Brendan O'Connor
Brendan O'Connor has all you need for the weekend with time to pause and reflect on the week just gone. Featuring a selection of human interest, consumer and lifestyle stories, as well as keeping you up to date on the news stories that matter. Listen live Saturday and Sunday at 11am - 1pm on RTÉ Radio 1.
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Your Summer Dilemmas with Dr Richard Hogan
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Mary Kennedy - “I’m at an age now where I don’t care what people think of me”
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Why Buying Refurbished Tech saves money and the planet
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“Breadcrumbing is where the man isn’t giving you the full loaf of bread!”
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Minding Yourself In The Heat with Dr Colm Henry
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Darina Allen - "Your oven should never be moody”
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“Choose Life” - The Trainspotting Soundtrack turns 30
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The Newspaper Panel
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How to Pack the Perfect Holiday Suitcase
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Enda Walsh: “Bowie told me he was sick – he wanted to leave on his own terms”
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Summer Holiday Book Recommendations “It’s Sinead’s memoir, and she’s reading it...
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Shellfish masterclass: “Irish people always think seafood will kill us. But it's...
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Niall Moyna: “Within four hours of this treatment, 18,000 bio-molecules are prod...
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Cape Verde’s World Cup Heroics: “It’s been a fairytale, but not an overnight suc...
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Wedding bells in Madison Square Garden for Taylor Swift?
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Conversations To Have With Your Parents Before They Die
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Ann Lane - “People started dying, the Captain told us it was Hantavirus”
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“Having a son with special needs introduces you to so many everyday heroes” - wr...
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Enda Wyley – Poems for Summer
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“Dot cakes are dopamine baking!”
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Do you need an LED face mask? - Prof Caitriona Ryan
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Newspaper Panel
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The enduring appeal of Nora Ephron
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Mark Little: ‘Technology doesn’t have a moral compass – WE need to rein it in an...
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Roddy Collins, Mary Coughlan, Kyla Cobbler & more - Advice for the Class of 2026
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Sprucing up your packed lunch
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Financial Cultures: avoiding the social pressure to overspend
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Daniel Wiffen: “I’ll never replicate the joy of a really tough training session”
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Adam Harris: Why I’m leaving ‘AsIAm’...
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The rise of the Naked Nail
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Patrick Freyne -“There’s a beauty in accepting that you’re probably just average...
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Newspaper Panel
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Salman Rushdie - “It wasn’t true, I never lived in Bono’s back garden!”
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Ciara Mageean - “If I’m going to die, I’m going to fit in as much living as poss...
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“Porridge with chocolate milk? Yes! Change up the liquids you use!”
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Stefanie Preissner’s Father’s Day Gift Guide
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Irish priest and spiritual advisor to Anthropic reacts to U.S. ban on foreign us...
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“It felt like a secret world, with music from another planet” - The Pretty in Pi...
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Elvis Costello: “This is my face – there's nothing I can do about it!”
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“After your show aired, the guy I loved, from years back, got in touch...”
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Author, Elizabeth Strout: “A marriage can be a lonely place”
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Masterchef’s Anna Haugh: “Appalling treatment of restaurant staff makes my blood...
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