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Prime Time is the flagship Current Affairs programme of Ireland's national broadcaster, RTÉ. Presented by @MiriamOCal, @FranMcNulty & @SarahAMcInerney
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Dr Catherine Motherway, Intensive care physician at UH Limerick discusses how well provided with ICU beds Irish hospitals are, and steps the community might take to prevent the spread of Covid 19 . #RTEPT | #COVID19 | #coronavirus | .@mcculld
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Four months after Eden Heaslip died by suicide, his family have been left devastated. Their lives will never be the same explains @ConorMcMorrow | #rtept | Read more:
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“Everywhere I look around, I see happy memories of the kids.”. In his first broadcast interview since his children were killed by his wife, Andrew McGinley speaks to @MiriamOCal about his "three great friends" | #rtept | Read more:
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Taoiseach says Israeli actions in Gaza 'not acceptable'. Speaking to @MiriamOCal, Mr Varadkar said "Israel is under threat. They do have a right to defend themselves, but they don't have the right to breach international humanitarian law.". READ: #rtept.
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"I think a lot of older people are now expressing the feeeling that maybe life isn't worth living any longer" Professor Rónán Collins on the impact Covid 19 & the measures being taken to halt the virus are having on our society. #RTEPT | #Covid_19 | @MiriamOCal
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Five years ago, Liverpool fan Sean Cox suffered life-changing injuries in an unprovoked attack near Anfield stadium. He's now learning to walk with the help of an exoskeleton. @MiriamOCal met him and his wife Martina to speak about his on-going recovery. Watch: @RTEOne, 935pm.
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"Cherish every moment and tell the ones you love you love them.". In August, Geraldine Mullan lost her entire family in a Donegal tragedy. Tonight, she tells @MiriamOCal that she hopes other families will realise how precious life is | #rtept | Read more:
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"An indulgence we cannot afford.". @GeorgeMonbiot tells @MiriamOCal that we must end our dependence on farming if we are to overcome the realities of climate change. #rtept
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"If he was on social welfare and he didn't declare his property, he could face up to six months in prison" . @paulmurphy_TD on the resignation of Damien English as Minister of State #rtept
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While we'll never know why 18-year-old Eden Heaslip, from Co Cavan, ended his life in September 2021, his parents believe years of bullying played a part, explains @ConorMcMorrow #rtept
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Killarney hotelier Cllr Niall ‘Botty’ O’Callaghan tells @franmcnulty that his family will continue trading in order to serve their regular customers despite it potentially being more financially rewarding to accommodate people on State funded schemes. @rtenews | #rtept
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"The whole issue of truth and trust is now really difficult. How can we believe anything from a government? This is a serious consequence. ". TD Catherine Connolly on the fall-out from the referendums, and news politicians campaigned one way and voted another. #rtept
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"I have to believe it was insanity. I can't think of any other way for the kids to have died.". Following today's verdict, Andrew McGinley spoke to @MiriamOCal about moving forward after the loss of his children | #rtept | Read more:
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Does it feel like social distancing is a practice without end? If so, watch this. Doctors & public health officials have a specific goal in mind, and it's all to do with reducing one particular number. #rtept | #flattenthecurve | @ProfMaryHorgan | @Fighumph | @UCDMedicine
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The entire Prime Time team was delighted to see the inspirational Adam King on last night’s #LateLateToyShow. Adam’s parents Fiona and @DavidKWfd spoke to @MiriamOCal in 2018 about their 9 month struggle to get funding for his wheelchair. #rtept .
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Nearly a week on from her attacker being handed a suspended sentence, Natasha O’Brien speaks to @MiriamOCal and says she will continue to speak about her experience for victims of violent crime that “don’t have a voice”. WATCH:. @RTENews | #rtept
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Dr. @TJRyan_77 said he is "frustrated and bewildered" by the government's Covid strategy. In relation to the country's testing and tracing infrastructure he remarks that "the virus doesn't care about spin." . #rtept #Covid_19
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.@maeveorourke of @IrishCentreHR joined @SarahAMcInerney. to discuss the ongoing controversy surrounding the commission of investigation into the Mother and Baby homes . #rtept
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3,285 people arrived to Dublin Airport without a valid identity document in 2023, representing nearly 70% of all asylum applications made at the airport. READ @MurphyPaule: @rtenews | #rtept.
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"You are taking these homes away from the buyers" . @LouiseByrneNews speaks to Peter Melrose, a disappointed first-time buyer who was hoping to purchase a home in Mullen Park in Maynooth | #rtept | Read more:
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"We're damned if we do and we're damned if we don't. we have told the civilians to evacuate and given them time. ". IDF spokesman @JConricus, responds to questions from @SarahAMcInerney about Israeli actions in Gaza. #rtept | @RTENews
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"If we had taken the advice of the Irish government two months ago, little Emily Hand would still be a hostage.". Israeli government spokesman @EylonALevy reacts to Minister Simon Coveney's statement that Israel is no longer acting in self-defence. @rtenews| #rtept
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When explaining the lockdown retail rules, Minister of State at the Dept. of Enterprise @Damien_English has said that "clothes are not essential". #rtept
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"Just because they have autism doesn't mean they don't matter.". Gillian and Darren Milne's 11-year-old twins have severe autism. They are desperately seeking the educational supports their sons need, @ConorMcMorrow explains | #rtept | Read more:
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"I think it's a disgrace that people can't get a house because they're told they're not working hard enough." . Influencer Keelin Moncrieff tells @sarahamcinerney although she earns a substantial salary she cannot afford to live near her family in Dublin. #rtept | @RTENews
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.@SimonHarrisTD just told the Dáil that the current r0 - or reproduction number - for Ireland is under 1. That was a small but important moment in this #COVID19ireland crisis. This video from March 24 explains what the r0 is, and why it'll be significant for a while to come:
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"They're not actually doing anything to increase supply, which is what we need.". Author and teacher Ciarán Mulqueen @crazyhouseprice says government schemes for home buyers don't do anything for affordability. #rtept | @RTENews
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Independent Ireland candidate @Niall_Boylan speaks to @SarahAMcInerney about what he would do in Europe if elected, following the final count for the night in the Dublin constituency, which put him in third place. #Elections2024 @rtenews | #rtept
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"It was as if he didn't notice 75k going into his account". communications specialist Terry Prone believes more scrutiny should be directed at Ryan Tubridy's statement following details of undeclared payments made to him by the national broadcaster. #rtept
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Dairy's dirty secret . The RTÉ Investigates team went undercover to see how calves are treated here and during the export process. Here's how people in the livestock industry reacted to what was uncovered. Milking It - Dairy's Dirty Secret. Monday at 9.35pm on RTÉ One.
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"The only way I could walk away with a clear conscience was when those parents and those children knew what I knew.". Shane Corr put his career on the line to disclose secret dossier practices in the Department of Health | #rteinvestigates | Read more:
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Claims made against two boxers accused of being 'biological male cheats' appear to be based largely on a single statement from a Russian official published in the form of a Telegram post. READ @JackMcCarronKK: @rtenews | #rtept.
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Five days of turmoil, public anger and major frustration, for RTÉ. There’s a lot of questions, a lot of statements, and still not enough answers. @Mark_Coughlan brings us the latest. @rtenews | #rtept . WATCH:
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RTÉ DG Kevin Bakhurst to @SarahAMcInerney: . ⚫ Teams in Radio 1 were "very strongly split" on Ryan Tubridy's return.⚫ RTÉ is "bigger than any individual".⚫ "Door is open in the long run".⚫ "We now have figures that are agreed. We can't have them being undermined". #rtept
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The State denied up to 12,000 vulnerable people their disability allowance payments. And if those citizens sued the State for the payments, the legal advice was that their cases were likely to succeed, @conor_w_ryan reports #rteinvestigates #rtept
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"We cannot be intimidated into silence. ". Tánaiste @MichealMartinTD says the fact Israel is talking about economies suffering because they recognise the state of Palestine is an "absurd position.". @rtenews | #rtept
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Using covert recordings, RTÉ Investigates reveals how two individuals are making mischievous planning appeals. The appeals are withdrawn once payoffs are received from property developers. READ @barryokellyrte’s report: @rtenews | #RTÉInvestigates.
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"How far away from herd immunity are we? And what would it take to get there?". @Mark_Coughlan estimates Ireland has reached 40% population immunity now – and asks if the vaccine roll-out will bring us to herd immunity | #rtept | Read more:
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"I don't know how I'd go back to the HSE – and kind of be treated like dirt, essentially." . Why are junior doctors leaving Ireland for Australia? Irish hospitals could face staff shortages, explains @ConorWilson | #rtept | #doctors | Read more:
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We’re paying more for our energy than our European neighbours. Sinn Féin spokesperson on Finance @PearseDoherty has called for an investigation by the regulator into energy companies and asked whether they're involved in anti-competitive practices. @rtenews | #rtept . WATCH:
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How long does it take for a bike to be stolen in Dublin? . With thousands of bikes stolen in Dublin each year, @ConorWilson examines how bad the issue of bike theft has become | #rtept | Read more:
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New footage shows the threats and vitriol directed at workers at the former Crown Paints site in Coolock on 15 July. RTÉ Investigates was filming inside the site when one of the largest anti-immigration protests to date erupted into rioting. WATCH: . #rteinvestigates | @rtenews
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Following @EamonRyan’s announcement today that he is to step down as leader of the @greenparty_ie, @MiriamOCal is joined in studio by his party colleague @RoisinGarvey and Independent TD @MHealyRae. WATCH:. @rtenews | #rtept
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"We cannot keep having our livelihoods switched on and switched off" Hugo's Restaurant owner Gina Murphy reacts to the possibilty of restaurants in Dublin closing in response to rising cases of Covid 19. #RTEPT | #COVID19 | @LouiseByrneNews | @hugosrest
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"What this boils down to is arrogance from government. " . Sinn Féin's @PearseDoherty says his party has been trying to resolve the opposition speaking demands row for the past week. #rtept | @rtenews
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'Inside the Protests': a special documentary from RTÉ Investigates. Coming this Thursday, 9.35pm, @RTEOne and @RTEPlayer. #rteinvestigates | @rtenews
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“That’s the sort of thing that happens in a dictatorship” Joanna Cherry, MP for the Scottish National Party discusses British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's prorogation of parliament and the decision by the UK Supreme Court that it was unlawful. #RTEPT | @joannaccherry | @mcculld
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"It kills people like me. It can kill people like me. And I'm not ready to go.". 77-year-old Paddy Clancy tells @LouiseByrneNews about contracting Covid-19 in Sligo Hospital | #rtept | Read more:
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"The next couple of weeks are really going to be telling.". If we hit 250,000 doses in a seven-day period by the end of April, Ireland's vaccine roll-out will be broadly on track, reports @Mark_Coughlan | #rtept | Read more:
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The Central Bank told Prime Time that it is currently considering the Government's proposed shared equity scheme, contradicting Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien, who claimed the bank had already approved the measure, reports @franmcnulty #rtept
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Minister @simoncoveney attacks Sinn Féin over a political donation from Jonathan Dowdall who was subsequently convicted of gangland crime. #rtept
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"Nature is dying in Ireland.". Ireland is officially in a biodiversity crisis, explains @ConorWilson. Why are many native species on the island on the brink of extinction? . #rtept | #climate | #climatecrisis
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At Dublin Airport today, around 900 people left the country. One man said he had a dentist’s appointment tomorrow morning in Tenerife, reports @barrycummins12 #rtept
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"If they've bought it at a fair affordable price, they'll sell it at a fair affordable price. ". Sinn Féin's housing spokesperson @EOBroin tells @SarahAMcInerney how the party's affordable home plan would work. @rtenews | #rtept
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Tens of thousands of dairy bull calves are exported every year from Ireland. For months, #rtept presenter @FranMcNulty and #RTEInvestigates has been looking into what happens during the sales process and export to mainland Europe. Here's just some of what they found. WATCH:
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Sinn Féin’s @davidcullinane says his party will take a “zero tolerance approach” to patients on trolleys if elected to government. WATCH:. @rtenews | #rtept
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"It's hard to imagine how things could be worse" . Ireland is in the grip of a climate and biodiversity emergency. Is restoring the land the key to reversing the problem? . That's Prime Time @RTEOne, tomorrow at 9.35pm. #rtept | #ClimateCrisis
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Speaking to @MiriamOCal, former U.S. President Bill Clinton has expressed regret about his role in persuading Ukraine to give up its nuclear weapons in 1994 | #rtept | Read more:
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Brexit Party MEP James Wells and Vice-President of the European Parliament Mairead McGuinness discuss the deal agreed today between the UK and the EU on Brexit. #RTEPT | #BREXIT | @mcculld | @MaireadMcGMEP | @JamesfWells
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"It's leading to huge difficulties for people in terms of their quality of life, in terms of their mental health, in terms of their own sense of self-worth.". Dara Turnbull from Housing Europe discusses the wider societal consequences of the housing crisis in Ireland. #rtept
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Dairy's Dirty Secret. On Monday, @FranMcNulty brings you an in-depth investigation in how Irish calves are treated here and during the export process. RTÉ Investigates 'Milking It'. 9.35pm, Monday, RTÉ One. Don't miss it.
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Shane Corr, the whistleblower behind a series of protected disclosures at the Department of Health tells @franmcnulty he wrote to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the Public Accounts Committee in 2019 regarding payments being denied to disabled people. #rtept
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"We need to test as many people as we can" Health Minister Simon Harris discusses testing for Covid 19, and how the government plans to prioritise people who need to be tested. #RTEPT | #COVID19 | #coronavirus | @mcculld | @SimonHarrisTD
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"I think any quote is appropriate if it's appropriate in its context" Taoiseach Leo Varadkar discusses the use of film quotes in his Covid-19 speeches. #RTEPT | @mcculld | @LeoVaradkar | #Covid19
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"There's an acceptance of mistreatment.". @TomClonan speaks to @MiriamOCal about the delays people with disabilities are experiencing in accessing services and essential repairs. #rtept
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One of Ireland's best-known GAA figures, DJ Carey, secured a settlement with AIB Bank in 2017 through which a debt of over €9.5m was written down to €60,000, reports @MurphyPaule . Read more: #rtept.
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"The government didn't have to take this case. ". Sinn Féin's @PearseDoherty says the government has damaged Ireland's reputation in relation to the Apple tax case. @rtenews | #rtept
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Meanwhile in Atlanta, @OfficialMLK3 son of Martin Luther King Jr., says there's still a small possibility of Biden picking up Georgia. He's keeping a close eye on the Senate races in the state. #rtept #USElection2020
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"We've had twenty-six of these meetings and twenty-five and a half have been complete failures". Climate activist @GeorgeMonbiot on the lack of climate action taken despite prior global climate summits, noting he is cynical about the outcome of next week's COP27. #COP27 | #rtept
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"What we had seen was stroke politics at its worst. " . Labour leader @ivanabacik denies opposition parties united to create chaos and said the speaking rights issue must be resolved. #rtept | @rtenews
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For how much longer will Covid-19 affect our lives? The Omicron variant is far more transmissible, but given vaccination rates, it is far less dangerous than those that have gone before. @Mark_Coughlan has been analysing the data. #rtept | Read more:
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"There's children that aren't being cared for. And people are exhausted and they're broken. There are thousands of them.". Audrey Dore-Geraghty speaks out about her fears linked to a lack of services for her severely autistic son, Harrison. READ: #rtept.
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“What's going on there is one of the great humanitarian disasters in modern history.”. US Senator Bernie Sanders gives @MiriamOCal his view on what's happening in Gaza. #rtept | @RTENews.
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It is hoped that a new Online Safety Commissioner in Ireland could help victims of bullying like Eden Heaslip, the Cavan teenager who took his own life just four months ago, explains @ConorMcMorrow #rtept
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