Brendan O'Connor has all you need for the weekend with time to pause and reflect on the week just gone. Featuring a selection of human interest, consumer and li...
Joining Brendan to discuss the stories of the week were Hazel Chu, Green Party Councillor, John O’Brennan, Professor of European Politics at Maynooth University, Sarah McGuiness, Political Correspondent with the Irish Daily Mail, John Fitzgerald, Economist and former member of the Climate Change Advisory Council.
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John Spillane - My Life in Five Songs
Singer-songwriter and storyteller John Spillane shares five songs that shaped his world from his early days growing up in Cork listening to the Beatles his love of the poetry of Dylan Thomas, music as a ‘vocation’ and the importance and endurance of the folk tradition.
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The true crime story behind I Don’t Like Mondays
T.V. and radio producer Eoin Sweeney looks back on the case of U.S. school shooter Brenda Spencer whose famous retort inspired the Boomtown Rats hit I Don’t Like Mondays, the controversy surrounding the song and Spencer’s parole hearing which is due to happen this year.
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The Watchlist
Writer Henrietta McKervey and Dave O’Callaghan, Host of the From Here and Back Again podcast give Brendan their recommendations for the best T.V. and film to watch for the week ahead.
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“You have to approach dating like a job interview now”
Freelance journalist Édaein O’Connell and actress Norma Sheahan join Brendan to talk about being single at different stages of their lives. What life is like on the dating scene post-divorce, the explosion of choice on dating apps and what these changes mean in the pursuit of love in the modern world.
Brendan O'Connor has all you need for the weekend with time to pause and reflect on the week just gone. Featuring a selection of human interest, consumer and lifestyle stories, as well as keeping you up to date on the news stories that matter. Listen live Saturday and Sunday at 11am - 1pm on RTÉ Radio 1.
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