Today with David McCullagh
Episodes
Tax cuts on the agenda, says Simon Harris
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Barra Roantree, assistant professor of Economics at Trinity College DublinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
100 years of the Gaeltacht
29 Dec 2025
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Dr. Mary O’Malley-Madec, Sociolinguist at the Villanova University Centre of the University of GalwaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...
The health benefits of laughing
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Research has shown that laughter really is the best medicine - a belly laugh at least twice a week is just what the doctor ordered - and has surprisin...
One year of the Merchants Quay injection facility- with Eddie Mullins
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Merchants Quay Ireland's Riverbank centre in Dublin city centre is a supervised space for intravenous drug users. The centre opened one year ago – a...
US Venezuela conflict
23 Dec 2025
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Prof Ben Saul- UN Special rapporteur on terrorism and Stuart Ramsay, Sky news chief correspondent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dublin Surgeon refused entry to Gaza
23 Dec 2025
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A Dublin surgeon volunteering to enter Gaza to provide medical assistance has been refused entry. Dr Mohamed Shaalan spoke to David.See omnystudio.com...
Telly turkeys - so bad, people couldn't look away
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
2025 really proved that reviews don’t matter if people are curious enough. To look at some of the good, the bad and the downright ugly of 2025’s t...
What's the risk of your expensive gadget becoming obsolete?
23 Dec 2025
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Adam Maguire of the RTÉ business desk.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dealing with illness over the holidays
23 Dec 2025
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If Illness strikes your household during the Christmas holidays, how should you deal with it? Dr Maire Finn.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...
Pep warns Man city players- he's going to weigh them after xmas- and they’ll be dropped if they’re overweight
23 Dec 2025
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Stephen McIvor, sports psychologist and former international rugby player.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How does Santa get around the world in one night?
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our reporter Maura Fay was in Drumconrath National School in Meath and some of the students had some interesting questions. To explain some of the sci...
Brian at Cork’s English Market
22 Dec 2025
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Brian O’Connell was at Corks English markets this morning.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Business review of the year
22 Dec 2025
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Tom Lyons, chief executive of The CurrencySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Learning to say No
22 Dec 2025
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Niamh Delmar, Counselling psychologist and Sharon Mannion, Comedian.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Flu infection levels are expected to increase this week
22 Dec 2025
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Dr Illona Duffy, GP in MonaghanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dublin City Council plans to move office
22 Dec 2025
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Frank McDonald, journalist and authorSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
EU crackdown on influencer hauls
22 Dec 2025
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The European Consumer Organisation is sounding the alarm about influencers on social media and fast-fashion. Fionnuala Moran, Broadcaster and Sustaina...
Mercosur treaty signing postponed & €90bn loan to Ukraine agreed
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Collins, Brussels Correspondent at the Business Post, Caitriona Morrissey, Deputy Editor of the Irish Farmers Journal and Alistair Bunkall, Sky ...
Christmas cooking clinic with Neven Maguire
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Neven Maguire is in studio to answer all your questions and give the tips and tricks needed to produce the best possible dinner for the big day next w...
Should we have a rent register?
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maurice Deverell, spokesperson from the Irish Property Owners Association and Paul Murphy, People Before Profit TD for Dublin South West and member of...
Melania lifts the curtain on being the First Lady
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The world has been given a sneak peek at Melania Trump’s new big budget documentary film. Harriet Alexander, Senior Features writer for the Daily Ma...
The Gathering
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine Ardagh, Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin South Central, Sinéad Gibney, Social Democrats TD for Dublin-Rathdown, Liam Doran, former General Secr...
An Irish Antarctica wedding
19 Dec 2025
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What could be more romantic than a winter wedding? Audrey Foley tells us about her wedding in in the Antarctic.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...
Central Bank raising doubts over government's target to build 300,000 new homes by 2030
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kate English, Chief Economist at Deloitte Ireland.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Best gigs to head to in 2026
19 Dec 2025
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Graham Smyth, Musician and 2FM BroadcasterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Caredoc strikes
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Health services, including out of hours GP services, are set to be impacted today as Caredoc workers in the southeast of the country go on strike. Ger...
What to watch over Christmas and the New Year?
18 Dec 2025
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Freelance Arts Journalist, Aoife Barry and Producer and Director, Brian Reddin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Concerns surrounding the first day of Garda taser pilot
18 Dec 2025
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Dr Lucy Michael, Principal Investigator at Lucy Michael Research Training and Consultancy and a former member of the Irish Human Rights and Equality C...
Irish flu rates amongst most infectious in Europe says WHO
18 Dec 2025
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WHO Team Lead for Communicable Diseases, Dr Marc-Alain Widdowson.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Darver National School tells parents they no longer need to send toilet roll in with their children
18 Dec 2025
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Emily Scully, Principal of Darver National School.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Teachers to be trained to watch out for signs of misogyny in the UK
18 Dec 2025
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Geri Scott, Senior Political Correspondent for The London TimesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10,000 farmers protest in Brussels and EU Summit
18 Dec 2025
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Francie Gorman, President of the IFA and Shona Murray, Europe Correspondent with EuroNews.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Swimmers Ellen Walshe and John Shortt, after a record-breaking couple of weeks in Irish swimming
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Three gold, a silver, and three bronze was the haul for Team Ireland swimmers in Lublin in Poland this month. Two of the gold medal heroes from Lublin...
Nursing homes receiving their care packages
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Launched during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Carepack matches volunteers with residents in nursing and care homes, inviting them to send a small, pe...
The evolution of the Brussel sprout
18 Dec 2025
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Paudie Hanafin, Brussel Sprout Grower from Ballygarron Farm, Spa, Tralee Co Kerry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The volunteer Emergency Responders saving lives
17 Dec 2025
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Dr Mark Ruddy, GP & CRITICAL’s Medical Director, David Tighe, CEO of CRITICAL and Jim O’Kelly from Kilavullen, Co Cork who was helped by a CRITICA...
Fianna Fáil Review Fallout
17 Dec 2025
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Ellen Coyne, Political correspondent with The Irish TimesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Are livestock disease outbreaks getting worse?
17 Dec 2025
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Darragh McCullough, Farmer, broadcaster and columnist and Dr. Gerald Barry, Professor of Virology and deputy director of the UCD One Health Centre.See...
Taoiseach Micheál Martin
17 Dec 2025
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Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Fianna Fáil leader and TD for Cork South Central.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Waterford Librarians: Books of the Year!
17 Dec 2025
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Waterford Librarian’s Jennie Loughran and Tracy McEnaney give us some recommendations.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Phasing out of combustion engines halted
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today it’s expected that the European Commission will water down the EU's plan to ban combustion engines by 2035. For reaction to this Green Party L...
Flu crisis as young people amongst most vulnerable
16 Dec 2025
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Brian O’Connell reports from Temple Street and GP Brendan O’Shea talks about staying safe from the flu.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...
Trump truth social storm
16 Dec 2025
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Sara Firth, Freelance Foreign Correspondent in WashingtonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1926 Centenaries
16 Dec 2025
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Diarmaid Ferriter, Professor of Modern Irish History at UCDSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sydney’s Chief Rabbi on the aftermath of the Bondi Beach massacre
16 Dec 2025
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Rabbi Dr. Benjamin Elton, who is the chief minister at The Great Synagogue, SydneySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ukrainians come to Ireland to research our mental health services to model back home for army veterans
16 Dec 2025
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Lorcan Martin, President of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland and Dr. Vitali Klymchuck, the President of GlobalInMind and a Ukrainian psychologi...
Fianna Fáil divisions
16 Dec 2025
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Mary Regan, Irish Independent Political Editor and Barry Andrews, Fianna Fáil MEPSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cocaine Cows
16 Dec 2025
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Max Stephens, International Crime Correspondent with The TelegraphSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Parenting
15 Dec 2025
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Dr David Coleman, clinical psychologistSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Book: Always Remember
15 Dec 2025
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Charlie Mackesy, authorSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Are there Lessons from Bondi Terror attack for Ireland?
15 Dec 2025
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Oliver Sears, son of a Holocaust survivor and founder of Holocaust Awareness IrelandSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Saipan Movie
15 Dec 2025
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Chris Wasser, Sunday Independent film critic / George Hamilton, former RTÉ soccer correspondentSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Megaquakes: what are they and where could they happen?
15 Dec 2025
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Professor Chris Bean, Director of Geophysics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced StudiesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Profile: Olena Zelenska
15 Dec 2025
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Graham Finlay, assistant professor of politics at UCDSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sydney shooting: at least 15 victims killed
15 Dec 2025
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Bailey Kenzie, reporter for Nine News Australia // Stephen Byrne, The Guardian Australia // Ciara Ahern, Bondi Beach residentSee omnystudio.com/listen...
Fianna Fáil report on presidency still not published
15 Dec 2025
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Fionnán Sheahan, Ireland Editor with the Irish IndependentSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Surging Flu
12 Dec 2025
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Suzanne Crowe, consultant in paediatric intensive care medicine in Children’s Health Ireland in Crumlin / Ian Barr, Deputy Director of the WHO Colla...
Pros and cons of workplace “Forced Fun”
12 Dec 2025
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Patricia Murray, Workplace PsychologistSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
World Cup ticket prices
12 Dec 2025
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Kieran Maguire, football finance expertSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Gathering
12 Dec 2025
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Barry Ward, Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire // Ged Nash, spokesperson on Finance and Public Expenditure and Labour TD for Louth // Louise Bayliss, Hea...
Hardline governments risk creating ‘hierarchy of people’ by constraining human rights - Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of Europe Commission
12 Dec 2025
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Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rightsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Songs that have made a massive comeback and why?
12 Dec 2025
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Simon Maher, Music Journalist and presenter on 8radioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Traffic issues continue, so why are the bike lanes empty?
11 Dec 2025
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Geraldine Herbert, Motoring Editor Sunday Independent, Janet Horner, Green Party Councilor for Dublin North Inner City and Richard Guiney, CEO of Dubl...
Brian Walshe trial
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A murder trial in Boston has been captivating US audiences with live feeds of the trial being broadcast online. Fifty-year-old Brian Walshe has pleade...
Childcare providers warn of upcoming strikes
11 Dec 2025
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Elaine Dunne, Federation of Early Childhood ProvidersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Marco Rubio Bans Calibri
11 Dec 2025
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomats to return to using the Times New Roman font instead of Calibri for both external and internal ...
US monitoring social media, but how will it work?
11 Dec 2025
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Ciara O Brien- Business & Technology Journalist, Irish Times and Regina Doherty MEP Fine Gael politician and MEP for the Dublin Constituency.See omnys...
Surgeon traveling to carry out mesh surgeries abroad
11 Dec 2025
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Brian O’Connell, RTÉ ReporterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
F1 Movie
11 Dec 2025
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Jerry Bruckheimer, Movie producerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A year since the first sitting of the 34th Dáil: State of the Parties
11 Dec 2025
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Kevin Cunningham, Lecturer in Politics at TU Dublin and Founder of Ireland and Louise Burne, Political Correspondent Irish ExaminerSee omnystudio.com/...
Why do buses come in threes?
11 Dec 2025
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Dr. Shane Bergin, physicist, Associate Professor at UCD and author of children’s science book The ExperimentersSee omnystudio.com/listener for priva...
How women feel about maternity care in Ireland
10 Dec 2025
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Tracy O’Carroll - HIQA’s Deputy Director of the National Care Experience Programme.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Large portion of the allocated budget for the mobile phone pouches scheme unspent
10 Dec 2025
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To discuss this Principal of Alexandra College Barbara Ennis in Dublin and Aaron Wolfe Principal of Coláiste Éamann Rís in Cork City.See omnystudio...
How to make more sustainable choices this Christmas
10 Dec 2025
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Jo Linehan, Sustainability JournalistSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
New charges for blister packs
10 Dec 2025
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Kathy Maher from Haven Pharmacy, in Duleek Co Meath, and Chair of the IPU Pharmacy Contractor Committee; Amanda Phelan, Professor of General Nursing i...
Kenny Jacobs Severance Package
10 Dec 2025
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Arthur Beesley, Current Affairs Editor of The Irish TimesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Working in some of the worlds’ most hostile environments
10 Dec 2025
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Alex Crawford is one of the world’s most recognisable frontline correspondents — reporting from Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Ukraine and do...
NATO looks at drone defences
10 Dec 2025
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Shona Murray, Europe Correspondent with EuronewsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Why it's important to make a Will
10 Dec 2025
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Andrea McNamara, Head of private client law at EY LawSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Why TV formats are big business
10 Dec 2025
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Adam Maguire, RTÉ Business DeskSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Victims react to the sentencing of former teacher Peter Kelly
09 Dec 2025
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Liam O'Brien, RTE Documentary maker, David Ryan, former Blackrock student and Aidan Moore, former Willow Park student.See omnystudio.com/listener for ...
The latest on Strom Bram
09 Dec 2025
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Matthew Martin, Met Eireann and Graeme McQueen, Head of Media Relations in the DAA.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Australia phone ban to comes into effect from tomorrow – what's the latest?
09 Dec 2025
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In just a couple of hours Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s will begin. For more on this Phil Mercer, BBC Australia Correspondent...
The rising cost of having children
09 Dec 2025
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Eoin McGee, Financial PlannerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The final report of Operation Kenova – a preview
09 Dec 2025
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Amanda Ferguson, Belfast based Journalist, and Barry Lenihan, RTÉ ReporterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Parents causing teacher burnout
09 Dec 2025
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Louise Tobin, Principal in St. Joseph's Primary School, Tipperary Town and Kevin Shorthall, Principal in St. Aidan's Community School, TallaghtSee omn...
What the battle for Warner Brothers means for the future of movies
09 Dec 2025
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Scott Bryan, TV Critic and BroadcasterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Concerns raised over one of Ireland's most polluted lakes – Lady’s Island Lake in Wexford
09 Dec 2025
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Brian O’Connell, RTÉ ReporterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Last chance for public to have their say on remote working rules
08 Dec 2025
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Tracey Keogh, co founder Grow RemoteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How to save on your health insurance plans
08 Dec 2025
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Dermot Goode, health insurance expertSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The way to get everything ready on time for Christmas dinner
08 Dec 2025
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Dr Linda Gordon, chief specialist in food science with SafefoodSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Australian U16 social media ban won’t work in Ireland- According to our leading expert
08 Dec 2025
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Prof Mary Aiken, cyberpsychologistSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Severe flu strain causing hospital admission surge
08 Dec 2025
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Rónán Collins, Consultant Geriatrician at Tallaght HospitalSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Democrats and Republicans head-to-head about whether US has finally turned its back on European security
08 Dec 2025
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Greg Swenson, chairman Republicans Overseas UK; Brett Bruen, former Director of Global Engagement at the Obama White HouseSee omnystudio.com/listener ...
Brian Cox v Daniel Day Lewis - Method acting
08 Dec 2025
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David O’Reilly, stage and screen actor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Is this the end of Mo Salah at Liverpool?
08 Dec 2025
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Martin Zeigler, London TimesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Edenderry murder update
08 Dec 2025
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Sinéad Hussey, RTÉ Midlands correspondentSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Stopping the rise in road deaths
08 Dec 2025
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Sinéad O’Sullivan, business economistSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The future of Ireland in the Eurovision
05 Dec 2025
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Alan Shatter former Justice Minister and Fine Gael TD, Dr Paul Jordan, Eurovision expert and Paul Harrington, Irish Eurovision winner.See omnystudio.c...
The most Iconic Christmas Ads
05 Dec 2025
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Linda King, Senior Lecturer in Design and Visual Culture IADT.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.