NATIONWIDE WEEK 33
MONDAY 10TH AUGUST
All this week on Nationwide we meet people with a passion for their chosen career, hobby or sport.
Niall Martin reports from one of the great summer events in Dublin city, the Liffey Swim. He went along to see how it went and to hear all about its history. Mary Fanning travels to Ballyjamesduff in County Cavan to meet an auctioneer, Craig Art Lovett who is also an Ireland jiving champion and a prominent figure at Balla Mart. And Patrick Tangney meets Cobh native Rebecca O’Connor who has been touring the world for years as a Tina Tribute act.
WEDNESDAY 12TH AUGUST
A costume designer, a model aircraft maker and a boxer are among the passionate people featuring on tonight’s Nationwide.
FRIDAY 14TH AUGUST
Donal Byrne hears Galway man Enda O’Coineen’s story of tackling yacht race The Vendée Globe at the age of 60. Plus Nationwide meets a Tipperary wood farmer with a plan and two women behind a tweed project.