Prime Time - Manchester, Varadkar
The shocking story of the bomb in Manchester Arena, Leo Varadkar on why he should be FG leader, and Sean Fitzpatrick's acquittal.
PRIME TIME FEATURES
Prime Time - Coveney, Illegal Dumping
19 May Simon Coveney is in studio explaining why he's the man to lead Fine Gael, and the Nation. Also, illegal dumping: the shocking reality of illegal dumping all over the country and we ask if pay-by-weight and pay-by-volume bin charges are making it worse.
Prime Time - Enda, Fine Gael
18 May With the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, announcing tonight the date that he will stand down as Fine Gael leader, Prime Time, looks back at his political legacy, and looks forward to who will succeed him as leader of the party.
Prime Time - Irish Defence Forces, Equal Participation
17 May RTÉ Prime Time examines the state of the Irish Defence Forces in the wake of Rescue 116, and discusses the Equal Participation in Schools Bill with guests Ruth Coppinger and Maria Steen.
MEET THE PRIME TIME TEAM
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.
Aoife Hegarty - Reporter
Born and bred in Co. Donegal, Aoife Hegarty joined RTÉ in 2007. After several years in the RTÉ newsroom working in both radio and television, Aoife moved to the Current Affairs Department in 2012, becoming a reporter for Prime Time.
Barry O'Kelly - Reporter
Barry O'Kelly joined RTÉ in 2006. He is a staff journalist, who films, edits and produces long-form documentaries on social and crime-related issues.
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 - Reporter
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.
Robert Shortt - Reporter
Robert Shortt began his career with RTÉ in 1998 working across radio and television news before becoming Business Correspondent in 2001. During that time, he set up and co-presented The Business programme on RTÉ Radio 1
Oonagh Smyth - Reporter
Oonagh Smyth is a reporter with RTÉ's Investigations Unit. Her most recent long form piece was 'A Breach of Trust' an investigation into the childcare sector and the HSE's role in regulating it for which she won an Irish Film and Television Award in 2014.
Eithne O'Brien - Reporter
Eithne O'Brien is from Kinnitty in Co. Offaly and has been a part of the Prime Time team since 1998 . She studied English and Politics in NUI Galway and has a Masters in Film and Television from DCU.
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