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SATURDAY SPORT Coverage of all the day's sport including Racing from Leopardstown and Limerick ; PRO12 reaction (Rugby).
SECOND CAPTAINS The show will be presented by three-time PPI sports broadcaster of the year Eoin McDevitt along with his co-presenter, Ciaran Murphy. The show looks back on the weekend GAA activity and the race for the Sam Maguire and Liam McCarthy Cups.
ON THE STREET WHERE SHE LIVED: BILLIE BARRY On the Street Where She Lived - Maxi explores the life of Billie Barry who never intended to form a stage school, but after her husband Paddy was tragically diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, she "had to do something to bring money in. At that time, women didn't work outside the home but I had no other option, not when I had such young children. Performing was the only thing I knew" .
HISTORY ON A PLATE History on a Plate is an innovative radio documentary series that takes real recipes from Irish food history and puts them back on the menu. The presenters are historian Juliana Adelman and Irish Times restaurant critic Catherine Cleary, while Irish Times food writer and chef Domini Kemp re-creates the long-lost recipes
MUSIC PASSPORT: JOURNEY THROUGH GENOCIDE IN RWANDA On the 20th anniversary of the horrific Rwandan Genocide, Kathryn Thomas takes a look at the unexpected role played by music. Meeting with musicians and survivors, Thomas discovers how music played a crucial role leading up to the events of 1994, and how it is helping to unify Rwandan society twenty years on.
DRAMA ON ONE: Testimony by Alan Archbold Andrew Bennett and Cathy Belton star as Michael and Sandra in a play about parents and a post-mortem, inquests and the questions that remain.
THE ROLLING WAVE As Limerick ends it's year as Ireland's City of Culture, we remember one of its famous sons - RTÉ broadcaster and music collector, Ciarán Mac Mathúna who passed away in December 2009 - five years ago this month.
IN CONCERT Recorded highlights from the recent Elton John concert at the 3 Arena on 9th Dec.
THE IMELDA MAY SHOW May brings us back through some of her favourite performances from her very successful cross-platform music show on RTÉ. Featuring music from Mary Black, Paolo Nutini, Wanda Jackson and many more.
30 DAYS (Part 1) In this edition, Brendan Balfe explores the events of December 1980, a month that sees the death of John Lennon, the break-up of Led Zeppelin, a hunger strike in the H-Block prison and, amid the Iran Hostage crisis, Ronald Reagan prepares to take over the Presidency of the USA.