Olan McGowan

Radio Producer

Olan McGowan is an RTE Radio producer and a veteran of shows such as Dave Fanning, Mooney Goes Wild and Drivetime on RTE Radio One. He is former presenter of Outside the Box, a show dedicated to issues affecting Ireland's …

Brendan Kennelly talks to Tubridy - a Kerryman never forgets

When you're Ryan Tubridy and you're wandering around the Wild Atlantic Way for the week, you tend to meet a lot of people. You even meet people who tell you you should meet other people.

RTÉ Radio 1 • 18 Oct 21

Fiona Shaw (left) with Fionnuala Flaherty in 'Out Of Innocence'

Out Of Innocence: Fiona Shaw talks to Arena

On Arena, presenter Sean Rocks took a look back in time, to 35 years ago, in 1984, when an infamous case involving the deaths of two babies unfolded in County Kerry...

Film • 15 Apr 19

Will Your Kids Watch Scary Movies This Halloween?

Ryan Tubridy spoke to Dr. Sarah Cleary about horror movies and their effect on children. Will your kids be watching scary movies this Halloween or are they strictly off the list?

Halloween • 29 Oct 18

Today with Sean O'Rourke on RTÉ Radio 1, weekdays 10am until 12pm

What was the Leaving Cert originally for?

Education experts Sean Byrne and Brian Mooney told Today with Sean O'Rourke that the Leaving Certificate was originally not meant to be a college entrance exam.

Leaving Certificate • 09 Jun 21

Dave Fanning's Story of Irish Rock - how Ireland rocked the 1980s

This week on Dave Fanning's Story of Irish Rock, we hang out in the '80s, recalling the great era of the open air concert including Cork Rocks, the first ever Slane, Self Aid and Bob Marley at Dalymount.

Dave Fanning • 21 Jul 17

David Bowie and Queen - the story behind the forgotten sessions

How would you feel if you learned there were recordings of David Bowie and Queen jamming together that have never seen the light of day?

Music • 19 Jul 17

Dave Fanning's Story of Irish Rock: Led Zeppelin's Dublin gig

Dave Fanning hangs around the 1970s in the second part in his essential new series The Story of Irish Rock.

Music • 12 Jul 17

She found her tribe - author Ruth Fitzmaurice's swimming song

Ruth Fitzmaurice is a sea swimmer, a writer, a mother of five and a self-professed day dreamer. She is married to filmmaker, Simon Fitzmaurice, who was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease in 2008.

Books • 11 Jul 17

Angela's Ashes: The Musical - a first listen to one of the songs

"Is this the first time it has been performed publicly? That's very exciting! " Exciting indeed, as producer Pat Moylan and leading lady Jacinta Whyte were in studio with The Ray D'Arcy Show for a live version of a ballad from Angela's Ashes: The Musical.

Theatre • 10 Jul 17

Naomi Klein on RTÉ Today: shock politics & the need for change

What will break the stranglehold of the extreme right wing in American politics and elsewhere? And how can the people, the ordinary citizens who have been left behind, respond and put forward a viable alternative?

Books • 10 Jul 17