Prime Time - 8th Amendment Fact Check

Katie Hannon fact checks some of the claims made on Prime Time last Thursday:

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Prime Time - Digital Age of consent, 8th Amendment

18 May Miriam O'Callaghan looks at the reasons for changing the digital age of consent and David McCullagh examines what might happen abortion rates if the 8th amendment is repealed.

Prime Time - when does life begin? Tensions Mount In Gaza

17 May As part of continuing coverage on the upcoming Abortion Referendum, Prime Time asks the critical question; when does the foetus become a human being? Plus, tensions mount in Gaza as Palestinians bury their 60 dead. Israel says it was defending its borders

Prime Time - Rural Bus Service, Brexit and Iran

14 May Minister Shane Ross and Michael Healy-Rae debate a new night-bus service for rural Ireland. Brexit in the balance and analysis of Donald Trump's withdrawal of the US from the Iran nuclear deal.

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Prime Time 24/05/18

Miriam O'Callaghan and David McCullagh offer updates on the days leading news stories, giving updates on the Jastine Valdez case, changes being made to the Post Office system and President Trump pulling out of his meeting with North Korea.

Prime Time - The Referendum Debate

Miriam O'Callaghan and David McCullagh host RTÉ's final television referendum debate where both sides go head-to-head before a live studio audience.

Prime Time - 8th Referendum Fact Check

Katie Hannon fact checks some of the claims made on Prime Time last Thursday.

Donogh Diamond - Editor

Donogh Diamond was born in Co. Clare, and studied English and History in UCD, before beginning freelance journalism for the Evening Herald.

Miriam O'Callaghan - Presenter

Broadcaster Miriam O'Callaghan was born and raised in Dublin. She qualified as a solicitor before beginning her broadcasting career on ITV's This is your Life. She joined the BBC as a producer in 1987, and went on to become a reporter on BBC2's Newsnight.

David McCullagh - Presenter

Dubliner David McCullagh began working as a journalist in the Evening Press in 1989. He moved to RTÉ in 1993, where he worked on radio programmes the News at One and This Week and on television news.

Katie Hannon - Political Correspondent

Katie Hannon is Prime Time's Political Correspondent, having previously been Political Correspondent of the Evening Herald and the Irish Examiner and Political Editor of the Irish Mail on Sunday.

Barry Cummins - Reporter

Barry joined Prime Time in October 2011, having worked in the RTÉ Newsroom since 2003. A native of Tallaght, Barry began his journalistic career as a radio reporter with East Coast Radio in Bray and Midlands Radio in Mullingar.

Richard Downes - Reporter

Richard Downes is a Prime Time reporter. Newly returned from a three-year assignment as Washington Correspondent, Richard joined RTÉ in 1999 after a decade of working as a foreign correspondent for the BBC in war zones and developing countries.

Rita O'Reilly - Reporter

Rita O'Reilly is the reporter behind several Prime Time and Prime Time Investigates documentaries, amongst them the highest ever rating Prime Time Investigates - Carry on Regardless, on Irish developers, and a report by Prime Time into the Stardust fire.

Mark Coughlan has been a reporter for Prime Time since November 2012. Prior to that he was a freelance journalist and ran thestory.ie, a blog focused on data journalism, information transparency, and Irish current affairs.