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Early Early Breakfast Lottie Ryan wakes up your weekend with the best music and entertainment news.
TRISH TAYLOR’S DAYBREAK Trish will be up with the early birds to ease you into the weekend with her gentle blend of music from across the centuries, plus regular intervals for news, weather and traffic updates. Enjoy a morning of romance with Trish this St Valentine's Day as she gathers your love lines - passionate poems, loving limericks and sublime sonnets and shares them on air.
Op Tran on 2fm with Nicky Byrne RTÉ 2fm has teamed up with Operation Transformation for a new radio programme to be aired on 2fm each Saturday morning between 9-11am to coincide with the hit RTÉ One series. Op Tran on 2fm with Nicky Byrne started on Saturday 10 January and continues for seven weeks. The show joins forces with the nationwide Operation Transformation campaign to get Ireland healthier and fitter in 2015. Fitness fan and ex-footballer Nicky Byrne encourages listeners to ‘get up and get out’ this January. and make this the year they finally change habits and lose weight. Nicky Byrne says: “We’re giving listeners the opportunity to sign up to this year’s Operation Transformation 5K Challenge; you can follow the fitness plan and tune in to 2fm on Saturday mornings, 9-11am, for even more motivation and support. We’ll provide the soundtrack for you whether you want to walk, jog or run your way into 2015.” The show taps into the weekly Operation Transformation events and activities taking place around the country as communities come together to change their attitudes to food and fitness. Across the seven weeks, we talk to experts, get their advice and tips, and check in with listeners who are following the fitness plan. On the final show on 21st February, Nicky will be cheering on the listeners in the Phoenix Park in Dublin and Blarney Castle as he joins the thousands who finally complete the 5K challenge. And of course, as its 2fm, the home of great music, we bring you the best tunes to motivate you to walk, run, jog, dance and we’ve even created a hit list for your fitness plan.
MARIAN FINUCANE SHOW Live stimulating mix of news, interviews, reports and discussion. Presented by Aine Lawlor
Togha agus Rogha Live from An Rinn in Waterford, for the Tionól Niocláis Tóibín festival
SATURDAY SPORT Coverage of all the day's sport presented Des Cahill and Joanne Cantwell
The Beach Boys of Rossnowlagh | RTÉ Radio 1 Extra In 1966 surfing was practically unheard of in Ireland. It certainly wasn’t an activity that was done off the rainy chilly west coast of Ireland. No – surfing was the sport of Hawaian kings and of blonde tanned Californians.
THE BOOK SHOW The Book Show discusses the darker side of love with psychological thriller writers SJ Watson (Before I Go To Sleep, Second Life) and Liz Nugent (Unravelling Oliver). We also look at the moral and sexual depravity of Dangerous Liaisons.
OPERA NIGHT – TCHAIKOVSKY’S IOLANTA AND BARTOK’S BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE The Metropolitan Opera, New York present a double bill - Tchaikovsky's Iolanta and Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle. On the heels of her triumphant Met performances as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, soprano Anna Netrebko takes on another Tchaikovsky heroine in the first opera of this intriguing double bill, consisting of an enchanting fairy tale (Iolanta) followed by a psychological thriller (Bluebeard's Castle). Netrebko stars as the beautiful blind girl who experiences love for the first time in Iolanta, while Nadja Michael is the unwitting victim of the diabolical Bluebeard, played by Mikhail Petrenko. Both operas are directed by Mariusz Trelinski, who was inspired by classic noir films of the 1940s. Iolanta also stars Piotr Beczala, and Maestro Valery Gergiev conducts both operas.
An tSraith Náisiúnta Commentary and analysis on two matches in the Allianz Hurling League.