Saturday with Colm Ó Mongáin
Kanaal Besonderhede
Saturday with Colm Ó Mongáin
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.
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141 episodes
New immigration laws
Emer Higgins, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Mid-West & Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality, Duncan Smith, Labour Party...
Greenland latest
Greenland’s Minister for Business and Energy Naaja Nathanielsen joins the panel of Emer Higgins, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Mid-West & Min. of State at t...
Grok/AI images
Emer Higgins, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Mid-West & Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality, Duncan Smith, Labour Party...
Blister Packs
Paul McAuliffe, Fianna Fáil Party Whip and TD for Dublin North West / David Cullinane, Sinn Féin Health Spokesperson and TD for Waterford /Senator Lau...
Defence
Paul McAuliffe, Fianna Fáil Party Whip and TD for Dublin North West / David Cullinane, Sinn Féin Health Spokesperson and TD for Waterford /Senator Lau...
Assessment of Needs
Paul McAuliffe, Fianna Fáil Party Whip and TD for Dublin North West / David Cullinane, Sinn Féin Health Spokesperson and TD for Waterford /Senator Lau...
What next for the taxi protest?
Neale Richmond, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown and Min. of State for International Development & the Diaspora, Cian O’Callaghan, Dpt. Leader of the...
Young people emigrating
Neale Richmond, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown and Min. of State for International Development & the Diaspora, Cian O’Callaghan, Dpt. Leader of the...
Disability supports
We hear from Joan Carthy, Irish Wheelchair Association’s National Advocacy Manager and our panel of Neale Richmond, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown a...
16,766 people in emergency accommodation last month
The final publication of the Department of Housing's homelessness figures before Christmas shows that 11,492 adults and 5,274 children had nowhere to...
Previous Garda Commissioner using OPW property
Former Garda Commissioner Drew Harris was accommodated in a property owned by the Office of Public Works. Our panel this week Niall Collins, Reada Cro...
Rural Crime
The new Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly has said he wants to tackle Rural Crime.Our panel this week Niall Collins, Reada Cronin and Peader Tóibín.
Man jailed for life for murder of John Mackey
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Fast Fashion
Our panel of Alan Dillon, Fine Gael TD for Mayo and Minister of State for Small Business and Retail & Circular Economy, Marie Sherlock, Labour TD for...
Dublin Central By-Election
Alan Dillon, Fine Gael TD for Mayo and Minister of State for Small Business and Retail & Circular Economy, Marie Sherlock, Labour TD for Dublin Centra...
Gender based violence
Our panel of Alan Dillon, Fine Gael TD for Mayo and Minister of State for Small Business and Retail & Circular Economy, Marie Sherlock, Labour TD for...
Housing
The panel discuss the Government's new housing plan that was unveiled this week.
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Storm Claudia
Superintendent Liam Geraghty and our panel of Thomas Byrne, Fianna Fáil TD for Meath East and Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs,...
Male Porn Addiction
The panel is joined by Colin O’Gara, Head of Addiction Services at St John of God University Hospital.
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COP 30
We hear from Tara Shine, CEO at Change by Degrees on what happened this week at COP 30 and our panel of Hildegarde Naughton, Minister of State for Dis...
IPAS / EU Migration Pact
Hildegarde Naughton, Minister of State for Disability and Fine Gael TD for Galway West, Sorca Clarke, Sinn Féin TD for Longford-Westmeath and Paul Mur...
Disability costs
Our panel this week are Hildegarde Naughton, Minister of State for Disability and Fine Gael TD for Galway West, Sorca Clarke, Sinn Féin TD for Longfor...
Presidential Election Special: Hour 1
Analysis of the Presidential Election as ballot boxes are opened and votes beging to be counted.
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Presidential Election Special: Hour 2
Analysis of the Presidential Election as ballot boxes are opened and votes beging to be counted.
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International Protection Bill
Marian Harkin, Minister of State at the Dept. of Further and Higher Education and Ind. TD for Sligo-Leitrim; Roderic O'Gorman, Leader of the Green Par...
Presidential Election Race
The latest on the Presidential Election with Donagh Humphreys, Head of Social for Ogilvy Ireland; Marian Harkin, Minister of State at the Dept. of Fur...
Is enough being done to recruit apprentices?
Marian Harkin, Minister of State at the Dept. of Further and Higher Education and Ind. TD for Sligo-Leitrim; Roderic O'Gorman, Leader of the Green Par...
Rise in young Ukrainians seeking temporary protection
Niall Collins, Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs & Migration; Lynn Boylan, Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin; Ciarán Ahern, Labour T...
Jonathan Dekl-Chen - the father of an Israeli hostage
Niall Collins, Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs & Migration; Lynn Boylan, Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin; Ciarán Ahern, Labour T...
Why has govt decided against pursuing controversial hate speech laws?
Niall Collins, Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs & Migration; Lynn Boylan, Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin; Ciarán Ahern, Labour T...
Will Fianna Fáil members vote in line with the Taoiseach in the Presidential election?
Niall Collins, Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs & Migration; Lynn Boylan, Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin; Ciarán Ahern, Labour T...
What should the top priority be on Tuesday for Budget 2026?
Colm Brophy, Minister of State for Migration and Fine Gael TD for Dublin South-West; Louise O’Reilly, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Fingal West; Michael Col...
49,000 without power after Storm Amy hits Ireland
Garry Martin, Director of Emergency Services for Donegal Co Council; Colm Brophy, Minister of State for Migration and Fine Gael TD for Dublin South-We...
How engaged are you in the presidential election campaign?
Donagh Humphreys, Head of Social for Ogilvy Ireland; Colm Brophy, Minister of State for Migration and Fine Gael TD for Dublin South-West; Louise O’Rei...
What action will follow the detention of 16 Irish citizens by Israel?
Colm Brophy, Minister of State for Migration and Fine Gael TD for Dublin South-West; Louise O’Reilly, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Fingal West; Michael Col...
Should workers get priority for social housing?
Noel Sherry, CEO of the Good Shepherd Centre; Robert Troy, Minister of State at the Department of Finance; Mairéad Farrell, Sinn Féin TD for Galway We...
Core social welfare payments in Budget 2026
Robert Troy, Minister of State at the Department of Finance; Mairéad Farrell, Sinn Féin TD for Galway West; Gary Gannon, Social Democrats TD for Dubli...
Do voters intend on casting the Presidential Election?
Robert Troy, Minister of State at the Department of Finance; Mairéad Farrell, Sinn Féin TD for Galway West; Gary Gannon, Social Democrats TD for Dubli...
The presidential race: Sinn Féin backs Catherine Conolly
Catherine Connolly, Independent presidential candidate / Eoin Ó Broin, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Mid West / Kieran O’Donnell, Minister of State at the D...
What have the electorate learned about how seriously racism is taken by the political system after a Social Democrats TD’s apology?
Dr Ebun Joseph, Special Rapporteur for racial equality and racism Ireland, and CEO & founder of the Institute of Anti-racism and Black Studies / Kiera...