The UTV Podcast

As Jim Gavin exits the race to be President over claims of unpaid rent, we ask what it all means for The Taoiseach and Fianna Fail and how it will affect the race Claire Hanna tells her party conference that it's time for the Irish Government to create a ministry for Irish unity. Our Political Editor Tracey Magee reports  and I'll be joined in studio by the party leader. As the Conservative confer...

Carol Jordan discusses the urgent need for reform in Northern Ireland's social care system with expert Professor Ray Jones. He conducted a review of the system two years ago and talks of how little has been done since - while the system detetoriates. You can also watch this episode on ITVX.

In this takeaway pod, UTV Political Editor Tracey Magee interviews Northern Ireland Secretary of State Hilary Benn at the Labour Party conference.  He talks legacy, the controversial Brit cards and if he back Keir Starmer for leading Labour into the next election. This episode is from View From Stormont, you can watch the programme here.  

Hilary Benn tells our Political Editor Tracey Magee there will be special protections for veterans in any new government legislation on legacy but denies that it will be a side deal Is the economy here taking full advantage of the opportunities provided by AI? Jordan Moates has that report, and we hear from Economy Minister, Dr. Caoimhe Archibald. Our commentators are Dr. Clare Rice, and Professor...

This week's UTV Talking Politics is all about the messaging Tracey Magee and Vicki Hawthorne were both at the DUP conference, while Tracey is just back from London and a rootop engagement with the PM. You can also watch this podcast on ITVX.

The UTV podcast gets a touchdown. Nathan Hanna discusses the NFL game at Croke Park Dublin between the Steelers and the Vikings with Michael McQuaid of Pro Football Ireland.  You can also watch this episoded on ITVX.

We examine the new legacy document in great detail. Nathan Hanna has been speaking to a range of experts and we'll be joined by several senior politicans from the parties. Also, our Political Correspondent Vicki Hawthorne, reports from the DUP's annual conference; and we'll be joined, in studio, by party leader Gavin Robinson for an in-depth discussion.

Paul Clark interviews the author and journalist Stephen Walker about his new book - a biography of David Trimble.  He was a nobel laureate, helped negotiate the 1998 Agreement and was one of the most influential figures in modern British and Irish History.   You can also watch this interview on ITVX.

Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly sits down with our political editor Tracey Magee, to discuss a wide range of topics. Plus, ahead of President Trump's visit to the UK on Wednesday, we look at what it might mean for relations here. You can also watch this on ITVX.

Disputes, discord and disagreements were all evident when Stormont returned from its summer recess this week. Instead of coming back on a high from their summer holidays - refreshed and ready for business - we've had a week of tetchy exchanges. In the first episode of UTV's new fortnightly politics podcast 'UTV Talking Politics', UTV's Political Editor Tracey Magee and Political Correspondent Vick...

On the day Mary Lou McDonald rules herself out of the running to become Irish President, Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O'Neill tells our political editor Tracey Magee that she has not.  The Sinn Féin Vice President also says the party is determined to deliver on the four party coalition at Stormont and she describes her relationship with the deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly as 'fine'...

Stormont returns next week, we assess what progress has been made on the the big issues and just how much more needs to be achieved. Sarah McCarron has that report and I'll be speaking to Ann Watt the director of Pivotal. Also here will be David McCann and Allison Morrris. As the Irish Presidential campaign gathers momentum, I talk to one of the contenders, the Independent TD Catherine Connolly an...

Martin Donnelly was on the cusp of a promising racing career in F1 when he was involved in a devastating crash... His Lotus suffered mechanical failure causing him to crash at the Spanish Grand Prix in 1990. He was travelling at a speed of around 160mph. His stricken body, lying still strapped to his seat is one of the sport's most harrowing, and enduring images highlighting the dangers of the spo...

In this  Takeaway Pod  we examine Chancellor Rachel Reeves visit to Northern Ireland.  She hailed the potential of Northern Ireland for the UK's growth, while the deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly and Finance Minister John O'Dowd appealed made a case for more funding for Northern Ireland. UTV Political Editor Tracey Magee examines the impact - if any - on Northern Ireland, while saying th...

In this takeaway podcast, UTV sports correspondent Ruth Gorman talks to boxer Michael Conlan on his upcoming WBC International Featherweight title fight and his ambitions to make it to the top of boxing. He chats about his training camp, what every fight now means for him and a suspect golf handicap.  You can also watch this interview on ITVX.

Dogs with Jobs returns to UTV and with it comes the Dogcast. Dogs with Jobs returns Ali Fleming discusses the new UTV series with presenter Emma Patterson and Dr Caroline Finlay of Conservation Detection Dogs NI Watch the vodcast here on ITVX.

Our reporter Stewart Robson talks to a parent concerned about how her son may not have a school place come September  and I'll also be joined  by the Independent Autism Reviewer, Ema Cubitt. What has the first year of Keir Starmer's Labour Government accomplished and where has it failed. I'll be joined for an indepth interview  by  ITV News Political Editor, Robert Peston. Our commentators tonight...

Ali Fleming talks to the Northern Irish Influencers from across the fitness, food, and lifestyle worlds as they reveal the hard work behind their social media fame. You can watch the UTV Vodcast on ITVX.

Tomorrow a controversial vote on cuts to welfare payments will take place at Westminster. We outline what it will mean for those who'll now lose out financially with Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick. We'll also look at the broader political implications with  Peter Cardwell and Kevin Maguire. The Stormont Speaker and standards. Stewart Robson reports on how Edwin Poots has been chastising members of the Assem...

Reaction to the High court decision to halt the A Five project - because it does not comply with Northern Ireland's climate change targets.  I'll be joined by the Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins and representatives of some of the parties.  Nathan Hanna has a special report on the state of Infrastructure here; we ask how projects can be speeded up and what needs to be done to make government mo...

After racially motivated rioting in Ballymena and elsewhere, we have an exclusive interview with the Chief Constable, Jon Boutcher. He says a fire officer told him that if emergency services had not intervened people could have been killed. How does Northern Ireland look to the future after the violence? Stewart Robson reports, and we speak to senior figures from the parties here.  Our commentator...

Carol Jordan is joined by health reporter Deborah McAleese to discuss her work on a scandal that rocked the Belfast health trust.  You can watch a special documentary on this on ITVX where this podcast is also available .

Terror for families in Ballymena as their homes are attacked and set on fire with them inside. We'll be discussing what happened and what needs to be done with the local MP and TUV Leader Jim Allister, Alliance Deputy leader Eóin Tennyson, and Sinn Fein's Philip McGuigan. The Government U-Turns on Winter Fuel Payments for most older people. What else can we epxpect in tomorow's spending review? Wi...

We have an in-depth interview with Communities Minister Gordon Lyons on the day he announces his budget is tens of millions short to build the housing envisaged in the Programme for Government.  Division between the DUP and Sinn Fein over whether or not the Dublin government should be allowed to further fund north south bodies without more money from Stormont. Paul Reilly explains all of that and...

Described by Ulster Unionist leader James Craig as the ‘root of all evil’, the Boundary Commission that convened in 1924 was a symbol of hope for nationalist Ireland and fear for unionist Northern Ireland.  When it reported, 100 years ago, its recommendations were shelved - leaving the border of the six counties of Northern Ireland unchanged.  And so it has remained to this day... Paul Clark is jo...