RTÉ to shake up flagship news programmes with Tommy Meskill to co-host Six One | Westmeath Independent

RTÉ to shake up flagship news programmes with Tommy Meskill to co-host Six One RSS Syndicated Content Published: Fri 5 Dec 2025, 1:33 PM Last updated: Fri 5 Dec 2025, 1:51 PM

Kenneth Fox

RTÉ has confirmed new presenters across a number of its flagship news programmes.

Tommy Meskill will be the new co-presenter of the Six One News with Sharon Tobin on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player.

Journalists and broadcasters Sarah McInerney and Justin McCarthy will join Gavin Jennings and Audrey Carville as regular presenters of Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1, Ireland's most-listened-to radio programme.

Current political correspondent Paul Cunningham will now present This Week on RTÉ Radio 1 every Sunday at 1pm.

The popular Behind the Story podcast will also see Paul Cunningham join Fran McNulty and others as presenters across the week. The new line-ups come on foot of the recent launch of RTÉ Radio 1's new weekday schedule.

Announcing the new appointments, Director of RTÉ  News & Current Affairs, Deirdre McCarthy said: "These flagship news programmes are among our most-watched and listened-to, representing the best of our daily news gathering and trusted public service journalism.

"Tommy, Sarah, Justin and Paul join our dedicated RTÉ News & Current Affairs presentation team, who strive every day to bring, honestly and clearly, with integrity and credibility, the stories that matter to you. They are all accomplished journalists, who will continue to ask the probing questions, hold those in power to account, and represent the public interest."

Tommy Meskill has been a journalist with RTÉ News for nearly ten years, most recently appointed London Correspondent.

He was previously part of RTÉ's political unit, reporting from Leinster House and the European Parliament.

Clare native Tommy joined the RTÉ newsroom in 2016, working across several different programmes, including news2day and Morning Ireland. He has also presented programmes such as RTÉ Radio 1's This Week and RTÉ One's Eu