Rté - Saturday With Claire Byrne

Claire was joined in studio by John Paul Phelan, Minister of State for Local Government & Electoral Reform; Imelda Munster, Sinn Féin Spokesperson for Transport; Daniel McConnell, Irish Examiner; Brendan Ogle, Education & Politics Officer, Unite; Paul Sommerville, CEO, Sommerville Advisory Markets & Lucinda Creighton, CEO, Vulcan Consulting.

Claire was joined in studio by Michael D'Arcy, Fine Gael TD for Wexford, Darragh O'Brien, Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin Fingal, Pearse Doherty, Sinn Fein TD for Donegal, Fionnán Sheahan, Editor of The Irish Independent and Christina Finn, Political Correspondent with thejournal.ie, and on the line by Fatima Halawa, sister of Ibrahim Halawa.

Claire was joined in studio by Martin Heydon, Chair of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party, Anne Rabbitte, Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East, Ivana Bacik, Labour Senator, David McWilliams, Economist, Hugh O'Connell, Political Correspondent with the Sunday Business Post and Michael Murphy, Former Deputy Director of Military Intelligence.

Claire was joined in studio by Finian McGrath, Independent TD for Dublin Bay North, Timmy Dooley, Fianna Fáil TD for Clare, Brid Smith, Solidarity-PBP TD for Dublin South–Central, Dr. Eoin O'Dell, Associate Professor of Law at Trinity College Dublin and Fionnán Sheahan, Editor of The Irish Independent.

Claire was joined in studio by John Paul Phelan, Fine Gael TD for Carlow-Kilkenny, Sean Fleming, Fianna Fáil TD for Laois and Chair of PAC, Alan Kelly, Labour TD for Tipperary & Vice-Chairman of PAC, Cormac Lucey, Former Special Adviser in the Department of Justice and Niamh Lyons, Political Editor, The Ireland Edition of The Times.

Claire was joined in studio by Barry Cowen, Fianna Fáil TD for Laois Offaly, Mary Lou McDonald, Deputy Leader of Sinn Féin and TD for Dublin Central, Heather Humphreys, Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Alison O'Connor, Irish Examiner Columnist and Kevin Doyle, Group Political Editor of Independent News & Media.

Claire was joined today by Sinn Fein MP Francie Molloy, Daniel MConnell Irish Examiner Political Editor, Darragh O'Brien Fianna Fail TD for Dublin Fingal, Michael Fitzmaurice Independent Alliance TD Rocommon/Galway, Martin Heydon Fine Gael Party Chairman, Mary Minihan Irish Times Political Reporter

Claire was joined in studio by Peter Burke, Fine Gael TD for Longford-Westmeath, Jim O'Callaghan, Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin Bay South, David Cullinane, Sinn Fein TD for Waterford, Sarah Bardon, Political Reporter with The Irish Times and John Downing, Political Correspondent with The Irish Independent.

Claire was joined in studio by Frank Flannery, Former Fine Gael Strategist & Director of Elections, Joe McHugh, Fine Gael for TD Donegal, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Fine Gael TD for Offaly, Ruth Coppinger, Solidarity-PBP TD for Dublin West, Patricia King, ICTU General Secretary and Niamh Lyons, Political Editor for The Ireland Edition of The Times.

Jerry Buttimer Fine Gael Senator. Patrick O'Donovan Minister of State for Tourism & Sport. Mary Lou McDonald Deputy Leader of SF. Sean Fleming  FF TD for Laois & Chair of PAC. Dr. Kevin Cunningham Pollster with “Ireland Thinks” & former strategist for the British Labour Party. Kevin Doyle Group Political Editor of Independent News.      

Claire was joined in studio by Denis Naughten, Minister for Communications, Climate Action & The Environment, Darragh O'Brien, Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin Fingal, Alan Kelly, Labour TD for Tipperary, Michael Clifford, Special Correspondent with The Irish Examiner and Christina Finn, Political Correspondent with thejournal.ie

Claire was joined in studio by Simon Coveney, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, David Cullinane, Sinn Fein TD for Waterford, Brid Smith, Solidarity-PBP TD for Dublin South–Central, Tom Parlon, Director General of the Construction Industry Federation and Fionnán Sheahan, Editor of The Irish Independent.

Dearbhail McDonald, Group Business Editor at Independent News Media. Brian Hayes   Fine Gael MEP for DubliN. Ronan Mullen   Independent Senator. Billy Kelleher     Fianna Fáil TD Cork North - Central spokesperson on Health.Harry McGee Political Correspondent, The Irish Times Topics: National Maternity Hospital, 8th Amendment and Brexit.