Upfront with Katie Hannon - Season 2

Upfront with Katie Hannon - Season 2

Season 2

Network
DatesSep 30, 2024 - Jan 6, 2025
Previous Season

Episodes

Episode 1
Season 2Episode 160 min

Episode 1

Tonight on Upfront, the sister of Nicole Morey who was tragically killed by her own dogs, including an XL Bully, speaks publicly for the first time to Katie Hannon.  

From tomorrow (Tuesday 1 October), Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphrey's new legislation will make it illegal to import, breed or sell an XL Bully dog.  The new law was prompted by Nicole's death on 4 June this year. Tonight, her sister Jolene Morey remembers Nicole and calls for stricter measures to be put in place.  

In her first interview Jolene Morey tells Katie Hannon: "The law they're bringing out, you have to have a license, you have to have papers... But my sister had all them."  She adds: "Nicole loved them dogs. And the dogs loved Nicole, but they just turned on her." 

Jolene speaks in the interview about the horror of the night Nicole died. She was contacted to say that her sister needed help.  She says in the interview: "I was sitting in my room in darkness, and I rang Nicole because I didn't believe it was real. Then I texted her, I said, ‘Are you okay?' And got no message back. And then a video got sent to me. And they asked me if it was with my sister. And I just remember clicking into a video and seeing her on the floor." 

"I was just waiting for the phone call to say she's gone because I had a feeling in my stomach that she didn't survive it. But my mom was like, ‘No, it's only bites and stuff.' Then my uncle rang, and I just knew from his voice that she was gone." 

Jolene paid tribute to her older sister in the interview: "My family want Nicole to be remembered as how much of a good person she was. Not the girl that died from the dog attack or the videos that's going viral. Nicole did so well in life. Nicole would do anything for anyone. She's just a lovable person."

Also on the first programme of the new series, Upfront looks ahead to Budget 2025. On the eve of the Budget announcement, Fine Gael TD Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Sinn Féin TD Louise O'Reilly and Chief Economist Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Eddie Casey will debate the issues with input from the live studio audience.  

Sep 30, 2024
Episode 2
Season 2Episode 260 min

Episode 2

Oct 7, 2024
Episode 3
Season 2Episode 360 min

Episode 3

Oct 14, 2024
Episode 4
Season 2Episode 460 min

Episode 4

Journalist Katie Hannon hosts a live audience-centred current affairs programme where the public come face to face with those whose decisions impact directly on all our lives.

Oct 21, 2024
Episode 5
Season 2Episode 560 min

Episode 5

Journalist Katie Hannon hosts a live audience-centred current affairs programme where the public come face to face with those whose decisions impact directly on all our lives.

Nov 4, 2024
Episode 6 - Housing Special
Season 2Episode 660 min

Episode 6 - Housing Special

Housing special. As the election campaign begins, the potential new Ministers for housing will answer questions from Katie and the live audience. The panel includes Darragh O'Brien FF, Paschal Donohoe FG, Eoin Ó Broin SF, as well as PBP Richard Boyd Barrett, Labour Leader Ivana Bacik and Social Democrats Rory Hearne.

Nov 11, 2024
Episode 7 - Leaders' Debate Special
Season 2Episode 760 min

Episode 7 - Leaders' Debate Special

Upfront with Katie Hannon will hold the largest ever Party Leaders' debate, with 10 political party leaders invited to debate live in studio on Monday 18th November, as Katie asks the questions the voters want answered.

Nov 18, 2024
Episode 8 - Immigration Special
Season 2Episode 890 min

Episode 8 - Immigration Special

Immigration special. Katie Hannon puts questions on immigration to a panel of General Election candidates and they answer the audience's questions on the issue. 

Nov 25, 2024
Episode 9
Season 2Episode 960 min

Episode 9

Journalist Katie Hannon hosts a live audience-centred current affairs programme where the public come face to face with those whose decisions impact directly on all our lives. 

Dec 2, 2024
Episode 10
Season 2Episode 1060 min

Episode 10

Journalist Katie Hannon hosts a live audience-centred current affairs programme where the public come face to face with those whose decisions impact directly on all our lives. 

Dec 9, 2024
Episode 11
Season 2Episode 1160 min

Episode 11

Journalist Katie Hannon hosts a live audience-centred current affairs programme where the public come face to face with those whose decisions impact directly on all our lives.

Dec 16, 2024
Episode 12
Season 2Episode 1265 min

Episode 12

Journalist Katie Hannon hosts a live audience-centred current affairs programme where the public come face to face with those whose decisions impact directly on all our lives. 

Jan 6, 2025

Recently Updated Shows

Recently updated shows that might be of your interest.
Saint-Pierre
Upcoming

Saint-Pierre

After Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Inspector Donny "Fitz" Fitzpatrick digs too deeply into a local politician's nefarious activity, he is exiled to work in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (the French Territory nestled in the Atlantic Ocean just off the coast of Newfoundland). Fitz's arrival disrupts the life of Deputy Chief Geneviève "Arch" Archambault, a Parisian transplant who is in Saint-Pierre for her own intriguing reasons. Saint-Pierre is a police procedural with French star Joséphine Jobert as Arch and Canadian star Allan Hawco as Fitz, and James Purefoy rounding out the stellar team. As if by fate, these two seasoned officers — with very different policing skills and approaches — are forced together to solve unique and exciting crimes. Although the islands seem like a quaint tourist destination, the idyllic façade conceals the worst kind of criminal activity which tend to wash up on its beautiful shores. At first at odds and suspicious of each other, Arch and Fitz soon discover that they are better together... a veritable crime-fighting force.

GenreDrama, Crime
Taboo
Running

Taboo

1814: James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa and is encircled by conspiracy, murder and betrayal.

Son of a Critch
Running

Son of a Critch

Based on the award-winning, best-selling memoir from Mark Critch. This new original comedy is the hilarious and very real story of 11-year-old Mark coming of age in St. John's, Newfoundland in the 80s. It's a heartfelt window into the life of a child – much older inside than his 11 years – using comedy and self-deprecation to win friends and connect with the small collection of people in his limited world.

GenreComedy
Allegiance
Running

Allegiance

Allegiance follows on identity and belonging, policing and politics, and finding truth within the heart of a flawed justice system. Sabrina Sohal is a star rookie police officer who must grapple with the limits of the justice system as she fights to exonerate her politician father Ajeet Sohal. Sohal serves her diverse hometown of Surrey alongside Vince Brambilla, a veteran training officer who sees her potential but doesn't always agree with her forward-thinking methods. Allegiance is the story of a young woman caught between her allegiance to her flag, to her badge, and to her family.

Special Forces: World's Toughest Test
Running

Special Forces: World's Toughest Test

Household names endure some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process. There are no votes, and no eliminations – just survival. These celebrities, who are so used to being in the spotlight, quickly learn the meaning of "no guts, no glory" – and no glam.