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Miss Folan's Last Wish
Season 2022 Episode 13
Mary Folan, long emigrated to America, made a dying wish to be buried back home on her native island of Inis Meáin. But after Mary’s death, the unthi…
3 years, 11 months ago
Minding Mary - Has Ireland forgotten Carrickmines?
Season 2022 Episode 12
A devastating fire at a halting site in South County Dublin on October 10th 2015 led to multiple members of three families losing their lives. We del…
4 years ago
Spike Island - Spontaneous Madness
Season 2022 Episode 10
In September 1985, a riot erupted on Spike Island Prison in Cork Harbour. The island fort had been turned into a prison for 'joyriders', but within m…
4 years ago
Counterpunch
Season 2022 Episode 9
Reg Byrne grew up in Monkstown Farm, Dublin in the 1970s and was born with spina bifida, affecting his legs. Which makes what Reg Byrne is doing now …
4 years ago
Old Man Belfield
Season 2022 Episode 8
On the 11th of January 2021 the body of a homeless man was found on the grounds of University College Dublin’s Belfield campus. His passing was widel…
4 years ago
#JusticeForNoor
Season 2022 Episode 7
In July 2021, a 27-year old woman, Noor Mukadam, was violently murdered. Noor grew up in South County Dublin as her father established the Pakistani …
4 years, 1 month ago
The Very Thought Of You
Season 2022 Episode 6
Susan and Ray were sweethearts in the early 1950’s. They broke up and Susan made a life for herself in Dublin; having five children, a divorce in 196…
4 years, 1 month ago
Murder at La Mancha
Season 2022 Episode 5
The discovery of six bodies in a house at Malahide in County Dublin in 1926 led to a sensational trial and the execution of one man for the crime of …
4 years, 1 month ago
The Taliban and Me
Season 2022 Episode 4
Three women describe the effects of the 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on their work, and on their lives. An Afghan judge who fled to Ireland, …
4 years, 1 month ago
Dancing Nancy
Season 2022 Episode 3
Nancy Murphy owned a dancehall in Claremorris, Co. Mayo. But its business started to fail, so Nancy pursued a “unique marketing strategy”. “Dancing …
4 years, 2 months ago