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Bird Songs with Seán Ronayne: The Ring Ouzel

To celebrate the beginning of spring in the Gaelic calendar, ornithologist Seán Ronayne is across the schedule on RTÉ lyric fm with a new series to discuss the distinct bird songs, melodies and calls that we have today in Ireland.

Culture • 20 Feb 25

Sunday Miscellany: Fire at the South City Market, by Antonia Hart

How George's Street Arcade in Dublin survived near-catastrophe early in its history

Sunday Miscellany • 20 Feb 25

Bird Songs with Seán Ronayne: The Barn Owl

To celebrate the beginning of spring in the Gaelic calendar, ornithologist Seán Ronayne is across the schedule on RTÉ lyric fm with a new series to discuss the distinct bird songs, melodies and calls that we have today in Ireland.

Nature • 19 Feb 25

Goose and the Common: the Array Collective and the art of protest

Paula Shields reports on The Goose and the Common, the Array Collective's new show at Rua Red, Tallaght.

RTÉ Arena • 20 Feb 25

Sunday Miscellany: Dearest Teacher, for Ivor Browne

"As your body was dying I flew to your side, told you that everything you taught me was passed onto others. A thousand-fold returning - such music, such light...."

Sunday Miscellany • 19 Feb 25

Sunday Miscellany: Getting Away With It, by Molly Furey

After a Dutch sojourn, a renewed appreciate of Irish ways, means - and road-crossings

Sunday Miscellany • 18 Feb 25

Sunday Miscellany: One Day with Marianne, by Joe Kearney

Meeting the great singer - and Sixties muse - in Paris, and sharing an Irish memory or two

Sunday Miscellany • 17 Feb 25

Who's your daddy? King Lear comes to The Gate

What happens when a leader wants all the power and none of the responsibility? Or when a patriarch succumbs to flattery over a more difficult truth?

Theatre • 16 Feb 25

Music legend Candi Staton on getting back to her roots

Legendary singer Candi Staton started as an 11-year-old gospel prodigy, traveling across America alongside Mahalia Jackson and Sam Cooke, before making her mark in soul music at the iconic Muscle Shoals studio.

Music • 13 Feb 25

Martin Hayes selects his fave trad tunes for The Rolling Wave

Fiddle player Martin Hayes grew up in Feakle in Co Clare in a house where music was cherished, respected and loved.