Drivetime
RTE Ireland
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
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RTE Ireland
Description:
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.
Twitter:
@DrivetimeRTE
Language:
English
Contact:
RTÉ Donnybrook Dublin 4 185 071 5105
Website:
http://www.rte.ie/
Email:
drivetime@rte.ie
Episodes
'Sleep noise' debunked
2/16/2026
Dr. Sabina Brennan, psychologist and neuroscientist
Duration:00:07:22
Washington Post in crisis
2/16/2026
Martin Baron, former Executive Editor of The Washington Post
Duration:00:11:02
Latest on Savannah Guthrie's missing mother
2/16/2026
Harriet Alexander, US-based journalist
Duration:00:01:47
Confirmation pledge to include vaping
2/16/2026
Bishop Michael Router, Liaison Bishop with the Irish Bishops’ Drugs Initiative
Duration:00:06:42
Rise in norovirus cases
2/16/2026
Dr. Eimear Brannigan, HSE National Clinical Lead for Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Duration:00:04:01
Man jailed for eight years over boiling water and hammer attack on sleeping wife
2/16/2026
Ralph Riegel, Southern Correspondent with The Irish Independent
Duration:00:03:33
The right to remote work
2/16/2026
Conor Sheehan, Labour TD for Limerick City & Neil McDonell, Chief Executive of ISME
Duration:00:10:50
Community Garda Units
2/16/2026
Report from John Cooke
Duration:00:10:32
IRFU investigating 'cowardly' racist abuse of Edwin Edogbo
2/16/2026
Aoife Clarke, Director of Communications for the IRFU & Jason Sherlock, former Dublin footballer
Duration:00:07:28
Concerns grow over 'redeployment' of SNAs
2/16/2026
Anne-Marie Ford, Principal at Scoil Naomh Colmcille & Shane Lambert of Fórsa
Duration:00:09:01
Search under way at Wicklow quarry in cases of two missing women
2/16/2026
Report from Gavin O'Callaghan followed by Stephen Breen, Crime Editor for the Irish Sun, and Noeline Blackwell, human rights lawyer, campaigner and former CEO of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre
Duration:00:20:00
The Catch Up
2/13/2026
Journalist Lise Hand and Eimer McAuley, reporter with The Journal look back on the bigger stories of the week.
Duration:00:14:56
Killarney National School where over 70% of pupils don’t speak English at home seeks support
2/13/2026
John Cooke reports from a Killarney National School where over 70% of pupils don’t speak English at home and who are seeking support for their pupils.
Duration:00:09:29
The ultimate comfort food
2/13/2026
Chef Jack O’Keeffe has some tips for the ultimate comfort food as we face into a cold weekend.
Duration:00:07:32
Review into death of Ivan Rosney published
2/13/2026
An investigation report into the death of a psychiatric patient detained in Cloverhill Prison has expressed “deep reservations” about how he was restrained and “the extent of the external and internal injuries” he suffered. Conor Ryan, RTÉ Investigates Journalist outlines the reports findings
Duration:00:06:29
Should Ireland play Israel
2/13/2026
Despite a motion last year calling for Israel's ban from UEFA competitions, the FAI last night confirmed it will play the Nations League fixtures against Israel. Sport minister Charlie McConalogue responds. We also hear the views of Stuart Gilhooley, lawyer for the League of Ireland Players & Aodhan O’Riordain, Labour MEP for Dublin
Duration:00:27:20
Six Nations Preview
2/13/2026
Ireland take on Italy in the Six Nations this weekend but is the Irish Rugby team in decline. Gerry Thornley, Rugby Correspondent Irish Times previews the weekend action.
Duration:00:07:07
Trump & The Greenhouse
2/13/2026
President Trump has revoked a landmark ruling on greenhouse gases . Professor Mary Bourke from the Department of Geography in Trinity College Dublin outlines what this row back will mean to the environment.
Duration:00:10:03
Weekend Weather
2/13/2026
Linda Hughes of Met Eireann has the latest on the weather front.
Duration:00:06:35
Global memory chip shortage
2/12/2026
Brian Honan, Owner of BH Consulting.
Duration:00:06:25