Go in-depth on some of the stories from RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland, Ireland's biggest radio programme. And each Friday listen back to the stories that had the nation talking with 'The Week in News'.
Shane McElhatton, Series Editor, Decade of Commemorations, is joined at Dublin Castle by historians David McCullagh and John Gibney, as well as Laura Cahillane, law lecturer at the University of Limerick, to remember the day British rule in Ireland formally came to an end, and the first Irish Govt took up the reins of power
Shane McElhatton, Editor of the Decade of Centenaries, is at the National Concert Hall with historian Jennifer Redmond and researcher Micheál O'Fathartaigh to discuss the ratification of the Treaty there 100 years earlier.
Shane McElhatton, RTÉ Series Editor, Decade of Commemorations, discusses the centenary of the Anglo-Irish Treaty with historians Heather Jones and Maurice Walsh, while John S. Doyle reviews the newspapers from the that time
A selection of stories from the week: What's next for Covid?; Survivors criticise Mother and Baby Homes redress scheme; Migrant crisis continues on Polish-Belarus border; Earthquake hits Scotland; Garth Brooks announces Croke Park gigs; Northern Ireland Protocol talks continue; Mary Robinson on COP26; Playdates in a time of Covid
Schoolgirl invades pitch, gets Ronaldo's shirt; What's achieved at COP26?; Businesses like the NI Protocol; Crowds at Belarussian-Polish border; Halve contacts, says NPHET; Kerryman on trial for humanitarian work; Met Éireann supercomputer; Irish art; Antigen testing in schools; Vaccinated people can travel to US; Marvel heroes speak Babylonian
A selection of stories from the week: Four year old Cleo Smith rescued in Western Australia; Taoiseach at COP26; Farmers react to Climate Action Plan; EU fines Poland; Doolin Coastguard stood down; Will your next car be electric?; Is the UK about to trigger Article 16?; ABBA launches first album in 40 year
A selection of stories from the week: Pregnant women urged to get Covid vaccine; Carbon Budget published; How to stop the ticket touts; EU fines Poland €1m per day; National Gallery unveils restored masterpiece; Cian McLaughlin's mum still searching Grand Teton Park; Halloween.
President pays tribute to poets Máire Mhac an tSaoi, Brendan Kennelly; Ireland re-opens; Covid in hospitals; Race inequality in higher education; Baldwin fires prop gun, kills cinematographer; British ex-soldier dies while on trial; Ireland misses emissions target; Wexford Festival Opera; Skeletons in Cork; Mhac an tSaoi and Kennelly remembered
Death of Paddy Moloney; Prof Butler of NIAC on boosters and more; UK pre-empts EU move on NI Protocol; Gardaí renew search for missing women; La Palma volcano erupts again; Bow and arrow attack in Norway; Budget 2022; Banksy shredded painting triples list price; Cricketer Amy Hunter scores century on 16th birthday; Paddy Moloney in his own words
A selection of stories from the week: Ireland signs up to OECD tax deal; Ground-breaking malaria vaccine approved; Childcare protest; New Sláintecare board; Prisoner on the run; Facebook whistleblower addresses Congress; Liffey Swim returns; Call for surrogacy legislation; Govt to send representatives to Armagh; Donal Ryan wins Monnet award
Germany after Merkel, electricity shortages, 96 year old woman on trial for Nazi crimes, third dose of Covid vaccine, gambling addiction, Britney Spears's father suspended from conservatorship, lava in La Palma hits the sea, Dial-A-Seanchaí
A selection of stories from the week: Galway wins All-Ireland camogie title; Govt wins confidence motion in Coveney but political fallout continues; President Higgins declines invitation to Armagh; Afghanistan; Baby John's remains exhumed; Apple; a turtle in a plane; Bella finds her forever home
A selection of stories from the week: Gold for Ireland at the Olympics; Indoor hospitality reopens; Children aged 12+ to be offered Covid vaccine; Vatican fraud trial opens; Hospitals under pressure in the North; Older people and Covid; Man in inflatable rescued; Water cut in Kerry; A week at the Olympics
Olympic Games open in Tokyo; International travel resumes; Indoor dining and drinking to reopen; Homeless soup kitchens fail inspections; Why is it so hot?; Afghanistan is humanitarian catastrophe, says UN; Crack cocaine devastates Ballymun; Uncertainty over number of guests allowed at weddings; How to look cool in the heat
Italy beats England to become Euro 2020 champions; British Govt proposes to end prosecutions for Troubles killings; Zuma arrest sparks days of unrest in South Africa; Scores dead in floods in Germany; No children in indoor dining, advises NPHET; Belarus opposition leader visits Ireland; Domestic abuse; Summer heats up
A selection of stories from the week: England vs Italy in Euro 2020 final; Bonfire night in Northern Ireland; Josepha Madigan reveals sexual assault; Covid hits Travellers disproportionately; EU Digital Covid Cert; Yeats painting finds new permanent home
A selection of stories from the week, as chosen by the Morning Ireland team
A selection of stories from the week, as chosen by the Morning Ireland
On 22 June 1921, King George V opened Belfast parliament. Shane McElhatton, Series Editor, Decade of Commemorations, comes live from Belfast City Hall with Dr Marie Coleman, Lecturer in Irish History, QUB; Eamon Phoenix, Stranmillis University College; Brian Walker, Prof Emeritus of Irish Studies, QUB; Vincent Kearney, RTÉ Northern Editor
DUP in disarray as Poots resigns; G7 ends with statements on Russia and China; China reacts to G7; Mica protesters descend on Dublin; Eriksen, sport and cardiac arrest; Homophobic acts blight Pride month; Irish aviation reels as Stobart shuts down; Public asked not to "rescue" wild baby animals
Leaving Cert starts; Learner drivers; Amnesty slams China's treatment of Uyghurs; US/UK rebuke; DUP loses key members; Conradh na Gaeilge takes Stormont to court; Jeff Bezos to go to space; Memorial to 1,000 Irish who perished in Colorado
Blanchardstown seige; Tsikhanouskaya on Belarus 'aviation piracy'; HSE cyberattack; Cummings slams 'unfit' Johnson; Bessborough planning permission refused; Pre-school as gaeilge in loyalist Belfast; Cinema reopening; Traveller children living in 'deplorable' conditions; Poots slates relations with Irish Govt; School's out for the summer
Deirdre Morley found not guilty by reason of insanity for killing of her children; HSE cyberattack; Gaza Israel ceasefire; Water safety; Wheelchair liveable home; 100 years since burning of Customs House; BBC under fire over Martin Bashir interview with Princess Diana; Hospital services badly hit by cyberattack; Bob Dylan at 80
Amnesty for crimes committed during Troubles?; Tories take Hartlepool; Accessing vaccination centres; Releasing vaccine patents; Is Ireland's hotel quarantine too harsh?; Racism in Ireland; Manchester Utd fans protest SuperLeague; Helping women back to work; Council fails to stop huge wedding celebration; Travelling to see loved ones
Ireland reopens; By-election in Dublin Bay South; Dozens dead in Israel stampede; Arlene Foster resigns as DUP leader and NI First Minister; Fire devastates Killarney National Park; India overwhelmed by Covid-19; Von der Leyen blames sexism for Turkish snub; Unusual Oscars; Decade of commemorations; Grandparents and grandchildren can meet
A selection of stories from the week: Chair of NIAC on AstraZeneca vaccine; Rachael Blackmore wins again; Mandatory hotel quarantine; Riots in Minneapolis as another young black man is shot dead by police; Covid update from Northern Ireland and EU; Can you hear the cuckoo?
A selection of stories from the week: Riots in Northern Ireland; AstraZeneca and blood clots; Derek Chauvin trial; Citizens Assembly winds up; Martens freed on bail; Data on outdoor transmission of Covid; Trouble in Jordan; Listowel Writers Week; Three women flee mandatory hotel quarantine; Death of Veronica Dunne
A selection of stories from the week: Dublin GAA in trouble over Covid violation; Path to ease Covid restrictions; Daily life in Myanmar; Right to Disconnect; Who do we trust?; EU struggles with Covid; House prices rise; Derek Chauvin trial; PSNI chief constable under fire; Easter under lockdown
A selection of stories from the week: Jockey Rachael Blackmore; HSE CEO Paul Reid; Intel announces 1600 jobs; Tanker stuck in Suez Canal; Towns and cities post-pandemic; Secret files on children with autism; Mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado; Covid and 3rd level education; Celebrating Easter online
Taoiseach's virtual visit to White House; How to stay Covid-safe on St Patrick's Day; Ten years of war in Syria; Vatican bans blessings for same-sex couples; Arctic walrus in Kerry; Stripe most valuable Silicon Valley start up; Fota in lockdown; UK police criticised over vigil; Letters from America; Killenaule celebrates Rachael Blackmore
A selection of stories from the week: Harry and Meghan on Oprah; Employment rights in the gig economy; Junior Cert; Maternity leave for politicians; Davy fallout; Search for Sarah Everard; Vaccinating the marginal communities; Lost in Larrimah; CAO revamp; Lost eagle is found
Is there a link between Covid and stillbirths?; Bank of Ireland closes 103 branches; Limerick party violates Covid restrictions; Yemen crisis "worst in world"; UK/Ireland World Cup bid; Pope in Iraq; Central Bank fines Davy €4.1m; Disinformation growing in Ireland; War of the Windsors
Two men found dead in Cork; Children return to special classes; Braun buys Communicorp; Massive cocaine seizure; How will Easter be celebrated?; DUP legal challenge against Northern Ireland protocol; Tiger Woods survives car crash; Attempted murder of Dublin teenager Dublin; One year of Covid; Squeeze in a read; Ireland's Eurovision
Ulster Bank to pull out of Ireland; Facebook unfriends Australia; How will mandatory quarantine work?; Vaccine joy for 85 year-old Eileen McCoy; Students/ASTI on Leaving Cert plan; Questions over Mother and Baby Homes testimonies; Myanmar update; Covid-related deaths top 4,000; David Drumm released from prison; Advice for Ulster Bank customers
Return to special school for some children; Trump impeachment starts; Philip Nolan of NPHET; PUP recipients face lower 2021 tax credits; Buccaneers win Superbowl 2021; EU Ombudsman criticises ECDC; Farmers vs dog walkers; UK and EU vow to fix Northern Ireland Brexit issues; A year since the General Election; Love in a pandemic
A selection of stories: Marjorie Taylor Greene disciplined; return to school for some children with special educational needs; Waterford woman describes ordeal in Perth bush fires; Country music starts phone their fans; Coup in Myanmar; new guidance on AstaZeneca vaccine; DUP and Northern Ireland protocol; Online shopping post-Brexit
Man arrested in Josh Dunne killing; How will the new restrictions be policed?; Mary Robinson on Biden's environmental actions; Pro-Navalny protests in Russia; Who gets vaccinated first?; A bonfire of the cinema blockbusters; Suppression of hate speech or free speech?; Grenfell continues to cast a long shadow; Covid leads to cleaner environment
Joe Biden inauguration; Covid in Mayo and Monaghan; When will schools for children with additional needs reopen?; UK denies full diplomatic status to EU; GPs to give Covid vaccine; Mother and Baby Homes; Navalny arrested in Russia; Nurse pleads for Covid compliance; Call for ESB to end links with Cerrejón; Waterford LGFA gets its own grounds
Survivors react to Mother and Baby Homes report; Trump impeached for second time; Crowds hit the snow in Wicklow mountains; Coercion of children into crime to be made illegal; Driving 80k for a burger; A return to homeschooling; Banks to develop app; Uganda elections; Vaccination at the NMH; Ruby the stolen dog comes home
Trump supporters storm Capitol Hill; Inquest rules Nóra Quoirin death was 'misadventure'; Covid vaccine rolled out to nursing homes; New Year's Resolutions during a pandemic; Court refuses Julian Assange extradition; Sinn Féin criticises Govt affordable housing scheme; Working on the Covid frontline; Kerry Mountain Rescue
Apology and compensation for Joanna Hayes; Tony Holohan on increased Covid restrictions; Residency requirements for homeless people; Space Research Centre at UCD; Schoolchildren abducted in Nigeria; Wuhan locals say virus didn't start there; Defence Forces reform; GAA warns of post-match celebrations; Comfort words from young to old
End of peat burning in Shannonbridge; Partners can attend 20-week pregnancy scan; Discrimination against Irish Travellers; 90-year-old woman first to receive public Pfizer vaccine, Belfast nurse first on island of Ireland; Reducing agriculture emissions; Surge in Christmas deliveries; Insurance reform; 14-year-old Eva McParland wins portrait prize
In this edition of Morning Ireland Extra, Cian McCormack speaks to Irish people in New York, Berlin and London to find out what issues they weighed up in deciding whether or not to come home for Christmas
A historic weekend of football at Croke Park; UK gets vaccine authorisation; Geraldine Finucane; Music Industry Stimulus Package; Min Paschal Donohoe; Light pollution in Ireland; World Aids Day; Midnight shopping; Santa Claus speaks to Irish children
Tipperary and Cavan deliver GAA earthquake; Who'll get the Covid vaccine first?; Controversy over RTÉ gathering; Thanksgiving in Covid-hit New York; Drop in antibiotic use; Row over five Irish words on headstone; Carlow uniform controversy; Refugees flee to Canaries; Trump berates journalists; Late Late Toy Show
A selection of stories from the week: Christmas turkeys; Charities in the time of Covid; Dublin Zoo seeks help from the public; Housing stand-offs in Dublin; Seamus Woulfe; living wage for artists; takeaway pints; business pleads for permission to re-open; rapid Covid testing; Irish violinist to play at Biden inauguration; Bloody Sunday
A selection of stories from the week: Death of Yorkshire Ripper; What will the Biden presidency mean for Ireland?; Rise in smishing scams; War in Ethiopia; Coming home for Christmas; Covid-19 vaccine; Will the soldier of Jadotville finally get military honours; Oirishness abounds on Wild Mountain Thyme
US Presidential election; Gun attack in Vienna; Political fallout from Varadkar GP leak; Ryanair results; Covid restrictions in the North; Man wins Halloween as Luke Kelly; More people sleeping rough seek help with mental health; Tributes paid to journalist Robert Fisk; Pheasant-shooting season delayed by Covid; Last word on presidential race
A selection of stories from the week: Mother and Baby Homes Commission; Mother and two children found dead in Dublin home; Book of Lismore; Illegal trade in songbirds; Are baby clothes essential items?; Murder-suicide in Kanturk; US election; Covid 19 in the North; France attacks; Domestic violence; Irish-English dictionary; Samhain
Ireland enters Level 5 restrictions; Final US Presidential debate; NASA and the asteroid; Mother and Baby Homes report; Keeping in touch; JoJo Dullard murder investigation; Cervical Cancer tribunal; Pope Francis comments on homosexuality; how Covid spreads; will we have turkey for Christmas?; children dress up for school Halloween parties