The Week in Politics

The Week in Politics
The Week in Politics
Genre	News and Current Affairs
Presented by	Seán Duignan Caroline Erskine Sean O'Rourke former presenters Áine Lawlor current.
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language	English
Production
Production locations	Studio 3, RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	60 mins
Production company	RTÉ
Original release
Network	RTÉ One RTÉ News channel
Release	1996 (1996) – present
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The Week in Politics is an Irish news and current affairs programme broadcast on RTÉ One and the RTÉ News channel. It is presented by Áine Lawlor, occasionally by Sharon Ní Bheoláin or Paul Cunningham.^[1][2] In its original format in 1996 it was hosted by Caroline Erskine^[3] and Seán Duignan.^[4]

In late 2000's and early 2010's Sean O'Rourke presented it.

The programme reflects on the political week, with interviews and discussions. The majority of guests are politicians who are Teachtaí Dála or Irish Senators. The programme is broadcast live at noon on Sunday and is repeated throughout the day on the RTÉ News channel and its traditional late night slot on RTÉ One. The programme moved from its late night slot to midday in January 2013.

The programme went off the air for seven weeks in early 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. It returned at the end of April. Due to social distancing requirements, the majority of contributors then came on air from RTÉ regional studios or via video conferencing technology. Prior to COVID-19, contributors came to Studio 3 on the RTÉ campus in Donnybrook, Dublin. In March 2021 the programme underwent a complete visual and audio rebranding. The Week in Politics is edited by Joe Mag Raollaigh.