

Today with Claire Byrne
RTÉ Radio 1
Highlights from the mid-morning show with Claire Byrne, featuring stories of the day, sharp analysis, features, sports and consumer interest items. Listen live Monday to Friday at 10am on RTÉ Radio 1.
Episodes
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Nov 5, 2025 • 19min
1 year since the Trump election and more recent US elections
Greg Swenson Chairman of Republicans Overseas and Patti Shields, Vice-Chair of Democrats Aboard, Chair of Democrats Abroad Ireland

Nov 5, 2025 • 14min
“Socially Useless” jobs
Dr. Harry Barry, GP and Mental Health Specialist and Dr. Anne Marie Creaven, Dept of Psychology, University of Limerick

Nov 5, 2025 • 6min
Plan to make migrants pay for accommodation might cost the state millions
Cathal Malone, Head of Legal Research, Thomas Coughlan & Co, Solicitors

Nov 5, 2025 • 12min
Blarney Castle advertise unique job
Brian O’Connell, RTÉ Reporter

Nov 5, 2025 • 16min
Inflammatory language around immigration?
John Clendennen Fine Gael TD for Offaly and Gary Gannon, Social Democrats TD and Spokesperson for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Nov 4, 2025 • 8min
Bloody sands visible from space: Sudan’s emergency grows deeper as massacre continues
Denise Brown, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan

Nov 4, 2025 • 10min
Big infrastructure projects but who will build them?
Brian Caulfield from School of Engineering at Trinity College Dublin

Nov 4, 2025 • 15min
Farmers express concerns over nitrates derogation
Francie Gorman, President of the Irish Farmers Association

Nov 4, 2025 • 9min
Jellyfish around the Irish coast
Ken O’Sullivan, underwater photographer

Nov 4, 2025 • 12min
Headlight glare: why some drivers find led lamps too bright
Neil Briscoe, motoring journalist with the Irish Times and completecar.ie


