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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.

5 DAYS AGO

Don’t always trust your gut!

Nobel Laureate psychologist, Daniel Kahneman, was a pioneer of behavioural economics and among the most influential thinkers of recent decades. Professor Pete Lunn, head of the ESRI’s Behavioural Research Unit, profiled Kahneman for The Brendan O’Connor Show.

10 min
5 DAYS AGO

For a year, I couldn't leave Skibbereen

Acclaimed sports writer, Eamonn Sweeney, talks about the panic attacks and dread that overtook him some years ago, and about his gradual recovery. His book "The Last Ditch" also tells the story of the 2024 All Ireland Championships, and the place of the GAA in Irish society.

31 min
5 DAYS AGO

Newspaper panel

Joining Brendan to dissect the Sunday papers are Tanya Ward, Chief Executive of the Children’s Rights Alliance; Shona Murray, Europe Correspondent, Euronews; Mick Clifford, Special Correspondent, The Irish Examiner; and Larry Donnelly, Law Lecturer at the University of Galway.

53 min
5 DAYS AGO

The Watch List

The Watch List with freelance culture journalist Zara Hederman and freelance entertainment journalist Brian Lloyd

11 min
6 DAYS AGO

Claire Keegan - “Why do I like pigs? How long have you got?!”

Acclaimed author of ‘Small Things Like These’ and ‘Foster’, Claire Keegan, joined Brendan to talk about her childhood, the beauty of pigs, fame and she also chose five songs that have meant something special to her throughout her life.

38 min
6 DAYS AGO

How to get the most from your GP appointment

GP appointments can be hard to get, they can be short and you may have to pay for them. GP Dr Brendan O’Shea gives advice on how to plan ahead, what/who to bring and how to maximise your doctor appointment.

10 min
6 DAYS AGO

MARK LITTLE - “Trump is running the Oval Office like a reality TV show”

Tech entrepreneur and former Washington Correspondent Mark Little is fresh off a plane from America with his observations on what he sees as a consolidation of the MAGA hardcore and why he thinks US President Donald Trump might be stuck in a nostalgic 1980s mindset of boosting the US economy by manufacturing more stuff.

26 min
6 DAYS AGO

Rita Ann Higgins – A poem for Easter

Poet Rita Ann Higgins remembers Easters of old in her brand new poem ‘The Gold Flake Gang’.

2 min

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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.