RTÉ - Like Family

In Ireland over 700,000 people volunteer and on this Like Family, Brenda Donohue travels the country and meets families who give their time and much more to enrich our communities.

Brenda Donohue travels the country and meets grandparents and grandchildren, who tell her about the wonderful bond and connection they have with each other.

On this Like Family, Brenda Donohue is on the move, meeting families who live in Mobile Homes. For some, it's a place of respite, or it's about building a future and for others, it's filled with memories of the past.

With the 2023 Women's Soccer World Cup only weeks away, Brenda Donohue travels the country meeting fans and families, who are preparing, planning and packing to head to Australia.

As families gather together for Christmas, Brenda Donohue travels the country to find out who is at the table. From those far from home to those opening their doors to help to new arrivals.

Brenda Donohue travels all over the country and finds out what home means to different families, whether they are moving abroad, downsizing or trying to buy a home in Ireland.

On this Like Family Bank Holiday Special, Brenda Donohue travels around the country and meets families as reflect on the impact Covid-19 has had on them and their loved ones. Also, as the war in Ukraine continues Brenda talks to families who are trying to help and those feeling helpless.

On this Like Family, Brenda Donohue meets families from across the country as they attempt to get their lives back on track while still navigating this pandemic.

The Summer of 2021......... re-opening our businesses, opening our hearts to new love, opening ourselves to new experiences and opening our hall doors to those family members who mean everything

As restrictions are eased and the vaccine programme continues to rollout, Brenda Donohue meets families from across the country, as they embrace the future.

Brenda Donohue, follows the Hopkins/Lennon family from Bettystown, as they welcome identical triplets into the world. Having triplets at any time can be very daunting but especially during a pandemic and now as the three girls approach their first birthday, we see how they have managed. It's a rollercoaster of tears, sleep deprivation and joy.

In this special St Patrick's Day programme, Brenda meets Irish families whose dreams have scattered them across the world and families whose dreams have brought them to Ireland.

Brenda revisits families she met in 2020 to reflect on how they coped in a year like no other, and with the vaccine roll out, how they see 2021..

Brenda meets with battle weary families facing into an uncertain Winter of lockdown and still no vaccine.

Brenda catches up with families in the Summer of 2020 as, with lockdown lifted, they reunite.

As the first lockdown draws to an end, Brenda meets families who reflect on the missed milestones of the Spring of 2020.

Brenda meets Irish families during the first month of the pandemic to see how they are coping.

Since March, Brenda has been meeting families and finding out how they are weathering this pandemic. As Autumn ends, she meets families digging in for a long Winter.

In this edition of Like Family, Professors Rose Anne Kenny and Assumpta Ryan discuss the impact of Covid 19 on older members of families with Brenda Donohue.

With families on the move again, Brenda meets young and old as they reconnect with each other and count the cost of Covid 19.

On this June Bank Holiday, Brenda Donohue takes a snap shot of Irish family life. We meet families as they mark significant milestones against the backdrop of Covid 19.

In this episode of Like Family, Brenda asks four Irish families to give us a picture of their family life in this pandemic. Emma and Dave who are expecting triplets; Becky who is homeschooling her children; Ahmed and Reema who are marking Ramadam and Kate whose father died from Covid 19 all tell Brenda their stories.

Brenda Donohue visits Sheriff St, Dublin 1 and meets the women on the 'Gaelic4Mothers and Others' football team. What they lack in skill on the pitch, they make up for in laughter, support and comradery. Many of them have had very difficult, challenging lives, so for them the Sheriff St Ladies Gaelic Football team is Like Family.

In this edition of Like Family, Brenda talks about housework. In a world of increasing equality, why are women still doing more housework than men and why do they seem to worry about it more?

In 2019, school children starting protesting against climate change. Brenda meets some children and their families to find out what is behind families taking eco action.

Trish Murphy, psychotherapist, explains to Brenda that the memories created during family holidays can sustain a family through the ups and downs of life.

In this edition of Like Family, Brenda visits St John's National School in Kenmare where she meets pupils, teachers, parents and internet safety expert Ger Bric to discuss the school's digital detox programme. She asks if being absorbed in the digital world is undermining our real world family relationships?

This week, Brenda Donohue asks how important is family support to elite sporting success? She meets canoeist Jenny Egan and boxer Eric Donovan and discusses the latest research with Kate Kirby of the Sport Ireland Institute.

In this edition of Like Family, Brenda talk to families in Ireland about faith. Ionela and Roxane are sisters-in-law and Romanian Orthodox Christians. Orthodox Christianity is the fastest growing religion in Ireland, according to recent census data.

When the first star appears at tea time on Christmas Eve, Poles traditionally gather to celebrate Christmas. Brenda Donohue is meeting Polish families on Christmas Eve.

On this Christmas night special of Like Family, Brenda Donohue celebrates the success of the Irish women's hockey team - silver medallists at World Cup 2018 - and the families who support them

Brenda meets families whose stories have been shaped by the GAA.

This weeks episode is about families and food - growing, cooking and eating together.

As the Championship season reaches its' climax, Brenda meets families for whom the GAA has become a central part of their lives.

Brenda meets families to talk about living with faith and living with none

In a changing world, Brenda asks what will the family of the future look like?

Brenda meets Oisin, a new arrival. How does a newborn experience his family?

Brenda meets families with a family business and asks what the future holds.

Brenda meets family carers, some of the 200,000 men and women who give 6 million hours of special care every week.

Global romance - Brenda Donohue talks to families about international love, finding home and raising children.

In this special edition of Like Family, Brenda Donohue travels around Ireland meeting babies born in 2016.

This week Brenda Donohue meets the Millennials. Aged between twenty and thirty six, this generation are navigating uncertain waters in the transition from childhood to adulthood. Precarious is the new word in the Like Family vocabulary! But are they worse off than previous generations?