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
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#COVID19
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#coronavirus
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@mcculld
Four months after Eden Heaslip died by suicide, his family have been left devastated. Their lives will never be the same explains
@ConorMcMorrow
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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" |
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"We are dying by the minute...this is genocide."
Irish citizen Zak Hania, who's in besieged Gaza City with his wife and four Dublin-born children, makes an emotional appeal to the Irish government to intervene in the conflict.
@rtenews
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#rtept
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."
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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
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@MiriamOCal
"Israel is under threat. They do have a right to defend themselves, but they don't have the right to breach international humanitarian law."
An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaks about Israel cutting off electricity and water supplies to Gaza.
@rtenews
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"What’s unfolding in Gaza right now is a humanitarian and health catastrophe...the situation is beyond belief."
The
@WHO
's Dr Michael Ryan has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza so that "unhindered, unfettered humanitarian relief" can enter.
@rtenews
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#rtept
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.
"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 |
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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
"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
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
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
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#rtept
Ireland’s two most experienced clinicians involved in transgender healthcare have made a formal complaint to HIQA about the HSE’s treatment of children with gender identity issues.
READ:
Watch the full report at 9.35pm on
@RTEOne
.
@rtenews
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#rtept
"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
"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 |
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First on tonight's show, former Prof. of Pathology Dr. John A. Lee disagrees with the lockdown and says that we're acting as if this virus is a "new plague".
#rtept
#COVID19
"There was no plan... members turned up simply because of Whatsapp messages being passed from Garda to Garda..." Niall Hodgins of the Garda Representative Association on the response to emerging unrest on Thursday night.
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@RTENews
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
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#flattenthecurve
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@ProfMaryHorgan
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@Fighumph
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@UCDMedicine
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
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
"You've been here for eight years has it always been like this?"
"No. About a year ago, I felt change starting to happen..."
Leana Stipanicic on her experience as an immigrant, in the wake of a report about the killing of her fellow Croat, Josip Strok.
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@RTENews
"There's easier ways of paying the mortgage."
Paul Comerford spent 15 years as a Garda in Dublin. He's one of an unprecedented number of people to leave the gardaí in recent times.
Watch the full report on Prime Time on Thursday at 9.35pm on RTÉ One.
#rtept
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@rtenews
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
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#rtept
"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 |
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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
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@RTENews
"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
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#rtept
When explaining the lockdown retail rules, Minister of State at the Dept. of Enterprise
@Damien_English
has said that "clothes are not essential".
#rtept
On tonight's show, Dr. Martin Feeley and Prof. Sam McConkey went head-to-head debating the country's current strategy towards Covid-19.
#rtept
#COVID19
It's little more than 100 days since the world learned of the existence of an emerging virus.
Now, across the world, scientists are working hour-by-hour to us get beyond our new day-to-day existence.
Here's why they're confident they're winning.
#rtept
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@rtenews
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#covid19
"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
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@RTENews
"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 |
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Audrey Dore-Geraghty doesn't want to be speaking to Prime Time about her son Harrison, but she feels she must.
Audrey and husband Huw are afraid of their son, who is severely autistic, and what could happen to him.
Watch the full
#rtept
report at 9.35 on
@RTEOne
.
@rtenews
.
@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:
"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.
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@RTENews
"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
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.
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
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#rtept
WATCH:
"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
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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
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
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
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#RT
ÉInvestigates
"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 |
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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
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#rtept
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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
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"It shouldn't be put on poor Bambi Thug's shoulders to make this decision, it should be coming from the EBU."
Singer and actor Steve Wall is calling on Ireland to boycott the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in protest at Israel's participation.
#rtept
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@RTENews
At an event hosted by Ryan Tubridy for Renault and paid for by RTÉ, guests enjoyed cocktails, access to a bar and a selection of canapés.
It was one of three events that cost RTÉ more than €47,000 in total.
@rtenews
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#rtept
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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 |
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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
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#COVID19
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@LouiseByrneNews
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@hugosrest
“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
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@joannaccherry
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@mcculld
"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 |
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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
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Over the course of six months, RTÉ Investigates tracked the activities of two serial planning objectors who submit objections at a variety of locations around the country and secure go-away payments.
Watch the full report at 9.35pm on RTÉ One.
@rtenews
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#RT
ÉInvestigates
'Killed for not speaking English': Victim in attack speaks out
We've been to Croatia to interview the other victim in the recent attack that left Josip Strok dead.
It's understood Gardaí are investigating it as a hate crime.
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@RTENews
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
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
"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
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#climate
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#climatecrisis
Eight-time All Ireland winner Michael Darragh MacAuley says Basketball Ireland should have taken the decision out of its players hands and boycotted today’s international fixture with Israel.
WATCH:
@rtenews
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#rtept
"The public have been crying out for a new political party."
Michael Collins TD and Richard O'Donoghue TD from Ireland's newest political party, Independent Ireland, say they are "very hopeful" other independent TDs will join the party.
#rtept
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@RTENews
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:
"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
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#ClimateCrisis
We've compiled and analysed dozens of hours of footage taken over the course of the Dublin riots to try to understand how the chaos of that day developed.
You can watch: 'Unfolding Chaos' a digital special Prime Time edition, now:
#rtept
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@rtenews
Temple Bar was set up to be a home of culture and nightlife in the city.
We carried out some secret filming to find out what’s really going on.
Watch the full report on Prime Time at 9.35pm on
@RTEOne
.
#rtept
|
@rtenews
WATCH:
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 |
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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
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.
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
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
"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
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#COVID19
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#coronavirus
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@mcculld
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@SimonHarrisTD
@rtenews
Here, Alannah Murray explains why she is voting no in the Care Amendment, while the above tweet contains Lynsey O'Donovan explaining why she is voting yes.
#rtept
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@RTENews
"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
"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
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@mcculld
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@LeoVaradkar
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#Covid19
"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
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
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
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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
Using covert recordings, RTÉ Investigates reveals how mischievous planning appeals against developments have been withdrawn for cash.
We showed our footage to planning and environmental experts.
Watch the full report | Monday | 9.35pm | RTÉ One.
@rtenews
|
#RT
ÉInvestigates
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
“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
.
Irishman, Richard O'Halloran, has been stuck in China for two years. His family want him home, but he is stuck in a legal and bureaucratic nightmare.
He's been telling his story to
@YvMurray
:
More on RTÉ One tonight at 935pm.
#rtept
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#Ireland
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#China
"I am at breaking point"
Mary Marmion told
@MiriamOCal
of the challenges she faces getting long-term supports for her 27-year-old autistic son |
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"Social distancing has been key to saving lives in this country" Health Minister Simon Harris on the two meter social distancing measures and the difficulties many businesses are facing as they begin to consider reopening
#RTEPT
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#COVID19
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@MiriamOCal
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@SimonHarrisTD
Women's Aid heard 19,385 disclosures of domestic abuse against women and children in 2017.
Prime Time recently spoke to
@JessicaBowes10
, who addressed the launch of the Women's Aid Impact Report 2017 today.
Tonight our presenter
@FranMcNulty
brings you a special investigation in the treatment of Irish dairy bull calves during the sale and export process.
Here's just some of what he and the team in
#RTEInvestigates
uncovered.
Watch
@RTEOne
at 935pm for the full report.
Helen McEntee, Minister for European Affairs & Lisa Chambers, Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Brexit discuss a Daily Telegraph report that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is preparing an alternative proposal to the backstop.
#RTEPT
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@mcculld
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@HmcEntee
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@lichamber
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#BREXIT
Some landlords are seeking sex from prospective tenants in exchange for reduced rent, or free accommodation.
RTÉ Investigates went undercover to find out more.
Two experts were shown the footage gathered. Watch some of their reactions below.
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"It beggars belief that they would have awarded new contracts"
Even after RTÉ Investigates exposed Eurosurgical's bribery of hospital staff, the HSE ramped up spending with the firm, explains
@MurphyPaule
|
#rteinvestigates
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#rtept
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Tonight on Prime Time Dr Chie Wei Fan, Geriatrician, Mater Hospital, St Mary’s and community outreach told Miriam O'Callaghan about her experience suffering from Covid-19
#RTEPT
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#Covid19
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@MiriamOCal
The mother of two 11-year-old twins with autism who have been struggling to get appropriate schooling has said she is "devastated by the news" that the boys will once again not have a school to go to this September, reports
@ConorMcMorrow
#rtept
Tonight on Prime Time, with measles cases on the rise, doctors say you should vaccinate to avoid the possible deadly consequences. That’s RTÉ One 9:35pm
#RTEPT
Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC tells Miriam O’Callaghan of the drive and determination of Daphne Caruana Galizia's family to get justice for her murder in a case that has shocked Malta’s government by a volley of resignations
#RTEPT
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@MiriamOCal
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@caoilfhionnanna