This Week

After President Trump's announcement of fresh tariffs on the EU, there is significant concern about the potential impact on the Irish economy and workers. We hear from Danny McCoy, Chief Executive of the business representative group IBEC.

Darragh O'Brien, the Minister for Climate, Environment, Energy and Transport, speaks to This Week about plans for the Dublin Airport Cap, energy prices and the recent announcement of fresh tariffs on the EU by President Trump.

Legislation to abolish juries in defamation trials will be back before the Oireachtas next week. The Dail has already voted in favour of the bill, but it is before the Seanad next week. Retired High Court Judge Bernard Barton and media lawyer Michael Kealy debate the proposed change.

Presidential elections are notoriously bruising affairs, with all aspects of a candidate's past coming under the spotlight. Gavin Duffy, a business advisor who contested the presidential election in 2018, recalls his experience.

The hot sunny weather we've been experiencing over the last few days comes to an end this evening with cooler temperatures and showers forecast. Our reporter Peter O'Connell took a stroll through Galway city to find out how people have been enjoying the sunshine.

Stormclouds are gathering for the economy after Donald Trump's threat of 30% tariffs while the Presidential election kicks into gear. Sandra Hurley from our political staff gives us an update.

The 9 July deadline set by Donald Trump for a trade deal with the EU approaches without any sign of agreement on tariffs. Meanwhile Irish businesses struggle with the uncertainty. We were joined in studio by Denis O'Flynn, Director of Clonakilty Distillery and Vice Chair of Irish Whiskey Association and Enterprise Minister Peter Burke.

"We took our eye off the ball." Those were the words of HSE CEO Bernard Gloster to the Oireachtas Health Committee this week. A review of third party care delivery companies discovered that over half of directors in those companies are current or former HSE staff. HSE Chief Executive Bernard Gloster joined us to unpack the review's findings.

The search for people swept away by devastating floods in Central Texas -- including two dozen girls from a riverside summer camp -- continued this morning as the death toll climbed to at least 51 people. Terry Sheridan, news director of WSHU public radio, had been monitoring the story, and he joined us today.

Israel is sending a delegation to Qatar today for talks on a possible Gaza ceasefire deal. Meanwhile Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - who is to meet US President Donald Trump tomorrow - described the concessions demanded by Hamas as unacceptable. Bel Trew, International correspondent with the Independent, joined us from Washington.

The findings of the CSO May report showed that visitors to Ireland were down by 10% compared to May 2024. RTÉ reporter Peter O'Connell travelled to the coastal towns of Ballybunion in Co Kerry and Lahinch in Co Clare to see the situation on the ground.

More potential candidates for the presidency are emerging, among them Independent TD Catherine Connolly, Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald, and UNICEF's Peter Power. To make sense of it all, political analyst Gerard Howlin joined Carole in studio today.

Fiosrú has decided to avoid further action in the case of Evan Fitzgerald, who fired shots in the air in Carlow before taking his own life. Questions have been raised in the Oireachtas about Gardai's investigation into Mr Fitzgerald. We were joined by Independent Senator Michael McDowell and Former Assistant Garda Commissioner Pat Leahy.

At a private meeting this week the Tánaiste Simon Harris reportedly outlined his budget priorities including reducing the cost of education. But his successor in the Department of Further and Higher Education, Minister James Lawless has indicated his opposition to universal fee cuts. He was with us in studio today to discuss this and other issues.

Plans approved by the government to redevelop the GPO into a mixed use precinct, with retail components, offices, and a post office has received criticism from Sinn Féin. We were joined by Sinn Féin's Louise O'Reilly and Fine Gael's James Geoghegan to discuss the matter.

Irish Times London Correspondent Mark Paul briefed us on the latest developments in the UK, including police examination of Kneecap's Glastonbury performance, and the state of Kier Starmer's Labour government as it heads into its second year in power.

Donald Trump decided in favour of sending American bunker busting bombs to support Israel's conflict with Iran. We discuss the implications of President Trump's decision with Tánaiste Simon Harris, Professor Edward Burke of UCD and our Washington Correspondent Sean Whelan.

Ten staff members of the Oberstown Children Detention Campus in Dublin have been injured across three violent incidents since 8 June. Koulla Yiasouma, the Chair of the Board of management of the Oberstown Detention Campus, joins the show to discuss the reasons behind the spike in violent attacks on campus staff, as well as the underlying causes.

Dr Zahra Gholamvand, Iranian scientist and women's rights activist based in Ireland, shares her concerns about her family's safety and further bloodshed following US airstrikes on Iran.

Jerusalem-based journalist Orly Halpern and Chief Correspondent with Sky News Stuart Ramsay report from the Middle East as the region reels from the US bombing of Iranian nuclear sites.

With tensions boiling over in the Middle East, we hear from BBC's Editor in the region Sebastian Usher; Iranian advisor Professor Mohammad Marandi; Tom Wright, former National Security advisor to Joe Biden; and former CIA Director John Brennan.

Over 6,000 troops, tanks and helicopters paraded down the streets of Washington D.C. in celebration of 250 years of the US Army, and the 79th birthday of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile there were widespread protests across the country. CTV News' Eric Ham speaks to This Week.

The issue of RPZs dominated the political agenda over the week. We hear a report from Peter O'Connell in Ennis, and then an update from political reporter Sandra Hurley.

From robotic surgeries to faster diagnoses, artificial intelligence looks set to change how we stay healthy. The HSE already uses AI in its Health app. Professor Richard Green, the HSE's Chief Information Officer, joins us from our Cork studio to explain.

32 years after American Annie McCarrick went missing in Dublin, the search goes on. Prime Time reporter Barry Cummins, author of the book 'Missing', gives us the latest update.

A policing oversight body is taking legal action against An Garda Síochána over its failure to comply with an investigation into the murder of British agent Denis Donaldson in Co Donegal almost 20 years ago. Northern Correspondent Conor McCauley reports.

Rents for newly-built properties will no longer be capped at 2% annually, but are set to be tied to the rate of inflation. We hear from Killian Woods, Senior Business Reporter with the Business Post, John-Mark McCafferty, Chief Executive of Threshold, and Ian Lawlor, Managing Director of Roundtower Capital.

Jim O'Callaghan, Minister of Justice on deportations, Garda reviews into the murders of Tina Satchwell and Michael Gaine, and cadaver dogs.

The lifeblood of the association has long been its grassroots and community ethos, but the association is considering its future. The GAA is running a survey looking at payments for managers, player welfare and the amateur status of the GAA. We speak to Professor David Hassan who is behind the research.

The Governor of California has criticised Donald Trump's decision to send the National Guard to Los Angeles while the President's 'bromance' with Elon Musk has ended in a firestorm of tweets. We get the latest Stateside from David Blevins, US Correspondent for Sky News.

The Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association (CSNA) has confirmed to This Week that approximately 100 local shops close annually in Ireland with at least three outlets shutting their doors every fortnight. What are the issues for shop owners around the country? Our reporter Peter O'Connell met with shopkeepers in Clare and Westmeath.

It was a dramatic victory at the High Court on Friday for the former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams in his month-long defamation case against the BBC. We hear from Enda McGarrity, the solicitor for Denis Donaldson's family, and Seamus Dooley, Irish secretary for the NUJ.

An 84-year-old man, whose son was shot dead while serving with the Irish Defence Forces, has been told that he is not entitled to keep an allowance which was granted to his late wife. John McNeela speaks to This Week, and then we hear from Sinn Féin TD Ruairí Ó Murchú.

On Wednesday, Richard Satchwell will be sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife Tina at their home in Youghal in County Cork in 2017. One of the journalists who interviewed him on a number of occasions was Prime Time's Barry Cummins.

The numbers of people living in homeless shelters across the country reached a new record on Friday. We hear from Marian, a healthcare worker based in the Mid West who has lived in a rented home for 18 years, as her landlord has decided to sell the property. We later speak to Labour Party housing spokesman Conor Sheehan.

So far this year, more than two thousand people who applied for their driving test failed to show up. Tens of thousands of people are waiting months for tests. So why are there so many no-shows? Our reporter Peter O'Connell travelled to Clare to find out more.

A review is to be conducted into hip surgery carried out on around 1,800 children, after an audit found that a high number of surgeries at two hospitals did not meet the clinical criteria for surgery. We speak to Bernard Gloster, Chief Executive of the HSE.

A new implementation plan for the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, which is due to come into force next year, raises concerns that Ireland “may not be able to adequately conduct screening” due to the country's exclusion from the Schengen Area and the related IT border security systems.

In a social media post on Friday, the US President said he would recommend 50% tariffs on the EU to begin on June 1st.

Earlier this month the Residential Tenancies Board warned of "concerning trends" of rent increases in Galway that needed further investigation. In the last 12 months alone, rents in Galway have increased by 12.6% and the average monthly rent in Galway city is now €2,304. So how are tenants coping with these increases?

Aontú membership voted this weekend to make it party policy to limit the numbers of asylum seekers in the country until the housing crisis is addressed, to ban anyone entering Ireland if they purposely destroy travel documents, and to outlaw so-called Sharia law.

56 days after he was officially reported missing, there was a breakthrough in the Michael Gaine investigation. We get the latest from Southern Editor Paschal Sheehy, followed by Michael Healy Rae, the Minister of State for Agriculture, who visited the farm yesterday.