This Week (radio series)

This Week is an Irish news and current affairs radio programme broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1. It airs Sundays between 13:00 and 14:00. It claims to be Ireland's longest-running radio news programme.

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Content and presentation

The programme is presented by RTE's former political correspondent David McCullagh, former Washington-based US correspondent Carole Coleman and political reporter Justin McCarthy. The programme is edited by former investigative reporter John Burke. The new programme team was announced by RTE on 3 September 2018, as reported in the Irish Independent and Irish Times.
The programme's previous presenters were Brian Dowling and Colm O Mongain. The programme was edited and presented for many years by Gerald Barry. Other presenters in the past included the national broadcaster's former Middle East Correspondent Richard Crowley, Michael Good, Paul Maguire, Gavin Jennings and Sean O Rourke. David McCullagh previously worked on the programme in the 1990s prior to becoming a dedicated political reporter.
The show has in-depth interviews, news packages and foreign coverage. Lengthened editions are also aired on the occasion of major breaking news stories such as general elections or referendums.

Awards

In June 2018, John Burke and Colm Ó Mongáin were awarded the Law Society of Ireland's Justice Media Award for an investigation and analysis into under-resourcing of GSOC, the Irish national policing investigation agency. The citation, published on the Law Society website, read: "An excellent example of detailed investigative reporting, bringing previously unpublished information to the public attention and providing incisive analysis of the difficulties involved".