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Brendan O'Connor
Brendan O'Connor has all you need for the weekend with time to pause and reflect on the week just gone. Featuring a selection of human interest, consumer and lifestyle stories, as well as keeping you up to date on the news stories that matter. Listen live Saturday and Sunday at 11am - 1pm on RTÉ Rad...
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Stefanie Preissner: “I have six hoovers – and a back-up battery.”
Screenwriter and actor, Stefanie Preissner tells Brendan about her passion for slow vacuuming: how a robot vacuum can redistribute domestic chores, cl...
Was this the week the tide turned against social media giants?
This week, a 20-year-old in California was awarded six-million dollars after a jury found Meta and Google had intentionally built addictive platforms...
The secrets of making great coffee, at home or at work
Founder and CEO of FiXX Coffee, Anne Abberton, offers Brendan her top tips for making great coffee at home, or at work. Should you grind yourself, or...
How to ask for a pay rise
Caroline Reidy, head of HR Solutions at NFP talks Brendan through how to negotiate a pay rise, and what mistakes to avoid.
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Donal O’Shea: “Everything is salted caramel now: it combines salt, fat and sugar.”
Specialist in obesity, Professor Donal O’Shea outlines how our food environment has become increasingly unhealthy, with an abundance of high fat, salt...
Colm Tóibín: “After Epstein, I wanted to explore why some people feel no guilt”
Award-winning author, Colm Tóibín, talks to Brendan about his childhood stammer, his wild years in Barcelona, and his latest short-story collection ‘T...
The real-life drama surrounding TV show ‘Love Story’
The Disney+ series, Love Story- which follows the story of JFK Junior and his wife Carolyn Bessette- has been provoking conversations about the libert...
The Watchlist
Joining Brendan to look at the best TV shows and films heading our way this week are Brian Lloyd, Entertainment journalist and host of the Screenland...
Richie Sadlier: “I was in this pit of self-pity and anger and loss all wrapped into one”
Footballer, psychotherapist and sports analyst, Richie Sadlier, brings Brendan through his Life in Five Songs, including live performances by Oasis, T...
Newspaper Panel
Joining Brendan to discuss the Sunday newspapers are Dan O’Brien, Chief Economist, Institute of International and European Affairs; Louise Burne, Poli...
“This used to be called insider trading!” – the rise of online prediction markets
Online prediction markets are in the news at the moment with people betting big on particular outcomes in global affairs. Liz Carolan, publisher of Th...
Darina Allen: “Risotto is the ultimate stand-by dish”
It’s the ultimate comfort food, so Darina Allen - chef and founder of Ballymaloe Cookery School – gives Brendan a masterclass in Risotto, suggesting f...
“Troy Parrott is just in flying form right now” - Tony O’Donoghue
As we face into potentially the biggest week in Irish soccer for a generation, RTÉ Soccer Correspondent, Tony O’Donoghue, reminds us of the magic of ‘...
Carrie Crowley on the joys of sea-swimming
Broadcaster Carrie Crowley on the magic of sea swimming, beginners’ tips, safety tips and why it’s better to be in than out.
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Dr Richard Hogan: “Guilt & shame have their tentacles in everything”
Psychotherapist, Dr Richard Hogan, on shame and guilt: where these feelings come from; when they change from being healthy to unhealthy; and how we ca...
John Banville - “Humble items around the house might bring me to tears”
Booker Prize-winner John Banville’s crime novel ‘Christine Falls’ has been chosen as Dublin City Council’s One Dublin One Book choice for 2026, 20 yea...
Ed Guiney “The car queue lasts around 2 hours to the Oscars”
Ed Guiney, CEO of Element Pictures – who made Room, Normal People and The Favourite – joins Brendan live from Hollywood, where he’s preparing to atten...
The Watchlist
Joining Brendan to look at the best TV shows and films heading our way this St Patrick’s week are broadcaster, Aifric O’Connell and Movie’s Editor wit...
“Mam knew she was loved, but I wish I told her more” Édaein O'Connell on grief of losing her mother
To mark Mother’s Day, freelance journalist Édaein O'Connell tells Brendan about her warm, loving and complex relationship with her late mother, who di...
The Newspaper Panel
Joining Brendan are political reporter with the Irish Independent, Aisling Moloney; Commentator and CEO of the Iona Institute, David Quinn; Law Lectur...
“Eid has become so commercialised – the price of dates is ridiculous”
Dr. Amanullah de Sondy, head of the study of religions at UCC offers his own reflections on the ending of the holy month of Ramadan. He talks about ho...
RTE Sport’s Jacqui Hurley on the most exciting Six Nations in years
As Ireland face Scotland for a Triple Crown decider in Dublin, RTE Sports’ Jacqui Hurley talks Brendan through the final day of the most unpredictable...
Mr Motivator - “Every minute I’m sad, I’m missing out on 60 seconds of happiness”
The OG fitness influencer Mr Motivator lit up our screens in the 1990s with his charismatic and energetic appeals to get off the couch and get moving....
Restaurant level fish dishes at home
Chef Brian “Danny Minnie” O’ Domhnaill is on hand today to give our home cooking a restaurant level polish. He talks Brendan through recipes, as gaeil...
Liz Nugent - “I only ever had bad dreams – I’d wake up thinking I’d murdered someone”
Bestselling and award-winning crime writer Liz Nugent chooses five songs that trigger memories of her life and career. She talks about the enduring im...
Mark Little - “Bro culture is infiltrating politics ...and now war”
Entrepreneur and Journalist Mark Little joins Brendan to talk about the how the war in the middle east is unfolding its impacts in the region and arou...
Pokémon at 30: “I’ve rediscovered it now as an adult and realise it’s a great way of keeping you company”
Novelist and video game critic for The Guardian, Sarah Maria Griffin explains to Brendan how she has rediscovered the 30-year-old Nintendo game recent...
The Watchlist
Joining Brendan to discuss the best TV and films coming this week are Grainne Humphries, Festival Director of the Dublin International Film Festival a...
“I thought art didn’t exist in Ireland” - artist, Dorothy Cross
Artist Dorothy Cross tells Brendan about her Cork childhood, competitive swimming, the thrill of having her art first exhibited by the Tate in London,...
The Newspaper Panel
Joining Brendan to discuss the Sunday papers are Ellen Coyne, Political Correspondent at the Irish Times; Gerard Howlin, former government adviser and...
Eva Pau’s Sensational Stir Fries!
TV Chef & Asia Market MD, Eva Pau, has easy recipes for delicious stir fry recipes such as simple fried rice, black pepper beef and a veggie stir fry....
Ex-Trump advisor, Anthony Scaramucci: “I was in the Epstein Files”
Where is JD Vance? Is Rubio the coming man? One week into the US-Israel war on Iran, Brendan speaks to host of The Rest is Politics US, and President...
Ireland’s Prettiest Towns and Villages
Pól O’Conghaile, Travel Editor of the Irish Independent, joins Brendan with his pick of the prettiest places to visit in Ireland.
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Leo Varadkar: ‘I think the European-Atlantic relationship is changed forever’
Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, who has recently returned from the US, gives his take on the fall of the Iranian regime as the war enters its second we...
Neil Jordan “Everyone knew what Weinstein was”
Oscar winner and award-winning writer Neil Jordan tells Brendan about his first foray into science-fiction with ‘The Library of Traumatic Memory’. As...
“I was a bit player in my parents’ drama, a parentified eldest daughter”
First-time author Clíodhna O’Sullivan has written a romantasy novel, ‘Her Hidden Fire’ which has been chosen as a Good Morning America Bookclub pick f...
Love is Blind controversy: Body Shaming or Romantic Honesty?
Culture journalist, Zara Hederman joins Brendan to discuss a growing controversy in the latest season of ‘Love is Blind’, a dating show r. After one p...
The Watchlist
Joining Brendan to discuss the best TV and films coming this week, are Business Post film critic, John Maguire and Irish Times arts journalist, Nadine...
Colum McCann “With my brain condition - the medicine altered me more than the pain”
Award winning novelist, Colum McCann joins Brendan to discuss the songs that have formed the soundtrack to his life, including Ray Charles’ ‘Hit the R...
The Newspaper Panel
Joining Brendan to discuss the Sunday papers, are publisher at TheBriefing.ie, Liz Carolan; research professor at the ESRI, Alan Barrett; Sunday Indep...