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Drivetime

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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Why are some schools facing teacher shortages this...

Drivetime ·

2025/08/07

Schools are facing huge difficulties with filling teaching vacancies, with many young teachers looking for career breaks as soon as they get a permanent contract. To discuss this Aaron Wolfe, Principal of Coláiste Éamann Rís, a co-educational school in Cork City & Paul Crone, Director at the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals.

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0:05:44

Are we paying more for certain food brands for no...

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2025/08/07

Thwe number of food safety notices recently has prompted the question among consumers, if products are all made in the same factories... are they all the same? Are we paying more for certain brands eithout good reason? Cáitríona Redmond, consumer columnist with the Irish Examiner tells us more.

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0:07:31

How to make your phone less addictive

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2025/08/07

Deloitte's Digital Consumer Trends published earlier this year, found that 74% of adults use their phones as soon as they wake up while 54% say they tend to stay awake later than planned because of their devices. Hilda Burke, Psychotherapist and Author of ' The Phone Addiction Workbook' tells us what can you do to make your phone less addictive?

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0:08:46

A Limerick man taking on a 640 Kilometre challenge...

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2025/08/06

A Limerick man who was told he would never be able to cycle again is taking on the Tour de Munster bike challenge to raise funds for charity. Conor O'Dea went from cycling competitively to being paralysed from the neck down after an accident seven years ago. Reporter Una Kelly went to meet Conor as he made final preparations for the bike tour.

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0:08:19

Are tighter controls and more dog wardens needed for...

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2025/08/06

Should dogs be allowed on beaches and are there enough dog wardens? To discuss this we are joined by South Drogheda and East Meath Fianna Fáil Councillor Stephen McKee and Suzi Walsh, dog behaviourist and trainer.

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0:10:19

Trumps Threats of up to 250% tariffs on pharmaceuticals

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2025/08/06

European Pharmaceutical stocks have dropped over the past day, following a fresh threat from US President Donald Trump to impose tariffs of up to 250%. For more on this Jennifer Ewing is a spokesperson for Republicans Overseas UK and Olof Gill, Spokesperson for the European Commission.

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0:13:20

Fears for the safety of Palestinian Civilians and...

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2025/08/06

It's been reported today that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to convene his security cabinet tomorrow evening. There is much speculation that the Israeli cabinet is reportedly set to approve a full military occupation of the Gaza Strip. For more on this Ehud Olmart, Former prime minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009.

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0:07:41

A leading expert on what tiny plastic particles are...

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2025/08/05

Negotiations are underway in Geneva for a landmark UN treaty to tackle plastic pollution, Professor Richard Thompson, who identified microplastics over 20 years ago, has advised on banning microbeads in shower gels and single-use plastic bags. He’s Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Plymouth spoke to Claire.

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0:04:50

Netanyahu's security cabinet meets amid reports the...

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2025/08/05

There are reports today that Benjamin Netanyahu is moving for a full occupation of Gaza and that operations will even take place where Israeli hostages are being held. For more on this, the Independent's Chief International Correspondent Bel Trew who is in Jordan.

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0:11:46

Latest on efforts to secure safe release of the...

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2025/08/05

Contact has been made with the gang in Haiti involved in the kidnapping of Irish woman Gena Heraty, who was among eight people including a child taken from an orphanage on Sunday. John spoke to Fiona McGarry who runs the BA in Journalism at University of Galway and produced a documentary on Gena back in 2012 following the earthquake in Haiti.

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0:10:03

Should tips be exempt from income tax?

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2025/08/05

A vocal opposition politician is calling on the Government to exempt tips from income tax .But should employees in restaurants, cafes, salons and the wider service industry really keep the change and avoid the tax man? Reporter Barry Lenihan has more.

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0:06:07

High beef prices are leading to spike in shoplifting

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2025/08/04

Ralph Riegel, Southern Correspondent with the Irish Independent

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0:13:02

Life in a Gaza Hospital

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2025/08/04

Dr Tom Adamkiewicz is an American paediatrician working at Nasser Hospital in Gaza

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0:09:12

Irish woman Gena Heraty kidnapped in Haiti

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2025/08/04

Diego Da Rin, Haiti Analyst with the International Crisis Group

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0:06:14

NI minister to appeal High Court ruling on A5 upgrade

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2025/08/04

Conor Macauley, RTÉ Northern Correspondent and Niall McKenna, Chairperson of the A5 'Enough is Enough' campaign group

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0:05:00

Thousands of homes without power after Storm Floris

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2025/08/04

Stephen Maguire, Editor of Donegal Daily

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0:07:11

Personal safety warning for Indian citizens in...

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2025/08/01

The Indian Embassy in Ireland has warned its citizens to take reasonable precautions for their personal security following what it said was an increase in physical attacks reported against Indian citizens recently. John speaks to Prashant Shukla, Chairman of the Ireland India Council who has lived in Ireland for over 24 years.

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0:12:13

Environmental concerns over government plans to...

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2025/08/01

As the government continues with plans to develop a new state-led LNG reserve as a vital, temporary measure to ensure Ireland's energy security, environmental campaigners, including Friends of the Earth, sharply criticise the plan. To discuss this Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher and Jerry Mac Evilly, campaigns director with Friends of the Earth.

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0:10:16

Slow race to the Aras - what impact does Labour's...

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2025/08/01

The Labour Party moved to bury the hatchet with a potential successor to Michael D. Higgins last night. Meanwhile, tensions escalate within the Social Democrats a week on since the readmission of Dublin Bay South TD Eoin Hayes. Our reporter Barry Lenihan tells us more.

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0:08:11

More than 1,300 aid seekers killed in Gaza since May,...

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2025/08/01

The UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Palestine office said today that more than 1,300 people seeking aid in Gaza have been killed since late May. The OHCHR also said that 859 of these deaths were "in the vicinity" of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) sites. For more Ajith Sunghay, the OHCHR Head of Office for Palestine.

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