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The Summer of Astral Weeks - inside Van Morrison's masterpiece

As part of the inaugural RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards, RTÉ Arts and the Documentary On One team have come together to tell the story of one of the greatest albums ever made.

Documentary On One • 01 Sep

Stolen Sister episode 5, recapped - inside the trials

With the heartbreaking recovery of both Elizabeth and Mary's remains, the investigation's focus sharpens.

Podcasts • 01 Jul

Stolen Sister episode 4, recapped - the killers confess all

Every summer, while driving through rural Connemara, my mother would slow down the car and tell us the story of what happened to Mary Duffy.

Podcasts • 24 Jun

Stolen Sister episode 3, recapped - on the hunt

In September 1976, the island of Ireland was terror stricken as news circulated of a young woman going missing in Brittas Bay Co Wicklow.

Documentary On One • 17 Jun

Stolen Sister episode 2, recapped - Elizabeth is missing

Ireland is reportedly set to have a particularly hot summer this year, so expect packed Ryanair flights, bursting beaches and men in shorts the second it tips towards 20C...

Podcasts • 10 Jun

Stolen Sister episode 1, recapped - remembering Elizabeth

The author Alice Walker once said: "Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister?"

Documentary On One • 03 Jun

Elizabeth Plunkett is the subject of Stolen Sister

Stolen Sister - the new true crime podcast from Doc On One

I have a friend who often remarks that you instantly know if someone has a sister...

Podcasts • 27 May

What Did You Do Yesterday? host David O'Doherty

10 of the best Irish podcasts to listen to right now

It seems like the world and his wife has a podcast these days - which makes it all the more difficult to decide what's actually worth listening to.

Listicles • 22 Mar

Where is Jón? Season finale recapped: Bring him home

The final episode of the hit podcast from RTÉ and Icelandic broadcaster RÚV will take listeners back in time and behind the scenes of the search for Icelandic poker player Jón Jónsson.

Podcasts • 06 Mar

Garda Press Conference, Feb 2024: Jon's siblings David and Anna Hildur
(Pic: Gareth Chaney/Collins)

Where is Jón? Episode Four recapped: Narrowing the focus

The old adage goes, never judge a book by its cover, but what happens when hundreds of thousands of people refuse to heed this warning?

Podcasts • 13 Feb

Where is Jón? Episode Three recapped: The search begins

There are four possible explanations for what happened to missing Icelandic poker player Jón Jónsson.

Podcasts • 06 Feb

Where is Jón? Episode Two recapped: Inside Jón Bóndi

The poet Charles Bukowski wrote: "There is a place in the heart that - will never be filled - a space - and even during the - best moments - and - the greatest times - times - we will know it - we will know it - more than - ever."

Podcasts • 30 Jan

Meet the Irishwoman who wrote the first James Bond movie

When Johanna Harwood left Bray in the 1950s, she was determined to get into the film business - and she succeeded, working on the first two James Bond movies in the early 1960s.

Documentary On One • 11 Jan

Meet David Bowie's secret Irish penpal

Documentary maker David Coughlan writes for RTÉ Culture about this week's RTÉ Documentary on One production, Hello Spaceboy

Documentary On One • 01 Aug

RTÉ DocOnOne investigate the killing of an Irishman in Germany

When armed police arrived at Oisín Osborn's home in Hamburg, he was wearing a saucepan on his head and having a mental breakdown.

Culture • 08 Nov 24

Documentary On One on the letters of forgotten Irish emigrants

Over the centuries, millions of people emigrated from the island of Ireland to the United States. Every one of those people left someone behind as they went to find a better life in a new land. The only way to stay in touch with family and friends was thr

Documentary On One • 04 Nov 24

Incel culture in Ireland uncovered by RTÉ Documentary On One

Paul – not his real name – is in his thirties, and he has never had a sexual or romantic relationship. He goes to work and gets on with his colleagues but nobody knows the life of quiet despair that he lives. Nobody knows he's an 'incel'...

Documentary On One • 25 Oct 24

Photo taken at Shannon Airport on 9th November 1972. Copyright Bob Hobbs / NA3T.

DocOnOne tells of first shipment of arms from Gadaffi to the IRA

Over the next two weekends on podcast and on RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ Documentary On One tells the largely unknown and undocumented story of the first ever shipment of weapons from Libya to the Provisional IRA in a two part documentary titled, First Consignment.

Documentary On One • 12 Oct 24

RTÉ Documentary On One's remarkable tale of horses and healing

One day in December 2008, the life of a sixteen-year-old girl called Georgia Lillis suddenly changed.

Documentary On One • 21 Sep 24

Senator Mary Seery-Kearney has been subject to threats from the public

RTÉ Documentary On One on the nastiness aimed at our politicians

RTÉ Documentary On One takes a look at how there's more personal abuse and stress on public representatives than ever before.

Documentary On One • 28 Sep 24

Bob Marley at Dalymount Park, Dublin, in 1980 (Pic: Eric Luke)

Bob Marley's only Irish gig revisited - Documentary On One

The new season of the Documentary On One opens with a look back at Bob Marley's only Irish gig and his last ever outdoor show on a summer's afternoon in Dublin in 1980.

Documentary On One • 06 Sep 24

The Real Carrie Jade - season finale recap - I'm Sadie Harris!

Dear reader, after six weeks and almost one million listens; The Real Carrie Jade podcast has reached its natural endpoint.

Podcasts • 09 Jul 24

The Real Carrie Jade - episode 4 re-cap - I'm Rebecca Fitzgerald!

If you pay attention to the Irish podcast charts, you're probably already listening to The Real Carrie Jade, the new hit podcast from RTÉ Documentary on One.

Podcasts • 25 Jun 24

The Real Carrie Jade - episode 3 re-cap - I'm Lucy Fitzwilliams!

We're entering the third episode of the latest podcast from the multi-award winning RTÉ Documentary on One team.

Podcasts • 18 Jun 24

The Real Carrie Jade - episode 2 re-cap - I'm Samantha Cookes!

In their latest podcast, The Real Carrie Jade the multi-award winning team from RTÉ Documentary On One learnt this lesson the hard way.

The Real Carrie Jade • 12 Jun 24