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Weekend Breakfast   Stephen Byrne, who presents TwoTube on RTÉ 2 and is known to the hundreds of thousands of people who watch his You Tube videos as 3Sixty5Days, presents Weekend Breakfast every Saturday and Sunday morning between 7am – 10am on RTÉ 2fm. Stephen says: “I’m so excited to get stuck into Weekend Breakfast. I get […]
MARIAN FINUCANE Live stimulating mix of news, interviews, reports and discussion.
DOCUMENTARY ON ONE: The Common Thread The bra, a garment which is literally closest to a woman's heart, officially turns 100 this year. It's a common thread which binds women together. On this week's Documentary on One, we celebrate 100 years of the bra and get under the clothes and into the bras of Irish women
Opera Night Bernard Clarke presents the first Irish performance of one of the greatest operas of our generation – John Adams’ Nixon in China.  This recent Wide Open Opera production was recorded at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre in Dublin in May 2014 Barry Ryan, Richard Nixon Claudia Boyle, Pat Nixon John Molloy, Henry Kissinger Hubert Francis, […]
THE BOOK SHOW Presented by Sinead Gleeson The Book Show celebrates books and the world of writing with readings, discussion, author interviews and special features. Historical Fiction is a hugely popular genre, but how do writers go about researching their books and what can they tell us about ourselves today. Sinead explores this theme with Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat Pray Love, The Signature of All Things), Jo Baker (Longbourn), Damon Galgut (In a Strange Room, Arctic Summer) and Eibhear Walshe (The Diary of Mary Travers). We also catch up with two authors writing about the mindset of young mean - Rob Doyle (Here are the Young Men) and Nikesh Shukla (Meatspace).
Electric Disco Jenny Greene selects classic dance anthems from the nineties to the noughties to now. The soundtrack to your Saturday night.
THE GOLD LOUNGE WITH MICHAEL COMYN | RTÉ Gold The music is swing, jazz and smooth favourites in The Gold Lounge with Michael Comyn
Faisnéis: Spiorad an Chomhluadair A documentary focused on families raising their children through Irish, and the impact of recent changes to the support structures available to them.
SUNDAY SPORT Presented by Darren Frehill. Coverage of all the day's sport including: (Rugby) European Champions Cup; (Gaelic Games) County finals; (Soccer) Euro English Premier League; (Golf) Volvo World Matchplay
LORCAN MURRAY’S WEEKEND DRIVE   Some of the world’s best music played by the world’s finest musicians, familiar favourites and new releases. Plus news and traffic updates.   At 5.40pm: Limerick 2014: As It Lives & Breathes is a landmark 12 part series, written & produced by the award-winning creative audio team at Grey Heron Media. The series captures […]