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David McCullagh, Katie Hannon and Fran McNulty talk with BBC Chief Anchor Caitriona Perry on Behind the Story

Podcast: The Epstein files and trouble for Trump

The recent decision by the US Dept of Justice and FBI to issue a memo concluding there was no evidence of a client list and that Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide has resulted in some of Trump's most ardent supporters being very angry with him.

Behind the Story • 18 Jul

David McCullagh and Fran McNulty speak with DCU Professor Donnacha Ó Beacháin on Behind the Story

Podcast: Russia, Ukraine and why Putin 'won't retreat'

Russia has a long history of territorial expansion and it's war with Ukraine is part of it's ambition to control it's near neighbours.

Ireland • 16 Jul

Katie and Fran talk to Senator Nicole Ryan on Behind the Story

Senator recalls 'blood everywhere' after attack on mother

When she was a child, Senator Nicole Ryan lived in a home where domestic abuse was commonplace.

Ireland • 08 Jul

David, Katie and Fran discuss student fees on Behind the Story

Podcast: Student fee uncertainty and Westminster tears

There have been tense exchanges in parliaments on both sides of the Irish Sea.

Behind the Story • 15 Jul

David, Fran and Katie discuss Keir Starmer's year in office on Behind the Story

Podcast: A stormy year for UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Twelve months is a long time in politics, especially if you are British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Behind the Story • 01 Jul

Katie Hannon and Paul Cunningham on Behind the Story

Podcast: School beating, defence spend and Bezos wedding

The 'wild west' of corporal punishment in school is something that RTÉ's Political Correspondent Paul Cunningham remembers well.

Ireland • 29 Jun

Fran McNulty, Katie Hannon and Graham Finlay on Behind the Story

Podcast: Saipan the movie and what next for Iran?

It was an event that divided the country: Roy Keane headed home from Saipan on the eve of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. But what side are Fran and Katie on?

Ireland • 24 Jun

CCTV footage shows Himanshu Kumar (top of frame) threatened with a knife (circled) during a robbery in October 2024

'Off the scale' - Retailers share stories amid rise in shop theft

Shop thefts have risen by nearly 47% over the past decade, figures from the Central Statistics Office show, with significant increases recorded in almost every Garda division across the country.

Upfront • 29 May

Minister for Higher Education James Lawless on Upfront with Katie Hannon

Injection centre for Cork 'could be sooner' than June 2026

A Government Minister has said a supervised injection centre could be open in Cork "sooner" than June 2026.

Upfront • 20 May

Christine Kavanagh speaks to Upfront with Katie Hannon

'There's not enough help' - mother who lost sons to drugs

A Cork mother whose three sons were addicted to drugs and died - two of them just 15 days apart - is appealing to the Government to help families like hers.

Upfront • 20 May