Radio Highlights: A new season begins on Raidió na Gaeltachta

Plus: storytime with a spanner in the works, and cook-along recipes, on RTÉ Jr; RTÉ 1's Arena previews Dublin Theatre Festival; Chosta, Jape and The Editors on 2FM's The Alternative

Musician and broadcaster Liam Ó Maonlaí (left) opens a new season of Cuan an Cheoil on R na G with Maighread and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, co-founders of the legendary Skara Brae and T with the Maggies; Thursday, 7pm; R na G

SATURDAY 

Daybreak, LyricFM, 7am: Morning moods, and at 9.15am, Irish Examiner columnist Anja Murray's 'Nature File' looks at crab apples and their importance in sustaining beasts and bugs alike in the Irish autumn.