Today with... (RTÉ Radio 1)
Today with David McCullagh is a current affairs magazine broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 on weekday mornings. The Today with... format, originally associated with broadcaster Pat Kenny who presented the show from the 1970s until 2013, has also been hosted by Sean O'Rourke and Sarah McInerney. Claire Byrne hosted the show between August 2020 and August 2025. As of 2025, it is hosted by David McCullagh.
Marketed as a "mid-morning current affairs magazine", the programme format covers current news stories, analysis, sports coverage, with some featured and consumer interest stories. As of 2019, the show reportedly had 321,000 average daily listeners.
Presenters
Pat Kenny (1970s–2013)
Originally associated with Pat Kenny, who first presented the programme in the 1970s, it was a replacement for Gay Byrne's similar programme. The Today with Pat Kenny format featured current affairs topics with interviews from journalists, politicians, celebrities and human-interest guests.The programme was named 'Best National Radio Programme' at the Plain English Campaign awards in 2005, and won PPI Radio Awards for 'Current Affairs Programme' in 2008 and 2009. As of 2008, the average audience for the show was 291,000. The programme featured weather, sport and news, with Valerie Cox acting as the show's reporter, and Eoghan Corry contributing weekly travel segments.
In January 2012, Pat Kenny was accused of "insulting" residents of a Dublin north inner city community after he referred to "a hovel in Ballybough" during the programme. City councillor Nial Ring was "inundated with calls from annoyed constituents" and responded that there were no "hovels" in Ballybough. Pat Kenny defended his remarks.
In July 2013, Kenny announced his resignation from RTÉ with immediate effect in order to take up a new position presenting a new programme on the rival station Newstalk from September 2013 in the same time slot. In August 2013, RTÉ announced that, following Kenny's departure, Sean O'Rourke would take over the programme.