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Painter, Sean Scully: "I wet the bed until I was 20"
Born into poverty in Dublin, Sean Scully is now a widely regarded as one of the world's greatest living visual artists, whose paintings regularly sel…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Gruffalo Granny and the enduring appeal of Julia Donaldson
Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson has had her children's books translated into more than 100 languages. Mother of three Sinead Fox AKA parenting blogge…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Watchlist
Joining Brendan to preview the best films and TV shows this week - including Swindlers, Crime 101 and Eternity - are Director of the Dublin Internati…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Glen Hansard: "My headmaster told me to leave school to busk at 13"
The Academy Award winning songwriter, solo artist and Frames frontman, tells Brendan about leaving school at 13 with the support of his headmaster, f…
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Richard Hogan on family estrangement: "The biggest liberation is finding the courage to forgive"
Psychotherapist Dr Richard Hogan on why you can become estranged from family or friends, when it's worth extending an olive branch, how to do so and …
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'There's a surge of pleasure writing poetry that's akin to physical eroticism!'
Poet Enda Wyley chooses some 'non-Hallmark' love poems for the day that's in it and quotes Carol Ann Duffy to Adrian Mitchell.
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A Steak Masterclass with Anna Haugh
Why does steak taste so much better in a restaurant? And are there any easy hacks to replicate the professional version? On Valentine's Day, Anna Hau…
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The Newspaper Panel
Joining Brendan to talk through the Sunday Newspapers are Mick Clifford, Irish Examiner Special Correspondent; Mary Hanafin, barrister and former Fia…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
“The first 2 years of my life were a gap – where was I for those years?” - Paul Cullen
Former Irish Times journalist Paul Cullen is adopted and has written a memoir, ‘Outsider’, about meeting his birth mother, finding his birth father t…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Old songs having TikTok revivals
Broadcaster Aifric O’Connell explains why certain older songs such as New Radicals’ ‘Get What You Give’, Aphex Twin’s ‘QKThr’ and Enya’s ‘Orinoco Flo…
1 month, 4 weeks ago