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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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0:12:40

Surgeon who's operated on the sole surviving son of a...

Drivetime ·

2025/05/26

Victoria Rose,who is a British surgeon currently working in Nasser Hospital in Gaza. In the Nasser hospital she works alongside Palestinian doctor Alaa Al Najjar who lost nine of her ten children in an israeli airstrike in Gaza on Friday and whose husband and surviving 11 year old son are currently being treated by Dr Rose and her colleagues.

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0:05:00

Children subjected to unnecessary hip surgery -...

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2025/05/23

The independent audit into children’s hip surgeries in Irish hospitals was published this afternoon. For reaction to the report Social Democrats' spokesperson on Health Padraig Rice.

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0:05:33

Are tourism figures wrong?

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2025/05/23

Figures from the Central Statistics Office, on the number of tourists arriving into the country, have been showing some significant drops which started last September. But the tourism industry itself has been claiming they haven't seen that decline in their business. CSO's expert on this, Senior Statistician Sam Scriven explained this.

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0:14:57

A family within Gaza describe their daily struggle...

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2025/05/23

We spoke with Palestinian Irish woman Sherin Alsabbagh earlier this week about her fears for her bother and his young family in Gaza as the bombardment and blockade persists. Cormac spoke with her brother Mohammed Alsabbagh and his children Abdelkareehe 19 years of ages, Retaj who is 17 and nine year old Najwa.

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0:11:52

Trump threatens a 50% tariff on imports from the EU...

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2025/05/23

Donald Trump's latest threat of a 50% tariff on EU imports to the US, starting on the 1st of June. For reaction to this Dr Nora Strecker is Assistant Professor in the School of Economics at UCD and Neale Richmond, Minister of State in the Department of Foreign Affairs.

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0:07:01

How siblings influence you more than parents

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2025/05/23

New research suggests siblings may play a more powerful role than parents do in shaping each other's success. For more on this Susan Dominus, staff writer at the New York Times Magazine and author of The Family Dynamic: A Journey Into the Mystery of Sibling Success.

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0:08:49

June 2026 before National Children's Hospital treats...

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2025/05/22

The new National Children's Hospital in Dublin will not receive its first patients until at least June of next year, the Dáil Public Accounts Committee has heard. John Brady, Sinn Féin TD and Chairperson of the PAC, and Paul McCauliffe, Fianna Fáil TD and member of the PAC, react to the latest delay.

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0:15:33

Government examining report of US deportees flight...

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2025/05/22

The Government is working to establish the exact chain of events in relation to a flight carrying deportees from the US, which is understood to have stopped in Shannon Airport this week. John Cooke reports from Shannon Airport, and then we hear reaction from Labour Party leader Ivana Bacik.

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0:07:28

Would you stand on a plane if the fare was cheaper?

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2025/05/22

Flights could be kitted out with new "standing seats" as soon as next year, according to reports. These upright seats would allow passengers to lean at an angle without completely sitting down while in-flight. Retired lieutenant colonel Kevin Byrne, airport safety and security auditor, gives us his verdict.

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0:07:30

South Africa reacts to volatile Oval Office meeting

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2025/05/22

Following a tense meeting at the White House, South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected US president Donald Trump’s claims of a "white genocide". Kate Bartlett, a South African freelance journalist, gives us the view from the country.

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0:11:32

Reaction to a proposal to boycott the owners of...

Drivetime ·

2025/05/21

Should communities boycott the owners of holiday homes, to pressure them into selling? That was the proposal from Tom Gilligan at Mayo County Council today. For reaction Máire Ní Mhurchú, CEO of the Irish Self-Catering Federation & Peter Flynn, Fine Gael Councillor for Westport, and chairman of Mayo County Council’s strategic housing policy group.

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0:13:53

Calls for greater political attention to be given to...

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2025/05/20

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said while progress has been made, it is concerning that measures to identify victims of trafficking are not being implemented quickly enough, and there are not enough services to support victims. Reporter Una Kelly tells us more.

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0:13:58

Should the voting age in Ireland be reduced to 16?

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2025/05/20

To discuss lowering the voting age we're joined now by Social Care Ireland's Noel Howard and The Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly who introduced the "Reduction of the Voting Age to Sixteen Years Bill 2025" in the Dail today.

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0:16:20

Nearly 100 poeple killed in Gaza in past 24 hours,...

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2025/05/20

Palestinians based in Ireland are getting increasingly worried about the wellbeing of loved ones as bombing intensifies and blockades continue. Sherin Alsabbagh who recently got her 74 year old mother Najwa out of Gaza to Ireland and Morgan McMonagle, Irish vascular and trauma surgeon just back from Gaza - spoke with Cormac.

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0:08:45

Irishman who is one of London’s top chefs leads the...

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2025/05/20

One of London’s top chefs - but call's Ireland home, and when he’s not in the kitchen, Luke Ahearne is on the terraces at Selhurst Park, leading the Crystal Palace ultras. Luke spoke to Cormac about how he balances Michelin-starred precision with his match-day passion.

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0:11:03

Supervised injection centres

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2025/05/20

The supervised injection centre in Merchants Quay in Dublin opened last December has seen over 4,000 people come through it's doors which allows them to take drugs in a safe, supervised facility. There have been calls for more centres to be rolled out across the country. For more on this Eddie Mullins, Chief Executive of Merchants Quay Ireland.

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0:08:25

The EU-UK 'reset' trade deal - is it a win-win or a...

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2025/05/19

British passport holders will soon be allowed to enter EU-only border crossings at European airport checkpoints. It is one of the many agreements struck between the UK and the EU in a new post-Brexit deal on trade. To discuss this Timmy Dooley, Minister of State for Agriculture, Foods and the Marine with responsibility for Fisheries.

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0:11:52

168 days after the general election, why do ministers...

Drivetime ·

2025/05/19

Concerns are being raised as to why the majority of Ministers of State have no legal powers over five months since the general election. The Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Independent coalition contains 23 Junior Ministers. Reporter Barry Lenihan has more.

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0:15:24

The national average rents go above two thousand euro...

Drivetime ·

2025/05/19

According to the latest Daft.ie survey it's a 48% increase on the comparable figures from before the Covid pandemic, so what does it mean for the future of the market? Maurice Deverell Committee Member of the Irish Property Owners' Association & Social Democrats TD & the party's spokesperson on Housing, Rory Hearne.

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0:11:33

Cork woman tells of her "extreme tourist" experience...

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2025/05/19

Tourism in North Korea is highly restricted and unpredictable. Most nationalities technically can apply to visit North Korea through authorised tour operators, But all tourists have to travel on supervised, guided tours, independent travel is not allowed. Cork woman Janet Newenham got in to North Korea recently and tells us about her experience.

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