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New Beginnings
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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…
14 years, 8 months ago
DocArchive (1990): Day In The Life Of The No 16
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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 …
14 years, 8 months ago
The Continentals
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A really uplifting and feel good story. In the 1950s this Australian cabaret band were hugely popular at weddings/parties. They eventually split up. …
14 years, 8 months ago
Letters To Ann
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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 …
14 years, 8 months ago
Wetsuits in Athlone?
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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…
14 years, 8 months ago
Rita Ann and Mitzie Got Married
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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…
14 years, 9 months ago
The Busiest Month
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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 c…
14 years, 9 months ago
My Dear Cousin
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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 Amer…
14 years, 9 months ago
Don't try to tell Irish schoolboy jokes to a Nigerian woman
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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 boi…
14 years, 9 months ago
A Bullet for the General
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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 durin…
14 years, 9 months ago