Joe Galvin

Late Late Toy Show will not partner with Penneys this year

A commercial partnership between the Late Late Toy Show and the fast fashion retailer Penneys will not go ahead this year, RTÉ has confirmed in a statement provided to RTÉ Investigates

RTÉ Investigates • 25 Sep

Uyghur woman in Ireland details Chinese pressure and harassment

Around 200 Uyghurs live in Ireland, part of a minority of 12 million in China's Xinjiang region. The UN says they face possible crimes against humanity — and one woman says Beijing's repression has followed her to Dublin

RTÉ Investigates • 24 Sep

Suppliers to major Irish retailers linked to forced labour cotton

Factories that imported hundreds of tons of cotton fabric in 2024 from two companies linked to a Chinese forced labour programme are supplying some of Ireland's major clothing retailers, an RTÉ investigation has found

RTÉ Investigates • 26 Sep

How forced Uyghur labour could be woven into your wardrobe

Behind the 'sustainable' labels on Ireland's high streets, cotton from China's Uyghur region is still slipping through. RTÉ Investigates uncovers the routes of forced labour and the systems that fail to stop it

RTÉ Investigates • 24 Sep

Left: The Yantar's last confirmed location. Top: The Yantar (mil.ru) Bottom: British RAF P8 Surveillance plane

Russian spy ship confirmed to be operating near cables off Dublin

A Russian spy ship has been operating near subsea cables in the Irish Sea just north of Dublin in recent days, according to vessel tracking data and military sources.

Prime Time • 15 Nov 24

Above: Defence Forces C295 plane, Below: Russian vessel, Admiral Golovko

Russian warships observed by Defence Forces south of Ireland

The Irish Defence Forces dispatched a specialist observation plane twice in recent days to an area of the Atlantic south of Cork where Russian naval vessels, including one equipped with new hypersonic missiles, are understood to have been operating.

Prime Time • 13 Nov 24