Saturday, Sunday, 11 - 1pm
In studio with Marian today is Kieran Mulvey, Chief Executive of the Labour Relations Committee, who has been hailed as the country's best negotiator and an industrial relations trouble shooter. He has been to the forefront of talks between the public sector unions and the Government to negotiate cutting €300m from the public sector pay bill.
Philip O'Connor, an Irish journalist based in Sweden, spent the last week in the middle of the riots in Husby, a suburb of Malmo. There have been fires at his children's school and his local football pitch. He has been chased by both rioters and police during the worst of the violence.
Christopher White has exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show for the past four years and has never come home without a medal. Staged in the Chelsea's Floral Art Marquee, the exhibit was created by Christopher White of Three Gates Nursery and Dominica McKevitt, head gardener of Ardgillan Park, on behalf of the Naul Gardening & Flower Club in North Dublin.
Now into the fifth straight month of below average temperatures and following a dismal summer last year, we need sun. Despite the recession, people want to abandon staycations and get away to warmer weather. Joan Scales, travel writer with The Irish Times, looks at good value deals and tips on how to get that great deal.
It’s that time of year where there may be one or two members of your household prepping for exams – it can be a stressful time for all involved. Prof Aidan Moran talks about how to reduce exam stress and also how to improve concentration (and these tips are useful in everyday life for everyone)
Last Wednesday would have been the 200th birthday of composer Richard Wagner. He is a divisive figure in the arts world. An acknowledged musical genius and innovator, as a person he was deeply flawed. Among his many suspect personality traits was an outspoken and well documented anti-Semitism.
So as his home town of Leipzig unveil a statue to him and worldwide his work is performed in his memory we want to take a look at his legacy and ask whether you can separate the man from the music. Marian is joined in studio by Bernard Clarke, a presenter with Lyric FM and Padraig O'Rourke of the Irish Wagner Society and by phone from Germany, Paul McNamara, an Irish opera singer.
In-depth interviews, human interest stories, consumer and lifestyle news as well as a lively panel discussion on issues of the week and newspaper reviews.
Saturday and Sunday from 11am-1pm
In studio with Marian today is Kieran Mulvey, Chief Executive of the Labour Relations Committee, who has been hailed as the country's best negotiator and a industrial relations trouble shooter.
We hear from Sweden where there have been riots for the past week; from Christopher White, a Bronze Medal winner at the Chelsea Flower Show; Prof Aidan Moran gives his tips for study and preparation as we come up to exam time; Joan Scales briefs us on where to go to catch the sun this summer and the musical world hails Wagner's 200th birthday.
