Sure 'Twas Better

RTÉ Radio 1

Will Hanafin and his guests Pauline McLynn, Jules Coll and Emer McLysaght trawl the RTÉ radio archive to ask if life really was better in the old days?

  1. From Presidents past to the perils of butter in Irish folklore

    10/10/2025

    From Presidents past to the perils of butter in Irish folklore

    ...and the banjo playing cork woman who took London by storm in the 1950s in the entertaining company of Pauline McLynn, Jules Coll and Emer McLysaght.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    51 min
  2. 1972 Richard Harris and 1992's moving in with Mammy

    10/03/2025

    1972 Richard Harris and 1992's moving in with Mammy

    Everything from blue movie controversies in eighties Galway, Richard Harris digging himself into a hole in 1972, the man who moved back in with mammy in 1992 because he said she was lonely and bored without him!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    51 min
  3. GAA commentating royalty, and President Childers attempts a radio phone-in

    09/26/2025

    GAA commentating royalty, and President Childers attempts a radio phone-in

    Everything from tongue tied GAA commentators, shyness in the 1980s - to 1970s presidential phone ins that don't go to plan!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    52 min
  4. New Years 2024 Special

    12/30/2024

    New Years 2024 Special

    Will Hanafin and his panel ring in the new year by looking at 80 years of festive coverage in RTE's archives.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    52 min
  5. Christmas Day 2024 Special

    12/25/2024

    Christmas Day 2024 Special

    Will Hanafin and his panel celebrate Christmas by looking at 80 years of festive coverage in RTE's archives...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    58 min
  6. Toilet Roll Sponsorships and Double Passports!

    07/24/2024

    Toilet Roll Sponsorships and Double Passports!

    Will Hanafin trawls through eight decades of the RTE archives in the entertaining company of panellists Pauline McLynn, Jules Coll and Emer McLysaghtSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    52 min
  7. From Brendan behan's jungle juice to massage parlour mistaken identity!

    07/17/2024

    From Brendan behan's jungle juice to massage parlour mistaken identity!

    Will Hanafin trawls through eight decades of the RTE archives in the entertaining company of panellists Pauline McLynn, Jules Coll and Emer McLysaghtSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    50 min
  8. Riveting 1960s radio soaps, and giving hope to women in their late 30s!

    07/10/2024

    Riveting 1960s radio soaps, and giving hope to women in their late 30s!

    Will Hanafin presents a new series trawling through 80 years of RTE's archives taking in everything from the cut-throat world of sixties competitive fish cooking to a bolshy Bono thrashing his own tapes! With panellists Pauline McLynn, Jules Coll and Emer McLysaght.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    51 min
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Will Hanafin and his guests Pauline McLynn, Jules Coll and Emer McLysaght trawl the RTÉ radio archive to ask if life really was better in the old days?

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