The Brendan O'Connor Show Wednesday 15 July 2015
A lively mix of entertainment, human interest and lifestyle.
On the line to Brendan is model, Thalia Heffernan who tells how she was a the victim of a vicious mugging in Dublin city yesterday morning on her way to a catwalk job.
She talks about the attack in which a teenage girl hit her in the face & ripped her bag off her back while a male teen helped & friends watched.
Irish scholar, indep Senator, gay & civil rights activist , David Norris joins Brendan in studio this morning . Founder of the Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform & once a candidate for President of Ireland in the October 2011 election.
In a few weeks time Co Leitrim writer, actor & director will take his one man show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It's partly auto-biographical & gives a fascinating insight into life growing up in the rural Ireland of the 1970s & 80s.
Seamus joins Brendan in studio.
The actor, who played Les Battersby on the soap, was axed in 2007 & has since opened up in a new documentary for Channel 5, to raise awareness about celebrities on benefits.
Bruce Jones joins Brendan from a studio in UK.
Seasons (Waiting On You)
Future Islands
4:01
Love Her Madly
The Doors
3:13
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Presenter: Dave Fanning