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About this Podcast:
News, interviews and analysis every Sunday from Ireland's longest-running radio news programme, presented by Paul Cunningham. Listen live at 1 pm on RTE Radio 1.
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What is This Week about?
News, interviews and analysis every Sunday from Ireland's longest-running radio news programme, presented by Paul Cunningham. Listen live at 1 pm on RTE Radio 1.
What has This Week covered recently?
Recent episodes include "US mid-term elections to be held November 3rd" (25 October 2026, 6 minutes), "Minister Helen McEntee on Triple Lock debate" (25 October 2026, 19 minutes), and "Labour's Duncan Smith argues for retention of Triple Lock" (25 October 2026, 6 minutes).
How often does This Week publish?
This Week publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 9 minutes across 100 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on This Week?
Booking probability for This Week is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. This Week requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. This Week's contact route on record: verified email.
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Recent episodes
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Oct 25, 202619 minPaul speaks to Minister Helen McEntee about the Triple Lock Dáil debate why the Government curtailed it to just four hours, leading to Opposition claims that a vital debate on a key national issue was being stiffled...
Oct 25, 20266 minLabour's Foreign Affairs and Defence Spokesperson Duncan Smith speaks to Paul about the Triple Lock. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 25, 20266 minOur reporter Eithne Dodd looks into how in Ireland, anyone can call themselves as 'psychotherapist' and charge people for mental health services and how CORU, the regulator for health and social care professions, is...
Oct 25, 20266 minOur Deputy Foreign Editor Edmund Heaphy joins Paul from Tel Aviv. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oct 25, 20269 minPaul is joined by Ian Hutcheson as he as returned home to Dublin after being detained by soldiers in the Occupied West Bank earlier this week and then deported from Israel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...
Oct 18, 20266 minPaul was joined by Christopher Miller, Financial Times Chief Ukraine Correspondent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 18, 202616 minPaul is joined by Lt Col Cormac Brady, Officer Commanding the 69th Infantry Group and Lt Col James Hourigan, Deputy Director for Logistics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 18, 20263 minOur South East Correspondent, Marc O'Driscoll joins Paul from Waterford. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 18, 20265 minSky News Correspondent Adam Parsons joins Paul from Jerusalem. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 18, 20264 minNiall Stanage, Associate Editor with The Hill joins Paul from Washington. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 18, 20268 minPaul speaks to Minister for Further and Higher Education, James Lawless. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This Week
Irish teens speak on Online Safety
Oct 4, 20267 minRTÉ reporter Eithne Dodd went to a Foróige group in Limerick to ask teenagers about the impact and harms of social media See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Irish teens speak on Online Safety
Oct 4, 20267 minRTÉ reporter Eithne Dodd went to a Foróige group in Limerick to ask teenagers about the impact and harms of social media See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Budget 2027: The Final Preview
Oct 4, 20265 minFor a breakdown ahead of Budget Day, Paul was joined in studio by RTÉ Political Correspondent Micheál Lehane. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Ireland v Israel: Round Two
Oct 4, 20267 minPaul was joined from northern Serbia by RTÉ Soccer Correspondent Tony O'Donoghue, as well as some locals sharing their thoughts on the match. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The EU Kids Act: Impact on Ireland
Oct 4, 20269 minPaul was joined by online safety coordinator for Children's Rights Alliance Noeline Blackwell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 4, 20264 minPaul was joined by the Chief Ukraine Correspondent for the Financial Times Christopher Miller See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Helen McEntee on Drumcree, Budget
Oct 4, 202617 minPaul was joined by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Helen McEntee. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Standoff in Drumcree
Sep 27, 202619 minPaul was joined by RTÉ reporter Colman O'Sullivan, Sinn Fein's Upper Bann MLA John O'Dowd and DUP MP Gregory Campbell See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Helen McEntee
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trande, Fine Gael
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Noeline Blackwell
Expert Independent Adviser, The Children’s Rights Alliance
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Christopher Miller
Lead Analyst of Emerging Payments at Javelin Strategy & Research, DoubleTree by Hilton Dayton/Fairborn
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Adrian Kane
Divisional Organiser, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction, The Infatuation
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