Drivetime-logo

Drivetime

RTE Ireland

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.

Location:

Dublin, Ireland

Networks:

RTE Ireland

Description:

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.

Language:

English

Contact:

RTÉ Donnybrook Dublin 4 185 071 5105


Episodes
Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

CWU calls on government to intervene over Covalen job losses

5/13/2026
Sean McDonagh, Communication Workers Union General Secretary.

Duration:00:06:04

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Bertie Ahern says he has ‘no problem’ with asylum seekers

5/13/2026
Dr Umar Al-Qadri, Chairperson Irish Muslim Peace & Integration Council

Duration:00:08:49

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

On-the-spot litter and dog fouling fines increase

5/13/2026
Alan Hand, Environmental Enforcement Warden and Kevin Kelly, Head of Policy, Partnerships and External Affairs at Vision Ireland.

Duration:00:07:57

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Another cruise, another virus

5/13/2026
Ultan Power, Professor of Molecular Virology at Queen’s University.

Duration:00:07:22

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Wes Streeting set to challenge Keir Starmer’s position

5/13/2026
Anna Gross, Political Correspondent with the Financial Times.

Duration:00:09:05

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Galway West Bye-Election

5/13/2026
Report by John Cooke.

Duration:00:03:10

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Galway West Bye-Election debate (Part 2)

5/13/2026
Featuring: Sean Kyne (Fine Gael), Mark Lohan, (Sinn Fein), Helen Ogbu (Labour), Thomas Welby, Independent.

Duration:00:23:49

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Galway West Bye-Election Debate (Part 1)

5/13/2026
Featuring Noel Thomas of Independent Ireland; Cillian Keane (Fianna Fail); Míde Nic Fhionnlaoic (Social Democrats); and Sheila Garrity (Independent)

Duration:00:24:00

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Ash dieback breakthrough

5/12/2026
Professor James Brown, Plant Pathologist from the John Innes Centre in Norwich

Duration:00:07:35

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Rebranding – when it works and when it doesn’t

5/12/2026
Conor Brophy, Managing Director of Strategic Communications at Teneo

Duration:00:07:34

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Stephen Nolan on his new documentary 'Peelers: The PSNI for Real'

5/12/2026
Stephen Nolan, BBC presenter

Duration:00:10:24

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Trump visits China

5/12/2026
Yvonne Murray, Global Security Reporter

Duration:00:07:41

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Another suspected Hantavirus case reported in Italy

5/12/2026
Gianfranco Spiteri, Head of Section Global Epidemic Intelligence and Health Security at the European Centre for Disease Control

Duration:00:07:38

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Starmer staggers on despite mounting party pressure

5/12/2026
George Parker, Political Editor of the Financial Times

Duration:00:05:34

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Chambers to seek Cabinet approval for stricter department spending controls

5/12/2026
Barry Lenihan, Political Correspondent

Duration:00:06:42

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Is it time we cut the marginal tax rate for high earners?

5/12/2026
Dan O’Brien, Chief Economist at the Institute of International and European Affairs and columnist, and Barra Roantree, Assistant Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin

Duration:00:11:22

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Striking ambulance staff and HSE 'very far apart' on issues - SIPTU

5/12/2026
Chris Moran, paramedic in Dublin South Central; Briain Smyth, CEO of Irish Rural Link; Rory Hawkins, SIPTU organiser at the picket line; Martin Daly (Fianna Fáil) and David Cullinane (Sinn Féin)

Duration:00:23:18

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Airlines cutting prices to entice customers this summer

5/11/2026
Simon Calder, Travel Editor with the (London) Independent

Duration:00:03:40

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

The new trend of mundane travel

5/11/2026
Thom Breathnach, travel writer

Duration:00:06:12

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Can you be buried on private land?

5/11/2026
Dr Kate Falconer, Lecturer at the School of Law at University College Cork. Link to Kate's survey that you can copy and paste: https://ucc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a46qXCANQX2SOGi

Duration:00:09:05