Saturday with Colm Ó Mongáin
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Saturday with Colm Ó Mongáin
Saturday with Colm Ó Mongáin questions agendas, dissects the week gone by, and debates the likely issues of the week to come. Tune in to hear the very latest from newsmakers and from those whose lives are impacted by policy makers in Ireland. Listen live every Saturday at 1.05pm on RTÉ Radio 1.
Episodis Recents
176 episodis
Fuel protests continue around the country
Marc O'Driscoll, RTÉ South East Correspondent, reports from the Whitegate Oil Refinery in Cork and today's panel is Thomas Byrne, Fianna Fáil TD for M...
Changes to the Leaving Cert: concerns over equity and fairness
Kieran Christie, General Secretary ASTI, joins today's panel of Jerry Buttimer, Fine Gael TD for Cork South Central and Minister of State for Charitie...
Impact of rising costs on housing targets and infrustruture plans
Paul Davis, Head of the Management School in Faculty of Business in DCU joins the panel of Jerry Buttimer, Fine Gael TD for Cork South Central and Min...
How secure is Ireland’s energy future?
William Walsh, Chief Executive of the SEAI, joins today's panel of Jerry Buttimer, Fine Gael TD for Cork South Central and Minister of State for Chari...
Calls for carbon tax not to be increased to protect vulnerable
Prof. Peter Thorne, CCAC member and Physical Geography at Maynooth University & Director of the Irish Climate Analysis and Research UnitS group joins...
'I had Mark Zuckerberg on the stand to cross examine' | lawyer in the META case
Mark Lanier, lawyer in the META case and Noeline Blackwell, Online Safety Coordinator, Children’s Rights Alliance join today's panel of Niall Collins,...
Planning Laws
John Cummins, Fine Gael TD for Waterford and Minister of State for Local Government and Planning, Paul Murphy, People Before Profit TD for Dublin Sout...
AI in Journalism
Nic Newman, Senior Research Associate, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, joins the panel of John Cummins, Fine Gael TD for Waterford and...
Rising Costs
Cormac speaks to Paula Donoghue from Clever Clogs Creche about how they are trying to cope with rising costs and today's panel is John Cummins, Fine G...
Quiet revolution of the Irish language
Daithí de Buitléir, Gaeilge 365 joins the panel of Paul McAuliffe, Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin North-West, Jen Cummins, Social Democrats TD for Dublin S...
Taoiseach in Washington
Paul McAuliffe, Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin North-West, Jen Cummins, Social Democrats TD for Dublin South-Central and Roderic O’Gorman, Green Party Lead...
Retrofitting
Dr. Ciaran Byrne, Director of Retrofitting, SEAI, joins the panel of Paul McAuliffe, Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin North-West, Jen Cummins, Social Democra...
How will the war affect the cost of living in Ireland?
Dr. Oliver Browne, Lecturer in Accountancy and Finance at UCC joins the panel of Jerry Buttimer, Fine Gael TD for Cork South-Central and Min. of State...
Europol warns of elevated terrorism threat in EU
Jerry Buttimer, Fine Gael TD for Cork South-Central and Min. of State for Rural and Community Development, Charities and Transport, Sorca Clarke, Sinn...
War in the Middle East
Cedric Leighton, Retired Colonel, US Air Force & CNN’s Military Analyst and Camille Marquis, Advocacy Manager, MSF in Beirut join today's panel of Jer...
New Rent rules
Klaudia Barrett, who is looking for a place to live in Mayo shares her ordeal with Cormac. Panel comprising Robert Troy- Fianna Fail TD for Longford-W...
Energy poverty
Chief Executive of Energy Cloud, Alan Wyley joined the panel of Robert Troy- Fianna Fail TD for Longford-Westmeath, Eoin O’ Broin- Sinn Fein TD for Du...
US, Israel strike Iran
Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East Correspondent for The Economist and spokesperson of Dublin Airport Authority Graeme McQueen joined the panel of Robert Tr...
Trump Traiffs
Kieran O’Donnell, Minister of State for Older People and Housing & Fine Gael TD for Limerick City and County /Darren O’ Rourke, Sinn Féin TD for Meath...
SNA Review
Kieran O’Donnell, Minister of State for Older People and Housing & Fine Gael TD for Limerick City and County /Darren O’ Rourke, Sinn Féin TD for Meath...
CAHMS Report
Davin Godfrey, long-term campaigner and former CAMHS patient, and Keith Rolls, Solicitor at Coleman Legal, joined our panel for a conversation about t...
Donegal Cancer Flights
Marian Harkin, Minister of State at the Department of Higher and Further Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Richard Boyd Barrett- People Bef...
Ireland’s Loneliness Epidemic
Marian Harkin, Minister of State at the Department of Higher and Further Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Richard Boyd Barrett,People Befo...
Should Ireland play against Israel in upcoming UEFA Nations League?
Marian Harkin- Minister of State at the Department of Higher and Further Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Richard Boyd Barrett- People Bef...
Coercive control
Rachel Barry, who suffered years of serious mental and physical abuse at the hands of her ex-husband, Ian Barry shares her ordeal with Cormac.
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Taoiseach accepts invitation to White House on St Patrick's Day
Niall Collins, Fianna Fáil TD for County Limerick and Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Peadar Tóibín, Aontú Leader and TD for Meath Eas...
Winter payment for people with a disability
Johnny Murphy, a Corkman living with a spinal injury for the past 36 years joins the panel of Niall Collins, Fianna Fáil TD for County Limerick and Mi...
What is behind the rise in anti-social behaviour?
Triona O’ Connor, Criminologist & Community Worker and Geraldine Kearney, Owner of Londis & Circle K in Castletroy, County Limerick join the panel of...
Housing
Today's panel of Minister Colm Brophy, Fine Gael TD for Dublin South-West and Minister of State for Migration , David Cullinane Sinn Fein TD for Water...
What now for flood victims?
Director of Services for Kilkenny County Council Mary Mulholland joins the programme as well as today's panel of Minister Colm Brophy- Fine Gael TD an...
Should Ireland impose a social media ban for Under 16s?
Stephen Byrne, Executive of video at The Guardian in Australia and Alex Cooney, Chief Executive at Cybersafe Kids joined the programme along with our...
Case of bluetongue virus confirmed in Wexford
John Donlon, Lecturer in Veterinary Medicine at Atlantic Technological University.
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Ukraine, Trump's Board of Peace, what next for Greenland?
Cormac speaks to Kira Rudik, Ukrainian MP & leader of the Golos political party and today's panel of Thomas Byrne, Fianna Fáil TD for Meath East and M...
Decentralising from Dublin
Thomas Byrne, Fianna Fáil TD for Meath East and Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Aidan Farrelly, Social Democrats TD...
Childcare
Thomas Byrne, Fianna Fáil TD for Meath East and Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Aidan Farrelly, Social Democrats TD...
New immigration laws
Emer Higgins, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Mid-West & Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality, Duncan Smith, Labour Party...
Greenland latest
Greenland’s Minister for Business and Energy Naaja Nathanielsen joins the panel of Emer Higgins, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Mid-West & Min. of State at t...
Grok/AI images
Emer Higgins, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Mid-West & Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality, Duncan Smith, Labour Party...
Blister Packs
Paul McAuliffe, Fianna Fáil Party Whip and TD for Dublin North West / David Cullinane, Sinn Féin Health Spokesperson and TD for Waterford /Senator Lau...
Defence
Paul McAuliffe, Fianna Fáil Party Whip and TD for Dublin North West / David Cullinane, Sinn Féin Health Spokesperson and TD for Waterford /Senator Lau...