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Radio Drama at its best every Sunday evening.

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    • May 23, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Piano in the River by Dan Treston

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 57:07


    Piano in the River ~ An interlude for radio by Dan Treston - winner of the Prix Italia in 1965.

    Dropping Slow by Belinda McKeon

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 15:03


    Dropping Slow by Belinda McKeon in memory of our colleague Anton Timoney

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    Nothing Ever Happens Around Here by Robert Barrett

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 53:30


    the Winning play in the PJ O'Connor Radio Drama Awards 2020, Nothing Ever Happens Around Here written by Robert Barrett & directed by Gorretti Slavin

    Frizzy Lizzy by Ceara Carney

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2025 53:41


    Frizzy Lizzy by Ceara Carney

    Bloody Writers by Charlie McCarthy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 54:21


    Featuring Aileen Mythen, Risteard Cooper, Lesa Thurman, Patrick Ryan with original Score by Denis Clohessy, written & directed by Charlie McCarthy

    Old Men are Jealous by Jennifer Johnston

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2025 42:09


    Old Men are Jealous by Jennifer Johnston

    Good Night Irene & Seventeen Trees by Jennifer Johnston

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 51:53


    We celebrate the memory of writer Jennifer Johnston who died on the 25th of February 2025.

    Eternal Lanes of Joy by Pat Collins

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 49:45


    Patrick Kavanagh's epic journey to Dublin Written & Directed by Pat Collins

    In the Wings - Eternal Lanes of Joy by Pat Collins

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 17:44


    Writer and director Pat Collins and actor Mikel Murfi (Michael Murphy) talk about working on Eternal Lanes of Joy,

    A Red Romeo and A Blue Julian by Johnny Farrelly

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 52:46


    A Red Romeo and A Blue Julian by Jonny Farrelly, is a comedic love story, written in verse ~ with a twist!

    The Blue Hyacinth by Maeve Brennan adapted by Joe O'Byrne

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 53:43


    Hubert and Rose Derdon have been together for a life, but when Rose dies, Hubert finds he is unable to grieve for his wife, with Barry McGovern, David Herlihy, and Jane Brennan.

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    Limekiln Lane by Louise Lewis

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 21:31


    Limekiln Lane by Louise Lewis, a powerful account of domestic violence in lockdown

    Kerry Plates by Shay Linehan

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 52:25


    Abbey actor, Clive Geraghty plays Tom and Deirdre Donnelly his wife Maura in Shay Linehan's first play for the medium of radio

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    The Four-Faced Liar by Ger Fitzgibbon

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 53:10


    A journey through the night-world of Cork. Directed by Charlie McCarthy

    Truth, Love or Promise by Nuala McKeever

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 55:20


    Brenda, Maureen and Joanna get to know each other through their stories. But it's the things they're not saying that really tell the tale.

    Fragile Maoilíosa by Charlie McGuinness

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 51:53


    Fragile Maoilíosa by Charlie McGuinness starring Eamonn Hunt and Muiris Crowley, music performed by Jane Hughes, directed by Gorretti Slavin

    The Silent Passenger by Ronan Brady

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 52:59


    The story of the 11th hour escape from the Nazis in 1938, of Sigmund Freud, his wife Martha and their extended family.

    Confinements by Judith Mok

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 54:25


    Confinements by Judith Mok We remember Judith Mok, the Dutch soprano, writer, and vocal coach, who died in December 2024.

    Mr Sun by Gillian Grattan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 47:29


    Mr Sun by Gillian Grattan with Kathy Rose O'Brien

    Goodbye to the Glebe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 47:10


    John Boorman, who turns 92 this Saturday, returned to England in November 2022, after 53 years in his beloved home,The Glebe, in County Wicklow. Stephen Rea and Kevin Reynolds drove to Annamoe to say goodbye.

    Treasure House - Charles Kingsley

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 28:01


    Treasure House - a series of dramatised stories on the lives of historical figures. Tonight's programme features the life and times of English writer and clergyman Charles Kingsley

    Wine from Greenland by Alejandro Niklison

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 24:44


    Anton and Ian's conversation leads them to a mutual realisation: man is a caged animal. Will they find freedom, or fail in their quest?

    A Family of Memories by Thomas Kilroy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 53:13


    The radio piece revisits episodes in Thomas Kilroy's family's history, the War of Independence, the Civil War and the foundation of the Irish Free State

    Wogan's Sweet Sixteen by Kenneth Sweeney.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 42:42


    Al McKenna stars as iconic broadcaster Terry Wogan in Wogan's Sweet Sixteen by Kenneth Sweeney.

    Temporary Unestablished Civil Servants

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 53:29


    Programme exploring Radió Éireann Players, the repertory company for radio in Ireland formed in 1947 first broadcast 19th August 1997.

    The Burning Question

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 50:23


    a compendium of thoughts and stories on climate activism. Combining interviews, archive and dramatised excerpts, The Burning Question looks for hope in a time of frightening harm to the planet, in the eloquence of activists, court challenges, new thinking, and immersive recordings of the natural world. 

    Marconi & Me by Zoë Comyns

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 45:57


    A podcast producer finds a set of code books. They are the Marconi International Code books. They contain 500 pages of 5-letter codes and their translations. The main character starts to read the codes obsessively and twist them into her own life story. In themselves the codes form extraordinarily poetic lists

    Sharon by Katie Holly

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 50:50


    After a decade of living it up and haven' the craic, Sharon returns to her mother, her roots and her hometown.

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    From the River of Ghosts by Roger

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 47:19


    Playwright & composer Roger Gregg weaves his signature blend of storytelling, poetry, music and song into a haunting journey.

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    Haughey Gregory by Colin Murphy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 43:21


    Based on true events, Haughey/Gregory tells the story of the Gregory Deal, agreed by Charles J. Haughey and Independent TD, Tony Gregory, in 1982.

    The last, High King of Ireland by Patrick Fogarty

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 46:42


    The Last, High King of Ireland tells the story of a day in the life of a hard-drinking man, Tapper to the locals, on his daily travels from morning to night in the fictional town of Molinheer.

    Shinaid by Eamann Breen

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 50:40


    an Irish woman in London experiences a dramatic and life changing event that forces her to look at her life choices. With the help of a motley crew

    Helen Wheels by Fionn Foley

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 35:25


    A comic tale of narcotics, fast food and a mother's love for her son, set in Belfast at the height of the pandemic. Winner of Best Radio Drama IMRO Awards 2024

    James's Story by David Zane Mairowitz

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 41:48


    An Englishman remembers a holiday to Dingle in 1968, while his memories are revised and re-animated by his friend, the Story Poacher.

    The Aran Islands by John Millington Synge, adapted by Joe O'Byrne

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 57:58


    The Aran Islands by John Millington Synge, adapted and dramatised for radio by Joe O'Byrne.

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    A Holy Show by Janet Moran

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 53:08


    based on the true story of the hijacking of an Aer Lingus plane in 1981, by an ex-Trappist monk with a burning desire to know the Third Secret of Fatima.

    Three Our Fathers by Karl O'Neil

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 50:56


    Three masculine monologues, a suitor, a stalker, a spouse..

    Testimony by Alan Archbold

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 43:54


    A tense two-hander in which a middle-aged couple ruminate on the sombre detail of a tragic death in the family starring Andrew Bennett and Cathy Belton

    Write Your Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 45:15


    Write Your Mind is a play about Youth Mental Health, weaving together monologues devised by writers with young people.

    A Piece of Monologue by Samuel Beckett

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 55:00


    A Piece of Monologue, performed by Barry McGovern as part of our Beckett Season

    The Old Tune by Samuel Beckett

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 43:52


    The Old Tune by Samuel Beckett: Adapted from the radio play La Manivelle by Robert Pinget

    All That Fall by Samuel Beckett

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 79:41


    Drama On One continues its Beckett Season with All That Fall directed and produced by Barry McGovern, starring Pegg Monahan and Aidan Grennell.

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