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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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All Episodes

0:28:01

“I almost stole Bowie’s stubbed out cigarette!” - Ian...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/11/09

Ultra cool and charming radio icon Ian Dempsey talks Brendan through his life in five songs, from his early days working in pirate radio, his imminent 65th birthday to giving up smoking 6 months ago, and his eclectic music taste which includes David Bowie, Paul Brady and Supertramp.

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0:29:17

Farewell Uachtarán Michael D Higgins!

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/11/08

Singer Songwriter, Dermot Kennedy, Poet, Rita-Ann Higgins, Professor of Politics at DCU Gary Murphy, and Social Justice Campaigner Ruairí McKiernan look back at the two terms of Michael D Higgins’ presidency as he prepares to depart the Áras next week.

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0:28:49

“I had a deep fear that I would be a bad dad because...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/11/08

Psychotherapist and author Richard Hogan joins Brendan to talk about how to be a good dad, how the job has changed through the generations, how to change the cycle if you grew up in dysfunction and why today’s parents are over-correcting the mistakes of their own parents.

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0:07:44

Does COP30 have a marketing problem?

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/11/08

David Robbins, Co-director of the Institute for Climate and Society gives his take on why the messaging around climate change is not working and explains why it needs to move away from jargon and acronyms towards solutions.

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0:13:54

“At 30, the last thing I thought was happening to me...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/11/08

Influencer and model Shauna Lindsay talks to Brendan about experiencing a stroke at the age of 30. She describes how she was doing boxing work in the gym when her entire left arm went numb when she punched the boxing pad.

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0:07:05

The soup recipes you need for cold dark winter days

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/11/08

Need a comforting warming soup recipe? Chef Domini Kemp can deliver. From home-made stock and an easy fish soup to a vegan friendly red pepper soup and leak and chicken soup, these hugs in a bowl will set you up on cold winter days.

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0:08:29

How to look after your microbiome while it looks...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/11/08

The Gut is the "second brain" with the biggest collection of nerve cells outside of the brain itself. Registered Dietician Sarah Keogh talks to Brendan about the community of bacteria and viruses living in your gastrointestinal tract that make up your microbiome and how to make them work for us.

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0:09:50

The Watchlist

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/11/02

Brian Lloyd, Freelance entertainment journalist and broadcaster, and Sarina Bellisimo, Broadcaster and entertainment journalist review the best of this week's TV and cinema.

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0:54:00

Newspaper Panel

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/11/02

Joining Brendan to analyse the Sunday papers are; Gerard Howlin, Public Affairs consultant and Irish Times columnist; Scott Lucas, Professor of US and International politics at the Clinton Institute in UCD; Louise Byrne, Political Correspondent at the Irish Examiner; and Dr Emma Howard, Economist.

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0:07:31

Lily Allen - "This is a work of auto fiction... not...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/11/02

Broadcaster Afric O'Connell on the "absolutely razor-sharp" new album Lily Allen and the ongoing fallout from the soap opera story behind it.

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0:34:25

Colm Tóbín - "A good love story for me has snarls"

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/11/02

Colm Tóbín took on the task of exploring what makes a good love story. Drawing on the works of Nina Simone, Derek Mahon, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and more, he suggests that while we may not all have 'one true love', most of us have at least one 'what if?'

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0:34:34

Jeremy Irons - "It was only after boarding school I...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/11/01

Actor Jeremy Irons joined Brendan to talk about his new film, 'Palestine 36'. He also reflected on his boarding school years, choosing his acting roles, fatherhood, life priorities, playing the viola in his Cork castle and winning a style award for his fashion choices.

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0:11:57

Manchán Mangan's month's mind - "There's hundreds...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/11/01

Producer/director and colleague and friend of Manchán Mangan, Brian Reddin, spoke to Brendan en route to the Hill of Uisneach today for a celebration of the life, and scattering of the ashes, of the late broadcaster and scríbhneoir

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0:29:45

Clodagh McKenna "My mother would Irish dance with us...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/11/01

Clodagh McKenna joined Brendan to talk about her new cookbook 'Clodagh's Happy Cooking'. She also talked about her childhood in Cork, getting happiness lessons from her mother, her career, turning 50, taking over the farm on the grounds of 'Downton Abbey' in England with her husband, Harry Herert who also made an impromptu appearance in studio!

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0:08:05

High blood pressure, the silent killer

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/11/01

High blood pressure is known as the silent killer. GP, Dr Brendan O'Shea explains why it's important to monitor your blood pressure and what steps you can take to reduce it when necessary.

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0:10:23

What fishing teaches you about living well and...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/11/01

Prof Ronán Collins talks about his life in fishing, from early days line-fishing as a boy in Kinsale, to embracing the wilderness of far-flung regions. And he explores the meditative nature of fly-fishing, describing the river as his 'Buddhist temple'.

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0:51:10

Newspaper Panel

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/26

Joining Brendan to analyse the Sunday newspapers and Catherine Connolly’s election are Irish Times’ political editor, Pat Leahy; former Fine Gael TD, Noel Rock; Sunday Times’ columnist, Alison O’Connor; VP of Academic Affairs at Mary Immaculate College, and former Labour candidate, Niamh Hourigan; and former Fianna Fáil minister, Mary Hanafin.

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0:11:20

The Watchlist

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/26

Radio and TV producer Eoin Sweeney and writer Henrietta McKervey join Brendan to review the best of this week’s TV and cinema, including Nobody Wants This, Regretting You and Oíche Shamhna: An Ancient Mystery.

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0:23:50

“Younger people are grasping for authenticity” - Mark...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/26

Mark Little – entrepreneur and journalist – casts his eye over the recent Presidential election campaign to see what it might tell us about politics and media in 2025.

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0:11:21

“I picked his brain” - Reese Witherspoon and Harlan...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/26

Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon and best-selling author Harlan Coben talk to Brendan about their joint novel – a thriller about an army surgeon who uses her skills to conduct questionable operations for supremely wealthy, international clients... Gone Before Goodbye.

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