Kate McDonald

Clarity Correspondent

Satellite images, tracking data show disruption in Middle East

Satellite images show damage at Iranian military base, and marine tracking data shows slowing of oil tanker movement around the Strait of Hormuz.

App • 12 Mar

Clashes intensify near Irish UN troops on Israel-Lebanon border

As tensions escalate along the Israel–Lebanon border, RTÉ Clarity looks at what has been happening in the stretch of southern Lebanon where some 300 Irish UN peacekeepers are deployed.

Prime Time • 12 Mar

Missiles and movies: How Trump is appealing to his base online

As the White House has been posting highly stylised war videos online, mixing Hollywood clips, sports footage and real missile strikes, experts say they reveal a shift in how wartime propaganda is being used.

Prime Time • 11 Mar

Grok spreads Iran misinfo after Musk backs it for fact-checking

As millions turned to X for updates on the Middle East conflict, asking its AI chatbot Grok to verify footage, it repeatedly and confidently published misleading or false information.

Prime Time • 11 Mar

What's been happening near Irish UNIFIL troops in south Lebanon?

With war spreading rapidly across much of the Middle East over the past week, global attention has focused largely on Iran and the Arabian Gulf, RTÉ Clarity looks at what's been happening near the Irish UNIFIL zone.

Prime Time • 06 Mar

One week off social media: Would an Australia-style ban work?

With more and more countries considering a social media ban for Under 16s, Prime Time asked a group of teenagers to go off social media for a week.

Prime Time • 05 Mar

Satellite images, tracking data show disruption in Middle East

Satellite images show damage at Iranian military base, and marine tracking data shows slowing of oil tanker movement around the Strait of Hormuz.

Prime Time • 03 Mar

Minister of State contacts gardaí after video sparks 'vile' abuse

What led to the abusive calls is an example of how information can often be reframed on social media, without context or nuance, to drive engagement.

Clarity • 19 Feb

Explained: The dispute and the guidance about pronouns in schools

Clarity looks at the recent dispute over guidance to schools regarding the use of pronouns and what the guidance and legislation says.

Clarity • 04 Feb

Why Grok restrictions won't stop society's latest AI scourge

X says it has blocked Grok from generating sexualised images of real people. But the controversy has exposed a deeper problem: the technology behind AI 'nudification' is already widespread, easy to recreate, and almost impossible to contain.

Clarity • 18 Jan