Morning Ireland

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Morning Ireland is the breakfast news programme broadcast by RTÉ Radio 1 each weekday morning between -07.00 and 09.00 (07.30 and 09.00 in high summer). Occasional weekend editions are also aired on the occasion of major breaking news stories such as general elections or referendums.

The programme,' which is co-presented by Aine Lawlor and a number of other presenters, consists of a mixture of live interviews and pre-recorded location reports. Extended news bulletins are broadcast at 07.00 and 08.00, followed by weather, business news and "What It Says In The Papers", a review of the Irish morning newspapers. There are news headlines followed by sports news at 07.30 and 08.30 and business news is broadcast at 07.45.

"Morning Ireland" is the top rated radio programme in the Republic of Ireland, with a listenership estimated by the Joint National Listenership Survey [1] to be 476,000. It has been on the air for over 20 years, and is considered the most influential news programme on Irish radio.