Radio Highlights: Amy Dunne on Radio 1; Emmet Kirwan on RTÉ Arena
Amy Dunne, the woman at the centre of the controversial Miss D case in 2007: recounts her story in My Passion, My Power; Sunday, 8pm, RTÉ 1. Pic: Moya Nolan
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Twenty years after the US invasion of Afghanistan, the Taliban returned to Kabul on 15 August 2021 - and Irish teacher Aoife McManus found herself trying to escape a city controlled by the new regime.
Violinist Megan Churcher brings young listeners into the world of classical music.
When Amy Dunne was just 17, she found herself at the centre of a legal battle when she was refused permission to leave Ireland for an abortion, having learned that her baby was suffering from a fatal foetal abnormality. Now in her early thirties, and a mother to a teenage son, Amy is using her voice and experience to campaign for changes to Ireland’s abortion laws.
The weeknight arts magazine talks to writer and illustrator Nick Drnaso about 'Acting Class', his new graphic novel that follows ten strangers who meet at a free acting class in an American community centre.
Ahead of her biggest Irish headline show this coming Saturday at King John’s Castle in Limerick, Dan Hegarty brings us a live set from Denise Chaila, recorded at last January’s Music Moves Europe Awards.
Séamus Ó Scanláin interviews Doireann Ní Ghlacáin, musician and broadcaster, discussing musical influences on both sides of her family, from the Glackins and the Ó Riadas, and how she joined the world of broadcasting.
Playwright Emmet Kirwan and Cork musician Eoin French (aka Talos) speak about 'Accents', their show for Dublin Fringe Fest; writer John Connolly on 'The Furies', a pair of short stories in one book featuring his detective, Charlie Parker.
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A concert by Aisling Lyons, Conal O’Kane and Alistair Anderson, held in the Old Ground Hotel in Ennis as part of the Consairtín ‘22 festival.
Steven Benedict looks at the films and career of French actress Jeanne Moreau.
Singer and broadcaster Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh presents a great mix of trad music, old and new.
The Carducci Quartet performs Cormac McCarthy's crossover jazz-classical quartet and Ravel's ground-breaking 1903 quartet - which itself holds the seeds of early jazz music.
It's time for a little summer swing courtesy of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra with Cormac McCarthy directing from the piano and Dana Masters on vocals.
A wide-spanning anthology of RTÉ Drama on One's Joyce radioplays - including the legendary 30-hour adaptation of Ulysses, uploaded for its centenary.
