Prime Time

27/06/2024

"Her is music just getting bigger and bigger and consumed by more and more people."

DJ and journalist, Louise Bruton, on the phenomenon that is Taylor Swift.

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11/06/2024

"...early November, late October."

Former minister, Pat Rabbitte, says governments tends to unravel in their final days. He thinks an election in the next six months is inevitable.

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18/04/2024

"People simply refused to accept constantly being failed."

Rita O'Reilly, who has covered and investigated the Stardust fire for Prime Time over decades, reflects on a major day which should have comes sooner.

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18/04/2024

"I was like a weight was lifted off the families."

Stardust survivor, Jim Fitzpatrick, on how he feels today following the verdict of unlawful killing.

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18/04/2024

"An apology following today's verdict seems more than appropriate."

Harry Robinson of Phoenix Law, which represents many of the victims' families, on whether there should be a State apology in relation to how they were treated.

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18/04/2024

"They have been vindicated today."

Carole Barrett, survivor of the Stardust, whose brother Michael Barrett died in the fire, on what today means to the victims and their families.

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16/04/2024

"We are seeing very clear links to su***de, self-harm violence against women..."

Minister Stephen Donnelly says the new online safety code will be published 'in the coming months' and will contain strong penalties in the case of breaches.

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11/04/2024

"I will be writing to the Assistant Commissioner of An Garda Síochána to ask that we return to checking people for having an NCT certificate..."

Sam Waide, CEO of the RSA speaking to .

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28/03/2024

"It's all there on the lobbying register..."

Minister Darragh O'Brien answers questions from Fran McNulty on reports about advice from the attorney general on the forthcoming planning bill, and about whether it is developer-led.

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28/03/2024

: "They can't get a home within the distance he needs to live to the fire station, does that not point to an abject failure?"

Minister Darragh O'Brien: "We're building than we have done in decades... any fair assessment would say that's progress."

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26/03/2024

Senator Rónán Mullen and Green Party TD Patrick Costello on the proposed Hate Speech Bill, amid discussion that it could be shelved.

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20/03/2024

"It shouldn't be left up to Fine Gael TDs and Fine Gael senators to decide who the next Taoiseach of this State is... what most people out there want is change."

SF TD Pearse Doherty says a general election should now be called.

01/02/2024

"Detailed design is completed... there is an inflationary pressure..."

Cork City Council CEO Ann Doherty speaks to about a revised request for public funding for the proposed Cork events centre but refuses to provide a number for the new estimate.

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23/01/2024

"We can't recruit new referees into the game, because of the risk..."

Conor Galvin of the Gaelic Referees and Officials Association on the difficulties and experiences of GAA referees in recent years.

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11/01/2024

"It's too long already, and the danger is other developers... will remain caught in a system that's open to abuse and is just inefficient."

Developer David Hogan, who refused to make 'go away payments' to serial objectors, on the planning process.

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12/12/2023

"I was screaming the whole hospital down, that was when it really hit me."

Alanna Quinn Idris tells about the moment she realised the scale of the damage done to her eye in an attack on her and her then-partner in December 2021.

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28/11/2023

"What we have seen... what Israel has gone through, is real genocide."

Israeli President Isaac Herzog responds to questions from about accusations from the Jordanian govt and others that Israel's actions falls within the legal definition of genocide.

28/11/2023

"There was no plan... members turned up simply because of Whatsapp messages being passed from Garda to Garda..." Niall Hodgins of the Garda Representative Association on the response to emerging unrest on Thursday night.

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21/11/2023

"Get out of that situation... you have to get out."

The sisters of Denise Morgan, an Irish woman murdered in New York one month ago, tell Barry Cummins why they feel compelled to be 'Denise's voice', and help other victims of domestic violence.

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07/11/2023

"We're damned if we do and we're damned if we don't... we have told the civilians to evacuate and given them time..."

IDF spokesman , responds to questions from about Israeli actions in Gaza. |

24/10/2023

Good news. Last week, we spoke to Linda from the La Trattoria restaurant in Midleton, who was despondent after being heavily flooded that day.

Tonight, she tells about the massive community and local effort that has remarkably seen it reopen today. |

05/10/2023

The parents of a severely autistic nine-year-old boy have told RTÉ's Prime Time they fear for their family’s safety due to a lack of help for their son.

They highlight the critical need for support and services for children like their son and their desperate families.

Audrey Dore-Geraghty and her husband Huw are afraid of their son Harrison, who is severely autistic, and what could happen to him.

"Now he's nine and the hits are harder, the bites are stronger, the kicks are stronger, the risk to the other children is massive, and we know that he's growing."

READ: https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2023/1003/1407687-prisoners-in-our-home-parents-of-autistic-son-plead-for-help/

The parents of a nine-year-old child with severe autism say they have been unable to access the services that are meant to help their son.

19/09/2023

"They are being robbed of life."

Patients' solicitor Raymond Bradley on the scope of the HSE review into Temple Street, and the impact on patients.

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17/08/2023

"It's stuff we haven't seen since World War II."

Bray native Finn Boylan has spent close to seven months documenting the war in Ukraine, including his own close brush with death.

Watch Philip Gallagher's full report on Prime Time at 9.35pm on RTÉ One

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10/08/2023

“What happened to her is every woman's nightmare.”

42 years after the murder of Nora Sheehan, Nora’s family sat down for their first interview since the conviction of her killer Noel Long.

Watch the full report on Prime Time at 9.35pm on RTÉ One.



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27/07/2023

WATCH: RTÉ Investigates has gone undercover in the rental market to show how some Irish landlords seek s*x in exchange for reduced rent or free accommodation.

READ MORE: https://www.rte.ie/news/investigations-unit/2023/0727/1396683-what-i-heard-as-an-undercover-renter-cash-or-some-other-way/

The full report is on Prime Time at 9.35pm on RTÉ One.

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26/07/2023

Some landlords in Ireland are seeking s*x from often vulnerable prospective tenants in exchange for reduced rent, or free accommodation.

RTÉ Investigates broadcasts a special undercover report on Thursday's Prime Time on the topic.

Two experts were asked to watch the footage gathered. View the video here to see some of their reactions.

Watch the full investigation on RTÉ One, Thursday at 9.35pm.

Read more now: https://www.rte.ie/news/investigations-unit/2023/0726/1396470-do-we-need-a-law-to-stop-landlords-seeking-s*x-from-renters/

07/07/2023

Dairy's dirty secret . . .

The RTÉ Investigates team went undercover to see how calves are treated in Ireland and during the export process.

Here's how people involved in the livestock industry reacted to what was uncovered.

RTÉ Investigates: Milking It - Dairy's Dirty Secret is on Monday at 9.35pm on RTÉ One.

28/06/2023

Mark Coughlan with an in-depth look at where we're at with the RTÉ payments scandal.

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22/06/2023

"Where is the Director-General?"

Businessposthq Editor, Daniel McConnell, says both RTE and Ryan Tubridy have more questions to answer in relation to undeclared payments totaling €345,000 made since 2017.