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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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Meta ordered to pay $567m in US child safety ruling
07 August 2026

Meta ordered to pay $567m in US child safety ruling

Kelly Earley, columnist with The Journal and co-host of ‘For Tech’s Sake’; Tanya Ward, CEO of Children’s Rights Alliance; and Emmet Ryan, tech journalist
Would you holiday at home if it was cheaper?
07 August 2026

Would you holiday at home if it was cheaper?

Sadbh O’Neill, Irish Times contributor and Liz Sheehan, Business Development Manager for An Oige
Trump criticises Democrat candidate in Michigan while White House ball room is halted
07 August 2026

Trump criticises Democrat candidate in Michigan while White House ball room is halted

Harriet Alexander, US-based journalist
New figures show school wardens suffer shocking levels of abuse
07 August 2026

New figures show school wardens suffer shocking levels of abuse

Pamela Flanagan, school warden and Siobhan Buckley, Principal of Presentation National School in Cork
The Catch Up
07 August 2026

The Catch Up

Ellen Keane, former Paralympian and Eimer McAuley, News Correspondent with The Journal
From fruit flies to blowflies – how to manage the horror in your compost bin
07 August 2026

From fruit flies to blowflies – how to manage the horror in your compost bin

Tad Kirakowski, CEO of environment charity VOICE and Dr Primrose Freestone, Associate Professor of Clinical Microbiology at University of Leicester
Tefl-antino? Will FIFA chief survive?
07 August 2026

Tefl-antino? Will FIFA chief survive?

Rob Harris, Sky News Sports Correspondent
How do you get that charred texture without a barbecue? 
07 August 2026

How do you get that charred texture without a barbecue? 

Jack O’Keeffe, chef
Update on Gazan students refused visas
06 August 2026

Update on Gazan students refused visas

Donna McGettigan, Sinn Féin spokesperson on Higher Education
Government campaign to warn against ‘manosphere’ and ‘tradwives’
06 August 2026

Government campaign to warn against ‘manosphere’ and ‘tradwives’

Vox from Una Kelly, Fiona McGarry, Director of BA in Journalism at University of Galway