Podcast appearances and mentions of john toal

Shakespeare's seven ages of man, Jane Austen's sense and sensibility, pilgrimages of the heart -- and a flickering candle, with Daniel Mulhall, Roslyn Dee, John Toal, Eileen Battersby, John MacKenna and AM Cousins

Car troubles, revolutionary whispers and a tribute to a hero of Dublin city, with John Toal, Catherine Foley, Rosaleen McDonagh, Kathleen Murphy, Justin MacCarthy, Paula Meehan and Durgham Mushtaha

Christmas food, seasonal gifting and contemplation and a Dublin legend, with John Toal, Donal Fallon, Maggie Armstrong, Margaret Galvin, John F Deane and James Harpur

Apples, blackberries, and bravery in Nazi-occupied Budapest, with Amanda Bell, John MacKenna, John Toal, Brian Farrell, Kathy Donaghy, Oliver Sears and John F Deane

Ways of Seeing 2: More words and music from Belfast Book Festival with Paul McVeigh, Marie Howe, John Toal, Mícheál McCann, Maria McManus, and music from Scott Flanigan, Sinéad McKenna, Éimear McGeown, Donogh Hennessy and Trú

Ways of Seeing 2: More words and music from Belfast Book Festival with Paul McVeigh, Marie Howe, John Toal, Mícheál McCann, Maria McManus, and music from Scott Flanigan, Sinéad McKenna, Éimear McGeown, Donogh Hennessy and Trú

Ways of Seeing 2: More words and music from Belfast Book Festival with Paul McVeigh, Marie Howe, John Toal, Mícheál McCann, Maria McManus, and music from Scott Flanigan, Sinéad McKenna, Éimear McGeown, Donogh Hennessy and Trú

We talk a brilliant win in Derry with Greener on the double again and Monday's scoreless draw at sandy Shels. The TFTES Hotline for April has topics ranging from late winners to true crime, from favourite biscuits to favourite captains, with one former Hoops skipper, John Toal among a dozen callers.

A mother's secret recipe, true and untrue tales at Christmas and an extraordinary Holy Night, with Aingeala Flannery, John Toal, Paul Howard, Rachael Hegarty, all recorded at the National Concert Hall with music extracts from the RTÉ Concert Orchestra conducted by David Brophy and special guests Colm Warren, Maeve Smyth and Sarah Shine

A special programme on the theme of home and belonging, recorded recently at the Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, with Cherry Smyth, Wendy Erskine, Mícheál McCann, John Toal and Maureen Boyle

John Huston, Hedy Lamarr, the Good Friday Agreement at 25 and Bach's St Matthew Passion in Leipzig, with Maria Hayden, John McDonald, Hester Scott, John F Deane, John Toal and Vincent Woods

Bats, flies, Santa Claus malfunctions and seasonal homecomings - Part 1 of the festive celebration, with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and special guests, conducted by Gavin Maloney. With writers Declan Kiberd, Kathleen MacMahon, John Toal, Paul Howard, Rachael Hegarty and soloists/special musical guests Mia Cooper, Úna Walsh, Trú and Connor McKeown

Soft, fresh days in Inishbofin, Irish hospitality, treasured possessions, missing Brendan Kennelly and a chocolate cake for Pete Seeger, with John Toal, Helen Lahert, Daniel Mulhall, Leo Cullen, Mae Leonard and Gudrun Boch-Mullan.

A special 30th anniversary show, broadcast live from the "witch's hat", in Portstewart, presented by Anne Marie McAleese, Featuring some of the people who have contributed to the show over the years, Colum Sands, Ronan Lundy, Helen Mark, Dot Blakely, and John Toal, with a special tribute to Marie McStay. First broadcast in 2021.

The Irish abroad, door dancing, stargazing and more, with Margaret Hickey, Brian Farrell, Tim Carey, Daniel Mulhall, John Toal and, from the Miscellany archive, Maeve Binchy

Exam anxieties, audience protests, overheard conversations and Maeve Binchy's writing advice, and fearless Dervla Murphy remembered, with Margaret Ward, Rachael Hegarty, Ian Sherry, Bernard Farrell, John Toal and Pádraig Ó Macháin

Exam anxieties, audience protests, overheard conversations and Maeve Binchy's writing advice, and fearless Dervla Murphy remembered, with Margaret Ward, Rachael Hegarty, Ian Sherry, Bernard Farrell, John Toal and Pádraig Ó Macháin

Full-body tattoos, finding poems on the Dart, rainy day picnics, meeting the Hothouse Flowers and more, with Joe Kearney, John MacKenna, Catherine Foley, Jackie Lynam, Denise Blake and John Toal

Pot-bellied pet lambs, unopened Easter eggs, composer Maurice Ravel and a monastic retreat on Caldey Island, with John Toal, Jonathan Duignan, Mae Leonard, Margaret Galvin, John F Deane, Leo Cullen and Noelle Lynskey

Football, feminism and friendship; the island of Montserrat's Irish links; and “the lads that will never be old,” with Joe Kearney, Yvonne Judge, John Toal, Rosaleen McDonagh, Kathleen Murphy, Conall Hamill and Catherine Foley.

A Christmas show from the National Concert Hall with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and special guests Lisa Lambe, Cormac Kenevey, Conor Linehan, Caoimhe Ní Fhlatharta, Séamus Ó Flatharta, Lisa McInerney, Emer O'Kelly, John Toal, Denise Blake and Joe Kearney

A Christmas show from the National Concert Hall with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and special guests Lisa Lambe, Cormac Kenevey, Conor Linehan, Caoimhe Ní Fhlatharta, Séamus Ó Flatharta, Lisa McInerney, Emer O'Kelly, John Toal, Denise Blake and Joe Kearney

Border crossings and earthquakes, the trials and tribulations of long term renting and an early brush with the concept of fake news… with Sian Quill, Oliver Sears, John Kelly, John Toal and Clare O'Reilly

The end of the Sarajevo lockdown, the 80th anniversary of the Belfast Blitz, and the enduring power of music and song, with Mark Brennock, Olivia O’Leary, Gerald Dawe, John Toal and Lucy Caldwell

Horsewhips and hatpins, ill-fated statues, Gary Halpin's random act of kindness and Mary Wollstonecraft's pioneering feminism... with Conall Hamill, Lourdes Mackey, Michael O'Loughlin, Mae Leonard, John Toal and Catherine Foley

A bad-mannered saint, Belgian beer, Cajun Chicken, and bad manners at dinner... Plus we rebroadcast Lemn Sissay's powerful poem Fallen, honouring his birth mother, recorded at last year's Ennis Book Club Festival. With Emer O'Kelly, Tim Carey, John Toal, Lani O'Hanlon and Lemn Sissay

Chocolate eggs and ice eggs, church bells and birdsong, tropical fish, the composer Ravel, and big and small acts of solidarity this Easter time... With Alan Finnegan, John Toal, Colin Murphy, Rachael Hegarty and Lani O’Hanlon

Chocolate eggs and ice eggs, church bells and birdsong, tropical fish, the composer Ravel, and big and small acts of solidarity this Easter time... With Alan Finnegan, John Toal, Colin Murphy, Rachael Hegarty and Lani O’Hanlon

We're joined by Irish Daily Mirror journalist Paul O'Hehir and former Hoops midfielder John Toal. Paul gives his team by team prediction for this year's league table and the latest on the Rovers B team situation. He talks remaining impartial for his job and Stephen Bradley's relationship with the media in recent years. From the hour mark we delve into John's career which include Paul's fond memories of watching him play at the RDS. John recalls starting out as a teenager in the last season at Milltown, his penalty technique, his hat-trick in Galway and the 1994 title-winning campaign. Plus some great stories about Terry Eviston and an unusual Irish Cup trophy win with Portadown.

Affectionate memories of Gay Byrne

On this morning’s programme, One for Everybody in the Audience by John Toal; White Vision by Gail Seekamp;Georges Clemenceau: The Politician Who Hated Nationalism, by Emer O’Kelly; A Word With Gay by Patrick Griffin; And Lily Lynch and the Oratory of the Sacred Heart by Tim Carey

Radio 3 presenter John Toal the French composer Maurice Ravel, whose music had a special place in his life long before he discovered an unexpected connection.

John Toal meets former death-row inmates Sunny Jacobs and Peter Pringle at the retreat they have set up in rural Ireland to offer restorative treatment to other victims of wrongful conviction in order to help them back to a normal life. Peter Pringle was sentenced to be hanged in Ireland in 1980. Sonia 'Sunny' Jacobs was sentenced to the electric chair in the United States in 1976. Sunny was accused of killing two police officers at a highway service area in Florida. Peter was accused of killing two police officers in rural Ireland during a botched bank robbery. Both had their sentences commuted to life and were later exonerated of their crimes. Peter and Sunny spent over 15 years each in prison for crimes they didn't commit. After their release, life in the outside world was tough. They struggled to re-integrate into society. Practical things like crossing roads, opening doors or even being touched joined a long list of everyday challenges. Neither could escape the feeling that they had re-joined a society that had moved on without them. In 1998 Peter heard Sunny give a talk about her death-row experience. Traumatised by her story and shocked by how similar their experiences were, Peter offered to drive Sunny to her next speaking engagement and their relationship grew from there. Now married, Peter and Sunny run the Sunny Centre in rural Connemara, a retreat for people from around the world who have been wrongfully convicted and who are trying to retrace a path back into normal life. For this programme, John Toal travels to the depths of the Irish countryside to hear Sunny and Peter's story. He hears how a combination of yoga, meditation, healthy food and the freedom to share their experiences with people who have been through similar trauma can assist those exonerated of dreadful crimes on their path back to normality ...and whether or not an exoneree can ever truly feel free again. Producer: Jennifer Goggin.

John Toal meets former death-row inmates Sunny Jacobs and Peter Pringle at the retreat they have set up in rural Ireland to offer restorative treatment to other victims of wrongful conviction in order to help them back to a normal life. Peter Pringle was sentenced to be hanged in Ireland in 1980. Sonia 'Sunny' Jacobs was sentenced to the electric chair in the United States in 1976. Sunny was accused of killing two police officers at a highway service area in Florida. Peter was accused of killing two police officers in rural Ireland during a botched bank robbery. Both had their sentences commuted to life and were later exonerated of their crimes. Peter and Sunny spent over 15 years each in prison for crimes they didn't commit. After their release, life in the outside world was tough. They struggled to re-integrate into society. Practical things like crossing roads, opening doors or even being touched joined a long list of everyday challenges. Neither could escape the feeling that they had re-joined a society that had moved on without them. In 1998 Peter heard Sunny give a talk about her death-row experience. Traumatised by her story and shocked by how similar their experiences were, Peter offered to drive Sunny to her next speaking engagement and their relationship grew from there. Now married, Peter and Sunny run the Sunny Centre in rural Connemara, a retreat for people from around the world who have been wrongfully convicted and who are trying to retrace a path back into normal life. For this programme, John Toal travels to the depths of the Irish countryside to hear Sunny and Peter's story. He hears how a combination of yoga, meditation, healthy food and the freedom to share their experiences with people who have been through similar trauma can assist those exonerated of dreadful crimes on their path back to normality ...and whether or not an exoneree can ever truly feel free again. Producer: Jennifer Goggin.

Everyday hundreds of people travel between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland on the Belfast Dublin train. In part 2 John Toal explores opinions and perceptions whilst traveling south to north over the Irish border (BBC Radio Ulster Production)

Everyday hundreds of people travel between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland on the Belfast Dublin train. In part 1 John Toal explores opinions and perceptions whilst traveling north to south over the Irish border (BBC Radio Ulster Production)