Monthly Archives: December 2014

Your Long Journey | RTÉ Radio 1 Extra This is a glimpse into a private, even magical, world; a simple world of two people who are quite happy just being themselves. Published: Wednesday 31st December, 5.00pm
WHELAN’S AT 25 Danny Carroll explores Dublin's greatly loved music venue in the company of The Frames, The National and many more. After 25 years playing host to some of the best bands in the world, Whelan's is often seen as a breaking ground for music Published: Wednesday 31st December, 4.00pm
An Monsignor Breandán Ó Doibhlin An interview with Monsignor Breandán Ó Doibhlin, Professor Emeritus with Modern Languages in NUI Maynooth. Published: Wednesday 31st December, 2.00pm
FINAL PARTINGS Pete Seeger, Phil Everly, Jack Bruce... Just a few of the names we've lost from the world of music this past year. Jim Lockhart and his guests Cait O'Riordan, Roisin Dwyer and Tony Clayton-Lea celebrate the lives, the loves and the legacies of some musical greats who've left the stage in 2014. Published: Wednesday 31st December, 2.00pm
A GAME OF TWO HALVES Entertaining sports quiz with Jacqui Hurley and the all-star competing teams of players captained by Ruby Walsh and the pundits captained by Shay Byrne. Published: Wednesday 31st December, 1.30pm
NEWS2DAY REVIEW OF THE YEAR Orla Walsh and Nick Sheridan take a look back at all the big news and sports stories of 2014, including Orla going underground at Ireland’s only hydro-electric power station, a visit by Nick to the Web Summit and what it’s like to be a child growing up in a Digital Age. Published: Wednesday 31st December, 1.20pm
CLG Dhún na nGall Donegal football expert Fr. Seán Ó Gallchóir gives his reading of the tenure of Jim McGuinness as Donegal manager, and what the future holds now. Published: Wednesday 31st December, 11.00am
CALLAN KICKS THE YEAR Callan Kicks the Year returns for its second Christmas special outing with Dobbo at the helm of an acerbic and funny look at Ireland and the world in 2014. New characters Shane McGowan, Imelda May and Ireland’s only actors The Gleesons look back at the entertainment high points of the year. Published: Tuesday 30th December, 9.30pm
Éirinn is Alba A concert recorded live at the Willie Clancy Summer School 2014m with the best in Scottish and Irish musicians. Published: Tuesday 30th December, 7.00pm
THE LONGFORD PHOENIX – WOULD YOU BELIEVE? SPECIAL On Christmas Morning, 2009, the people of Longford woke up to the devastating news that their beloved St Mel’s Cathedral was engulfed by flames. In The Longford Phoenix, RTÉ's Midlands Correspondent, Ciarán Mullooly, and Would You Believe? filmmaker, Birthe Tonseth, chart the long and arduous process of transforming the cathedral from a roofless ruin back to its former glory. Published: Tuesday 30th December, 6.30pm