The Long Goodbye

New York Radio Festivals Competition 2008 - World Silver Medal - Human Relations category

An award winning story about Matt and May - Both well into retirement, May has alzheimers - This is a tale of love, loss, life and a solemn promise

Do No Harm

A group of Irish doctors met with a GP in the Netherlands who takes a different approach to end of life care, performing euthanasia on his patients at their request. This raised the question if thi...

No Time To Lose

Katie Cooke has been epileptic since the age of 9, and suffers about 15 seizures every day. We follow the life of this remarkable and determined young woman over three months, as she prepares for ...

Kicking The Bucket

A look at the lighter side of illness, death, dying and grief. A series of workshops called 'Kicking The Bucket' took place in Limerick and the aim was to make art work for an exhibition relating ...

High Heels and Horses

Emma Cahill dreamed of representing Ireland in Showjumping at the Olympics. In 2011, she suffered a life changing accident and became paralysed from the waist down. Emma dreamed of a return to ri...

The Loudest House on the Street

Cathy Moorehead opens the door of her home to reveal an exceptional experience shared by a very small group of people who grew up in Ireland as Children of Deaf Adults. She tells how it created a u...

Deadly Sleeper

2010 New York Festivals - Finalist Certificate - Category Radio Documentary Educational

54-year-old Ray suffers from Sleep Apnoea, a disorder where the sufferer frequently stops breathing during sleep.We meet Ray's family, track his path to recovery and hear about the dramatic changes...

Ghosts of Grangegorman

In February 2013 St. Brendan's Mental Hospital at Grangegorman, Dublin finally closed after 199 years. Artist Alan Counihan investigates people's possessions left behind and speaks to people who c...

Pregnant on my Lunchbreak

Angela has always wanted to have children, but in the absence of a Mr Right, she took an alternative route to motherhood.

John's Move

John Maguire has a big decision to make. He has to move home. He's 59 years of age and has lived in the same type of home since he was just two: sheltered accommodation. John uses a wheelchair and ...