Tubridy Show Archive - October 2006

Click on a date to listen to the show.

Tuesday 31st October
As a contingent of Irish troops depart for duty in the Lebanon, Anton Savage talks to Lebanon veterans Tom Clonan and Martin Malone about the challenges for the Irish Defence Forces.  Bairbre Ni Fhloinn of the Department of Folklore in UCD and Conor Parle, shopkeeper, talk about what's hot this Hallowe'en; and Mark Pollack tells Anton about how he is working to train marginalised groups in enterprise skills through the Dublin Institute of Technology.

Monday 30th October
Anton Savage sits in for Ryan all this week.  Cliona Ni Chiosan, actress, and Paul Mercier, director tell all about Aifric, TG4's new teen drama.   Maxi reviews the world premiere of the Moya Doherty and John McColgan's new show The Pirate Queen at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago.  And Sean Kavanagh, amateur soccer coach; John Mc Sharry, psychotherapist and Professor Pat O'Connor, sociologist discuss the crisis facing young Irish men.

Friday 27th October
Marley and Me by John Grogan is the Barry's Tea Book Club choice for October. Mary Grehan, Angela Cornyn and Joe Bollard (plus his guide dog Dillon) are in studio to review the book.

Miltown Malbay in Clare is about to become Ireland's first "e-town". Paul Ryan from Shannon Development tells Ryan about their plans.

For many people, the October Bank Holiday weekend is synonymous with jazz. Nigel Mooney and friends are in Studio 8 to perform 'Beautiful Day' and 'Early in the Morning'.

Thursday 26th October
Love him or loath him, it's very hard to ignore Kevin Myers. The author and columnist has just written a memoir of his years as a cub reporter in 1970s Belfast. Kevin talks to Ryan about his experiences as a young journalist reporting on the early years of the conflict in Northern Ireland. Watching the Door: A Memoir 1971-1978 by Kevin Myers is published by Lilliput.

Frank McCourt, Middletown, Damian Rice, Peig - Jane Ruffino analyses the 'Irish Misery Genre' and asks why Irish people revel in stories of other people's miserable lives.

Wednesday 25th October
How do working couples manage and separate their business and home relationship? Eileen Dunne and Stefano Crescenzi of Dunne and Crescenzi discuss. We also hear from working couples in Cos. Waterford and Mayo.

Also: multi-lingual families: what's it like to grow up with more than one language?

Gary Quinn's wife is Croatian - his children speak Croatian, English and are learning Irish.  Carmen Rodriguez is Spanish as is her husband but they're going to send their daughter to a Gaelscoil. Dr Tina Hickey, Dept Psychology UCD, is an expert in bilingualism.

We also hear from the children in a French-Irish family in Kilkenny, and from Bennie Obdura from Kenya, now resident in Cork, who brought up her children with English, not Swahili, something she now regrets.

Tuesday 24th October
John Doyle emigrated from Ireland in the 1970s and is now television critic at the Toronto Globe and Mail. He has just published a memoir, A Great Feast of Light - Growing up Irish in the Television Age (Aurum). He talks to Ryan about his childhood in Nenagh, Carrick-on-Shannon and Dublin and the television shows that lit up his imagination.

Also, Westerns: John Devitt, retired Head of English at Mater Dei, and Myles Dungan, who's just published How the Irish Won the West, on the genres that refuses to die.

Monday 23rd October
Ryan spoke to three working men at different stages in their careers about trying to strike a work life balance.  John Kelleher is the Film Censor, Eamonn Tighe is a business development officer and John Beckett is an entrepreneur.

Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution.  Over five hundred refugees came to Ireland and the conditions in the camp were grim.  Rita Ward, Paul Csendes and Ted Vanya (now living in Canada) talk to Ryan about life in Ireland at the time.

Friday 20th October
David Quinn (Irish Independent), Sarah Carey (Sunday Times) and Diarmuid Ferriter, historian, on consumerism in Irish society.  They give their reaction to George Lee's interview on the programme on Tuesday.
 
Brigitte Le Juez and Ruth Hussey review Sofia Coppola's film Marie Antoinette, which opens in cinema today.

Thursday 19th October
All in the Blood is a memoir of the Plunkett family, the 1916 Rising and the War of Independence. It's written by Geraldine Plunkett Dillon, sister of Joseph Mary Plunkett, and edited by Geraldine's daughter, Honor O Brolchain, who joins Ryan in studio.

Also on the show, we discuss Irish families relocating to Australia, as an exhibition seeking would-be emigrants takes place this weekend in the RDS. See also www.downunder.ie

Wednesday 18th October
Mark Haddon, author of the best selling book A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time tells us about his new book, A Spot of Bother. 
 
Tommy Tormey, better known as Paul in Fair City; Noel Mooney of Limerick FC and Conor Pope speak baldly about their life as follicularly challenged men.
 
And Gisele Scanlon, fashionista and author of The Goddess Guide wonders whether grey is the new black and other autumn fashion dilemnas.

Tuesday 17th October
A recent survey revealed that Irish people have borrowed €5.2 billion to trade-up their properties. Is this just a case of 'keeping up with the Joneses'? Ryan talks to George Lee, RTE's economics editor, and to Anne Gildea, comedienne and author of Deadlines and Dickheads (published by O'Brien Press). Plus, Frances Shanahan interviews three Galway 'trader-uppers'.

Francesca Simon is the creator of the Horrid Henry series of books for children. She tells Ryan about her creation and hears the reaction of some young Cork fans. Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker by Francesca Simon is published by Orion.

Lorna Conroy is 6 feet 3 inches tall; her husband, Dave, is 6 feet eleven inches. They're both members of the Tall Persons Club of Great Britain and Ireland. Lorna and Dave talk to Ryan about the challenges of life as very tall people. You can contact the Club through the website, www.tallclub.co.uk.

There is an email and a club for people to contact:
email is loopylorna@yagoo.com
and the website is www.tallclub.co.uk

Monday 16th October
Cecelia Ahern's a busy woman. She's just back from pitching a proposal to American TV executives. Filming is taking place for the big screen version of PS, I Love You, starring Kathy Bates and Hilary Swank. And her fourth novel, A Place Called Here, has just been published. Cecilia talks to Ryan.

How do you narrow down one million days of history to just 50 Days That Changed The World? Hywel Williams has done just that, and his book of the same name is now published by Quercus.

A Sunday Tribune poll this weekend showed that almost two-thirds of respondents thought that Michael O'Leary was a good role model. Dr Tom McCarthy of the Irish Management Institute explains why.

Friday 13th October
Bringing up a child with Down's Syndrome: Dr Mark Harold, Clinical Psychologist, Pauric Delaney, father of 12 year old Shera, and Susan Clarke, whose younger brother David is 25 discuss. Also, we hear from David Clarke himself on tape.

Also, superstition, magic, religion, and irrational beliefs: Prof Bruce Hood of the Experimental Psychology department in the University of Bristol, discusses.

Thursday 12th October
Ireland soccer manager Steve Staunton escapes the press feeding frenzy with a creditable performance against the Czech Republic last night. but how long will the tabloids stay sated? Anton Savage on the fickle sentiments of the mob

Food obsessions: Dr Helen Roche, senior lecturer in molecular nutrition in TCD and Jonathan Hourihane, Professor of Paediatrics in UCC, on fad diets, celebrity nutritionists, and what the science on nutrition actually says.

In an age when children have never been more protected from risk, Waterford schoolboy James Kennedy stands out. James decided to climb all five highest peaks in Britain and Ireland before his eighth birthday. He and his mountaineer mentor, Johnny Walker tell Ryan about it.

Wednesday 11th October
Self-publishing: Ciara Considine of Hodder Headline, AJ Healy, author of Tommy Storm and Jacinta Mc Devitt, author of Write a Book in a Year, discuss.

Dr Annice Ryder, a breeder and owner of labradors, reviews Marley and Me by John Grogan, our Barry's Tea Book Club choice for October.

Fr Aidan Troy talks about officiating at the wedding of Michael Flatley and Niamh O'Brien this Saturday.

Tuesday 10th October
Booker hopeful MJ Hyland, author of Carry Me Down talks to Ryan about her childhood, her writing and being on the Booker shortlist.

Chris Stephen in Russia discusses the killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya in Moscow and the uneasy relationship between the Kremlin and the media.

Jennifer O'Connell on her new TV programme about Irish business mavericks, the first of which features publisher Mike Hogan.

Monday 9th October
'The God Delusion': Richard Dawkins and David Quinn debate the issues in Richard Dawkins' new book. See The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins (Bantam Press)

Ryan plays Johnny Logan, whose fans are still out there and responded rapturously to his appearance on Tubridy Tonight.

Joe O'Shea reviews the Ireland v Cyprus soccer match on Saturday night.

Friday 6th October
Donal O Suilleabhain, Red Cross worker, tells Ryan about his recent kidnap ordeal in Ethiopia and his relief at arriving home.

Jane McDonnell, editor of The Gloss magazine, and Paul Costello, designer argue the merits of Meryl Streep's latest movie The Devil Wears Prada.

And Cian O'Flaherty of irishelection.com and Mick Fealty of sluggerotoole.com discuss life in the blogosphere and touch on the influence these cyber citizens will have on the next election.

Thursday 5th October
Shane Coleman, political correspondent of the Sunday Tribune, joins Ryan to discuss some classic Irish political gaffes. Shane's book, Foot in Mouth - Famous Irish Political Gaffes is published by Mentor Books.

Young entrepreneur Antonia Caffrey on her new website, www.getmooh.com, which offers a service to help people escape from awkward social situations.

As the factory that processes most of Europe's Super 8 film closes its doors, archivist Sunniva O'Flynn and filmmaker Liam Wylie remember the glorious era of Technicolor home movies

Wednesday 4th October
Frank McCourt joins Ryan in studio to talk about the art of teaching. Frank spent 30 years as an English teacher in New York's public school system. His book Teacher Man is published in paperback by Harper Perennial.

Financial guru Rene Carayol on the lack of inspirational leadership in corporate Ireland, in advance of a seminar at the IMI.

'Soldiers and Chiefs -- the Irish at War at Home and Abroad since 1550' is a new exhibition of military history at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks. Myles Dungan went along for a sneak preview. The exhibition runs from Thursday 5 October and admission is free.

Tuesday 3rd October
John Banville on his foray into detective fiction under the pseudonym Benjamin Black, Christine Falls (Picador).

Anne Charleston, better known as Madge from Neighbours, on soap stardom and her new roles in Irish theatre.

Monday 2nd October
A Time To Dance (New Island), photographs by Ann Hendrick with text by Maeve Binchy, is a book that celebrates getting older. Maeve and Ann discuss the best things about ageing with Ryan.

Financial guru Eddie Hobbs joins Ryan to discuss fame, Bertie Ahern's money troubles and his new television show on RTE 1 in which he tries to part Irish people from their cash, Thirty Things To Do With Your SSIA.  

RTÉ is not responsible for the content of external websites.

Back to The Tubridy Show archive