Brendan O'Connor
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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 Rad...
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482 episodis
How to Pack the Perfect Holiday Suitcase
Fashion stylist and personal shopper, Cathy O’Connor, joins Brendan with some top tips on holiday packing. She has strategies for organising your clot...
The Watchlist
Joining Brendan to look at the best films and TV shows available this week are Executive Director of the Dublin International Film Festival, Grainne H...
“Choose Life” - The Trainspotting Soundtrack turns 30
Musician and broadcaster, Tom Dunne, joins Brendan to celebrate the iconic soundtrack from Danny Boyle’s 1996 hit film Trainspotting. The album includ...
The Newspaper Panel
Joining Brendan to discuss the top stories in Sunday’s newspapers are: Director of Public Affairs at Consello and former Fianna Fáil TD, Lisa Chambers...
Shellfish masterclass: “Irish people always think seafood will kill us. But it's very safe now”
Chef and Owner of the Seafood Café and CEO of Sustainable Seafood Ireland, Niall Sabongi, tells Brendan how to get the best out of crabs, lobster, cla...
Niall Moyna: “Within four hours of this treatment, 18,000 bio-molecules are produced in your body”
Niall Moyna, Professor of Clinical Exercise Physiology from the School of Health and Human Performance in DCU, explains how that heart attack at age 6...
Cape Verde’s World Cup Heroics: “It’s been a fairytale, but not an overnight success”
Judie Lopes, mother of Crumlin-born Cape Verde defender – and Shamrock Rovers’ captain – Roberto ‘Pico’ Lopes tells Brendan about the biggest game in...
Summer Holiday Book Recommendations “It’s Sinead’s memoir, and she’s reading it – it’s very intimate”
Looking for some great books for your summer holidays? Broadcaster Bryan Dobson, author Emer McLysaght, and actor Jason O’Mara all join Brendan to dis...
Enda Walsh: “Bowie told me he was sick – he wanted to leave on his own terms”
The multi award-winning playwright and screenwriter, Enda Walsh – whose film credits include ‘Disco Pigs’, ‘Hunger’ and ‘Small Things Like These’ - jo...
The Watchlist
Joining Brendan to discuss the week’s film and TV highlights are Nadine O’Regan, Features Writer with the Irish Times and Michael Doherty, Movie Edito...
Wedding bells in Madison Square Garden for Taylor Swift?
It’s reported Taylor Swift has booked out Manhattan’s Madison Square Garden next weekend. Is it for her wedding? Would she really get married in a win...
Conversations To Have With Your Parents Before They Die
Writer Ann Ingle and Brendan Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry in Trinity College Dublin, talk about the important conversations to have with your parent...
Newspaper Panel
Joining Brendan to discuss the big stories in Sunday’s newspapers are: Liz Carolan, publisher of TheBriefing.ie; Economist, David W. Higgins; Mick Cli...
“Dot cakes are dopamine baking!”
Caryna Camerino, from the Camerino Bakery, tells Brendan how to make the viral dot cake, and why this cake-in-a-cup has become such a hit with the nex...
Do you need an LED face mask? - Prof Caitriona Ryan
LED Facemasks are all the rage at the moment, but what are their benefits and what are the other skincare gadgets on the market and do they actually w...
Enda Wyley – Poems for Summer
Poet Enda Wyley has selected some seasonal poems to read that complement the weather and the summer. Poems such as ‘This Morning’ by Moya Cannon; ‘Inn...
“Having a son with special needs introduces you to so many everyday heroes” - writer, Ian Rankin
Novelist, Ian Rankin talks to Brendan about the story of his life through the prism of five songs that have a special meaning for him. He talks about...
Ann Lane - “People started dying, the Captain told us it was Hantavirus”
Irishwoman Ann Lane was on board the MV Hondius on which three people died from Hantavirus infection. Ann came out of her isolation period this week a...
The enduring appeal of Nora Ephron
Author Edel Coffey joins Brendan to discuss the enduring wit and insight of author Nora Ephron, best remembered as the writer of iconic rom-coms: ‘Whe...
The Watchlist
Joining Brendan to discuss the week’s film and TV highlights are podcast hosts Sarina Bellissimo, of ‘The Bellissimo Files’, and Dave O’Callaghan, of...
Mark Little: ‘Technology doesn’t have a moral compass – WE need to rein it in and to push for that!’
Entrepreneur and journalist, Mark Little, joins Brendan to reflect on the AI hype cycle, the concentration of power in the hands of a few tech compani...
Newspaper Panel
Joining Brendan to discuss the big stories in Sunday’s newspapers are director of stroke services, at Tallaght Hospital, Professor Rónán Collins; poli...
Sprucing up your packed lunch
Whether you’re prepping for a picnic, or sending your kids off to summer camp, Chef Shane Smith joins Brendan to discuss some delicious – and safe – w...
Financial Cultures: avoiding the social pressure to overspend
Certified Financial Planner, Leah McMahon joins Brendan to discuss the financial cultures in different groups. How do you navigate a meal out, hen par...
Roddy Collins, Mary Coughlan, Kyla Cobbler & more - Advice for the Class of 2026
As the 2026 Leaving Cert class finish their exams, Brendan gets some words of wisdom on navigating adulthood, from singer Mary Coughlan; former footba...
Adam Harris: Why I’m leaving ‘AsIAm’...
Adam Harris, CEO of autism charity, AsIAm, joins Brendan to explain why he’s moving on from the charity he founded, to become the CEO for Social Entre...
Daniel Wiffen: “I’ll never replicate the joy of a really tough training session”
Ireland’s most successful male swimmer ever, Daniel Wiffen joins Brendan to discuss his path to Olympic victory, his training regime and the music tha...
The rise of the Naked Nail
Broadcaster Aifric O’Connell explains the trickle-down effect of top influencers and catwalk shows abandoning gel manicures in favour of a return to a...
The Watchlist
Joining Brendan to discuss the week’s film and TV highlights are writer, Henrietta McKervey and producer, Eoin Sweeney. They discuss Spielberg’s Discl...
Patrick Freyne -“There’s a beauty in accepting that you’re probably just average”
Irish Times Writer Patrick Freyne has written his first novel, ‘Experts In A Dying Field’. He talks to Brendan about identifying as a yuppie in his yo...
Newspaper Panel
Joining Brendan to discuss the big stories in Sunday’s newspapers are Mary Regan, Political Editor, Irish Independent & Sunday Independent; Alan Barre...
Stefanie Preissner’s Father’s Day Gift Guide
Writer and broadcaster Stefanie Preissner is back with one of her, by now, legendary gift guides. This time it’s ideas for buying for your father. She...
“Porridge with chocolate milk? Yes! Change up the liquids you use!”
Chef and Instagrammer Alannah Sheehan gives ideas and recipes on jazzing up your daily porridge, how to make porridge bread and also a recipe for a he...
Irish priest and spiritual advisor to Anthropic reacts to U.S. ban on foreign use
Fr. Brendan McGuire, AI advisor to the Pope and sometimes spiritual advisor to Anthropic, gives his take as Anthropic halts access to top AI models fo...
Salman Rushdie - “It wasn’t true, I never lived in Bono’s back garden!”
Booker Prize-winning author, Salman Rushdie, talked to Brendan about recovering from a knife attack which saw him lose his right eye, how laughter hel...
Ciara Mageean - “If I’m going to die, I’m going to fit in as much living as possible now”
Olympian Ciara Mageean spent her career representing Ireland and Northern Ireland, including a Gold at the 1500m European Championships in 2024, a yea...
The Watchlist
Joining Brendan to discuss the week’s film and TV highlights are broadcaster, Fionnuala Jones and Andy McCarroll, host of the Extra Vision Podcast. Th...
“It felt like a secret world, with music from another planet” - The Pretty in Pink soundtrack at 40
Musician and broadcaster, Tom Dunne joins Brendan to mark the fortieth anniversary of the brat-pack comedy, ‘Pretty in Pink’ - and the iconic soundtra...
Elvis Costello: “This is my face – there's nothing I can do about it!”
It’s fifty years since Declan Patrick MacManus burst on to the music scene as Elvis Costello. Ahead of a visit to Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens for a concer...
The Newspaper Panel
Joining Brendan to discuss the big stories in Sunday’s newspapers are consultant in paediatric intensive care at CHI Crumlin, Dr Suzanne Crowe; head o...