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Countrywide A bright start to the weekend as Damien O’Reilly and the CountryWide team feature the events, people and happenings that bring colour and life to communities, towns and villages across the country. RTÉ Radio 1 Saturday 8am
DAVE FANNING Dave Fanning brings you a mix of interviews, newspaper reviews, movies and music every Saturday and Sunday Weekends, 9-11am
MOVIES AND MUSICALS ‘I’m like the luckiest girl in the world.  I’ve gotten to be a princess; I’ve gotten to work with the Muppets.  A lot of my childhood dreams about who I wanted to be when I was a grown-up, I at least get to play them in movies.’  (Amy Adams) Music this afternoon from three films […]
Documentary on One: An Unholy Trinity A priest and his housekeeper abandon a baby girl on the doorstep of a house near the Black Church in Dublin’s north inner city in February of 1923. Three local women notice the couple acting suspiciously. The women follow and manage to apprehend the couple. They are handed over to the police, charged and sent forward for trial. One month later, a young […]
Rabharta Ceoil ón bhFleadh Live from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Ennis, Co. Clare.
OPERA NIGHT – Verdi’s Don Carlo We travel to the Vienna State Opera for a production of Verdi’s Don Carlo.  Ramon Vargas is in the title role with Placido Domino as Rodrigo. Myung-whun Chung conducts the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus. RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 19th August, 7pm-10pm
LIKE FAMILY This week, Brenda travels to Kildare, Roscommon and Donegal to meet older people. Brenda speaks to grandparents and grandchildren, she meets volunteers, she hears about the challenge of loneliness in older age, and she visits a nursing homes. RTÉ Radio 1 Saturday 7pm.
VOX NOSTRA WITH VLAD SMISHKEWYCH Summertime is always replete with festivals, and as August starts drawing to a close several important early music festivals come to mind – including Utrecht OudeMuziek, the Laus Polyphoniae Festival presented by AMUZ in Antwerp, and the festival series in Ambronay, France. Not to be missed are also some of the Irish festivals coming up […]
Second Captains Sunday Combining music, chat and revealing profile interviews, Second Captains Sunday will bring the lively, light-hearted and humorous tone synonymous with Second Captains to a weekend audience far beyond traditional sports fans. RTÉ Radio 1 Sunday 10am
LARRY GOGAN Featuring the Golden Hour, the legendary Just A minute Quiz and today’s hottest sounds. Weekends, 1-3pm