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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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0:11:56

Tuam Mother and Baby Home latest

Drivetime ·

2025/07/07

Another thirty people have come forward in the past month to offer DNA samples to help identify human remains at the site of a former Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, County Galway. Daniel MacSweeney, the head of the team which will excavate the site, was holding a media briefing in the town today. Our reporter Una Kelly tells us more.

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0:14:07

Are recent successful cocaine seizures just the tip...

Drivetime ·

2025/07/07

Last week, 8 men were jailed for their roles in trying to smuggle 2.2 tonnes of cocaine, worth over €157m, the largest cocaine seizure in Irish history. The drugs were seized following a joint garda, customs & Defence Forces operation. For more Marie Gleeson, Former Irish Navy Ships Captain & Cormac O' Keefe, Security Correspondent, Irish Examiner.

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0:08:42

After 40 years, what has Ryanair done for us?

Drivetime ·

2025/07/07

From having just one small plane in the mid-1980s Ryanair now flies nearly 200 million passengers a year. It flies 3,600 flights a day, on 618 planes, through 230 airports in 37 different countries, Simon Calder, Travel Correspondent at The Independent in London, takes a look at the airline's history.

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0:06:50

The Gaza ceasefire talks enter a crucial phase

Drivetime ·

2025/07/07

The next 48 hours will be crucial, as momentum gathers in negotiations towards a potential Gaza ceasefire. Israel has escalated its offensive in the enclave, while indirect talks between Israeli and Hamas officials continue in Qatar. To discuss this Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East Correspondent with the Economist.

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0:15:01

Occupied Territories Bill

Drivetime ·

2025/07/04

Amid US accusations of Irish anti-semitism, could the the Occupied Territories Bill do more harm than good? With Conor O'Neill, Head of Policy, Christian Aid, on behalf of the "Campaign to Pass the Occupied Territories Bill" and Dan Mulhall, former Irish Ambassador to the US.

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0:06:07

Gen Z views on alcohol

Drivetime ·

2025/07/04

Generation Z's long-held reputation for abstinence and being anti-alcohol might not be as accurate as we thought. A new survey of more than 26,000 people across 15 countries shows an increase in young people's drinking. Richard Halstead is Head of Consumer Research at IWSR, which carries out consumer research on alcohol trends.

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0:09:53

How recyclable are your takeaway containers?

Drivetime ·

2025/07/04

With the boom in food delivery companies ever since the pandemic, the takeaway sector has been booming. But how recyclable are the container, wrapping, bag and cutlery that you might be using? Pat Kane, sustainability advocate and founder of Reuzi.ie

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0:07:11

Tariff negotiations

Drivetime ·

2025/07/04

Is Europe loosing its optimism as tariffs negotiation deadline with the US looms? With Dr Eoin Drea, Senior Researcher in the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies in Brussels.

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0:06:48

Oasis reunion tour kicks off tonight

Drivetime ·

2025/07/04

With Alan Corr, RTÉ entertainment journalist

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0:06:03

A virtual prison tour launched to attract new prison...

Drivetime ·

2025/07/04

A new recruitment campaign aimed at hiring 300 new prison officers in full-time positions has gotten under way. With Donna Craven, Director of Corporate Service and IT with the Irish Prison Service.

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0:06:42

Is There Too Much Noise In Your Life?

Drivetime ·

2025/07/03

Where's the line between ALL THOSE ANNOYING NOISES that might interrupt your life every so often... and actual NOISE POLLUTION affecting your health... Eoin King is the Director of the Galway Sound Lab, at the University of Galway.

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0:15:09

Student Fees Hike Debate

Drivetime ·

2025/07/03

Its not every week a Sunday story is still dominating the news agenda by Thursday - but that's the case with 3rd level fees and a possible hike facing students and parents alike. Fine Gaels Catherine Callaghan & The Social Democrats Jenn Cummins debate.

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0:06:36

Death of Diogo Jota

Drivetime ·

2025/07/03

John Keith- RTE Merseyside Commentator & Tommy Reilly- Committee Member, You'll Never Walk Alone Liverpool Supporters Club in Dublin give their reaction to the tragic death of Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota who died in a car crash in Spain overnight alongside his younger brother Andre Silva.

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0:11:46

What Could The Actual Cost Of Irish Unity Be ?

Drivetime ·

2025/07/03

3 Billion euro.... that would be the cost IN YEAR ONE, of Irish Unity ... according to a new report from Prof John Doyle of DCU – along with the University of Ulster . Prof Doyle and Mairéad Farrell , Sinn Fein TD for Galway West and party spokesperson on public expenditure discuss.

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0:15:07

A 10% US tariff likely to be the "new normal"

Drivetime ·

2025/07/02

Tánaiste Simon Harris has told a trade forum that US tariffs of 10% on exports from Ireland will be the "new normal". To discuss the implications Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, Peter Burke.

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0:09:22

Concerns are growing over delays in a major new HSE...

Drivetime ·

2025/07/02

One Government TD says the Coalition must urgently review a State compensation scheme for affected families. The CEO of the HSE Bernard Gloster earlier refused to be drawn on the review's publication date. Reporter Barry Lenihan has more.

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0:18:06

Warnings that the days of cheap food are over

Drivetime ·

2025/07/02

That's the warning from the ICMSA, the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association, today. They warn that the increasing costs of producing food are here to stay so costs will remain high. For more President of the ICMSA, Denis Drennan & Oliver Browne, lecturer in the Accounting at University College Cork who has been taking a look at the numbers.

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0:10:09

Are mosquitos coming to Ireland?

Drivetime ·

2025/07/02

The tiger mosquito continues its way north in Europe. In France in the year 2022 there were more cases of mosquito borne diseases than in the previous 20 years combined. For more on this Prof Gerry Killeen, acting research chair in Applied Pathogen Ecology at UCC, but first we're joined by longterm Paris resident Ciaran O'Hagan.

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0:11:20

One bereaved family calls for longer sentences for...

Drivetime ·

2025/07/01

The widow of a motorcyclist who died after being hit by a disqualified driver is appealing for longer sentences to be imposed for dangerous driving causing death. 54-year old Maurice Feehily was fatally struck by a van driven by Daniel Phillips in 2020, who was jailed for five years and nine months in March. For more on this reporter Barry Lenihan

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0:09:45

Concerns about the possible reintroduction of vaginal...

Drivetime ·

2025/07/01

Women who are suffering from the side-effects of vaginal mesh implants have been meeting TDs today to highlight their concerns about the possible reintroduction of the surgery in Ireland, after it was paused in 2018.. Reporter Una Kelly tells us more.

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