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Documentary on One Podcast

Multi award winning documentaries from Ireland and beyond telling real life stories. With over 1,800 documentaries on offer, the Documentary On One Podcast has the largest archive of documentaries available in the world, dating as far back as 1954, right up to the present day. Winner of over 400 national and international awards. Producer of podcast series "Where is Jón?", ‘The Real Carrie Jade’, "Runaway Joe", "Finding Samantha", "Tiger Roll", "GunPlot" and "The Nobody Zone"

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40:33

Feminist Dress

Documentary on One Podcast ·

2023/09/22

In 1972, Maura O'Reilly walked up the aisle wearing a wedding-dressher mother had made for her. It was white, lace crochet, with a high neck andbell sleeves. 50 years later, her niece walked up the aisle wearing the same dress – unaltered. In between, 8 other brides of the O’Reilly family have worn the same dress at their weddings in Cavan and Italy.This is the story of an incredible wedding dress and the 10 womenwho'veworn it. (2023) Produced by Ronan Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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40:59

Act 5, Scene 2

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2023/09/15

Ten years ago, actor Conor Madden was stabbed in the eye, on stage in front of an audience of hundreds. He was playing the part of Hamlet when a fight scene went badly wrong. When he fell to the ground, the audience thought it was part of the show – but the accident changed Conor’s life completely. (2023)Narrated by Michael-David McKernan. Produced by Michael-David McKernan and Nicoline Greer.Photo credit to Anthony Woods. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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45:44

A Dark Night In Foxford

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2023/09/01

The Irish Civil War was shrouded in silence for decades. In one of the last atrocities of the war, we tell the story of Maggie Doherty and through her witness testimony explore the rarely discussed aspect of sexual violence in the Irish Civil War. (2023) Contributors incl Edel Doherty, Professor Linda Connolly, Frank Fagan and Tom Doherty. (2023) Produced by Orla Higgins and Sarah Blake. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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43:29

What If She's Prettier Than Me?

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2023/08/25

Would you bring a third person into your relationship?Polyamorists do.They say having other romances actually strengthens their main relationship. But there are risks…and jealousies.And, practicalities: How to schedule your dates?Who minds the kids? (2023) Credits: Produced by Mary-Elaine Tynan and Ronan Kelly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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42:18

Louder Than Bombs: The Smiths in Ireland, Nov '84

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2023/08/18

1984 was a defining year in the history of the Irish Troubles. On the 12thOctober the IRA bombed the Brighton Hotel narrowly missing the British Prime Minister. Meanwhile a Manchester band called The Smiths were stunning the world with a unique sound. They played community centres around Ireland and a music band became part of a political storm.(2023) Credits: Narrated by David Coughlan. Produced by David Coughlan and Donal O'Herlihy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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38:01

Finding Samantha: 07 – Who is Samantha?

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2023/06/09

The cycle of Samantha offending, being jailed, then released and re-offending seems never ending. So as we reach the conclusion of our series, and in an attempt to understand just what exactly is going on for Samantha and how her behaviour might be understood, and treated, we make an application to the courts in search of answers. (Ep 7/7)Credits:Finding Samantha is written, recorded and produced by Sharon Davis in Australia and Tim Desmond and Nicoline Greer in Ireland. Soundtrack composed by Paddy

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34:43

Finding Samantha: 06 - Child's Play

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2023/06/02

With Samantha out of prison in 2018, she was now turning 30 years old. She began working as an au pair again and was about to commit her most serious crimes to date. With access to children, she began manipulating them into presenting themselves as victims before she was eventually charged with child stealing... (Ep 6/7) Credits: Finding Samantha is written, recorded and produced by Sharon Davis in Australia and Tim Desmond and Nicoline Greer in Ireland. Soundtrack composed by Paddy Flynn. Sound

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36:36

Finding Samantha: 05 - The One That Got Away

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2023/05/26

Sharon receives a strange phone call from a mystery woman with something to give her. Samantha receives her first full jail sentence as we hear from the Appeal Court Judge who decided on her case. And we receive an insight into how Samantha uses other people as she appears tries to play with us. (Ep 5/7) Credits: Finding Samantha is written, recorded and produced by Sharon Davis in Australia and Tim Desmond and Nicoline Greer in Ireland. Soundtrack composed by Paddy Flynn. Sound Engineer is Damian

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32:47

Finding Samantha: 04 – Catch me if you can

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2023/05/19

With Samantha Azzopardi continuing to face police and judges, she fails to heed their warnings to change her behaviour. Instead, she continues to target people in Australia, then returns to Ireland before moving to another continent. And all the time, she’s creating new characters, new aliases and leaving new victims in her wake. Where is this all going to end up? (Ep4/7). Credits: Finding Samantha is written, recorded and produced by Sharon Davis in Australia and Tim Desmond and Nicoline Greer in

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31:26

Finding Samantha: 03 - Samm Az

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2023/05/12

A 15 yr old Russian gymnast turns up hoping to be adopted by a new family. A Police Prosecutor in Perth is not quite sure what kind of an individual he's dealing with. One Samantha Azzopardi actually reaches out to us - and we get to meet another. This journey is getting deeper and wilder than we could have ever imagined... (Ep3/7)Credits: Finding Samantha is written, recorded and produced by Sharon Davis in Australia and Tim Desmond and Nicoline Greer in Ireland. Soundtrack composed by Paddy Flynn

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30:45

Finding Samantha: 02 - Webs of Deceit

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2023/05/05

As we follow the trail of the Girl at the GPO – who we now know is Australian woman Samantha Azzopardi - we dive into a surreal world where fact and fiction are often blurred. Samantha has connections to Ireland and a seemingly long and troubled back history in Australia. To begin to understand where this all started, we travel to Australia, to the suburbs of Sydney, where journalist Sharon Davis comes on board. Samantha’s trail leads us into the Blue Mountains in New South Wales and to a small

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27:29

Finding Samantha: 01 - GPO Girl

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2023/04/28

A new 7-part podcast series from RTÉDocumentary On One. To listen to the series in full, subscribe to 'Finding Samantha' from wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes released weekly, on Tuesdays.EP1: 2013 - A distressed teenage girl is found wandering in front of the General Post Office (GPO) in Dublin city centre. As suspicions rise that she’s the victim of serious crime, everyone scrambles to help her and to get to the bottom of her story. But a massive month long investigation by the Irish

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0:30

Finding Samantha: Trailer

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2023/04/22

A woman who has created more than 100 fake identities. A young girl found wandering the streets of Dublin. A teenager deported from Canada. Stories of sustained sexual abuse at the hands of many. Kidnapping charges, prison time, lies, fraud and deceit. Could all of these stories go back to just one person? A new 7-part podcast series from RTÉ Documentary On One unravelling the wild world of Samantha Azzopardi... Episode 1 available from April 25th 2023 from wherever you get your podcasts (Search for

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55:57

Blackrock Boys

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2022/11/07

From the ages of 12 to 17, two brothers, Mark and David Ryan, were both repeatedly sexually abused in Blackrock College in South County Dublin. Their abusers were from the Spiritan community at the school. Several court cases ensued as David and Mark fought for justice. Now grown men, David and Mark are ready to publicly tell their story for the first time. (2022) If you’ve been affected by any of the issues raised in this podcast, please visit www.rte.ie/support for helpline contact details. The

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52:08

Miss Folan's Last Wish

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2022/10/28

Mary Folan, long emigrated to America, made a dying wish to be buried back home on her native island of Inis Meáin. But after Mary’s death, the unthinkable happened when an attempt was made to transfer her coffin from Shannon airport to the Aran island in a cargo sling attached underneath a helicopter. And that was only the start of things to come… (2022)Narrated and produced by Sarah Blake and Treasa Bhreathnach.Mix engineering by Peadar Carney.Readings by Karl Quinn and Roger Gregg. Hosted on

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39:50

Minding Mary - Has Ireland forgotten Carrickmines?

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2022/10/21

A devastating fire at a halting site in South County Dublin on October 10th2015 led tomultiple members of three families losing their lives.We delve into the events of that night and travel to Bray, Co. Wicklow and to Carrickmines where, for the first time, all the families involved and some of those who tried to help speak about what happened. (2022) Narrated byLisa-Marie Berry. Produced Lisa-Marie and Ronan Kelly.If you’ve been affected by any of the issues raised in this podcast, please

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46:08

Spike Island - Spontaneous Madness

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2022/10/07

In September 1985, a riot erupted on Spike Island Prison in Cork Harbour. The island fort had been turned into a prison for 'joyriders', but within months, they rebelled against the regime and set the prison on fire. During that chaotic night there were reports that prisoners who had escaped found they couldn’t get off the island and had to break back into the prison they had just escaped from. The Army was sent for and then sent away again. Civilian islanders were taken hostage by prisoners but

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43:44

Counterpunch

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2022/09/30

Reg Byrne grew up in Monkstown Farm, Dublin in the 1970s and was born with spina bifida, affecting his legs. Which makes what Reg Byrne is doing now all the more remarkable. His early family life was difficult. By the age of 8, he was sniffing glue and by 9, he was in a drug rehabilitation programme. He left school early – but then encountered a local man who changed his path in life. Today, Reg is a first class boxing coach in demand. He travels the world, but never forgets his roots. Reg runs a

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41:06

Old Man Belfield

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2022/09/23

On the 11th of January 2021 the body of a homeless man was found on the grounds of University College Dublin’s Belfield campus. His passing was widely mourned because Michael Byrne, or ‘Old Man Belfield’ as he was known, had a huge impact on the lives of tens of thousands of people. He left behind him some abiding questions like, who was he? And where did he come from? Intriguingly, nobody seems to know… (2022) Narrated and produced by Donal O’Herlihy with sound supervision by Peadar Kearney. Hosted

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44:15

#JusticeForNoor

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2022/09/16

In July 2021, a 27-year old woman, Noor Mukadam, was violently murdered. Noor grew up in South County Dublin as her father established the Pakistani Embassy in Ireland. Noor loved Ireland and could never have imagined that her murder would make global headlines, not only in Ireland but also in her native Pakistan where it became a huge news story. And the reason it became a huge news story is because those who loved Noor began a fight for justice. Noor was part of elite Pakistani society. And she

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