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  1. Driving Life: Dr Ruth Freeman

    08/13/2025

    Driving Life: Dr Ruth Freeman

    Dr Ruth Freeman is Director of Science for Society at Research Ireland. A familiar voice to many, Ruth is a regular contributor to The Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk. She talks to Conor about the future of research, promoting STEM education, and making sure that scientific advancements are communicated clearly and effectively to all.

    39 min
  2. Conor meets Dr Umar Al Qadri; Islamic Scholar

    07/30/2025

    Conor meets Dr Umar Al Qadri; Islamic Scholar

    Conor meets Dr Umar Al Qadri; Sunni Islamic Scholar and Chair of the Irish Muslim Peace & Integration Council. In Ireland for 20 years, he became a citizen when Michael D Higgins prompted him to and has since been a candidate in both the last European and General Elections. A well-known voice in Irish life, he sheds some light on what it is like to be Muslim in Ireland, his views on radicalisation and extremism, his work to promote integration and inclusion, and his own very deep faith.

    48 min
  3. Driving Life: Conor Faughnan meets Minister Darragh O'Brien

    07/21/2025

    Driving Life: Conor Faughnan meets Minister Darragh O'Brien

    Conor meets Transport & Climate Minister Darragh O’Brien. After 4 years in Housing, he’s now across all things Transport & Climate. We talk Metro, Planning, Michael O’Leary & Dublin Airport, Buses, and the future of the Road Safety Authority. He’s got plenty on his to do list. But he also has plenty of coffee on hand for his working morning in the Grand Hotel in Malahide, and he was good enough to take the time for a wide-ranging chat.

    49 min
  4. Conor Faughnan's Driving Life: Conor meets Fintan Drury

    07/13/2025

    Conor Faughnan's Driving Life: Conor meets Fintan Drury

    Fintan Drury once presented Morning Ireland, set up & then sold Drury Communications, set up a Sports Management company to represent global football & golf stars & brought the Ryder Cup to Ireland. He was also Chairman of Paddy Power and was on the board of Anglo Irish Bank in the run up to their collapse. He's written about that before but his latest book is about the situation in Gaza, called Catastrophe - Nakba II.

    37 min
  5. Terry Prone

    11/03/2023

    Terry Prone

    A household name since her early teens, she has just published her new memoir ‘Caution to the Wind’; an account of her early years becoming one of Ireland’s new young voices, her wonderful but deeply controversial marriage to Tom Savage, a priest in the Ireland of the 70s, and on through their later successes and her own extraordinary career.

    26 min
  6. Shane Byrne

    10/06/2023

    Shane Byrne

    Conor talks to former rugby international Shane Byrne. They chat about his playing days and how he is very much enjoying his current life especially where there’s a bit of craic. They also talk about modern rugby and Ireland’s performance at the rugby world cup.

    36 min
  7. Paschal Donohoe

    08/23/2023

    Paschal Donohoe

    Conor sits down with Minister Donohoe to discuss what brought a northside lad who used to sell nappies by the truck-load to the huge job that he has now at the heart of Irish public life. And of course, what he is proposing to do with the money…

    44 min
  8. RTÉ's Tommie Gorman

    07/28/2023

    RTÉ's Tommie Gorman

    Tommie spent many years as one of our best known and best loved broadcasters. From the West of Ireland he became RTE’s Europe correspondent for 12 years, before spending a long time as Northern Editor. He’s had a great view of history and has been our witness to it. He spent a long time successfully battling cancer but it has never held him back; now’s he’s enjoying life to the full.

    47 min
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