Nick Read, director of the documentary “Bolshoi Babylon” which tells the story of the drama, backstage fighting and intrigue in the Bolshoi Ballet company that culminated in an acid attack ...
coming up on Friday's show....a special with the Defence Forces School of Music, the New Dublin Voices Choir and soprano Mairead Buicke in a musical Christmas celebration _______________________________________________________________________ coming up next week on Arena..... Tuesday 27th - a special programme remembering and commemorating the life and work of the late John Montague, one of our great contemporary poets and Ireland's first Professor Poetry ************************ Wednesday 28th - a public interview with Jim Sheridan, recorded in July at the Town Hall Theatre as part of this year’s Galway Film Fleadh ************************** Thursday 29th - a look back at some of the broadcasts that came from various Festivals around the country this ...
Isabel Gorst, Moscow Correspondent with the Irish Times, discusses the latest developments in the Boris Nemtsov murder probe
Chris Weafer, Irish Moscow-based economist with Macro Advisory Consultants, discusses the free-fall of Russia's rouble currency
After a period of crisis, the Russian rouble went into freefall yesterday. On the streets of Moscow, citizens flocked to appliance stores, desperate to offload their currency. Companies like Apple ...
Brenda Donohue is in Cork with the relatives and friends of Rob Heffernanfollowing his Gold medal success in Moscow.
***MOONEY GOES WILD WINS ROSE D'OR AWARD!!*** The prestigious annual Rose D'Or Awards (now in their 55th year) honour the very best of international radio, TV and online entertainment programmes, and the awards ceremony took place last night (Tuesday, September 13th 2016). Over 400 programmes from more than 130 broadcasters and production companies in 33 different countries were submitted for this year’s Rose d’Or awards. For the first time, a new competition category, 'Radio Event Of The Year' was created. We entered European Dawn Chorus in this category, and we're absolutely delighted to let you know that ... drumroll... WE WON!!! We're absolutely thrilled to ...
Navanly, who has been an outspoken critic of President Putin, and wants to run as a candidate for mayor of Moscow, was jailed for five years for embezzelment. Drivetime spoke ...