Barry Cummins

Prime Time

Linda Dalton, 47, has experienced debilitating Long Covid symptoms

Long Covid: 'The doctors don't know how to fix it'

Some people who contracted Covid-19 never fully recovered. More than two years later, many of them are suffering the debilitating effects of Long Covid, explains Barry Cummins.

Prime Time • 23 Sep 22

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita

Moldovans watch Russia's war in Ukraine with horror

For Moldova, Russia's invasion of Ukraine could not have come at a worse time. The war has prompted its third state of emergency in seven months, explains Barry Cummins.

Prime Time • 29 Mar 22

'There's almost no exit' - refugees flee to Moldova

At the border with Ukraine, the wheels on suitcases rattle along the roads of Moldova, as refugees flee Russian-shelled port cities in the south of the country, explains Barry Cummins.

Prime Time • 25 Mar 22

In early April 2019, the gang targeted an ATM in Castleblayney, Co Monaghan

How gardaí caught the ATM robbery gang

CCTV footage shows how intelligence and surveillance led gardaí to finally catch an ATM robbery gang that ripped cash from walls in three counties, explains Barry Cummins.

Prime Time • 11 Mar 22

Legislation to allow for the use of body cams by gardaí is currently before the Dáil

Could body cams improve policing in Ireland?

Body cams for gardaí in Ireland have been long promised, but are yet to be delivered. Legislation to allow for their use is currently before the Dáil, explains Barry Cummins.

Prime Time • 19 Jan 22

John McCartin speaking on Prime Time this evening

Co-director pays tribute to 'remarkable' Lunney

There are still credible death threats against some directors of the Cavan-based company once known as Quinn Industrial Holdings, RTÉ's Prime Time has been told.

Regional • 21 Dec 21

How one town is coping with another uncertain Christmas

Despite the uncertainty surrounding the new Covid variant, there is an air of optimism in Wicklow Town, where businesses are preparing for what they hope will be a normal Christmas, explains Barry Cummins.

Prime Time • 03 Dec 21

The 12 bodies were buried at Glasnevin Cemetery between the late 1970s and the late 1990s

Gardaí examine 12 further cases of unidentified remains

The Garda National Missing Persons Unit has determined that the remains of 12 people buried at Glasnevin Cemetery are unidentified, explains Barry Cummins.

Prime Time • 26 Nov 21

Naoufal Fassih, who spent several months in Dublin, was convicted of one count of attempted murder and one count of murder

The global links of the Kinahan organised crime gang

In recent years, a series of garda investigations have uncovered the international dimension of Irish gangs, such as the Kinahan organised crime group, explains Barry Cummins.

Prime Time • 15 Oct 21

This vessel began its journey in South America

7,000km, 11 men, one boat - how cocaine reaches Europe

A record amount of drugs has been seized in Europe already this year, but the smugglers keep coming and coming, explains Barry Cummins.

Prime Time • 14 Oct 21