Louise Byrne

Prime Time

Prime Time Reporter

Belfast's Casement Park has been chosen to host Euro 2028 games

Casement Park: Can fans and politicians unite over Euros venue?

Belfast's Casement Park has been confirmed as Northern Ireland's host venue for Euro 2028. But given the many setbacks it has faced, can it be redeveloped on time?

Prime Time • 30 Nov 23

Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 49 according to recent analysis by the Washington Post

Fentanyl: Could the killer drug reach our streets?

Fentanyl is up to 100 times more potent than morphine and many times that of heroin but is its arrival in Ireland inevitable and are we prepared?

Prime Time • 17 Oct 23

The Coda Hospice near Antwerp in Belgium where people's lives can be legally and voluntarily ended.

Should Ireland allow euthanasia? We went to see how it can work

As the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying prepares to resume, Louise Byrne reports from Belgium and the Netherlands, where euthanasia has been legal for two decades.

Prime Time • 13 Sep 23

Hedwig Vrancken with her husband Gilbert Rooms who availed of assisted dying in Belgium last year

Cava and music: how one euthanasia patient spent their final day

76-year-old Gilbert Rooms was one of almost 3,000 people who availed of assisted dying in Belgium last year. Louise Byrne met his wife Hedwig Vrancken in Antwerp to get one perspective on euthanasia.

Prime Time • 12 Sep 23

Two forum panelists give their views on three key questions

As the Consultative Forum on Ireland's Security Policy begins in Cork, Prime Time's Louise Byrne has been speaking to two panelists about some of the key topics likely to be debated over the coming months.

Prime Time • 23 Jun 23

Why are shortages of a 'miracle' drug worrying obesity patients?

Obesity patients and their doctors are expressing concern at shortages of a drug which is having a dramatic impact on weight loss, writes Louise Byrne.

Prime Time • 02 Jun 23

Patients struggle to source 'miracle' weight loss drug

Ozempic was originally designed and is licensed for type 2 diabetes in Ireland, but its active ingredient, semaglutide, is also being widely prescribed by doctors to treat obesity.

Prime Time • 31 May 23

Kerrie Hope Patterson on being the first baby born in Northern Ireland after the Good Friday Agreement was signed.

Meet the Good Friday Agreement baby, 25 years on

As politicians were labouring through the negotiations of the Good Friday Agreement, Anne Patterson was experiencing a different kind of labour. She and husband Clive were preparing to welcome their first child at Belfast's Royal Maternity Hospital.

Prime Time • 07 Apr 23

One night, one viewing - A snapshot of the rental crisis

While the winter eviction ban is to be lifted, the personal stories of those attending a viewing in Tallaght, Co Dublin suggest the storm is far from over.

Prime Time • 08 Mar 23

According to the prospective tenants who spoke to Prime Time there are not enough homes, even for the most persistent

One night, one viewing - A snapshot of the rental crisis

While the winter eviction ban is to be lifted, the personal stories of those attending a viewing in Tallaght, Co Dublin suggest the storm is far from over.

Prime Time • 08 Mar 23