Saturday with Colm Ó Mongáin

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Saturday with Colm Ó Mongáin questions agendas, dissects the week gone by, and debates the likely issues of the week to come. Tune in to hear the very latest from newsmakers and from those whose lives are impacted by policy makers in Ireland. Listen live every Saturday at 1.05pm on RTÉ Radio 1.

Recent Episodes
  • If public inquiries are a thing of the past, what now for other victims of state failure?
    Apr 19, 2025 – 0:18:37
  • A look at the future of rural Ireland from Ballycastle in Co. Mayo
    Apr 19, 2025 – 0:21:54
  • Concerns for the viability of GAA clubs along the western seaboard
    Apr 19, 2025 – 0:09:08
  • Why has govt u-turned on a pledge to increase statutory sick leave?
    Apr 12, 2025 – 0:24:30
  • When can a child be subjected to restraint in school?
    Apr 12, 2025 – 0:18:48
  • Soc Dems decision to include Eoin Hayes to get an Oireachtas chair
    Apr 12, 2025 – 0:04:29
  • Why is Govt holding back on supports for those most at risk from tariffs?
    Apr 5, 2025 – 0:29:27
  • Arrests at The Mothers Against Genocide protest on Wednesday
    Apr 5, 2025 – 0:14:52
  • Mixed messaging from govt on a 'Housing Czar' appointment
    Apr 5, 2025 – 0:07:13
  • How should the EU & Ireland deal with Donald Trump’s tariffs?
    Mar 29, 2025 – 0:27:21
  • The latest from the Dáil speaking time row
    Mar 29, 2025 – 0:14:17
  • Is the government doing enough to integrate migrants?
    Mar 29, 2025 – 0:09:25
  • Should Europe do more to back lasting peace in Ukraine & Gaza?
    Mar 22, 2025 – 0:18:42
  • How are young men are being radicalised online?
    Mar 22, 2025 – 0:21:08
  • Victim of Michael Shine calls for a public inquiry into alleged abuses
    Mar 22, 2025 – 0:09:30
  • How can Irish interests be protected in US-EU negotiations?
    Mar 15, 2025 – 0:19:01
  • Philomena Lee’s daughter calls for Mother & Baby Home redress expansion
    Mar 15, 2025 – 0:22:25
  • Why did govt persist with 40,000 housing figures?
    Mar 15, 2025 – 0:07:01
  • The isolating reality of raising two children with additional needs
    Mar 8, 2025 – 0:46:24
  • Will there be a cordial meeting between President Trump and the Taoiseach?
    Mar 8, 2025 – 0:04:04
  • Diplomacy in disarray: Political reaction to Zelensky and Trump
    Mar 1, 2025 – 0:21:12
  • Flights transporting 32 Georgian nationals served with deportation orders
    Mar 1, 2025 – 0:07:12
  • Finbar Cafferkey: the Achill man killed while fighting for Ukraine
    Mar 1, 2025 – 0:13:11
  • The speed camera issue in County Mayo
    Mar 1, 2025 – 0:08:13
  • IHREC on how the state is treating migrants
    Feb 22, 2025 – 0:29:50
  • Members of Traveller community living in substandard accommodation
    Feb 22, 2025 – 0:17:07
  • Is it time to drop the prayer at Dáil time?
    Feb 22, 2025 – 0:03:22
  • The Arts Council overspend on a failed IT system
    Feb 15, 2025 – 0:31:27
  • How will An Taoiseach’s plea on behalf of the illegal Irish be received by President Trump?
    Feb 15, 2025 – 0:15:31
  • Will there be a ‘tá brón orm’ in the ‘insint bréaga’ row?
    Feb 15, 2025 – 0:03:05
  • The sentence handed down to the hit & run driver who killed Joe Drennan
    Feb 8, 2025 – 0:16:55
  • Patient on home dialysis on the difficulty posed for her during Storm Éowyn
    Feb 8, 2025 – 0:17:01
  • Why has govt chosen to give effect to a controversial definition of antisemitism?
    Feb 8, 2025 – 0:16:10
  • Are we headed for more raucous scenes when the Dáil resumes next week?
    Feb 1, 2025 – 0:25:04
  • INMO reveals that January was the worst month for trolley figures in almost 20 years
    Feb 1, 2025 – 0:16:18
  • What is the new govt's plan for the accommodation of Ukrainian refugees?
    Feb 1, 2025 – 0:08:32
  • The attendance of President Higgins to a Holocaust Memorial event
    Jan 25, 2025 – 0:21:15
  • Rreaction to the make-up of the new cabinet
    Jan 25, 2025 – 0:17:20
  • Over 500k remain without power after Storm Éowyn
    Jan 25, 2025 – 0:08:07
  • With 38 Ministerial posts, will bigger Govt mean better Govt?
    Jan 18, 2025 – 0:23:39
  • Is there a plan to encourage healthcare grads to stay & work here?
    Jan 18, 2025 – 0:16:01
  • Irish woman working in a field hospital in Gaza
    Jan 18, 2025 – 0:08:19
  • Government formation talks are intensifying this weekend
    Jan 11, 2025 – 0:18:22
  • The ongoing challenges of filling teacher posts
    Jan 11, 2025 – 0:27:27
  • How concerned should farmers be about an outbreak of Foot & Mouth Disease in Germany?
    Jan 11, 2025 – 0:01:54
  • 10 days until Donald Trump becomes US President
    Jan 6, 2025 – 0:08:13
  • The Middle East Occupied Territories Bill
    Jan 6, 2025 – 0:14:47
  • Will the Mercosur international trade deal ever become a reality?
    Jan 6, 2025 – 0:19:19
  • The impact of a new US leader on the war in Ukraine
    Jan 6, 2025 – 0:09:18
  • Death toll after German market attack rises to five
    Dec 21, 2024 – 0:05:39
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