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Brendan O"Connor

Brendan O"Connor has all you need for the weekend with time to pause and reflect on the week just gone. Featuring a selection of human interest, consumer and lifestyle stories, as well as keeping you up to date on the news stories that matter. Listen live Saturday and Sunday at 11am - 1pm on RTÉ Radio 1.

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0:15:03

Remembering Manchán Magan: “He didn’t fear death,...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/04

Just three weeks after Manchán Magan’s remarkable final interview with Brendan, two of Manchán Magan’s friends, Blindboy and Liam Ó Maonlaí, pay tribute to the writer, documentary-maker, and thinker.

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0:25:14

“When you hit rock bottom... there is only one way...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/09/28

Baker, Author and Founder of 2210 Patisserie, Una Leonard talks to Dearbhail about how her own history of disordered eating and her mother’s cancer diagnosis, led her to found her own bakery, and inspired her second book “Good Together” - a celebration of meals and deserts to be shared with loved ones.

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0:09:53

Does a million-year-old skull change our...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/09/28

Dr Ruth Freeman, Director at Research Ireland tells Dearbhail about how the discovery of a million-year-old skull in China has upended our understanding of human evolution.

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0:52:09

The Newspaper Panel

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/09/28

Joining Dearbhail to discuss the Sunday papers are: Kevin Doyle, Group Head of News at Mediahuis Ireland; Lucinda Creighton, Founder and CEO of Vulcan Consulting and former Minister of state for European Affairs; Dr. Barra Roantree, Economist at Trinity College Dublin and Bobby MacDonagh, Former Irish Ambassador to the UK, the EU and Italy.

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0:13:20

The Watchlist

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/09/28

Irish Times Film Critic, Donald Clarke, and host of The Bellissimo Files podcast, Sarina Bellissimo, join Dearbhail to preview film and TV highlights of the week, including ‘The Walsh Sisters’, ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge)’.

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0:33:46

“My life stopped, his didn’t”- Blathnaid Raleigh,...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/09/27

Activist and survivor of rape, Blathnaid Raleigh joins Dearbhail to talk about her new memoir Aftermath. She talks about how she coped in the years following her horrific rape, the devastating effect the trauma had on Blathnaid and her family, her experience of the justice system and finding solace with her beloved horses.

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0:06:57

Are competitive people born or made? Performance...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/09/27

As Traitors comes to an end and the presidential election heats up, performance coach Enda McNulty talks to Dearbhail about what makes a competitive person, are they born or made and is the drive to win always a good thing?

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0:29:04

Zlata Filipovic - From war to MTV to 30 years in Ireland

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/09/27

Writer and filmmaker, Zlata Filipovic, shot to international fame when her childhood diary, during the Bosnian War saw her dubbed ‘The Anne Frank of Sarajevo’. She tells Dearbhail about the songs that evoke her early experiences of war, moving to Ireland as a teenager, and building a career and family here over the past 30 years

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0:08:40

How to batch cook your way to a stress-free week with...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/09/27

Chef Alannah Sheehan joins Dearbhail to give us all the tasty tips on how to batch cook delicious dinners without sacrificing your Sunday to the kitchen or compromising on flavour.

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0:07:10

Your guide to vaccine season

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/09/27

As flu season rolls around, do you still need to get a Covid booster? Does the shingles vaccine have an impact on dementia? And how does disinformation fuel vaccine scepticism and herd immunity? Professor Cliona O’Farrelly, Chair in Comparative Immunology & Biochemistry at Trinity College Dublin answers these and other vaccine related questions.

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0:09:55

“There's no one way to build a house in Ireland” -...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/09/27

Broadcaster and self-build enthusiast, Harrison Gardner chatted to Dearbhail about the construction jobs most of us can do ourselves, from pouring concrete to tiling. He's on a mission to empower homeowners to save money by investing time in their houses. Harrison is back on RTE on Wednesday October 1st with a new season of Build Your Own Home.

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0:31:44

"An Cailín Ciúin made me a legitimate actor" - Carrie...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/09/21

Actor and broadcaster Carrie Crowley joins Brendan to talk about her career, playing Mammy Walsh in the upcoming RTÉ TV series 'The Walsh Sisters', her forthcoming play 'Konstantin' and going back to TV after 20+ year hiatus. She also picked five songs that chart her life ranging from Willie Nelson to Kermit The Frog

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0:06:17

"A pompous but likable buffoon" - Alan Partridge...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/09/21

A beloved figure will return to our screens: Alan Partridge - sports anchor, turned chat show host, turned radio DJ, turned stand-in BBC presenter. He'll be fronting a new BBC show called "How are you? It's Alan (Partridge)". TV producer and director, Brian Reddin, celebrates the occasion with a look at Alan's enduring appeal.

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0:10:56

The Watchlist

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/09/21

Film critic for the business post John Maguire, and writer Henrietta McKervey, join Brendan to talk through the week's best films and TV shows

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0:50:48

Newspaper Panel

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/09/21

Joining Brendan to discuss the Sunday papers are: Siobhán Fenton, writer and former deputy head of press for Sinn Féin; Dan O'Brien, Chief Economist at the Institute of International and European Affairs and columnist with The Currency; Louise Burne, Political Correspondent at the Irish Examiner, Prof Gary Murphy, Professor of Politics at DCU

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0:41:29

Brenda Fricker at 80: "I can't remember not wanting...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/09/20

Academy award winner, Brenda Fricker, invited Brendan into her home to talk about the events that have shaped her life. Her memoir is called 'She Died Young - A Life in Fragments' - published by Head of Zeus. And her new film, The Swallow, is on release at selected cinemas. The interview covers difficult themes.

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0:07:05

How to Calm Down

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/09/20

Neuroscientist Brian Pennie has practical tips on how to calm yourself in the moment when the red mist descends.

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0:41:46

Bob Geldof "I probably WOULD have run for Fianna Fáil...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/09/20

Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof on 50 years of the Rats, why the Ireland of his youth was a 'Banana Republic', moving to London, observing social change, setting up Band Aid and Live Aid, grappling with overnight becoming 'Captain Africa' and his thoughts on modern-day free speech and cancel culture.

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0:11:52

The Watchlist

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/09/14

Irish Times Arts Journalist, Nadine O’Regan and host of the Screenland Podcast, Brian Lloyd join Brendan to talk through the week’s best films and TV shows, including ‘The Long Walk’, ‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’ and ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’.

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0:13:40

Anti-depressant poems for darker days

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/09/14

With the evenings drawing in, poet Enda Wyley chose uplifting poems to read. Nourishing poems of Soul and Light and The Poetry Pharmacy Returns, ‘The Washing’ by Jaan Kaplinski; ‘Rain’ by Raymond Carver; ‘Romanesque Arches’ by Tomas Tranströmer; ‘Although the Wind,’ by Izumi Shikibu; ‘This Moment’ by Eavan Boland; and ‘The Door’ by Miroslav Holub.

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