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# Field of Dreams

Taxpayers pay hundreds of thousands on field unsuitable for sheltered housing

The situation was unveiled on Prime Time tonight.

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Sep 25th 2014, 10:21 PM

# Q and A

Irish Water's spokeswoman was on Prime Time tonight. Here's what she said:

Elizabeth Arnett answered questions from the audience in studio and online.

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Sep 23rd 2014, 11:25 PM

# Abortion Debate

'Sad and depressed' but not 'actively suicidal' - the HSE's verdict on Ms Y

RTÉ Prime Time has revealed that the HSE believes there was “an overall lack of coordination” in the handling of the case.

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Sep 23rd 2014, 7:56 AM

# facebreakers

Rory McIlroy was on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and inevitably won another trophy

Oh, Tiger Woods was there too.

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Aug 19th 2014, 8:55 AM

# SIPO

Here's what happened when Mick Wallace and Ming complained about Alan Shatter

SIPO received complaints about the former justice minister from the two outspoken politicians.

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Aug 7th 2014, 4:06 PM

# Marioara

Marioara Rostas family speak of their grief and 'dreadful pain' over teenager's killing

“My heart aches for my family, for my girl who was killed,” her mother told RTÉ’s Prime Time.

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Jul 31st 2014, 10:56 PM

# Corbally Ruling

Parents say High Court ruling is impacting how complaints can be made against doctors

A Prime Time show aired tonight heard from a couple who complained about the care their six-year-old daughter received before she died.

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Jun 26th 2014, 10:20 PM

# Missing

"The fight goes on": Family continue their search for missing Sandra Collins

The Collins family will feature in a TV programme tonight that focuses on the recent trial of a man accused of Sandra’s murder.

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Jun 10th 2014, 8:06 PM

Voices

Opinion: One year on from the Prime Time childcare exposé – what have we learned?

I watched last year’s Prime Time documentary in tears, as did many parents around the country. Have the inspection and regulatory changes that followed been enough?

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May 28th 2014, 1:00 PM

# Election porn

7 things we learned from last night's Dublin Prime Time debate

They came, they shouted, they argued and then they all went home.

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May 21st 2014, 8:30 AM

# Election porn

7 things we learned from last night's Ireland South Prime Time debate

They came, they shouted, they argued and then they all went home.

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May 20th 2014, 8:36 AM

# Election 2014

European candidate says he was dragged out of the studio during Prime Time debate ad break

Mark Fitzsimons said no one was injured in the incident which took place after he refused to remove himself from the studio in protest at his exclusion from the first part of the debate.

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May 19th 2014, 4:20 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Are RTÉ's Prime Time debates fair to the candidates?

One independent called the decision to have two panels for each constituency “the lowest trick yet”. What do you think of the Euro debate format?

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May 19th 2014, 8:58 AM

# Election 2014

7 things we learned from last night's Midlands North-West Prime Time debate

They came, they shouted, they argued and then they all went home.

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May 19th 2014, 8:06 AM

# Election porn

Prime Time is holding three European election debates - but not everyone's happy about it

Almost 200 complaints have already been made – before anyone’s even opened their mouth or read out any tweets.

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May 18th 2014, 6:30 PM

# Childcare

Efforts to improve standards after RTÉ creche investigation "have not been enough"

Early Childhood Ireland has said that the funding made available has been a “trickle of the stream” that is needed.

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May 15th 2014, 7:45 AM

# tv picks

What to watch on TV tonight: Tuesday

Here are the shows that’ll be on your Twitter timeline later.

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May 13th 2014, 5:45 PM

# Not happy

16 TDs want a meeting with RTÉ because they're being treated 'very unfairly'

Members of the Dáil’s Technical Group claim that the national broadcaster is unfairly excluding them from a Prime Time panel. RTÉ argues that independents are not a political party and represent themselves.

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May 13th 2014, 1:38 PM

# On the defence

Leo Varadkar: Mick Wallace broke a much more serious law than Alan Shatter

The Transport Minister has defended his Cabinet colleague after the Data Protection Commissioner found that he broke the law by revealing information about Wallace on live television.

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May 7th 2014, 3:00 PM

# Watchdog

These are the experts who will investigate baby deaths at Portlaoise Hospital

HIQA will carry out a review of the quality of service provided at the hospital.

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Apr 29th 2014, 10:11 AM

# Prime Time

Failings at UK care home run by Rehab 'raises questions' for Ireland

A Prime Time investigation revealed that standards of care were not met at a care home run by Rehab Group.

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Apr 25th 2014, 12:24 PM

# opportunities

Post offices could link up with credit unions to provide banking services

The Irish Postmasters’ Union is set to work with Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte to diversify services.

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Apr 24th 2014, 8:43 AM

# Baby deaths

Prime Time investigation reveals details of fifth baby death at Portlaoise Hospital

Amy Delahunt and Ollie Kelly were told by the hospital that they would have to request the review into the death of their daughter under the Freedom of Information Act.

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Apr 3rd 2014, 10:38 PM

# fixed charges

'Motorists were wrongly fined' --- speed camera whistleblower

Alan Shatter says he’s pursuing claims detailed tonight on Prime Time with the new Garda Commissioner

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Apr 1st 2014, 11:44 PM

# want answers

Reilly accused of needing Prime Time programme to be aired before taking action

The Health Minister was questioned on a range of health care topic in the Dáil today.

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Apr 1st 2014, 4:49 PM

# Response times

Ambulance service responds to damning Prime Time investigation

The NAS noted that the controversial OVR units were used over 600 times so far this year.

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Mar 28th 2014, 5:54 PM

# Emergency

Firefighters and emergency workers 'extremely concerned' about Ireland's ambulance service

RTÉ’s Prime Time programme documented a litany of failures of shortcomings in the National Ambulance Service.

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Mar 28th 2014, 2:28 PM

# Emergency Services

"I'm not in denial of anything" - Ambulance chief defends 'best in the world' comment

Martin Dunne has stood by his words on a Prime Time investigation which detailed major shortcomings in the National Ambulance Service.

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Mar 28th 2014, 10:06 AM

# shocking

Missed last night’s Prime Time investigation into ambulance delays? Here’s what we learned….

‘Rapid Response Vehicles’ — which cost the taxpayer over €100,000 each — are effectively being used by managers as ‘company cars’…

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Mar 28th 2014, 9:45 AM

# Animal Cruelty

Emaciated ex-racehorse dumped in field left to die finds new home

The case of Forest is common one, said the ISPCA who will be talking about Forest and animal cruelty on RTE’s Prime Time this evening.

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Mar 24th 2014, 9:01 PM

# worrying

Creches under investigation again following more revelations about care

The HSE is now investigating a number of serious cases.

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Mar 14th 2014, 3:30 PM

# lack of compassion

'Why did it take a Prime Time programme to highlight the problems at Portlaoise maternity unit?'

The chief medical officer was questioned on the deaths of babies at Portlaoise this morning.

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Mar 6th 2014, 1:01 PM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

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Mar 4th 2014, 4:58 PM

# irish Ukrainians

RTÉ has explained Prime Time 'Irish Ukrainians not Russians' meltdown

Viewers were left baffled by the repeated words.

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Mar 4th 2014, 1:58 PM

# techno techno techno

Have a rave to the techno remix of #IrishUkrainiansNotRussians

Prime time for a dance.

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Mar 4th 2014, 7:49 AM

# Prime Time

RTÉ One had a repetitive, 'infuriating' meltdown... and there's already a remix

Irish Ukrainians, not Russians. Irish Ukrainians, not Russians. Irish Ukrainians, not Russians. Irish Ukrainians, not Russians.

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Mar 3rd 2014, 11:12 PM

# stealth supporters

Team Panti invaded the Prime Time audience last night

You can run, you can hide, but you can’t escape Team Panti.

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Feb 12th 2014, 8:49 AM

# fatal failures

Mum learned about baby's death investigation on RTÉ show

Prime Time Investigates looked into the deaths of babies at Portlaoise Hospital – the mother of Katelyn discovered that one baby was her daughter Katelyn.

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Feb 11th 2014, 10:35 PM

# BUGGING

Garda Ombudsman in 'state of heightened awareness' over Boylan inquiry

Kieran Fitzgerald said his office would have a “list of suspects” if it was found that surveillance had taken place.

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Feb 11th 2014, 10:24 PM

# Prime Time

‘We will get all the answers’ – Reilly says HIQA will review death of babies in Portlaoise

Reilly was speaking after one family, whose tragic story was outlined in a Prime Time special last week, met with members of the Oireachtas earlier today.

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Feb 4th 2014, 11:20 PM