The Two Sisters

When Kevin McDermott was a child, his two sisters joined convents. Then, they left. As a small child, at the end of a large family, Kevin knew what was going on - but didn't really understand it. 5...

After the Shock

Tim Desmond travels to Nepal experiencing stories of loss and survival following a devastating Earthquake which left thousands dead and millions displaced.

Grace & Emmanuel

A Drogheda woman emigrated to America in search of a new life. Sadly things didn't go to plan and Grace passed away, homeless on the streets of New York in 2011. A few days later, her friend Emmanu...

Seven Years and Nine Months

Rachel and Daniel always wanted to be parents, but knew they couldn't conceive naturally.This is the story of their quest to have the family of their dreams through the emotionally-turbulent and ex...

Sand, Sea and Smugglers

The story of two young Syrian men as they make the gruelling journey to Ireland, away from war torn Syria. Ammar and Anas walked across the desert from Algeria to Libya,  boarded rickety boats to c...

Birds of the Air: Immigration Mosiac

A story which follows a number of people who have left their homelands to seek a new life in the so called 'New Europe'. Each has a story to tell; a story about remembering and forgetting; a story ...

Songs from the Inside

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

For the first time ever, the Documentary on One was granted access to record inside the confines of Cork Prison. Tim Desmond goes inside the walls of the prison to meet Noel Shine, who teaches musi...

Universe Story

Cosmology is the study of the origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe. In this documentary, authors of "The Universe Story", Dr. Brian Swimme and theologian Fr. Thomas Berry explore Co...

Another New Dream for Beirut

Journalist Robert Fisk examines the civil war in Lebanon. By visiting its capital city Beirut, he looks back through war reports of his, how life has developed during the Lebanese civil war and how...

8 Years On

1) Åke Blomström Memorial Prize Winner 2010 2) 2010 New York Festivals - World Bronze Medal - Category Radio Documentary Human Relations 3) Best Radio Documentary at 2010 PPI Awards

An award winning documentary telling the story of a mother and son reunited after a life separated by drug addiction. Lynda Barton first experimented with drugs at the age 13. She had two sons who ...