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Brendan O'Connor
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 Rad...
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Jacqui Hurley previews Ireland v England in Twickenham
Jacqui brings her characteristic optimism to bear on her analysis of today’s high stakes clash between Ireland and England. She says Irish fans are ho...
Do you know your smishing from your vishing? - The top scams to watch out for right now
Irish Times consumer affairs correspondent Conor Pope talks Brendan through the most common scams doing the rounds right now and how we can all protec...
Dr. Mike Ryan: “My mother took me by the two hands and said ‘don’t you die over there”
Dr Mike Ryan, former Deputy Director General of the World Health Organization tells Brendan about heading up the WHO's Health Emergencies Programme du...
David Gray “My Dad pulled out his chemo tubes and came and cheered Bowie up”
David Gray’s White Ladder album remains the biggest selling album in Ireland, ever. He talks to Brendan about that time through the prism of five song...
Dads at the cutting edge - the half zip jumper is now fashion!
Life coach and personal shopper Cathy O’ Connor tells Brendan about the new stars of your wardrobe for spring, including the quarter zip jumper, and b...
The only muffin recipes you’ll ever need with Caryna Camerino
Caryna Camerino from The Camerino bakery gives Brendan her all-time favourite muffin recipes. She’s got a savoury muffin and a crowd pleasing classic...
Gruffalo Granny and the enduring appeal of Julia Donaldson
Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson has had her children's books translated into more than 100 languages. Mother of three Sinead Fox AKA parenting blogger...
Painter, Sean Scully: "I wet the bed until I was 20"
Born into poverty in Dublin, Sean Scully is now a widely regarded as one of the world's greatest living visual artists, whose paintings regularly sell...
The Watchlist
Joining Brendan to preview the best films and TV shows this week - including Swindlers, Crime 101 and Eternity - are Director of the Dublin Internatio...
Newspaper Panel
joining Brendan to discuss the Sunday newspapers are commentator and former presidential hopeful, Maria Steen; head of the ERSI's Behavioural Research...
'There's a surge of pleasure writing poetry that's akin to physical eroticism!'
Poet Enda Wyley chooses some 'non-Hallmark' love poems for the day that's in it and quotes Carol Ann Duffy to Adrian Mitchell.
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A Steak Masterclass
Why does steak taste so much better in a restaurant? And are there any easy hacks to replicate the professional version? On Valentine's Day, chef, Bro...
Richard Hogan on family estrangement: "The biggest liberation is finding the courage to forgive"
Psychotherapist Dr Richard Hogan on why you can become estranged from family or friends, when it's worth extending an olive branch, how to do so and h...
Glen Hansard: "My headmaster told me to leave school to busk at 13"
The Academy Award winning songwriter, solo artist and Frames frontman, tells Brendan about leaving school at 13 with the support of his headmaster, fa...
Old songs having TikTok revivals
Broadcaster Aifric O’Connell explains why certain older songs such as New Radicals’ ‘Get What You Give’, Aphex Twin’s ‘QKThr’ and Enya’s ‘Orinoco Flow...
The Watchlist
Brendan previews the best TV shows and films coming to a screen near you with Michael Doherty, RTÉ Guide Movies Editor and Fionnuala Jones, Podcaster...
“The first 2 years of my life were a gap – where was I for those years?” - Paul Cullen
Former Irish Times journalist Paul Cullen is adopted and has written a memoir, ‘Outsider’, about meeting his birth mother, finding his birth father th...
The Newspaper Panel
Joining Brendan to talk through the Sunday Newspapers are Mick Clifford, Irish Examiner Special Correspondent; Mary Hanafin, barrister and former Fian...
"30 years later, I think about him every day and I still love him"
A listener writes a letter telling Brendan of a secret love affair in his 20s with another man. Despite being married now with grown up children, he s...
“Fakeaways don’t need to be too fancy”
Chef Maggie Roche from the Little Acorn Cafe talks Brendan through making takeaway food at home. She has delicious recipes for homemade loaded fries a...
“‘Memento Mori’ reminds us to live”
Neuroscientist Brian Pennie once had a near death experience as a heroin addict. He now has a countdown calendar in his kitchen where he marks off the...
Pat McCabe “Joy is the most beautiful emotion, it can come upon you unexpectedly”
‘The Butcher Boy’ author, Pat McCabe, has just been announced as the 2026 IPUT Writer-in-Residence. He talks Brendan through his early Monaghan days,...
Mairéad McGuinness: “It was either my health or the race”
Six months after she dramatically quit the race for the Irish Presidency, former EU Commissioner and Fine Gael MEP, Mairéad McGuinness, tells Brendan...
The Watchlist
Brendan previews the best films and TV shows coming to a screen near you, with Business Post film critic, John Maguire and freelance culture journalis...
Six Nations Preview
Ahead of Ireland's opening Six Nations match against reigning champions France this Thursday, Brendan is joined by sports reporter Jacqui Hurley. She...
"Watching my mother die was an arduous privilege" - 'Pretty in Pink' star Andrew McCarthy
Star of 'Weekend at Bernie's' and 'Pretty in Pink', Andrew McCarthy talks to Brendan about his career as a Brat Pack star, and TV director. He also di...
Newspaper Panel
Joining Brendan to talk through the Sunday Newspapers are former Fine Gael TD for Waterford, John Deasy; Political Correspondent at The Irish Examiner...
"My favourite ingredient" - Domini Kemp on Eggy breakfasts
Chef and restauranteur, Domini Kemp gives Brendan a tutorial on one of her favourite foods; eggs. From how to boil an egg, to a frittata that uses up...
Flooding Update with Marc O'Driscoll
RTÉ's South East correspondent, Marc O'Driscoll joins Brendan with the latest on flooding across region. While the worst was avoided overnight, concer...
"My pet snake merely tolerates me!" - Collie Ennis
Trinity College Dublin's biodiversity officer, Collie Ennis talks to Brendan about his pet boa constrictor, how snakes go about eating their prey and...
"If your child is silent, but gasping like a fish, they're choking" - Dr. Niamh Lynch
Paediatric consultant and mother of two. Dr Niamh Lynch, joins Brendan to discuss her new book 'Should I be worried?' - a stage-by-stage guide to help...
Katie Taylor - "Being a stepmother has been a blessing, but it's definitely a challenge!"
Olympic Gold Medal winning boxer Katie Taylor joins Brendan to talk about her childhood, her ground-breaking career, what she hates about professional...
The Watchlist
Brendan talks through the latest highlights on the big and small screen with Nadine O’Regan, Irish Times arts journalist and Brian Lloyd, freelance en...
Marty Whelan - “Phil Collins was a huge influence on my drumming”
As Phil Collins turns 75, broadcasting [and fellow drumming] legend Marty Whelan reflects on his life and musical career: spanning Phil Collins’ Genes...
‘I was spending 17 hours a day on my phone’
Sophie Hynes (19), Natasha Maimba (24) and Kai Brosnan (26) explain how they coped this week when they did a digital detox giving up social media, Goo...
The Newspaper Panel
Joining Brendan to discuss this week’s Sunday Newspapers are: Louise Bayliss, from the Society of St Vincent De Paul; Donnacha Ó Beacháin, Professor o...
Heathier alternatives to processed foods
Chef Erica Drum on how to make some easy unprocessed alternatives from recipes for homemade mayonnaise and pasta sauce to making chicken nuggets with...
What is Martyr Syndrome?
Allison Keating, Chartered Psychologist & Author of ‘It’s All Too Much’ talks to Brendan about why some people can’t sit down ‘til the dishes are done...
Bob Geldof “I felt I saw Peaches at the traffic lights last week and the tears just flowed”
Bob Geldof reflects on his life through the medium of five songs ranging from The Who to The Rolling Stones. He speaks about his early childhood, 50 y...
“Johnny Cash and June Carter, my parents, knew both love and addiction”
John Carter Cash, son of singers Johnny Cash and June Carter talks to Brendan about his parents’ love story, their addictions, his father’s fall from...