Conor McMorrow

Prime Time

Verena Brunschweiger, 43, vowed not to have children to reduce her carbon footprint

Staying child-free and ditching fast fashion for the planet

Studies show a growing number of young people suffer from anxiety about the climate crisis, but do Irish young people share that anxiety and do some even suffer from 'doomerism'?

Prime Time • 20 Oct 23

Trinity College Dublin 'denamed' the largest library on campus in April

GAA clubs to statues: Should we reconsider who we memorialise?

In late April, Trinity College Dublin decided to 'dename' the largest library on campus, as the person it was named after, George Berkeley, owned slaves. Others have questioned why GAA clubs continue to use the name of pro-slavery political campaigners.

Prime Time • 21 Jul 23

Séamus Kearney's brother was wrongly labelled as an informer and killed by the notorious IRA 'nutting squad'

My brother: Labelled an informer and left dead on a road

The investigation into the actions of a leading member of the IRA's 'nutting squad', Freddie Scappaticci, codenamed Stakeknife, is due out soon.

Prime Time • 14 Jun 23

Ballydehob's carbon challenge.....and all that jazz

Most of us know that we need to curb our carbon emissions if we are to reduce climate change, but do we fully understand the impact our day-to-day travel has on the environment?

Prime Time • 08 May 23

Ireland is considering moving to prescription-only for medicines containing codeine, according to Government documents

Inside Ireland's widespread reliance on codeine medicines

Ireland has a "significant and widespread reliance on codeine containing medicines" and will consider moving from over-the-counter sales to prescription-only, according to internal Department of Health documents.

Prime Time • 12 Apr 23

CCTV footage captures some of the shoplifting incidents

Shoplifting can jeopardise businesses, jobs - Taoiseach

Shoplifting and larceny should be taken seriously as they can jeopardise the future of businesses and jobs, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has told the Dáil.

Politics • 22 Mar 23

Level of abuse against retail workers 'out of control'

A wave of harassment, vile abuse, shoplifting and other crimes has hit Ireland's shops and supermarkets, retailers have told RTÉ's Prime Time.

Prime Time • 22 Mar 23

Some Killarney locals have warned that growing numbers of refugees have put the town under strain

Growing refugee numbers in Killarney strain tourist town

Killarney has a proud history of accommodating refugees, and has welcomed over 3,000 fleeing war in Ukraine. But some have warned that growing numbers have put the town under strain.

Prime Time • 26 Jan 23

Oxfam claims that a wealth tax up to 5% could raise $1.7 trillion a year

Will a tax on the super-rich bridge the wealth divide?

Not for the first time, the left has called on the Government to introduce a wealth tax. But a levy on the super-rich may not be as fruitful as some have suggested, Conor McMorrow explains.

Prime Time • 20 Jan 23

'Sportswashing does work' - why regimes bankroll sport

The World Cup has been overshadowed by criticism of human rights abuses, leading to allegations of sportswashing, explains Conor McMorrow. But what is sportswashing, and does it even work?

Prime Time • 02 Dec 22