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Sunday Miscellany: You Can Keep Your Hat On, by Olivia O'Leary

from Borsalino to Philip Treacy...

Sunday Miscellany • 05 Apr 24

Hanan Issa (Pic: Camera Sioned Literature Wales)

National Poet of Wales Hanan Issa talks to the Poetry Programme

Poetry Programme • 09 Dec 22

Poetry Programme guests (L-R) Iggy McGovern, host Olivia O'Leary, Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan and Rosamund Taylor

Poetry Programme: Poems for Science Week

Poetry Programme • 15 Nov 22

Carl Phillips joins Olivia O'Leary on The Poetry Programme

A poem for Halloween from The Poetry Progrmme

Books • 29 Oct 22

Mark Roper joins Olivia O Leary on The Poetry Programme

The Poetry Programme on poems of grief for people and nature

Poetry Programme • 21 Oct 22

The Poetry Programme: Frank McGuinness talks to Olivia O'Leary

Poetry Programme: Frank McGuinness & Leland Bardwell remembered

the poetry programme • 16 Oct 22

Marie Heaney and Olivia O'Leary at the Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again exhibition

The Poetry Programme visits Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again

Poetry Programme • 16 Dec 21

Olivia O'Leary, Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan and Vincent Woods recommend poetry books to buy for Christmas

The Poetry Programme recommends poetry books for Christmas

Poetry • 13 Dec 21

Dagogo Hart features in this week's Poetry Programme (Pic: Faith Onwo)

The Poetry Programme on poems of home

Books • 02 Dec 21

David Butler features in The Poetry Programme

Poetry Programme: from the Liffey to Connemara in poetry

Poetry • 22 Nov 21

Orla Ní Dhúill features in the season finale of The Poetry Programme

Poetry and the climate crisis - Poetry Programme preview

Books • 20 May 21

Frank Ormsby joins Olivia O'Leary on this week's Poetry Programme

Ireland Professor of Poetry Frank Ormsby – The Poetry Programme

Poetry Programme • 13 May 21

Leontia Flynn joins Olivia O'Leary on this week's Poetry Programme

Poetry Programme - Leontia Flynn and Matthew Geden

Poetry Programme • 09 May 21

Poetry Programme preview - Paula Meehan's Bealtaine book

Paula Meehan's selected poems, As If By Magic is the Book Club choice for the 2021 Bealtaine Festival, the first time a book of poetry has been chosen...

Poetry Programme • 29 Apr 21

Sunday Miscellany: The Black Box, by Olivia O'Leary

Sunday Miscellany • 20 Apr 21

The Poetry Programme celebrates Theo Dorgan (Pic: Pat Boran)

Poetry Programme preview - poems and translations by Theo Dorgan

In the Poetry Programme on Sunday 4th April, at 7:30 pm on RTÉ Radio 1, Olivia O'Leary's guest is Theo Dorgan...

Poetry Programme • 01 Apr 21

Mícheál McCann features in this week's edition of The Poetry Programme

Poetry Programme preview - the search for inspiration

Inspiration is the topic on this week's Poetry Programme on RTÉ Radio One

Poetry Programme • 13 Jan 21

Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe, Mark Ward and Eva Griffin

Poetry introductions on Sunday's Poetry Programme

In the Poetry Programme on Sunday at 7:30 pm on RTÉ Radio 1, Olivia O'Leary meets three emerging poets taking part in the 2020 Poetry Ireland Introductions programme: Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe, Mark Ward and Eva Griffin.

Poetry Programme • 05 Dec 20

Polina Cosgrave joins Olivia O'Leary on The Poetry Programme

The Poetry Programme: meet Polina Cosgrave and Linda McKenna

In The Poetry Programme on Sunday 22nd November 2020, at 7:30 pm on RTÉ Radio 1, Olivia O'Leary meets poets Polina Cosgrave and Linda McKenna, who have both published their debut collections.

the poetry programme • 23 Nov 20

The Poetry Programme: Doireann Ní Ghríofa and Monica De Bhailís

In the Poetry Programme on Sunday 15th November, Olivia O'Leary is joined by Doireann Ní Ghríofa to talk about her book A Ghost in the Throat, and Monica De Bhailís reads her winning poem in the Red Line Book Festival poetry competition.

the poetry programme • 16 Nov 20

Michael O'Loughlin joins Olivia O'Leary on The Poetry Programme

The Poetry Programme: Julie O'Callaghan and Michael O'Loughlin

In the Poetry Programme on Sunday 8th November 2020 on RTÉ Radio 1, Olivia O'Leary meets poets Julie O'Callaghan and Michael O'Loughlin.

the poetry programme • 09 Nov 20

Maeve O'Sullivan features in this week's episode of The Poetry Programme

The Poetry Programme: writing haiku and debut collections

In the Poetry Programme on Sunday November 1st, at 7.30pm on RTÉ Radio 1, Olivia O'Leary talks with poets Maeve O'Sullivan, David J Kelly and Orla Grant-Donoghue about writing haiku and David Murphy reads from his debut collection.

the poetry programme • 02 Nov 20

Peter Mackay with Poetry Programme host Olivia O Leary

Poetry Programme: Don Paterson and Peter Mackay

In the Poetry Programme at 7:30 pm on Sunday 17th May on RTÉ Radio 1, Olivia O'Leary meets Scottish poets Don Paterson and Peter Mackay.

Poetry Programme • 18 May 20

Poetry Programme: Dairena Ní Chinnéide & Gerard Smyth.

In the Poetry Programme at 7:30 pm on Sunday 5th April on RTÉ Radio 1, Olivia O'Leary meets poets Dairena Ní Chinnéide and Gerard Smyth.

the poetry programme • 06 Apr 20

A Poem For Our Times: Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin's The Polio Epidemic

Listen to Eiléan Ní Chuilleanéin's The Polio Epidemic, read by Poetry Programme host Olivia O'Leary, and set to a series of haunting images of a deserted Dublin, shot in recent days by photographer Kieran Slyne.

Poetry • 31 Mar 20

Olivia OLeary