Monthly Archives: July 2016

FRANCIS BRENNAN’S GRAND INDIAN TOUR This summer hotelier Francis Brennan is putting his 5 star day job on hold and taking 12 paying guests on the surprise trip of a lifetime to India’s Golden Triangle! In this week’s episode we see the group struggle with a crack-of-dawn Yoga class, take in the sights and heat at the abandoned city of Fatehpur Sikri and go for a bumpy elephant ride up to the amazing Amber Fort. In between times Francis gets a dose of the famous Delhi Belly! Published: Sunday 31st July, 8.30pm
FAIR CITY WEEK 31 Rachel with Niamh's help continues her plot to get rid of Oisin, Eoghan finds himself in conflict with a dangerous new arrival in Carrigstown, secretly Dermot worries about his health issues and Farrah struggles to deal with the trauma of the attack. Published: Sunday 31st July, 8.00pm
CREEDON’S EPIC EAST In this brand new four-part series John Creedon sets out on a voyage to discover Ireland's Epic East. Episode 2 sees John visit Birr Castle, meet Bressie in Westmeath and talk county boundaries with Marty Morrissey in Athlone. Published: Sunday 31st July, 6.30pm
The Marty Squad Presented by Marty Morrissey – “The Marty Squad” returns for the GAA Championships season, the show will sample the atmosphere each Sunday in and around the Big Match venues across the Country with contributions from past and present stars from Hurling and Football. Brenda Donohue will be among the fans at the venues and catching […] Published: Sunday 31st July, 6.00pm
SPORT ON RTÉ One & RTÉ2 Week 31 The Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony and the first of this year's All Ireland Football quarter-finals are this week's sporting highlights. Published: Sunday 31st July, 1.30pm
Dave Fanning Dave Fanning brings you a mix of interviews, newspaper reviews, movies and music every Saturday and Sunday. Published: Sunday 31st July, 9.00am
VOX NOSTRA WITH VLAD SMISHKEWYCH   Here’s a Dublin success story for you: John Field was born in the Fair City back in 1782 and he quickly rose to prominence as a keyboardist after a public debut at age nine.  Vlad looks at this Irish composer who bridged the late Classical and early Romantic eras and features several of his […] Published: Sunday 31st July, 7.00am
OTHER VOICES ***NEW*** Other Voices returns to RTÉ2 with performances from the Other Voices Stage at Ireland’s biggest music festival, Electric Picnic. The hour long special, presented by MayKay, will include performances from Glen Hansard, Booka Brass Band, Otherkin, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Ham Sandwich and many more. Published: Saturday 30th July, 11.05pm
Céilí House On this week’s Céilí House Kieran Hanrahan plays music and song from the annual Frank Gavigan concert in Rathconrath and some of the many new Cds launched in recent times. Published: Saturday 30th July, 9.00pm
EVELYN GRANT’S WEEKEND DRIVE   Evelyn Grant takes off on a tour around some musical European cities during the holiday season. Paris, Venice, London, Madrid, and Vienna are all on the itinerary. Expect carnivals, fiestas and fireworks, but as always on Weekend Drive, there will be some hidden gems. With the usual traffic updates and news from home.  Every […] Published: Saturday 30th July, 4.00pm