Conor McMorrow

Prime Time

Approximately 25% of students in Ireland are estimated to have special educational needs

State 'failing' children with special educational needs

The State is failing children with special educational needs who cannot secure appropriate school places, a report from the Ombudsman for Children has found.

Prime Time • 22 Jun 22

Despite being approved for a home care package, Helen Harnett cannot go home

Home care crisis: 'I need help and I can't get it'

The home care sector has plenty of funding, but people are still unable to get carers, in part due to poor pay and conditions for workers, explains Conor McMorrow.

Prime Time • 17 Jun 22

Rising prices are squeezing millions of people all over the world

Inflation: 'I've a good wage, but I'm struggling'

Amid surging inflation, people in Ireland are struggling to make ends meet. Rising energy costs and food prices mean that many face a cost-of-living crisis, explains Conor McMorrow.

Prime Time • 01 Jun 22

Tony Montalto's daughter Gina was one of 17 people killed in a school shooting in 2018

'No appetite' to ban guns in US - father of victim

The father of a girl killed in a 2018 shooting said campaigners needed to accept that the second amendment of the US constitution was there to stay, explains Conor McMorrow.

Prime Time • 27 May 22

Fr Seamus Ahearne says he has seen 'too many murders' in the 25 years he has been a priest in Finglas

'They all die young' - Finglas priest warns over gang feuds

Young men may be attracted into the murky world of drug dealing because of "easy money" and "bling" but they all die young, a priest working in Finglas has warned.

Prime Time • 25 May 22

The Milne family had repeatedly received refusal letters stating that local special schools were oversubscribed

Twins with autism to be granted special school place

The parents of two 11-year-old twins with autism have been told by the Minister for Special Education that their children will be given places in a special school.

Prime Time • 20 May 22

Taoiseach Micheál Martin today apologised to the Milne family in the Dáil

Taoiseach apology 'too late' - mother of autistic boys

The mother of two 11-year-old twins with autism who have been denied appropriate schooling has said that an apology from Taoiseach Micheál Martin is "too little, too late".

Prime Time • 18 May 22

Gillian hugs Kyle, one of her 11-year-old twins

'Let them get a school place' - Mother of autistic boys

Gillian and Darren Milne are pleading for the State to intervene and provide places in a special school for their 11-year-old autistic twins, Conor McMorrow explains.

Prime Time • 18 May 22

Roscommon resident Robert Pether was arrested in Iraq in April 2021

Efforts to secure release of Roscommon resident in Iraq

High-level diplomatic efforts have been stepped up in a bid to secure the release of Roscommon resident Robert Pether from prison in Baghdad, Conor McMorrow explains.

Prime Time • 27 Apr 22

Mariupol has been destroyed and turned to a pile of ashes, according to one former resident

'It didn't stop' - a tale of two Ukrainian cities

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Elena Popova's life has been turned upside down. Her home city of Mariupol, she told Prime Time, has been "turned to a pile of ashes".

Prime Time • 31 Mar 22