Audio links to, and information on, programmes from 2009.
Programme 100 - Sunday 20th December
Newspaper panel - Gavin Duffy, Eddie Shaw, Paulyn Marrinan Quinn, Ralph Riegel & Stephen O'Byrnes / exclusive interview with the Listowel assault victim - 'Róisin' / Sport with Jacqui Hurley / Film - Dave Fanning reviews "St Trinians 2" and "Avatar"
Programme 99 - Saturday 19th December
Fr Jerome Murphy O'Connor / last-minute ideas for Christmas presents - Niamh Widger and Trevor Keegan / how the Dublin Bikes scheme is working - Andrew Montague, Dublin City Council Cycling Committee / climate change conference in Copenhagan - John Sweeney, international climatologist / Christmas tv highlights - Mark O'Regan and Natasha Fennell
Programme 98 - Sunday 13th December
Newspaper panel - Colm McCarthy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Marie Sherlock, Senator Shane Ross, Harry McGee and Fr Vincent Twomey / Sport with Jacqui Hurley / Film & TV - Donald Clarke reviews "Where The Wild Things Are" and Jessie Collins previews tv in the coming week
Programme 97 - Saturday 12th December
unparliamentary language in the Dáil - Paul Gogarty, Green Party TD and Emmet Stagg, Labour Party / Frank Crummey, one of the first people to speak out publicly decades ago about clerical sexual abuse / a tribute to Ciarán MacMathúna RIP - fiddler Sean Keane and uileann piper Liam O'Flynn / Terry Wogan, retiring from a 40+ year career in daily broadcasting / food & wine for Christmas - chef Neven Maguire and Tomás Clancy, wine correspondent with The Sunday Business Post
Programme 96 - Sunday 6th December
Newspaper panel - Matt Cooper, Gemma Hussey, Paul Sweeney, Minister Tom Kitt & Dr Gerard Casey / is Dubai going broke? - Richard Spencer, The Telegraph media group / Sport with Con Murphy / Film & TV - Mark O'Regan reviews "Me & Orson Welles" and "The Box" and Joe O'Shea previews tv in the coming week
Programme 95 - Saturday 5th December
Fr Michael Sinnott / Liam Clancy RIP - John Sheehan of The Dubliners / negotiations break down between the public sector unions and the government - Tom Geraghty, general secretary Public Services Executive Union / how the floods have increased community spirit - Gus Martyn, farmer, Geraldine White, www.offersofhelp.com and Ted Laverty, MD of www.onlinetradesmen.com / recommended books for Christmas - Tom Doorley, Dr Eibhear Walsh, UCC and Stephen Boylan, Easons
Programme 94- Sunday 29th November
Newspaper panel - Minister Barry Andrews, Catherine McGuinness, Diarmuid Ferriter, Fr Brendan Purcell & Jack Murray / incident with Tiger Woods and his wife in Florida - Blaine Tollison, WFTV / Sport with Jacqui Hurley / Film & TV - Dave Fanning reviews "Paranormal Activity" and "Law Abiding Citizen" and Pat O'Mahony previews tv in the coming week
Programme 93 - Saturday 28th November
Michael O'Leary, CEO of Ryanair / coping with the times in which we live - Tony Bates, founder/director of Headstrong / more tips on running an energy efficient home - environmental architects Duncan Stewart and Ian MacPháidín
Programme 92 - Sunday 22nd November
Newspaper panel - Fran Rooney, Gerald Kean, Hervé Amoric, Kieran Hickey & Kathy Sheridan / the flooding in the South and West - Valerie O'Sullivan, Cork City Council, Evelyn Cusack, Met Eireann, Nicola Hudson, AA Roadwatch, Sean Hogan, Chair of the government's Committee on Emergency Planning / reaction to Sarah Palin's memoir - Teddy Davis, ABC News / Sport with Con Murphy / Film & TV - Donald Clarke reviews "A Serious Man", "Twilight: New Moon" & "The Informant" and Natasha Fennell previews tv in the coming week
Programme 91 - Saturday 21st November
Harry Crosbie, businessman / flooding in the South and West - Minister John Gormley in Cork, Gerald Fleming of Met Eireann and Nicola Hudson, AA Roadwatch / the Thierry Henry handball during the World Cup qualifier last Wednesday - Joe O'Shea, pundits Patrick Meehan and Charlie Boyle, Swedish journalist Eric Niva / Valerie Hemingway, author of "Running With The Bulls: My Years With The Hemingways"
Programme 90 - Sunday 15th November
Newspaper panel - Minister Peter Power, Michael O'Flynn, Suzanne Kelly, Alan Crosbie and Bernard Durkan TD / Sport with Con Murphy / Film & TV - Mark O'Regan reviews "Taking Woodstock" & "The White Ribbon" and Joe O'Shea previews tv in the coming week
Programme 89 - Saturday 14th November
growing up with an alcoholic parent - Calum Best, son of George Best / profile interview with Professor Brendan Drumm, Chief Executive of the HSE / the France/Ireland World Cup qualifier - Zavier Rivoire, French journalist & Tony O'Donoghue, RTÉ soccer correspondent / the tv schedule clash between watching 'Jedward' on the X Factor and the Ireland/France match - Richie Grogan, assistant manager of Lord Lucan pub / energy efficiency in the home - environmental architects Duncan Stewart and Ian MacPháidín
Programme 88 - Sunday 8th November
Newspaper panel - David Went, Pat Magnier, Gerald Flynn, PJ O'Meara & Nuala Grealy / taking the drink driving test - Bobby Aylward TD / the story of Brendan Bracken - Adrian Bracken, documentary film-maker / Sport with Jacqui Hurley / Film & TV - Dave Fanning reviews "A Christmas Carol" & "The Men Who Stare At Goats" and Joe O'Shea previews tv in the coming week
Programme 87 - Saturday 7th November
Profile interview with Enda Kenny, Fine Gael leader / public sector marches yesterday - Paul Salter, Mary Delaney and Brendan Flynn who all took part in marches around the country / review of "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert and the idea of travelling to 'find' yourself - philosopher Fr Brendan Purcell, artist Hilary Orpen and Mark Minihan, lover of all things Italian
Programme 86 - Sunday 1st November
Newspaper panel - Louise O'Reilly, Rory Gillen, Pat Carey, Sean Whelan & Patsy McGarry / party-goers hospitalised after suspected of taking liquid ecstasy - Sharon Tobin, RTÉ News / Sport with Con Murphy / Film & TV - Donald Clarke reviews "An Education" & "This Is It" and Joe Rooney previews tv in the coming week
Programme 85 - Saturday 31st October
Jack O'Connor-Head of SIPTU/Call with Michael Cummins and Pat Lavelle about gatherings in Knock/Journalist Conor Pope, Business Man Ben Dunne and Torlach Denihan Director of Retail Ireland discuss the issue of shopping in the North/Dr Tony Holohan, Dr Joan Gilvarry and Dr Fenton Howell give answers on the Swine Flu Vaccine
Programme 84 - Sunday 25th October
Newspaper panel - Mark Duffy, Maurice Nelligan, Senator Frances Fitzgerald, Val Hanley & Tony Foley / property developer Sean O'Neill's legal troubles in the US - Niall Stanage / Sport with Jacqui Hurley / Film & TV - Mark O'Regan reviews "Fantastic Mr Fox", "The Cove" & "Cirque du Freak: Vampires Assistant" and Eanna Brophy previews tv in the coming week
Programme 83 - Saturday 24th October
Bonnie Cusack, mother of Donal Óg Cusack / James Downey on his memoir "In My Own Time" / brain teaser puzzles - Des MacHale / advice on swine flu vaccinations - Dr Michael O'Tighearnaigh GP & Dr Tony Holohan, chief medical officer Dept of Health / kidnapping of Fr Michael Sinnott - Fr Pat O'Donoghue, Columban Fathers / launch of Windows 7 - Alex French & Stephen McCormack / answers to brain teasers - Des MacHale
Programme 82 - Sunday 18th October
Newspaper panel - Fiach MaConghail, Gerry O'Regan, Mary O'Rourke, Lucinda Creighton, Kieran Brennan & Marie Sherlock / the 2 GOAL workers who were kidnapped have now been released - Agatha, mother of Sharon Commins / Sport with Jacqui Hurley / Film & TV - Dave Fanning reviews "Couples Retreat" & "The Imaginarium Of Dr Parnassus" and Joe O'Shea previews tv in the coming week
Programme 81 - Saturday 17th October
Pat Hickey, president of the Olympic Council of Ireland / Stephen Gateley RIP - live from the funeral Gavin Jennings and neighbour Alan Hunter; Paul O'Grady, chat show host who knew Stephen / sleep problems - Maura Derrane, broadcaster and Professor Richard Costello, Beaumont Hospital / Stephen Gateley RIP - Eva Larkin, neighbour / travel charges - Pól Ó Conghaile
Programme 80 - Sunday 11th October
tragic death of Stephen Gateley - Dan Wootton, News Of The World / Newspaper panel - Minister Eamon Ryan, Nora Owen, Frank Fitzgibbon, Ryle Dwyer & Bernadette McGrory Farrell / awarding Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama - Denis Staunton / Sport with Con Murphy / Film & TV with Donald Clarke - "Up" & "Love Happens"
Programme 79 - Saturday 10th October
Alan Symes, father of 2-year old Aisling missing in New Zealand / Fergal Keane live at the Green Party conference in the RDS / Morgan O'Sullivan, film producer / the 'Open House' guide to Dublin's architectural heritage - Ruairi Quinn / Italians living in Ireland - Giorgio Casari, Teresa Borza, Sabrina Straventa, Mick Wallace, Eileen Dunne Cresenzci, Nino Tropiano & Sandro from Nino's café, Dun Laoghaire / tips on saving money - Conor Pope
Programme 78 - Sunday 4th October
Newspaper panel - Alan Dukes, Eddie Hobbs, Dan O'Brien, Colm Quinlan & Caroline Simons / reaction in the UK to Ireland's yes vote in the Lisbon treaty - Matthew Parris, The Times of London / Sport with Jacqui Hurley / Film & TV with Mark O'Regan - reviews of "The Invention Of Lying", "Toy Story 3D" & "Driving Aphrodite"
Programme 77 - Saturday 3rd October
Analysis of the incoming results from the Lisbon Referendum and what it will mean for Ireland's relationship within the European Union - Eoin Ryan MEP, former MEP's Mary Banotti and Jens Pieter Bonde, Sinn Féin vice president Mary Lou McDonald, Declan Ganley and Dick Roche, Jim O'Hara from Intel, economist Moore McDowell, former general secretary of the Labour Party Brendan Halligan, tally results for Tipperary South from Cian McCormack, results update from Rachael English & Michael Gallagher, Rodney Rice, Pat Cox MEP (prog also included archive clips of Brendan Corish ITGWU and Albert Reynolds talking about the vote on the Maastricht Treaty), Andrej Houska from Czech Radio, tally results from Fergal Keane in South Dublin, Teresa Mannion in Galway and final result from Cian McCormack in Tipperary South
Programme 76 - Sunday 27th September
Newspaper Panel: Minister Martin Mansergh, Business Consultant Gavin Duffy, Michael Reidy of Farmers for No, Vice President of Sinn Fein Mary Lou McDonald, Executive of Cork Council of Trade Unions John Bowen, Jim Power Chief Economist with Friends First. Call with Julian Gough commenting on Tommy Tiernan/ Call with Philip Turle on new book by Giscard d'Estang/Sport with Con Murphy/Call with Louis Lentin/Film Reviews with Dave Fanning
Programme 75 - Saturday 26th September
Interview with Mags Purtill/Senator Shane Ross with a run-down of the Fas scandal so far/Call with Olaf Tyaransen on Tommy Tiernan/Ed Wardle talks of his experiences of living in the Wild/Eibhear Walshe and Jean Maguire talk about their experiences of the Camino de Santiago
Programme 74 - Sunday 20th September
Newspaper Panel: Shane O'Neill, Gerry Stembridge, Ulick McEvaddy, Una O'Dwyer and Sean Barrett. Call with Pat Spillane and Jimmy Barry Murphy. Sport from Croke Park with Con Murphy. Film Reviews from Donald Clarke
Programme 73 - Saturday 19th September
Lord Henry Mount Charles/Keith Barry/Ashley Pearson reports on Susan Boyle's American Performance/Celebrity Photographer David La Chapelle live in Studio/Technology tips with Colin Baker and Damien Mulley
Programme 72 - Sunday 13th September 2009
Newspaper panel: Colm Allen, Maureen Gafney, George Lee, Robert Ballagh and Colm Quinlan. Sport with Jacqui Hurley. Film Reviews with Mark O'Regan - 'Julie Julia', 'Dorian Gray' and 'Fish Tank'
Programme 71 - Saturday 12th September 2009
Michael O'Flynn/Faith and Evolution - Mark O'Halloran and Brendan Purcell live in studio and call with Professor Bruce Hood/Marilyn Glenville book 'Fat Around the Middle'/John Curran book Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks
Programme 70 - Sunday 6th September 2009
Newspaper panel - John McGuinness, Niamh Brennan, James Morrissey, Fr Brendan Purcell and Terry McDonough / are economic predictions believable? - Lord Robert Skidelsky, author of "Keynes: The Return Of The Master" / Sport with Con Murphy / Film & TV reviews with Dave Fanning - "District 9" and "500 Days Of Summer"
Programme 69 - Saturday 5th September 2009
Sir Gerry Robinson / proposed cuts to Gaeltacht funding - Moira Ó Murchú, bean an tí / 250th anniversary of Guinness - Finbarr Flood, Tony Corcoran & Teresa Tuite / Boston honours the Artane Boys Band - Tony Doherty, manager / food - freezing tips & recipes from Neven Maguire and recipe testers Mary Timmins, Jack Portland & Molly Power will be testing Chicken Casserole
Programme 68 - Sunday 30th August 2009
presented by Rachael English
Newspaper panel - Fergal Quinn, Diarmuid Ferriter, Billy Keane, Tony Foley, Eibhlin Byrne & PJ O'Meara / the Jaycee Dugard kidnap case in San Francisco - Amy Hollyfield, ABC Network / the funeral of Ted Kennedy - former Congressman Bruce Morrison / Sport with Jacqui Hurley / Film & TV reviews with Dave Fanning - "Funny People" & "The Hurt Locker"
Programme 67 - Saturday 29th August 2009
presented by Rachael English
Muhammad Ali to visit Ennis - Angelo Dundee, Ali's former trainer, Eddie Keher, hurling champion and Tony Griffin, Clare hurler & organiser of the celebrations / community tourism in Uganda - Manchán Magan, travel writer / letter from Anthony O'Connor who was heard on 'School Around The Corner' archive clip last week / weather forecast for autumn - Ken Ring / Brenda Fricker / archive selection - BP Fallon / evening courses - Louise Maloney of Learning Ireland, Carol Hunt, fan of night classes, students Máire Walsh & Aoife Kinsella
Programme 66 - Sunday 23rd August 2009
presented by Rachael English
Newspaper panel: Conor Lenihan, Phil Hogan, Margaret Sweeney, Shane Coleman, John Brennan & Audry Deane / NAMA & the Irish property investors abroad - Frank McDonald, environment editor The Irish Times / release of the Lockerbie bomber - Robbie Dinwoodie, The Herald Scotland / Sport with Con Murphy / Film & TV Reviews with Mark O'Regan - "Inglorious Basterds", "I Love You Beth Cooper" & "Dance Flick"
Programme 65 - Saturday 22nd August 2009
presented by Rachael English
Profile interview - Jerry Shanahan / maths & science brain teasers from Des MacHale / the pro's and con's of positive thinking - Ariel Leve, columnist & author of "Cassandra Chronicles" and Dr Ian Gargan, clinical psychologist / archive selection - Don Baker / answers to brain teasers / new technology - Adrian Weckler, technology editor & Stephen McCormack, Wildwave Media
Programme 64 - Sunday 16th August 2009
presented by Rachael English
Newspaper Panel: Matt Dempsey, Gerry Stembridge, Dr. Alan Barrett, Kevin Rafter, Frank O'Dwyer / Canadian Banking - Boyd Erman, financial services reporter with the Globe and Mail newspapers / Eunice Kennedy Shriver funeral - Glen Hansard, musician / Sport - Jacqui Hurley / Film & TV Reviews with Donald Clarke
Programme 63 - Saturday 15th August 2009
presented by Rachael English
Profile interview - Ferdinand von Prondzynski, president of Dublin City University / Yuri Andreichuk, singer with all-Russian band 'Slua Sí' / making the most of supermarket bargains - Elizabeth Carty, founder of 'Shrewd Food' / archive selection - John Waters / Leaving Cert books worth re-visiting - Dr Eibhear Walsh, UCC & Niall MacMonagle, teacher
Programme 62 - Sunday 9th August
presented by Rachael English
Newspaper panel: John McStay, Liam Griffin, Dr. Illona Duffy, Michael O'Kane, Jimmy Devins TD, Mark Duffy, Michael Duffy
Programme 61 - Saturday 8th August
presented by Rachael English
Profile Interview with Sean Boylan / archive selection from actress Mary Mc Evoy / Frank Hogan on his John3:7 sign / Pól O Conghaile, Travel Writer and Ray Byrne, Wineport Lodge, Glasson, Athlone talk about TripAdvisor
Programme 60 - Sunday 2nd August
presented by Rachael English
Newspaper Panel: Independent senator Joe O' Toole, Philip Nolan, Dr. Stephen Kinsella, Dearbhail McDonald, Dr. Tony O' Sullivan, Linda O' Shea Farren / Expenses: Mike McCaffrey, Sunday Tribune / Presidential Medal Of Freedom: Mary Robinson/ Films & TV reviews with Mark O' Regan
Programme 59 - Saturday 1st August
presented by Rachael English
Peter Bacon - Economist/ Sports Psychology: Enda McNulty/ Archive Selection: Mary O' Rourke/ Mortgages: Liam Croke - Financial Advisor and author of The Mortgage Maze Explained, Jill Kerby - Personal Finance Columnist with the Sunday Times.
Programme 58 - Sunday 26th July
presented by Rachael English
Newspaper Panel: Peter Sheridan, Gerry Collison, Dr. Christine O' Malley, Eoin Fahy, Gerald Flynn, Aileen O' Toole / Interest Rates: David Guinane - Chief Eecutive of Permanent TSB / Galway Races: Ted Walsh / Film & TV reviews with Eoin Sweeney
Programme 57 - Saturday 25th July
presented by Rachael English
Katherine O' Reilly - Dunnes Stores Strike 25th Anniverary (worker)/ U2 Concert: John Meagher - Rock Critic with the Irish Independent, Vincent Kearns, Harry Kantas, Orla Kavanagh, Mary Carmody / Lung Transplant: Gerry Walker / Archive Selection: Joe Rooney/ IKEA: Eimear Nic An Bhaird - Editor of House and Home magazine, Paul Rossiter - owner of flatpackunpack.ie, Paul McCourt - General Manager Queensway Furniture
Programme 56 - Sunday 19th July
presented by Rachael English
Newspaper panel: Gerry Shanahan, Liam Cahill, Michael Clifford, Dr. Claire O' Connell, Prof Gerry Boyle, Alan McQuaid/ Green Party: Dan Boyle /Swine Flu: Dr. Pat Doorley/ Film & TV: Donald Clark
Programme 55 - Saturday 18th July 2009
presented by Rachael English
Sheila Byrne, Leas Cross relative/ Shamrock Rovers V Real Madrid: Buzz O' Neill & Johnathan Roche/ An Bord Snip: Emily Logan, Ombudsman for Children & Young People/ Archive: Donncha O' Dulaing/ Leas Cross: Minister Mary Harney/ Technology: Damian Mulley /Alex French, Director of Bitbuzz.
Programme 54 Sunday 12th July 2009
presented by Rachael English
Newspaper panel - Catherine McGuinness, Pat Rabbitte, Fintan Drury, Finbarr Flood & Stephen O'Byrnes / publican Charlie Chawke on his reported bid for Newcastle United Football club / Con Murphy on the Munster and Leinster Finals from Croke Park / Eoin Sweeney on Oxegen and Bruce Springsteen at the RDS / Film reviews with Mark O'Regan - 'Bruno' 'The Private Lives of Pippa Lee' and 'Fired Up'
Programme 53 - Saturday 11th July 2009
presented by Rachael English
Singer Mary Coughlan on her financials dealings with banks / Noleen Blackwell the Director General of Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) / Tony Doherty Manager of The Artane Boys band on their performance at Oxegen / Sean Cromien Former Secretary General of the Deparment of Finance and Chairman of original Bord Snip in 1987 / Senator David Norris on his 'April Fool's' joke on The Pat Kenny show with other archive clips / historian Pat Liddy and Ethna Murphy of Failte Ireland on historical and scenic walking tours in Ireland
Programme 52 - Sunday 5th July 2009 (audio not currently avail)
presented by Rachael English
Newspaper panel - Donncha O'Connell, Eugene McGee, Brian Sherry, Marie Sherlock & Cathal O'Loghlin / kidnapping in Darfur - Declan Power, security analyst / GAA players & Aussie Rules - Ricky Nixon, football agent / Sarah Palin resigns as governer of Alaska - Niall Stanage, journalist / Sport with Jacqui Hurley / Film & TV Reviews with Donald Clarke - "Public Enemies", "Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs" & "Sugar"
Programme 51 - Saturday 4th July 2009
presented by Rachael English
Daniel M Rooney, the new US Ambassador to Ireland / the Irish aid worker kidnapped in Darfur - John O'Shea, GOAL / swine flu - Dr Tony Holohan, Dept of Health & Professor John Oxford, virologist / greatest sporting memories - Mick Byrne, former physio for the Irish soccer team / best of the celebrity biographies - Robert Kirby, literary agent / Rodney Rice says goodbye - his last "Saturday View" programme is today
Programme 50 - Sunday 28th June 2009
Newspaper panel - Sean Gallagher, Ulick McEvaddy, Caroline Erskine, Nick Webb & Tony Williams / Michael Jackson RIP - Wendy Thermos, CBS Radio News / negative equity & problems for developers - Alison O'Riordan and Frank McDonald, environment editor The Irish Times / technology & breaking news - Alex French / Sport with Con Murphy / Film & TV Reviews with Eoin Sweeney - "Year One" & "Sunshine Cleaning" & "Gran Torino" on DVD
Programme 49 - Saturday 27th June 2009
Des O'Malley, former leader of the Progressive Democrats / Oireachtas Open Day - John O'Donoghue, Ceann Combhairle / death of Michael Jackson - Lisa Derrick in LA and Sinead Gleeson on how the news broke online / supermarket meal deals - Brenda Costigan, food writer and Tomás Clancy, wine correspondent with The Sunday Business Post
Programme 48 - Sunday 21st June
Newspaper panel - Diarmuid Ferriter, David Horgan, Noel Mulcahy,
David Reddaway, Suzanne Breen / death of Dutchy Holland - Giovanni di Stefano, lawyer and Gerry O'Carroll, retired detective / Sport with Con Murphy / Film & TV Reviews with Mark O'Regan - "Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen" and "Fugitive Pieces"
Programme 47 - Saturday 20th June 2009
Christian Pauls, German Ambassador to Ireland / the death of Dutchy Holland - Paul Williams, crime journalist / story of fertility treatment - Genevieve Taylor / the death of Dutchy Holland - Gerry O'Carroll, retired detective / buying a car in the recession - Conor Pope, consumer journalist
Programme 46 - Sunday 14th June 2009
Newspaper panel - Colm Barrington, Sean Barrett, Noreen Hegarty, Ronan Mullen & Tom Lawlor / Sport with Jacqui Hurley / Film & TV Reviews with Michael Dwyer - "Looking For Eric", "Doghouse" & "The Hangover"
Programme 45 - Saturday 13th June 2009
Robbie Fox, nightclub owner / returning a winning lotto ticket to its rightful owner - Tom Heavey, Centra manager / 70 years of the Irish Red Cross - volunteers Sheila Callan & Paul O'Connell / high rents endangering restaurant business - Eileen Dunne Cresenzi / statement from Fine Gael about scheduling of Dail debates / Ireland's first female private investigator - Sandra Mara / tips for 'staycations' in Ireland - Mary O'Sullivan & Pól O'Conghaile
Programme 44 - Sunday 7th June 2009
Newspaper panel - Professor Michael Marsh, Professor Mary Corcoran, Gavin Duffy & Harry Magee / Elections 2009 - George Lee, newly-elected Fine Gael candidate for Dublin South, results from count centres - Fran McNulty in the RDS, Colm O'Mongáin in Punchestown, Fergal Keane in Cork, Pat McGrath in Castlebar, reaction to elections results - Mary O'Rourke and Sean Kelly / Sport with Con Murphy / Film & TV Reviews with Dave Fanning - "Terminator: Salvation" and "Last Chance Harvey"
Saturday 6th June 2009
NO PROGRAMME TODAY DUE TO ELECTION COVERAGE
Programme 43 - Sunday 31st May 2009
Newspaper panel - Sr Elizabeth Maxwell, David McWilliams, Fr Enda McDonagh, Colm Allen & Justine McCarthy / documentary about the Shell/protestors row in the Corrib gas fields - Paul McWilliams / missing the Watergate story - Robert Phelps, former Washington news editor of New York Times / Sport with Jacqui Hurley / Film & TV Reviews with Mark O'Regan - "12 Rounds", "Obsessed" and "Fireflies In The Garden"
Programme 42 - Saturday 30th May 2009
Gillian Bowler, founder of Budget Travel and currently Chair of Irish Life & Permanent / quiz / Neven Maguire with recipes for the barbeque, plus results from the recipe testers (spaghetti bolognese) - Fiona Regan O'Broin, Jack Portland & Tom Wilson
Programme 41 - Sunday 24th May 2009
presented by Rachael English
Newspaper panel - Gillian Van Turnhout, Michael Lannigan, Shane Kelly, David Quinn, Tony Foley and Harry McGee / Leinster win the Heineken Cup - Frank Cullen, father of Leinster captain Leo Cullen / will Barack Obama succeed in closing Guantanamo Bay? - Jay Nordlinger, senior editor 'National Review' / Sport with Con Murphy / Film & TV Reviews with Donald Clarke - "Night At The Museum 2", "Mark Of An Angel" and "Away Days"
Programme 40 - Saturday 23rd May 2009
presented by Rachael English
the outcome of the Ryan Report into clerical sexual abuse - Dr Michael Woods / looking forward to the Heineken Cup final Leinster v Leicester - Frank O'Driscoll, father of Brian O'Driscoll and Reggie Corrigan, former Leinster & Ireland player / the art of political canvassing - Shane Coleman, Dr Aodh Quinlivan and John O'Connor / Frankie Gavin, traditional Irish musician and Mary Black, singer / how to write a memoir - Irene Graham, creative writing teacher and Dr Eibhear Walsh, UCC
Programme 39 - Sunday 17th May 2009
presented by Rachael English
Newspaper panel - Susan McKay, Dr John Murphy, Chris Glennon, Eoin Fahy & Michael O'Kane / live from the Irish Open Golf in Baltray - Greg Allen on the phenomenal performance of 22-year old amateur Shane Lowry / violence in Pakistan - Declan Walsh, foreign correspondent with The Guardian / Sport with Jacqui Hurley / Film & TV Reviews with Dave Fanning
Programme 38 - Saturday 16th May 2009
presented by Rachael English
update on the Irish Open golf in Baltray - Brendan Lowry (father of Shane Lowry) and Greg Allen / the world of fashion journalism - Marie O'Riordan, former editor of Marie Claire / the future for broadcasting and film - Greg Dyke, chairman of the British Film Institute & former DG of the BBC / weather forecasting for the summer - Evelyn Cusack, TP O'Conchuir and Ken Ring in New Zealand / Japanese Riverdancer - Taka Hyashi / developments in technology - Alex French and Adrian Weckler
Programme 37 - Sunday 10th May 2009
Newspaper panel - Gemma Hussey, Eamon Dunphy, Richard Nesbitt, Colm Rapple & Simon Mills / protest rally in Limerick about crime - Steve Collins / UK ministers expenses - Adam Boulton, Sky News political editor / Sport with Con Murphy / finals of the All Ireland Drama Festival - Ronan Casey / Film & TV Reviews with Mark O'Regan - "Star Wars", "Coraline" and "Cheri"
Programme 36 - Saturday 9th May 2009
Tony Keohane, CEO of Tesco Ireland / transition year students in CBS Tralee investigate boy racers - Graham O'Donnell, Laurence Bastable and Helen Hayes / Tanya Doyle, director of new tv series 'The House' / recipe testers (spaghetti bolognese) - Neven Maguire, Fiona Regan O'Broin, Jack Portland and Tom Wilson / get in shape for the summer - Pat Henry
Programme 35 - Sunday 3rd May 2009
Newspaper panel - Gerry Stembridge, Alan McQuaid, Kathy Sheridan, Jim Glennon & Dr Brian Meade / overcrowding in Mountjoy Prison - Jim Mitchell, President of the Prison Officers Assocation / potential danger from swine flu - Dr Mike Ryan, WHO Director of Pandemic & Epidemic Preparedness (www.who.int/en) / Sport with Jacqui Hurley / Film & TV with Michael Dwyer - "Hannah Montana: The Movie" & "Is Anybody There?" / preview of All Ireland Drama Festival - Ronan Casey
Programme 34 - Saturday 2nd May 2009
Leinster v Munster rugby match today - Mick O'Connell, father of Munster captain Paul O'Connell & Frank O'Driscoll, father of Brian O'Driscoll / Roshan Reddaway, wife of the British Ambassador to Ireland / Leinster v Munster rugby - Brent Pope, Munster fans Frank Scott Lennon, Joe O'Connell & Odie Gardiner, Leinster fans Reggie Corrigan & Peter Breen / DIY - Des King, DK Construction Ireland & Kevin Farrelly, www.diy.ie
Programme 33 - Sunday 26th April 2009
John McGuinness' comments about Brian Cowen - Mattie McGrath, Fianna Fail TD for Tipperary South/West Waterford & Michael Clifford, Sunday Tribune / Newspaper panel - Paulyn Marrinan Quinn, Dan O'Brien, Miriam Hederman O'Brien, Maurice Nelligan & Michael Colgan / gangland crime - Steve Collins, his son Roy was murdered in Limerick / Sport with Jacqui Hurley / Film & TV with Dave Fanning - "Observe & Report" & "State Of Play"
Programme 32 - Saturday 25th April 2009
danger from window blind cords - Shane Malley, his son Arran was a victim / Fr Tony Byrne, author of "Airlift To Biafra: Breaching The Blockade" and Fr Dermod McCarthy, former Head of Religious Programmes RTÉ / getting a second opinion from a doctor - Elaine Kelly, got second opinion to treat her son's eczema, Damien Payne, commercial director of Best Doctors in Ireland (www.bestdoctors.com/bd/ie), Dr Colin Doherty, consultant neurologist St James' Hospital / results from the recipe testers (curry) - Tom Wilson, Mary Timmins & Molly Power plus Neven Maguire
Programme 31 - Sunday 19th April 2009
Newspaper panel - Margaret Sweeney, Fran Rooney, Gerard Colleran, Donncha O'Connell & Minister Dick Roche / killings in Bolivia - Tom Hennigan, Brazil corresponent for The Irish Times / pirates & the money trail - Simon Cox, investigative reporter / Sport with Con Murphy / Film & TV with Donald Clarke - "In The Loop" and "Good"
Programme 30 - Saturday 18th April 2009
Shay Healy / donating a kidney to your brother - Pauric & Andrew Gilligan / the meaning of life - Gay Byrne / 60th anniversary of the founding of the Irish republic - Tim Pat Coogan, historian / recommended springtime reading - authors Dermot Bolger & John Boyne
Programme 29 - Sunday 12th April 2009
Newspaper panel - Colm McCarthy, Brendan Keenan, Gerard Howlin, Caroline Erskine & Dr Martin Daly / Sweden's 'bad bank' policy - Bo Lundgren, former Swedish finance minister / stepping down as Chief Executive of Aer Lingus - Dermot Mannion / Sport with Jacqui Hurley / Film & TV with Michael Dwyer - "Let The Right One In", "50 Dead Men Walking" and "Dragonball Evolution"
Programme 28 - Saturday 11th April 2009
Seamus Heaney, poet / brain teaser puzzles with Des MacHale / hit by a car & broke his leg badly - Joe Duffy / the pro's and cons of au pairs - Sean Kavanagh, SK Dublin Au Pair Services (www.skdublin.com), Vera Hughes, parent and Ofelia Hough, former au pair (& now a garda) / new technology - Stephen McCormack, Wildwave Media & Damien Mulley, technology consultant / answers to brain teaser puzzles - Des MacHale
Programme 27 - Sunday April 5th 2009
Newspaper panel - Stephen O'Byrnes, Paul Sweeney, Lucinda Creighton, Mark Redmond & Peter Sheridan / socialising & the Irish soccer squad - Tony Cascarino / 14-year old American republican - Jonathan Krohn / Sport with Con Murphy / Film & TV with Dave Fanning - "Religulous", "Waveriders" and "The Boat That Rocked"
Programme 26 - Saturday April 4th 2009
Profile interview - Jackie Lavin / marathon running in the Sahara - Ray O'Connor / fighting against Google Streetview - Paul Jacobs in Milton Keynes / mental health & young people - Dr Tony Bates, Emma Farrell, Keith Doherty & Marianne Larkin / recipe testers (curry) - Mary Timmins, Tom Wilson & Molly Power / looking after your back - Pat Henry
Programme 25 - Sunday March 29th 2009
Newspaper panel - Geraldine Kennedy, John Delaney, Finbarr Flood, Frank O'Dwyer & Gerald Flynn / defending her claims for asylum - Pamela Izevbekhai / Sport with Jacqui Hurley / Film & TV with Michael Dwyer - "The Damned United", "Knowing" and "Traitor"
Programme 24 - Saturday March 28th 2009
Profile interview - Mary Coughlan, Tanaiste & Minister for Enterprise Trade & Employment / hoaxes and April Fool jokes - Joe Rooney, comedian / Earth Hour tonight - Elizabeth Arnett, director of change.ie / good value holidays - Conor Pope
Programme 23 - Sunday March 22nd 2009
Newspaper panel - Lord Henry Mountcharles, Olivia O'Leary, Eddie Hobbs, Professor Patrick Honohan & Philip Nolan / Bernard Dunne, new WBA Super Bantamweight World Champion / homecoming for the victorious Irish rugy team - Alan Breen, Dublin City Council, Brian O'Driscoll & Declan Kidney / Sport with Con Murphy / film & tv reviews with Donald Clarke - "Il Divo", "Lesbian Vampire Killers", "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" and "Flash Of Genius"
Programme 22 - Saturday March 21st 2009
Ireland v Wales in rugby grand slam - Frank O'Driscoll and Seanie O'Leary, fathers of 2 of today's players / is gangland crime in Ireland getting out of control? - Brian Sherry, former Detective Inspector, Martin Donnellan, former Assistant Commissioner and Felix McKenna, former Head of the Criminal Assets Bureau / fans in Wales for today's rugby match - David Lyons, Pat Whelan, John Galvin, Ciaran O'Brien & Aidan Collins; how the team will prepare for the match today - Aidan Moran, professor of cognitive psychology / German ambassador to Ireland & the Lisbon Treaty - Joerg Schulze, German national living in Ireland / Google Streetview & privacy - Conor Flynn / books we lie about reading - Mary O'Sullivan, features editor Sunday Independent and Dr Eibhear Walsh, School of English UCC
Programme 21 - Sunday March 15th 2009
Minister for Finance's comments about losing revenue to cross border shopping - Eoin Ryan, MEP / Newspaper panel: Sean Barrett, Andrea Martin, Joe McKeever, Gerry O'Regan and Gerald Kean; sniping between Jon Stewart and CNBC in the US - David Lieberman, USA Today; Sport with Con Murphy; Film & TV with Dave Fanning - "Marley & Me" and "Bronson"
Programme 20 - Saturday March 14th 2009
Profile interview - Champion jockey Ruby Walsh and singer Christy Moore / profile interview - Gerry Creighton, 51 years as a zoo-keeper at Dublin Zoo + his wife Catherine / all-Irish episode of The Simpsons - Gary Paul, fan / community tourism - Manchán Magan / technology - Damien Mulley & Alex French
Programme 19 - Sunday March 8th 2009
Newspaper panel: Gavin Duffy, Niamh Brennan, Ulick McEvaddy, Martin Donnellan, Jim Power; shootings last night in Antrim - Eamon Mallie, journalist; Anna Manahan RIP - Bryan Murray, actor; International Women's Day - Pat Liddy, historian; Josef Fritzl trial in Austria - Alan Hall, journalist; Sport with Con Murphy; Film & TV with Michael Dwyer - "Watchmen", "The Story Of Anvil" and "Wendy & Lucy"
Programme 18 - Saturday March 7th 2009
Profile interview - Mark Duffy, CEO of Bank of Scotland (Ireland) / from the archive, Joe O'Reilly interviewed on the Late Late Show 3 weeks after the murder of his wife Rachel / christening today of Jade Goody & her sons - Julian Druker, Sky News / spending 9 years sailing around the world - Pat & Olivia Murphy / new archbishop to the diocese of Cloynes - Patsy McGarry / food & wine - Neven Maguire and Tomás Clancy
Programme 17 - Sunday March 1st 2009
Newspaper Panel: David Went, Alan Dukes, Niamh Breathnach, James Morrissey and Mick Clifford / U2 tax situation - John Waters, Irish Mail on Sunday / Sport with Jacqui Hurley / Film & TV with Dave Fanning - "The International" and "Doubt"
Programme 17 - Saturday February 28th 2009
Profile interview - Willie Walsh, CEO British Airways / puzzles with Des Mc Hale, Associate Professor of Mathematics in UCC / energy savings in the Irish market - Conor Pope / answers to Des McHale's puzzles - Stephen McCabe / the Ireland v England rugby match in Croke Park this afternoon - Conor O'Shea, rugby analyst / making a will - Paul Ward, barrister and Justin McKenna, Chairman of the Law Society Committee on Probate Administration / answers to Des McHale's puzzles - Joan Comer, Mairead Gleeson & John Conroy
Programme 16 - Sunday February 22nd 2009
presented by Rachael English
Newspaper panel - Colm Rapple, Tony Williams, Tom Parlon, Robbie Kelleher, Noreen Hegarty & Colm Quinlan / the unpublished version of the Anglo Irish Bank internal audit - Emmet Oliver, The Sunday Tribune / the US chasing American account holders in Swiss bank - Feliz Mueller, NZZ newspaper / the Oscars in LA tonight - showbiz reporter Ashley Pearson, Con Murphy & Noreen Hegarty
Programme 15 - Saturday February 21st 2009
presented by Rachael English
Paddy O'Gorman revisits 'Queueing for a Living' / ACT union protests in Dublin today - Esther O'Moore Donoghue, AA Roadwatch / Price Waterhouse Coopers report on Anglo Irish Bank - Simon Carswell & RTE's Economic's Editor George Lee / possible breakthrough in the Cork hurling dispute - Alan White, Blarney delegate / public fascination with Jade Goody - Medb Ruane & Carole Malone, News Of The World / recommended reading (with themes of recession and escapism) - Frances Gorman, librarian with Clare County Library on the impact of a recession on the reading habits of people, Dr. Eibher Walshe, School of English, University College Cork and Mary O'Sullivan, Features Editor, Sunday Independent (see Books page for details of their recommendations)
Programme 14 - Sunday February 15th 2009
presented by Rachael English
Newspaper panel - John Mc Guinness, Minister for Trade and Commerce, Mike Soden, former Bank of Ireland Chief Executive,
Joan Burton Labour Finance Spokerperson, Eugene Mc Gee, former editor of the Longford Leader and Offaly manager, Daire O' Brien, Irish Independent Business Columnist and Gary Murphy Senior Lecturer in Government at Dublin City University / is Ireland's crisis comparable to Iceland? - Michael Clifford, The Sunday Tribune / Catholic priests accused of grand theft in Palm Beach - Susan Spencer Wendel, court reporter with the Palm Beach Post / Sport with Jacqui Hurley / Film & TV reviews with Michael Dwyer - "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" and "Notorious"
Programme 13 - Saturday February 14th 2009
presented by Rachael English
Profile interview - champion jockey Tony Mc Coy, with tributes from trainers Jim Bolger and Aidan O' Brien / current banking scandals - Simon Carswell, Financial Correspondent with the Irish Times / trade union protests outside TD clinics- Niall Smith at Cyprian Brady's, Catriona Long at Dick Roche's / Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Irish language poet / incident between Setanta O'hAilpin & team-mate Cameron Cloke - Rohan Connolly from the Age Newspaper in Melbourne / new technology like Twitter and Kindle 2 - Alex French, Director of Bitbuzz and Stephen Mc Cormack, CEO of Wildwave
Programme 12 - Sunday February 8th 2009
Newspaper panel - Pat Farrell, Chief Executive Irish Banking Federation, Eamon Delaney, Journalist & Editor of Mc Gill,
Dan O' Brien, Senior Europe Editor of The Economist and
Cllr. Aodhan O Riordain, Labour / Jim Cusack tells Marian of an unfortunate travel experience he had recently / changes to Wikipedia - Alex French Managing Director of BitBuzz / Sport with Con Murphy / Film & TV with Dave Fanning - "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "Bolt 3D"
Programme 11 - Saturday February 7th 2009
Profile interview - An Taoiseach Brian Cowen / Eddie O' Sullivan previewed the Six Nations match and Peter McKenna pitch side at Croke Park / Gerald Mc Carthy, Cork Hurling Manager and Cork Goalkeeper Donal Og Cusack give their side to the story in Cork Hurling Dispute
Programme 10 - Sunday 1st February 2009
Newspaper panel - Gerard Howlin, John Brennan, Pat Magnier, Frances Ruane & Pearse Flannery / planning objections & new development - Ian Ritchie, architect / Sebastian Barry wins Costa Book Award - Matthew Parris, chairman of judging panel / Bernie Madoff, fraudster - Stephen Foley, US business correspondent for The Independent / Sport with Con Murphy & Jacqui Hurley / Film & TV reviews with Donald Clarke - "Revolutionary Road", "The Broken" and "Tokyo Sonata"
Programme 9 - Saturday 31st January 2009
sit-in at the Waterford Crystal plant - workers Noel Atkins & Pat O'Connor / Profile interview - Mick O'Dwyer, legendary GAA footballer & manager / Waterford Crystal contd - Adrian Cullinane, owns Centra shop nearby and brought food & drinks down to occupying workers and Margaret Grant, worker sitting-in / flooding in Clonmel - Noel Delameade, homeowner / Living in Australia - Phelim O'Brien in Sydney, Brian Leonard, plumber from Dublin in Melbourne for 2 weeks, Edwina Shanahan, marketing manager of VISA First (organise working holiday visas www.visafirst.com), Laura Fox in Brisbane, Tim Mundy, Australian who hired Irish workers / losing weight for the new year - Pat Henry
Programme 8 - Sunday January 25th 2009
Newspaper panel - Noel Smyth, businessman & developer, John Moloney, Minister of State at the Department of Health & Children, Sean Kelly, former President of the GAA, Carl Nelkin, Aviation Law Consultant, Tania Banotti, Chief Executive of Theatre Forum Ireland / Songs Of The Holocaust, a CD - "The Little Trees Are Weeping - Songs of the Holocaust and Resistance" to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day 2009. For more information visit www.irishjewishmusic.com / Mark Touhey, a Washington lawyer who may be the next U.S. Ambassasor to Ireland / Sport with Adrian Eames / Film & TV reviews with Michael Dwyer - "Frost/Nixon", "Rachel Getting Married" and "Milk"
Programme 7 - Saturday January 24th 2009
Unemployment Special - Marian meets a large group of recently unemployed people / Paul Mooney, President of the National College of Ireland - working with vunerable and low skilled groups / Timmy Nagle, a pensioner held at gunpoint in his post office in Kilkenny / Karen Underwood, interpreter of the songs of Nina Simone (details at www.corkoperahouse.ie)
Programme 6 - Sunday January 18th 2009
Newspaper panel: Martin Mansergh, Minister of State in the Department of Finance, Mike Soden, former Chief Executive of the Bank of Ireland, Eamon Dunphy, broadcaster and journalist,
John Whelan, former Editor of the Leinster Express, Bernadette McGrory Farrell, Board of the International Federation of Accountants / Film & TV reviews with Dave Fanning - "Seven Pounds" & "The Wrestler"
Programme 5 - Saturday 17th January 2009
Profile Interview - David Mc Williams joins Marian to discuss his life and a little economics / Anglo Irish Shares Crisis - John Mc Carrick, Anne Louise Moore and Gay Byrne all shareholders / Staying Healthy - Dr. Brendan Fitzpatrick gives tips (see our Health, Wellbeing & Nutrition page for full details) / Keith Duffy speaks about autism in Russia / Recommended Reads with John Boyne and Dermot Bolger (see our Books - Recommended Reading for Adults page for full details)
Programme 4: Sunday 11th January 2009
Newspaper panel: John Shaw, President of the Law Society of Ireland, George Lee, RTE Economics Editor, Senator Ivana Bacik
Harry Fehily, incoming President of Limerick Chamber of Commerce, Fr Michael Collins, curate and author of "The Fisherman's Net: the Influences of the Popes on History" / Dell jobs going to Poland: Jacek Saryusz-Wolski MEP / Bus Driver attacked in Cork Street: John McGrane, National Bus and Rail workers union / Obama: : Earl Stafford of the Stafford Foundation / Sport with Adrian Eames / Film & TV Reviews with Mark O'Regan
Programme 3: Saturday 10th January 2009
Profile interview - Gerard and Mary (parents of alleged abuse victim in Cloyne) / Growing Older - Shay Healy, photographer Tom Lawlor, author Jennifer Johnston & actress Jeannane Crowley / Family Finance - Colm Rapple, author of "Family Finance 2009" / Sporting events and places to travel to this year - Jimmy McGee and Mary O'Sullivan (see our Travel page for full details)
Programme 2: Sunday 4th January 2009
Newspaper panel - Richard Crowley, Mick Rafferty, Pat Rabbitte, Colm Doyle, Linda O'Shea Farren & Kevin Rafter
Programme 1: Saturday 3rd January 2009
Profile interview - Martin Donnellan Retired Assistant Garda Commissioner / Fergus McCabe, former member of the National Drugs Strategy team & long-time colleague of Tony Gregory who passed away yesterday / Mike Gayle, author of 'The To-Do List' / new trends in home renovations - interior designer Grania Murray and Gareth Johnson of Sunlight Construction (www.sunlight.ie)