Barry Cummins

Prime Time

How would facial recognition technology work in Ireland?

Will government plans to give gardaí powers to use facial recognition technology come to pass? And if they do, what form would they take? Barry Cummins finds out.

Prime Time • 16 Jun 23

Liam Byrne has been described as a career criminal and a trusted lieutenant of Daniel Kinahan and the Kinahan Organised Crime Gang

What does Liam Byrne's arrest mean for the Kinahan gang?

It is fourteen months since a high profile press conference at which an international law enforcement plan was announced to target the Kinahan Organised Crime Gang. What does Liam Byrne's arrest say about how the plan is progressing?

Prime Time • 09 Jun 23

Details released on unidentified remains are only the beginning

This week's publication by the Department of Justice of data on 44 unidentified bodies is a welcome move, but it is far from the complete picture, writes Barry Cummins, Prime Time's Security Correspondent.

Prime Time • 19 May 23

Prime Time exclusive images of Gerard Hutch, recorded in Spain 2021

El Monje: The Dramatic Arrest of Gerard Hutch in Spain

Prime Time's Security Correspondent Barry Cummins travelled to the restaurant in Fuengirola where Gerard Hutch was dramatically arrested in 2021. Watch Prime Time tonight on RTÉ One at 9:35pm.

Prime Time • 10 Oct 23

One of those to witness the murderous events at the Regency Hotel speaks with Prime Time Security Correspondent Barry Cummins.

'How I came face-to-face with terror at the Regency'

A journalist who witnessed the murderous events at the Regency Hotel speaks with Prime Time Security Correspondent Barry Cummins.

Prime Time • 18 Apr 23

Trauma – 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement

Over three and a half thousand people were killed in the Troubles.Tens of thousands of others were left physically injured, and countless more emotionally scarred.

Prime Time • 07 Apr 23

Caoilfhionn Gallagher said she has requested an urgent meeting with the board of St John Ambulance and she is awaiting a response

Rapporteur seeks urgent meetings amid child safety concerns

The Special Rapporteur on Child Protection has said she is horrified by information revealed in the review published today into the handling of complaints of sexual abuse at voluntary first aid agency St. John Ambulance.

Prime Time • 17 Mar 23

Examination of events that led to peacekeeper's death

Private Seán Rooney was on his second tour of peacekeeping duty in Lebanon when he was killed on Wednesday night, writes Barry Cummins.

Prime Time • 16 Dec 22

Gardaí asked a forensic artist to reconstruct an image of a man found dead in Co Meath in 1991

How gardaí solved a three decade-long mystery

This week, it took just 20 minutes for an inquest to solve a 30-year mystery when it formally identified a body found in Co Meath in 1991, writes Barry Cummins.

Prime Time • 23 Nov 22

The Policing Authority issued a report on Thursday

Report does not reflect full 999 calls issue - group

A group providing support to people who are victims of domestic violence has warned that a report into the cancelling of emergency phone calls does not fully reflect the extent of the issue.

Prime Time • 30 Sep 22