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Ireland went to the 2023 Rugby World Cup as the number one ranked team in the world. They had a unique Test series win in New Zealand on their list of achievements; they were the reigning Grand Slam holders; and still they came home early. Getting to the last four has become an obsession. But is this the only measure of success? Brendan Fanning has been involved in rugby all of his life as a player, coach and journalist. He was rugby correspondent for the Sunday Independent for almost thirty years up until 2024 and has been reporting on the game since the mid-1980s.
The Dutch Hip and Knee Clinic is dedicated to helping you regain mobility and improve your quality of life—quickly and seamlessly. If you're an Irish resident in need of hip or knee surgery, they can connect you with HSE-funded treatment within just a few weeks!
Frédéric François Chopin 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was born in Żelazowa Wola and grew up in Warsaw.. A child prodigy, he completed his musical education and composed his early works in Warsaw before leaving Poland at age 20 and at 21, settled in Paris. He maintained an often troubled relationship with the French writer Aurore Dupin (known by her pen name George Sand). Chopin died in Paris in 1849 at age 39.
Conor Faughnan meets Oliver Sears. An International Art Dealer who came to Dublin via London, he's also the son of a Holocaust survivor and founder of Holocaust Awareness Ireland. The tragedy brought his infant mother to London from Poland and Oliver was raised there. In Ireland for 30 years, he's a secular atheist but very proud of his Jewish identity, he is scathing in his criticism of the Israeli government but warns also about the ugly rise of anti-semitism in Ireland.
Mairead Robinson talks to gym owner and fitness expert Fran Usanga.
Mairead Robinson talks to author Therese Huston
Conor meets Bobby Healy. He's a tech entrepreneur with a string of successes behind him, but you may know him now as the founder and CEO of Manna, the drone delivery service. Active in Blanchardstown at the moment, and looking to expand, what are the worries about these new drones flying overhead delivering coffees in their thousands? Bobby has explains, and tells us how his small Irish start-up is competing with Google and Amazon, and could well be winning.
The Senior Times 60 Question Quiz: September 5, 2025 by Senior Times
Stay Sharp! with Mairead Robinson. Episode 1: Living with Alzheimers by Senior Times
Conor meets Daniel Mulhall, now retired but once Ireland's most senior representative abroad. He was ambassador to the UK during Brexit, the US during Trump's first term and Germany in the wake of the financial crisis. He has packed a lot of history into his career, and he gives his ideas on what Ireland should be doing right now.
How can you earn interest on your savings without putting them at risk? Sinead Ryan talks to Eoghan O'Hara of Raisin Bank.
Sinead meets Valerie Hand, Bord Gais Energy Retrofit Manager, to learn more about the hows and whys of investing in solar panels, heat pumps and more - and the incentives available to homeowners.
Dr Ruth Freeman is Director of Science for Society at Research Ireland. A familiar voice to many, Ruth is a regular contributor to The Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk. She talks to Conor about the future of research, promoting STEM education, and making sure that scientific advancements are communicated clearly and effectively to all.
Sinead talks Money Management with Gwen Harris of MABS. The Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) is a free, independent, confidential and non- judgmental money advice and budgeting service for all members of the public. MABS primarily works with people experiencing over-indebtedness. MABS money advisers work with clients who may have difficulties with a wide range of personal debts including personal loans, mortgages, credit card debt, catalogue debts, debts to legal moneylenders and hire purchases.
MindIt! with Sinead Ryan. Episide 5: Making A Will by Senior Times
Conor meets Dr Umar Al Qadri; Sunni Islamic Scholar and Chair of the Irish Muslim Peace & Integration Council. In Ireland for 20 years, he became a citizen when Michael D Higgins prompted him to and has since been a candidate in both the last European and General Elections. A well-known voice in Irish life, he sheds some light on what it is like to be Muslim in Ireland, his views on radicalisation and extremism, his work to promote integration and inclusion, and his own very deep faith.
Sinead talks to Andrew Yates, Head of Expressway at Bus Éireann and Paul Hackett, CEO of ClickandGo about options, value and more for the Over 60s.
Senior Times Classical Collection More Musical Masterworks Including works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, Schubert, Rossini, Handel and more Introduced by John Low. Produced by Conor O'Hagan
Conor meets Transport & Climate Minister Darragh O'Brien. After 4 years in Housing, he's now across all things Transport & Climate. We talk Metro, Planning, Michael O'Leary & Dublin Airport, Buses, and the future of the Road Safety Authority. He's got plenty on his to do list. But he also has plenty of coffee on hand for his working morning in the Grand Hotel in Malahide, and he was good enough to take the time for a wide ranging chat.
The Senior Times Sixty Question Quiz - July 2025 by Senior Times
Mind It! with Sinead Ryan. Episode 3: Getting treated under the EU Cross-Border Directive by Senior Times
Sinead's guest this week is Dermot Goode. Dermot is the leading expert on healthcare benefits in Ireland. He has over 35 years experience in healthcare having worked with VHI, BUPA Ireland, Cornmarket Healthcare Division and healthcare consultancy roles with Irish Pensions Trust and Mercer Ltd. He established PHI Consulting Ltd (trading as Total Health Cover) in 2009 to provide advice on all aspects of healthcare cover in Ireland and his company was acquired by Lockton Insurance Brokers Ireland (LIBI) in February 2022. He is a Qualified Financial Advisor (QFA) and also holds the APA qualification for general personal lines insurances. Sinead Ryan is a print and broadcast journalist for more than 20 years writing on consumer, property and personal finance matters for the Irish Independent. Sinead presents ‘The Home Show' on Newstalk on Saturday mornings. Originally trained as a financial advisor she worked in the insurance sector for many years. In 2009 Sinead set up a not-for-profit organisation teaching teenagers about budgeting and personal finance. Her book, co-written with Frank Conway, ‘Cents and Sensibility', was published in 2010. Sinead was appointed to the Pensions Council, a Government Advisory Board in January 2015 and to the Probate & Conveyancing Expert Group of the Department of Housing in 2023
Fintan Drury once presented Morning Ireland, set up & then sold Drury Communications, set up a Sports Management company to represent global football & golf stars & brought the Ryder Cup to Ireland. He was also Chairman of Paddy Power and was on the board of Anglo Irish Bank in the run up to their collapse. He's written about that before but his latest book is about the situation in Gaza, called Catastrophe - Nakba II.
Hailing from Navan, Co. Meath, Domhnall works as a travel journalist, columnist and author. He writes extensively for the Irish and British media, with work regularly appearing in the Belfast Telegraph, Woman's Way, The Sunday Times and the Irish Examiner. Domhnall has received many prestigious honours for his writing, including the 2025 Travel Extra Travel Journalist of the Year award. Mercier Press published his novels Crazy for You and Colin and the Concubine. His début novel, Sister Agatha: the World's Oldest Serial Killer, was released in 2016.
Sinead Ryan is a print and broadcast journalist for more than 20 years writing on consumer, property and personal finance matters for the Irish Independent. Sinead presents ‘The Home Show' on Newstalk on Saturday mornings. Originally trained as a financial advisor she worked in the insurance sector for many years. In 2009 Sinead set up a not-for-profit organisation teaching teenagers about budgeting and personal finance. Her book, co-written with Frank Conway, ‘Cents and Sensibility', was published in 2010. Sinead was appointed to the Pensions Council, a Government Advisory Board in January 2015 and to the Probate & Conveyancing Expert Group of the Department of Housing in 2023
Lions Legends: Nick Popplewell by Senior Times
Classical Collection presenters John Low: ‘I am genuinely astounded at the response to my Classical Collection which topped the Podcast Classical Music charts and it confirmed my believe that there is a huge interest in classical music around the country. More to come!'
Mary O'Donnell is an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet and creative writing teacher. She has published several novels, short story and poetry collections. Her work has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian and Italian and she is also a journalist and literary mentor. She has just published her latest collection of short stories, entitled Walking Ghosts.
Senior Times Classical Collection with John Low: March 2025 by Senior Times
Mairead Robinson 2025 50Plus Show Pt2 by Senior Times
Mairead Robinson Previews the 2025 50Plus Show at the RDS, Dublin by Senior Times
Your Money Your Choice with Bill Tyson Ep8 by Senior Times
Neil McCormick was born in England but later moved with his family to Scotland, then Ireland. He attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin at the same time as all the future members of U2. He is a music journalist, author and broadcaster and has been the chief music critic for The Daily Telegraph since 1996. He presented a music interview show for Vintage TV in the UK, Neil McCormick's Needle Time.
More musical gems from the masters Including works by Beethoven, Schubert, Handel, Fauré, Weber and Strauss
Gary Cooke's Trailblazers: Mario Rosenstock by Senior Times
Your Money, Your Choice with Bill Tyson: Episode 7 by Senior Times
Your Money, Your Choice with Bill Tyson. Episode Six: SPRY Finance by Senior Times
Your Money Your Choice with Bill Tyson Ep5 by Senior Times
Imagine getting into bed every evening and drifting off quickly into a deep and restorative sleep, and then waking up refreshed, glowing with life and vitality. You feel calm and powerful, safe in the knowledge that you can cope with anything that comes your way. Fiona Brennan has helped thousands of people transform their relationship with sleep by using her unique Sleep Well Formula, which is based on cutting-edge science and hypnotherapy practices. Over the course of the eight-week Sleep Well programme, you will cultivate eight transformative habits to optimise your sleep, resulting in long-term benefits to your health, mood and productivity. The unique blend of psychology, spirituality and science helps you to wake up fully to who you are and develop faith in your innate ability to get to and stay asleep – every night.
To coincide with Ireland's upcoming test against Australia this weekend, SeniorTimes Podcasts presenter Gary Cooke sat down and interviewed former Australian Fly Half Michael Lynagh to talk about his life and career
To coincide with Ireland's upcoming test against Australia this weekend, SeniorTimes Podcasts presenter Gary Cooke sat down and interviewed former Australian Fly Half Michael Lynagh to talk about his life and career
Introduced by John Low Narrated by John Kavanagh Read by Jim Norton • Denys Hawthorne Nicholas Boulton • Marcella Riordan
Food & Wine with Mairead Robinson: Chef John Drummond on cooking for one by Senior Times
Lorna Hogg's Crown and Shamrock: Episode 4 by Senior Times
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