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A look at events making the news in Ireland over the last week, presented by Carole Coleman and Justin McCarthy. Listen live every Sunday at 1pm on RTÉ Radio 1.

Episodes

20 of 257 episodes

What next for Serbia?

Author, journalist and broadcaster Misha Glenny spoke to Paul about the historic victory of the student-led movement.

8:03Nov 1, 2026

Dublin City Council's new parking policy

RTÉ reporter Eithne Dodd on the new enforcement measures that Dublin City Council are putting in-place today. She was joined by Green Party...

5:54Nov 1, 2026

US Mid-Term elections

Bob Schmuhl, Author and Emeritus Professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame offers his analysis on how the mid-term elect...

8:56Nov 1, 2026

Housing Minister James Browne

Housing Minister James Browne on the positive data on new housing completions, but what are the problems that remain?

14:17Nov 1, 2026

Life and legacy of Irish Olympian & European champion Ciara Mageean

RTÉ sports broadcaster Greg Allen who followed Ciara Mageean throughout her career, on her life and legacy.

12:21Nov 1, 2026

US mid-term elections to be held November 3rd

Paul is joined by our Washington Correspondent Jackie Fox who has been testing the temperature this week in Florida, Texas and Iowa.

6:26Oct 25, 2026

Minister Helen McEntee on Triple Lock debate

Paul speaks to Minister Helen McEntee about the Triple Lock Dáil debate why the Government curtailed it to just four hours, leading to Oppos...

19:01Oct 25, 2026

Labour's Duncan Smith argues for retention of Triple Lock

Labour's Foreign Affairs and Defence Spokesperson Duncan Smith speaks to Paul about the Triple Lock.

5:37Oct 25, 2026

Row between psychotherapists and regulator

Our reporter Eithne Dodd looks into how in Ireland, anyone can call themselves as 'psychotherapist' and charge people for mental health serv...

6:23Oct 25, 2026

Political deadlock as Israeli election looms

Our Deputy Foreign Editor Edmund Heaphy joins Paul from Tel Aviv.

6:26Oct 25, 2026

Irish man returns to Dublin after being detained in West Bank

Paul is joined by Ian Hutcheson as he as returned home to Dublin after being detained by soldiers in the Occupied West Bank earlier this wee...

8:37Oct 25, 2026

Ukraine launches drone attack in St. Petersburg in defiance of Donald Trump

Paul was joined by Christopher Miller, Financial Times Chief Ukraine Correspondent.

6:14Oct 18, 2026

Last group of Irish UNIFIL soldiers to travel to Lebanon next month

Paul is joined by Lt Col Cormac Brady, Officer Commanding the 69th Infantry Group and Lt Col James Hourigan, Deputy Director for Logistics.

16:00Oct 18, 2026

The bodies of four members of the English family will lie in repose at the Sacred Heart church in Waterford today

Our South East Correspondent, Marc O'Driscoll joins Paul from Waterford.

3:26Oct 18, 2026

Israelis go to the polls next week to elect 120 members to parliament

Sky News Correspondent Adam Parsons joins Paul from Jerusalem.

5:23Oct 18, 2026

How and why President Trump has shifted his policy on Ukraine

Niall Stanage, Associate Editor with The Hill joins Paul from Washington.

3:36Oct 18, 2026

Report on funding deficit for third level

Our reporter Eithne Dodd went to Moylish in County Limerick, one of the campuses for the Technological University of the Shannon, to find ou...

6:44Oct 18, 2026

Higher education sector says they have a funding deficit of €250 million

Paul speaks to Minister for Further and Higher Education, James Lawless.

8:27Oct 18, 2026

Trump and Zelenskyy clash

To discuss the latest in the War in Ukraine, Paul was joined by David Blevins, US Correspondent with Sky News.

4:38Oct 11, 2026

Number of journalists killed in Israel and Palestine lowered - CPJ

To discuss this decision, Paul was joined by Jodie Ginsberg, Chief Executive of The Committee to Protect Journalists.

6:50Oct 11, 2026