this Maria Mezentseva Member of Ukranian Parilament

Duration:00:08:14