Watch: How scientists are winning against Covid-19 "If there was ever a good time for this to happen, it's kind of now", Professor Luke O'Neill from Trinity College Dublin tells me. In … Explained By Prime Time • 15 Apr 20
Explained: The Covid-19 nightly numbers With Covid-19, the numbers are coming at us all quickly. Every night there's a update, every day a further briefing. Prime Time • 31 Mar 20
Watch: The science behind social distancing It may feel like social distancing is practice without end, but that's not the case - it's all about a certain number, known as 'the … Coronavirus • 24 Mar 20
Explained: Cramped train carriages Louise Byrne and Kieran Dineen explain what's happening with the capacity of the rail network, to give you an idea of when a more comfortable … Explained By Prime Time • 29 Oct 19
Explained: Fresh hope for truth about Stardust Rita O'Reilly and Della Kilroy explain what happened in The Stardust nightclub fire in February 1981 and why the tragedy is still making news. Prime Time • 21 Oct 19
Explained: The background to Budget 2020 Ahead of Tuesday's Budget announcement, Economics Correspondent Robert Shortt and Prime Time presenter David McCullagh dust off the footage of budget days gone past, to … Explained By Prime Time • 07 Oct 19
Watch: Third-level fees and financial crisis explained How come many Irish students are paying €3,000 a year to attend university or college, when we're supposed to have free third-level education? Explained By Prime Time • 30 Sep 19
Watch: US-Iran tension and Yemen's war explained Mark Coughlan and Dimitri O'Donnell look at the war in Yemen and the increasing tension between the US and Iran. Explained By Prime Time • 23 Sep 19
Watch: Asylum and Direct Provision explained Brian O'Connell and Ciara Ní Bhroin explain Ireland's system for processing asylum applications. Prime Time • 22 Jul 19
Watch: Carbon tax changes explained The Government says the carbon tax is set to quadruple over the next ten years, as part of its efforts to tackle climate change. Prime Time • 15 Jul 19
Watch: Corporate tax - explained Robert Shortt and Richard Downes talk through how Ireland's corporate tax rate policy was set up, and how our huge corporate tax income is coming … Prime Time • 08 Jul 19
Watch: The Brexit Process explained Struggling to keep up with the ever-changing Brexit process? You're not alone. Conor Wilson and Mary Regan explain what you need to know about Brexit. Prime Time • 17 Jul 19
Watch: Tackling 'Compo Culture' Fran McNulty and Eithne O'Brien explain the legal issues and policy decisions being made around "compo culture". Prime Time • 25 Jun 19
Explained: League of Ireland football League of Ireland football once attracted huge numbers of ticket-buying fans. In more recent years, clubs have been lucky to get a few thousand people … Prime Time • 17 Jun 19
Watch: How The Troubles in Northern Ireland developed Using footage from the RTÉ archives, Miriam O'Callaghan and Aoife Hegarty explain how The Troubles changed over the the decades. Prime Time • 25 Jun 19
Watch: Ireland's Institutions explained Tanya Sillem and Mick Peelo take you through how the institutional system functioned, and affected generations of Irish people. Prime Time • 25 Jun 19
Watch: How will new domestic abuse laws work? New legislation means domestic abusers can be prosecuted - but how will the cases be processed? Prime Time • 25 Jun 19
Watch: What you need to know about the war in Syria Colm Ó Mongáin and Moign Khawaja explain how the war has developed and which countries are involved. Prime Time • 25 Jun 19
Watch: What's happened with Ireland's social housing plans For many decades, the State built huge numbers of houses in Ireland, then it stopped. What happened, and why? Prime Time • 25 Jun 19
Watch: What caused the price of flights to plummet? Tommy Meskill and Maria Flannery explain what changed in the world of air travel Prime Time • 25 Jun 19
