Radio Highlights: The Monaghan and Dublin bombings recalled in RTÉ's The Forgotten

Plus: more alternative music on 2FM and 2XM; radio comedy and adventure on RTÉ Jr, and R na G broadcasts live from Féile Róise Rua
Radio Highlights: The Monaghan and Dublin bombings recalled in RTÉ's The Forgotten

The scene of the 1974 Dublin bombing. discussed all week in RTÉ Radio 1's six-part series The Forgotten

SATURDAY 

Daybreak, LyricFM, 7am: Morning moods with Evonne Ferguson, and at 9.15am, Irish Examiner columnist Anja Murray explores Ireland's lesser-known bees in 'Nature File'.

Opera Night, LyricFM, 7pm: Soprano Asmik Grigorian makes her New York Metropolitan Opera debut tackles as Cio-Cio-San, the geisha at the heart of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.

SUNDAY 

Cartlann Bóthar na Léinsí, R na G, 10am: A look at gems from Raidió na Gaeltachta's Munster Archives.

The Lyric Feature, LyricFM, 6pm: Feather and Flock — Jay: Ecologist Anja Murray and musician Brían MacGloinn on Ireland's wild birds, continuing with the colourful and intelligent jay.

MONDAY 

Adhmhaidin, R na G, 8am: Broadcasting live from the Boyne Hotel in Drogheda, Co Louth, discussing the upcoming European elections.

The Forgotten, RTÉ 1, 6.30pm: The first in a six-part radio event, documenting the May 17, 1974 bombings in Dublin and Monaghan with more than 60 original interviews. Continues Tuesday and Wednesday.

Arena, RTÉ 1, 7pm: Choreographer Emma Martin tells Sean Rocks about her show, Night Dances, coming to the Abbey Theatre as part of the Dublin Dance Festival.

TUESDAY 

The Full Score, LyricFM, 1pm: The Sonoro Quartet perform works by Beethoven, Seán Doherty, and Shostakovich at Dublin's Windmill Lane.

Arena, RTÉ 1, 7pm: Film critic John Maguire celebrates the 30th anniversary of Quentin Tarantino's new-noir classic Pulp Fiction.

Anansi's Web, RTÉ Jr, 7pm: Every superhero needs a good origin story — so why would a story-weaving, mischief-making, West African Spider-God be any different? Stories for the very young.

The Alternative, 2FM, 11pm: Back into the archives with Dan Hegarty, including Studio 8 sessions from My Little Funhouse (1991), Ten Speed Racer (2003), and Cruel Sister (2024).

WEDNESDAY 

The Full Score, LyricFM, 1pm: A performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony by the Vienna Academy and WDR Chorus, conducted by Martin Haselböck.

Amplify with Alisha, RTÉ 2XM, 7pm: Gaelgoths assemble — 'Go Tobann' vocalist Ailsha hosts another dive into the world of modern-day metal riffage.

THURSDAY 

Nero's Class, RTÉ Jr, 7pm: Frank the Cabbage calls upon Nero’s Class to investigate why Mrunglody’s smooth-talking radio host is never off the air. Kids' radio comedy.

FRIDAY 

Barrscéalta, R na G, 11am: Nell Ní Chróinín, Breandán Ó Beaglaoich, Ruth Clinton, Griogar Labhruidh, Síle Friel, and Ye Vagabonds are among the musicians at Féile Róise Rua, on Árainn Mhór, Donegal.

Aedín in the Afternoon, LyricFM, 1pm: Cellists Natalie Clein and Camille Thomas perform ahead of Galway's Cellisimo festival this weekend.

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