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Lanier Phillips - Survivor
22 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
How a 'joke' helped free a man from the racism of the U.S. Navy. The remarkable story of Lanier Phillips who survived a shipwreck and prejudice. He di...
DocArchive (1990): Sisters Under an African Sky
20 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In 1984, the first TV reports from the famine in Ethiopia in Africa aired. They had a profound effect on the nuns of The Little Sisters of the Assumpt...
Rubber Swords
19 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
LARPing is a new 'sport'. Live Action Role-playing. Participants pretend to be mythical creatures the like of which you'd find in 'Lord Of The Rings'....
000 Ambulance
16 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Irishman, Les Dougan, worked as an emergency operator in Melbourne when, in 2008, radio producer, Kyla Brettle, eavesdropped on the kinds of calls he ...
The Sinking of The Saint Patrick
15 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
We go in search of the truth behind one of Ireland's worst maritime disasters, the sinking of the St Patrick Vessel. A cross channel passenger ferry o...
Frank X Buckley
15 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
He's a former Jesuit, former hotelier, an art lover, gay, contracted HiV - what more can be said? Lots. (A short Irish audio documentary from RTE Radi...
Frost is All Over
09 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Pearse Hutchinson was a fiercely interesting man with hundreds of stories to tell. He spent his life as a translator, a poet, a broadcaster and a writ...
Radio Broccoli
08 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
An Irishman in San Francisco who relaxes from selling broccoli by going out and recording ordinary people with extraordinary stories: like the woman w...
On a Cape Clear Day
02 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Why move to a rock in the ocean? Cape Clear Island, the most southerly inhabited part of Ireland, is home to Chuck and Nell Kruger. 20 yrs ago they mo...
Batman Pyjamas
01 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Dublin poet, Colm Keegan, lived in a Ballymun tower block until he was 5 years of age. Despite that young age, he has vivid memories of the place. Whi...
"We've got your picture; now what's your name?"
28 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In 2006, three people died tragically in the Dublin suburb of Firhouse. The media were criticised for distressing the local people with its behaviour;...
"No One Shouted Stop" - 40 years on
28 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In 1968, writer John Healy published a work that made Charlestown, Co. Mayo famous: "No One Shouted Stop: Death of an Irish Town". In 2007, to gauge t...
Wedding Bus
27 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The priest who married a man to his dead fiancée....and other stories on the wedding bus from Manchester to Galway. (A short Irish documentary from R...
Clearing the Killing Fields
24 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The story of an unsung hero. Today, Irishman Carson Harte still battles the legacy of the Vietnam War and the Khmer Rouge Regime years after the wars ...
Satnav Rage
23 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
They're just little computers that sit on the dashboard to tell you where you're going. Except there's more: they have voices and irritating, intimida...
Lessons in Love: the Breakup
14 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Hate Valentine's Day? You'll love this: a student doc. on romantic break-ups. Ice-cream and a duvet...or laughing it off with the lads? Find out how t...
The Royal Irish
10 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In recent years, record numbers from the Republic of Ireland have joined the British army. Why? We join the 'Royal Irish' as they fight the 'War on Te...
What Happened to Baby Peggy
09 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
At 19 months old, Diana Serra became a child film star in silent movies. She made $2 million in 1924. Her family lost it all and she had to go back to...
New Beginnings
06 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
A horrible topic: Female circumcision. But it's part of a joyful community ritual. How do you change one without losing the other. In Londiani, Kenya ...
DocArchive (1990): Day In The Life Of The No 16
05 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Many events can take place on a bus, but the drivers are the ones who see the whole show. Dealing with the public, grueling shifts, traffic and time p...
The Continentals
03 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
A really uplifting and feel good story. In the 1950s this Australian cabaret band were hugely popular at weddings/parties. They eventually split up. N...
Letters To Ann
02 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In 1984, Anne Lovett, a 15yr old from Co. Longford died giving birth beside a grotto. Her baby son also died. After Anne’s death, the Gay Byrne show...
Wetsuits in Athlone?
02 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
May 2005, producer, Ronan Kelly, came across three 13-year olds walking along the street in Athlone wearing wetsuits. Wetsuits!? In a town miles from ...
Rita Ann and Mitzie Got Married
27 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
A picnic in the woods, a walk on the beach - and a dream wedding. In the first year that civil partnerships for same sex couples were legalised, over ...
The Busiest Month
26 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
For the Houlihan family in Nurney, Co.Kildare, January is the busiest month. They make a centuries-old Irish traditional favourite. What is it? The cl...
My Dear Cousin
20 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
A charming and simple tale of life told through letters written over 50 years between two cousins - Marie Rutledge from Dublin and her cousin in Ameri...
Don't try to tell Irish schoolboy jokes to a Nigerian woman
18 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Ronan Kelly attempts a bit of intercultural exchange on the streets of Dublin with a Nigerian woman, Majupe. She tells him about a time she had a boil...
A Bullet for the General
14 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
For four decades, Major General Hugh Tudor avoided publicity whilst living a careful life in the shadows. But he lived in fear all his life for during...
A Bullet for the General
13 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
For 4 decades, Major General Hugh Tudor, scrupulously avoided publicity whilst living a careful quiet life in the shadows. But he lived in fear all hi...
"The Flying Enterprise"
12 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The dramatic story of a sinking ship, the captain who wouldn't leave her and the 8-year old schoolboy, Pól Ó Duibhir, who followed the saga on radio...
DocArchive (1997): All The Tired Horses
07 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
James Whelan is a 15 year old from Dublin’s inner city. He is a horse owner and discusses the enjoyment he gets from owning the animal. Many youths ...
DocArchive (1986): New Irish in America
05 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1980s, many young Irish people emigrated to America due to unemployment. Paddy O’Gorman speaks to emigrants in New York, who have travelled t...
Because You Can't Smell Someone On Skype
05 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Ciarán got himself a new phone. On it he found a dating website. On that he found Kelly. Only problem - he's in Ireland, she's in the US. So, not muc...
The Curious Ear (2011): Not Bill Gates
31 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Freddie Stapleton and Graham Hickey love Dublin's windows. Graham loves history and has a passion for windows and Freddie is a window cleaner.Produced...
One World: Catastrophe Level One
30 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
What's it like to live in a place where it hasn't rained in nearly 5 years? Welcome to Turkana, Northern Kenya, population 500,000. In 1961 the same t...
The Sinking of The Saint Patrick
30 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Shane Dunphy goes in search of the truth behind one of Ireland's worst maritime disasters. The Saint Patrick, a Rosslare to Fishguard passenger ferry,...
Ballymitty Drive-in Bingo
29 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Possibly the oldest drive-in bingo in Ireland - definitely the most fun. Sure, you can play in your slippers and not miss Corrie! (A feature from the ...
Sing Kilcormac!
22 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Lift up your hearts! Hear a village perform a cantata written just for them by composer, Vincent Kennedy and then there's an incredible story about tw...
The Long Goodbye
16 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The award winning tender and loving story of a husband, Matt, and his wife, Mai, whose lives have changed entirely since Mai was diagnosed with alzhei...
"Moscow" Joe's Weird TV
15 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
'Moscow' Joe McKinley was eccentric. His Co. Antrim house, inside and out, was bizarre. His appearance was eye-catching. He was, simply, fascinating. ...
One Fine Day - When Wexford Went to Croker
12 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
An account of the 1956 All Ireland hurling Final between Wexford and Cork, which is considered by most to be one of the finest games of hurling ever s...
Sound Matters
09 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
A journey into sound and how it plays such an influential, yet often undervalued role in our lives - we explore the many ways sound interacts with us,...
Kobe Luminarie
08 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
At the end of a dreadful year for Japan, Julien Clancy has found the people of Kobe have a most unusual way of remembering their tragedies and lifting...
This is it, Kiddo
02 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The complex and emotional journey of one couple trying to complete their family and their ten-year dream. John and Mary are trying to have a baby thro...
Dave Time
01 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
You've heard of Greenwich Mean Time and Daylight Saving Time...but, Dave Time? It's an invention of one Dublin man. Actually, it's not, it's just that...
Codename Paddy O'Brien
28 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Jim and Donal O'Donovan are father and son. Unbeknownst to each other, both lived double lives, both connected to Germany and both at very crucial per...
Three Rivers - One Summer
25 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
One man's extraordinary promise to his dying father: that he would race in the Cork Lee Swim. Ger Philpott had swum competitively in pools but not in ...
See, what you wrote?
24 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
A group of 10 and 11-year olds quiz author, Brian Gallagher, at the ILAC Library, Dublin: how he writes, keeping tension, the characters' names and, y...
DocArchive (1987): Boom Of The Lambeg Drum
22 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Each July 12th, large parades are held by the Orange Order and Ulster loyalist marching bands across Northern Ireland. Streets are bedecked with Briti...
DocArchive: Somewhere My Love
21 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The story of a 1961 fiesta red, Fender Stratocaster - it's life history and it's relationship with it's owner, who bought the item in Waltons, Dublin ...
DocArchive: An Ulster Heritage
20 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
An examination of the culture and heritage of the counties of Ulster, celebrated through literature and song. (Broadcast 1969)See omnystudio.com/liste...
DocArchive: Stigma
19 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The story of two women who are HIV positive, one from Dublin and one from Kenya and how the diagnosis has altered their lives dramatically. (2007)See ...
Last Summer in Grand Bruit
18 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
A personal story from rural Canada, about a community under threat in an increasingly urbanized world and a tender story about the meaning of home.See...
Millionaire
17 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
A painfully-shy Irishman plucks up enough courage to go on a TV quiz show: he wins £250,000. This incredible award winning documentary from 2006 tell...
DocArchive: And Honour Closed the Tale
14 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
An account of one of the most significant moments in Irish history - the 1916 Rising, analysing its origins and its leaders, with extracts from Stephe...
DocArchive: The Bridge
13 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
A look at life along the Cavan/Fermanagh border told through the yes of two women who were both affected by a series of brutal murders in the area in ...
Letter to Olive
11 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In 2001, John and Olive Quinn went for a trip to Rosslare. Olive went for a swim in the sea and as John watched from the shore - it was the last time ...
Now, That's What I Call Local Radio!
10 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The incomparable local radio presenter, John 'The Man' Frawley. The 1980s had Top 40 music and mid-Atlantic accents; he understood the value of conver...
Wanted: Kidney
04 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Regina Hennelly wants a kidney. She has been on the transplant list for over two years since being diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease in 2008. This...
Slow Shopping
03 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
A woman selling 'redneck wallets', a man selling marshmallow guns and an Irishman, in his 80s, selling Tayto. It's a day shopping in Portland Maine. S...
Skelligs Calling
02 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
“We’re perched on this vertiginous rock, out somewhere in the Atlantic in almost total darkness, with some of the strangest sounds you’ll ever h...
Oisín's Story
28 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
8 year old Oisín has a rare genetic disorder called Prader Willi Syndrome - this is the moving story of his birth, his life, his family and the peopl...
Breaded or Battered?
27 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
There's no sitting on the fence with the Wexford Town Rissole - the town is divided. Shane Dunphy has the story of the local chipper speciality. 'Deli...
A Programme For and About You
21 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Do you remember life before phone-in radio programmes, texts or godhelpus Twitter? If you do, then you'll remember Frankie Byrne - sage agony aunt on ...
30,000 ft. for Shane
20 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Three years ago, Shane Geoghegan was murdered in Limerick - mistaken identity in a gangland attack. Nothing good comes of a tragedy like that? Not so,...
From a Jack to a King
14 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
A fantastically entertaining story with Ireland's No.1 Elvis impersonator, Kerryman Mark Leen. Full of humour, charm and lifes ups and downs, Mark's d...
Big Music Docs
13 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The music documentary is a very special type of documentary. To mark Big Music Week 2011, we're bringing you a taster of the selection of music docume...
From Brooklyn to Banja Luka
07 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
An award winning documentary - of an international love story that will make you laugh out loud. He's from New York. She's from Serbia. They meet in A...
See off the Summer
06 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In Co. Meath they see off the Summer with competitive baking and animal husbandry contests. It all happens at the Oldcastle Show - producers Kate Garr...
Desperately Seeking Sam
30 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
A brilliant story of one fan's journey through the GAA football championship of 2011. Paddy Joe Burke is the ultimate inter-county fan - and a barber....
All Those Funny Z's
29 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Many of the Polish people who came to work in Ireland during The Boom, have gone back to Poland. They didn't go alone; they took a few Irish people wi...
I Can Tell by Looking at You
23 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The story of just how little looks count - an Irish woman gets mixed up in an international identity fraud that involves huge sums of money being laun...
Maurice - A Final Journey
16 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This is a story of life and death - of a man, his partner and his family. Maurice Sullivan left his home in Galway for Malaysia in August 2010, never ...
One World: The Future of Food
12 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Fergal Keane explores how closely subsistence farmers live to famine in Ethiopia. In a country of 80 million people and 80% of the population dependan...
Nancy Wake and Harry Potter
08 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The story of an extraordinary woman: Nancy Wake, WWII spy, French Resistance leader and saboteur who was determined to 'bugger up' the NAZIs. (A short...
One World: Moving On
05 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Hilda Kawuki, the Ugandan aid worker who was kidnapped in Darfur along with Irish aid-worker Sharon Commins, has returned to development work. Produce...
Victim No. 0001
02 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
68yr old Fr Mychal Judge was the 1st official victim of the 9/11 attacks. As his true life story began to emerge, many sought to claim his heroic lega...
Conversations In The Dark
01 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Colette Kinsella captures a stunning soundscape: the sounds from Dublin Zoo at night. Most spectacular, the wolves; most endearing, the snuffling elep...
One World: Groundhog - The Irish In Lebanon
29 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
As the Irish army re-deploy to the region, Barry Bracken follows the personal journey of two soldiers from early preparation through to their ultimate...
Still Waiting for Joe
26 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
As we approach the 10th anniversary of 9/11, one Irish-American family still feels the loss of their son - 31 year old firefighter Joseph Hunter. This...
Joy of Afternoon Tea
24 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
A luxury, necessity, ritual, habit? Carla Simpson evokes the divine pleasures of afternoon tea through sound, music and words. (A short Irish radio do...
One World: One City, One Day, Two Lives
22 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Ann-Marie Green tells the incredible story of two boys in Rio de Janeiro: Jonathan and Patrick, one rescued, one at risk. The story of anti-poverty pr...
Logan Way - The Story of the Bulgers
19 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
An exclusive interview with William Bulger, who for the first time since 1992, speaks out about his political career and his brother - notorious gangs...
Cork City Memory Map
17 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine being able to go up and touch the wall of a building and hear the stories associated with it. The Cork City Memory Map will be something like ...
One World: Malaria 2.0
15 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Microsoft's Bill Gates dreams of eradicating malaria; he's given millions to those working on the problem. In this fascinating story, Elizabeth O'Neil...
Breaking Records
11 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Can anything good come of riots? Maybe music. In the summer of the London riots, a new documentary from Delaney Hall on the New York riots of 1977 and...
One World: Oil in Uganda - The trickle down effect
08 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The largest onshore oilfield in sub-Saharan Africa has been discovered in Uganda with the involvement of Irish-founded company, Tullow Oil. Tim Desmon...
Through A Chink Too Wide...
06 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
...there comes no wonder. Kavanagh's line applied to story-telling, well-illustrated by two radio students': Diane McSweeney's story of a flamboyant f...
An Irishman Chained to the Truth
05 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Delving into his family history, Allan Smith finds himself on a journey to Hollyood - his great great uncle Brian Desmond Hurst was the most prolific ...
Star Boy
04 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
An adventure without words - go on a magical audio journey with Joe Brennan's "Star Boy" and children in An Grianán Theatre, Letterkenny during the 2...
One World: "Part of the Family?"
01 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Philippinas are prized as the "BMW" of domestic workers in Ireland. What's their experience? One woman's story of work in Ireland to build a small emp...
Mat the Goalie
31 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Mat Greg loves a group of footballers he says are 'neglected': goalies. They get the blame, rarely credit and have one chance to be a hero: penalties....
Ring Girls
29 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Their uniform is a bikini; their workplace is the boxing ring - the life of the 'Ring Girls'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Walk Around The Village
28 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Manchán Magann wanted to experience a different Africa so he went to a small village and stayed in a guesthouse. The night's entertainment included a...
Kerry and the Tramp
22 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The untold story of Charlie Chaplin and how he found shelter and solace from the world on the edge of Europe, and why the locals of Waterville, Co. Ke...
Mine's A Pint
21 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The journey of a pint of blood from donation to patient - from vein to vein. Orla Rogers tells the fascinating story and hears from Susan who has ever...
Cork's Hidden Village
15 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
A fabulously witty and charming journey into Cork City's English Market. Recorded over a year, this a story that weaves its way through two centuries ...
Made In Temple Bar
14 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Give some artists and producers a topic and ask them to come up with a Curious Ear - then sit back and enjoy. Temple Bar Cultural Trust commissioned 7...
The House That Ronald Built
08 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Ronald McDonald House on the grounds of Crumlin Childrens Hospital in Dublin, provides a home from home for families of seriously ill children, as...
Sinking of Asgard II
07 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The incredible minute-by-minute story of the sinking of a tall ship. On Sept. 11, 2008, the "Asgard II" sank in the Bay of Biscay. Student radio produ...