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  • Enda Walsh: “Bowie told me he was sick – he wanted to leave on his own terms”

    Enda Walsh: “Bowie told me he was sick – he wanted to leave on his own terms”
    2026/07/04
    The multi award-winning playwright and screenwriter, Enda Walsh – whose film credits include ‘Disco Pigs’, ‘Hunger’ and ‘Small Things Like These’ - joins Brendan to discuss the music that has influenced him through the years. He describes moving to Cork, meeting a young Cillian Murphy. His music choices include songs by Bjork and David Bowie.

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    31 分
  • “Choose Life” - The Trainspotting Soundtrack turns 30

    “Choose Life” - The Trainspotting Soundtrack turns 30
    2026/07/05
    Musician and broadcaster, Tom Dunne, joins Brendan to celebrate the iconic soundtrack from Danny Boyle’s 1996 hit film Trainspotting. The album included songs by Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Pulp and Underworld.

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    24 分
  • The Newspaper Panel

    The Newspaper Panel
    2026/07/05
    Joining Brendan to discuss the top stories in Sunday’s newspapers are: Director of Public Affairs at Consello and former Fianna Fáil TD, Lisa Chambers; political editor of the Irish Times, Pat Leahy; Head of Social Justice and Policy at SVP, Louise Bayliss; security analyst, Declan Power and University of Galway law lecturer, Larry Donnelly.

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    54 分
  • Mary Kennedy - “I’m at an age now where I don’t care what people think of me”

    Mary Kennedy - “I’m at an age now where I don’t care what people think of me”
    2026/07/11
    Broadcaster Mary Kennedy charts her life and career through the prism of five songs ranging from ‘Frankie and Johnny’ to ‘Don’t Rain On My Parade” to her nephew, Dermot Kennedy’s, ‘Funeral’. She talks about her parents’ party pieces, the sudden death of her father, moving from teaching to broadcasting, finding confidence in later life, her faith, her friendships, her love for her seven grandchildren and choosing to have a very active retirement.

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    30 分
  • The Newspaper Panel

    The Newspaper Panel
    2026/07/12
    Joining Brendan to discuss the newspapers are: Míde Nic Fhionnlaoich, Social Democrats Candidate in recent Galway West by-election; Tanya Ward, Chief Executive, Children's Rights Alliance; Gerard Howlin, Public Affairs consultant and former Government advisor and Scott Lucas, Professor of US and International politics at UCD’s Clinton Institute.

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    55 分
  • Frances Black - “A Woman’s Heart was the inspiration for the Spice Girls!”

    Frances Black - “A Woman’s Heart was the inspiration for the Spice Girls!”
    2026/07/18
    Singer, activist, and independent senator Frances Black joins Claire for My Life in Five Songs. From Bill Withers to Beginish. She talks about growing up in a musical family, stage-fright, how motherhood transformed her, her journey to the Seanad and her tireless work on the Occupied Territories Bill.

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    30 分
  • The Newspaper Panel

    The Newspaper Panel
    2026/07/19
    Joining Claire Brock to discuss the top stories in Sunday’s newspapers are Harry McGee, Political Correspondent with the Irish Times, Aisling Meehan, Agricultural Solicitor, Tax Advisor and Farmer, Oisín Coghlan, Public Policy Advisor, Prof. Niamh Hourigan, Sociologist and Vice-President of Academic Affairs at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick.

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    55 分
  • Glen Hansard Interview - February 14th 2026

    Glen Hansard Interview - February 14th 2026
    2026/07/29
    From the Brendan O'Connor archives, revisit the interview with the Oscar-winning songwriter and The Frames frontman who died on Wednesday, 29th July 2026.

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    39 分