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Justin Mac Gregor and Tara Brady review Hope, Sense and Sensibility, Her Private Hell and The Lost Children of Tuam.

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Director Claire O’Reilly and actors Oliver Flitcroft and Ghalia Conroy discuss Visions, a new Abbey Theatre production written by Eoghan Quinn.

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Caitríona Balfe discusses the new big-screen adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility, her role as Mrs Dashwood, and working alongside Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esme Creed-Miles and Fiona Shaw.

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A.S. Fanning discusses his latest album Take Me Back To Nowhere, his first headline tour in Ireland in nine years, and his dark, atmospheric sound.

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Martina Devlin and Irish Fiction Laureate Éilís Ní Dhuibhne celebrate the joy of public libraries, from borrowing and reading to the enduring magic of books and stories.

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Mary Cremin, co-curator of Technologies of Peace, takes us through the new exhibition at IMMA.

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Jan Carson discusses No Vacancy, her new collection of microfiction about staying in hotels around the world. 

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Liam Neeson and Monica Dolan discuss The Lost Children of Tuam, the new drama about historian Catherine Corless and her research into the former Mother and Baby Homes. 

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Paul Whittington discusses Michael Mann’s Manhunter at 40.  

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Amanda Coogan and Leanne Quigley discuss a new performance of Teresa Deevy’s play Dignity by Dublin Theatre of the Deaf.  

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Xnthony chats with Rick about the world premiere of Lourdes! The Musical at the Civic Theatre in Tallaght as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival 2026. 

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A special broadcast live from Studio One to celebrate Culture Night. Featuring performances from Lasairfhíona, harmony vocal group Landless, concertina virtuoso Jack Talty, uilleann piper Mark Redmond, and guitarist Michael McCague, alongside poetry readings from Martin Dyar. 

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Hilary White and Sarina Bellissimo review Queen At Sea and Bad Apples. 

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Chris Wasser and Dee Molumby review the latest series of Slow Horses and Sharon Horgan’s new series Youth. 

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Dave Haslam discusses his new book Creative Journeys: Intimate conversations with artists, actors, writers and musicians. 

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Writer and producer Dennis Kelly on adapting Roald Dahl’s Matilda into a musical. 

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Hugo Hamilton on adapting his novel Every Single Minute into the new stage production NUALA. 

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English folk singer-songwriter Katherine Priddy performs live in studio. 

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Michael Shimmin of transatlantic folk-fusion collective The Olllam discusses the group's upcoming Irish tour.

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Sebastian Faulks on Farewell to Eden – his new novel set after the second world war about a returning British soldier haunted by his time in Palestine.

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Poet Pádraig Ó Tuama discusses his new collection, Love Between Men.

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Author Adrian Duncan discusses his latest novel, A Thought Without Collision. 

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Eamon Sweeney discusses As One: Remaking Suede, a new biography of the band by Suede's biography by Roger Glass. 

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Composer Jonathan Dove and theatre director Patrick Mason discuss Opera Collective Ireland's production of Mansfield Park.

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Cian Sullivan and Zara Hedderman review new releases from Sorcha Richardson, Driven Snow, and This is Lorelei.

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Tara Brady discusses this year’s red carpet moments and the most anticipated films from the 83rd Venice Film Festival.

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Simon Maher and Jenn Gannon review Last Seen (Apple TV) and season 2 of The Paper (Sky).

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Donald Clarke and Arlene Hunt review Pressure, Don't Look Back In Anger, Everybody Digs Bill Evans and Practical Magic 2.

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75th anniversary of Wexford Festival Opera - Soprano Hannah O'Brien performs live in studio and discusses Wexford Festival Opera’s production of Iris by Pietro Mascagni. 

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Owen Boss, Co-Director of ANU Productions and actor Sheik Bah discuss Cyclone, a new play about Billy ‘The Cyclone’ Warren. 

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Adrian Dunbar and Nick Roth put Patrick Kavanagh in conversation with the Beat Generation through poetry, music and performance at this year’s Kavanagh Weekend.

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Blindboy’s surreal stories collide on stage in ANIMALS, a new production asking one big question: what really separates us from the animals? 

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From Juilliard to the world’s biggest stages, Anna Handler is making a rapid rise through classical music. Now, as the Ulster Orchestra’s new Chief Conductor, she brings fresh energy and vision to its 60th anniversary year.

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Filmmaker, editor and writer Maurice Fitzpatrick explores Seamus Deane’s ideas, influence and remarkable contribution to Irish cultural life.

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By three, Jayne Pomplas was learning fiddle, since then, she’s played with some of Irish music’s greats, including The Chieftains, Frankie Gavin and Liam O’Maonlai. Now she’s back with a new album.

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Mark O’Halloran has spent more than 20 years writing some of Ireland’s most memorable screen stories. Now, he’s turned his pen towards one of jazz’s most intriguing figures: Bill Evans.

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He knows his films. He knows his music. And apparently, he knows his way around a guitar. Mark Kermode joins us to talk Surround Sound, cinema’s greatest scores, and bringing his post-punk band The Gang of Three to Ireland this week.

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Barry Fitzgerald’s Mourning is a Muscle brings movement, music, mourning and denim to the stage! He joins us to talk about his new dance-theatre work, coming to Project Arts Centre for Dublin Fringe Festival.

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For Driven Snow, life in your 40s is fair game: ageing parents, young kids, sleepless nights and memories you wouldn't trade. Kieran McGuinness and Emily Aylmer join us to talk about Mother of Christ - their intimate, Donegal-recorded second album.

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Jenn Gannon and Chris Wasser review season 2 of The Gentlemen (Netflix), Fightland (Sky/Now) and season 2 of Chad Powers (Disney+) 

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Lilian Smith and Ashley Keating review new releases by Roe, Macdara Yeates and Paul Heaton.    

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John Maguire and Cara O’Doherty review Late Fame, The Death of Robin Hood, Celtic Utopia and The Incomer.   

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Billy Ocean chats to Cristín Leach about his upcoming Irish tour.   

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Elizabeth Wassell Montague discusses her new novel, At the Villa Celeste.  

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Chris Wasser and Jenn Gannon review The Terror - Devil in Silver (Sky), season three of Vigil (BBC) and season two of Adults (Disney+). 

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Liverpool singer-songwriter Ian Prowse chats to Cristín and performs live in studio.  

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Studio director Clodagh Kenny and visual artists Brian Fay and Vanessa Daws discuss Patrick Street Studios, a brand new studio in Dun Laoghaire. 

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Ray Winstone, Giancarlo Esposito and Vinnie Jones chat to Cristín about the latest season of Netflix's The Gentlemen. 

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What happens when family, old wounds and very different ideas about how to live collide? Director Annabella Comyn and actor Niall Buggy discuss Erica Murray’s new play, Meredith.

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Derry singer-songwriter Roe returns with her second album, LOST DOG! - a deeply personal record shaped by grief, heartbreak and the quiet determination to keep moving forward. 

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Tom Overton’s new biography, John Berger: From Life, explores the man behind the ideas and a remarkable friendship that began with Berger’s archive.

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What do you get when you mix traditional dancing, community spirit and a little something sweet? A Cake Dance! Edwina Guckian joins us to tell us more about this unique Drogheda event.

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Two decades of world-class pianists, unforgettable performances and a love of music. Finghin Collins looks back at the New Ross Piano Festival’s remarkable journey and previews this year’s programme.

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Murder, intrigue, betrayal and enough family drama to fill a box set. Fifty years after I, Claudius first aired, we look back at the BBC classic that made ancient Rome feel remarkably familiar.

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Eoin Sweeney and Carol Moran review new releases from Mike D, Dinosaur Jr and Erykah Badu and The Alchemist.  

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Paul Whittington and Ruth Barton review One Night Only, The Dog Stars, Guggi and I Want Your Sex. 

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Louise Bruton on the must-see acts of this year's Electric Picnic. 

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Dave Rudden and Rick celebrate 60 years of Star Trek.  

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Andy Irvine performs live in studio and chats to Sinead about reimagining the songs of Woody Guthrie in his new album, Rambling Round Your City. 

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Writer and director Molly Mew discusses Temple Bar the Musical, a new trad musical about modern Dublin. 

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Dominic Dromgoole discusses his new book about the history of theatre from 1865 to 1965, Time Frames.

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Dolly Parton, music legend, dies aged 80. 

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Eileen Walsh talks about her role in the new Druid production of Eugene O’Neill’s A Moon for the Misbegotten.

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Interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon alongside Barry Devlin of Horslips brings together an extraordinary lineup of musicians, writers and artists.

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What happens when you follow the hare? Roscommon writer Maria Tivnan talks about Hill of the Hares, her new play from Fregoli Theatre Company where memory, longing and imagination collide. 

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Live music and an interview with Macdara Yeates, breathing new life into Dublin’s forgotten songs. 

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Chris Wasser and Jenn Gannon review Little Bird (Sky Atlantic and NOW ), Lanterns (HBO) and Ludwig (BBC). 

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Louise Bruton and Eamon Sweeney review new releases from Weezer, Sam Smith and Brandon Flowers.    

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Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys discusses their upcoming gig at Collins Barracks. 

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Ahead of her performance at this year’s Masters of Tradition singer Méav Ní Mhaolchatha chats to Rick. 

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John Maguire and Arlene Hunt review Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, & Sons and Coyote vs. Acme.   

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Niamh Bury chats to Rick and performs live in studio. 

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Jim Lockhart on why Auden’s The Shield of Achilles is still relevant in 2026.

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Rick chats with IMMA director Annie Fletcher about her three favourite pieces in the permanent collection.

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Author and designer Annie Atkins on her work with Wes Anderson and The BIG Type Festival, a three-day celebration of print at The National Print Museum.

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Dr Clare McCague discusses The Jackson Harp: Craft, Commerce and Conflict in Nineteenth-Century Dublin. 

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Daniel Mason discusses his latest novel Country People.

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Really Good Time chat to Rick and perform live in studio.  

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Pat Carty reviews Days of Miracle and Wonder - Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland.

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Writer and performer Gráinne Curistan discusses her show Saving for a Helicopter. 

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Zara Hedderman and John Meagher review new releases from Phoebe Bridgers, Really Good Time and Jungle.

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Chris Wasser and Jenn Gannon review Travis Barker: Louder than Fear (Disney +), Warren’s Vortex (Sky/Now) and Mourinho (Netflix).

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A look at what's happening in the world of arts, culture and entertainment presented by Rick O'Shea.

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