Liveline:  Paul Simon remembers his friend Shane MacGowan

Victoria Mary Clarke speaks to Brendan O'Connor following the death of her husband - Shane MacGowan

The Ray D'Arcy Show - 9 Jan 2024

Ray D'Arcy Show - 11 January 2024

Liveline:  Margaret O'Leary speaks to Joe Duffy about winning her discrimination case

Martin Rooney tells presenter Joe Duffy about a tragedy that occurred on January 3 near the Kinsale roundabout in Cork and about the heroics of two Moldovan brothers whose actions prevented a major incident on the road.

Liveline: Joe Duffy hears of Moldovan brothers heroics on the N20

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to press on with the fight into Rafah, sparking international alarm for the 1.4 million Palestinians taking refuge there. Aid agencies say an assault on Rafah would be catastrophic for people living in the area. 

Before Christmas on Drivetime we heard from Nour Ashour, an Irish based Palestinian woman who was deeply worried about her family in Gaza. At the time her sister Aya was 29 weeks pregnant and Nour was desperate to get her out of Gaza safely to give birth to her fourth child. After that interview the former master of the Coombe Hospital Professor Chris Fitzpatrick contacted Drivetime to offer help to Nour and her sister. 

Before Drivetime came on air Sarah McInerney spoke to Nour and Professor Fitzpatrick about her sister Aya. Sarah began by asking Nour to tell her what happened next and how her sister got out of Gaza...

Drivetime - Sarah speaks to Nour Ashour and Chris Fitzpatrick

Oliver Callan | Ruth Jones on Gavin and Stacey Rumours

Oliver Callan | Home of the Year Judges

Tánaiste Mícheál Martin said today there was 'no question' but that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed by the Russian state.

The Russian Ambassador Yuri Filatov was called into the Department of Foreign Affairs yesterday- to address the alleged extra-judicial killing of Alexei Navalny.

The Russian Embassy said any attempt to put the blame on the Russian authorities is an intolerable interference in the internal affairs of Russia.

Drivetime presenter Cormac Ó hEadhra spoke earlier to Russian Ambassador Yuri Filatov and first asked him was Alexei Navalny killed by the Russian state?

Drivetime - Cormac Ó hEadhra speaks to Russian Ambassador Yuri Filatov

Ray D'Arcy Show - 29 February 2024

The Ray D'Arcy Show - March 6th

Ray D'Arcy chats to Bambie Thug after they unveil their official music video for Eurovision

Oliver Callan | Ryan Curtis MMA Fighter

Liveline: Garda Band will not take part in this year's St Patrick's Day parade

Shereen Alsabbagh, Irish Citizen appealing for help to bring her family to safety from Gaza

Drivetime - Cormac Ó hEadhra speak to Shereen Alsabbagh

Domestic abuse survivor Maev McLoughlin-Doyle tells her story on The Oliver Callan Show

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Esteemed Irish actor, film producer, environmentalist, philanthropist, artist and two-time Golden Globe Award nominee Pierce Brosnan who was recently honoured for his rich and extensive career in front of the camera and behind-the-scenes as a producer joined Ray on the Ray Darcy show this afternoon.

He chat’s about that Oscar Wilde Award, his IFTA nomination for The Last Rifleman and the influence his early years on the banks of the Boyne had on his art.

He also chat’s about Bond too, in the same week that actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson was tipped to take on the mantle.

Pierce also speaks about his family home in Navan

Ray Darcy chats exclusively to Pierce Brosnan

Ray Darcy chats exclusively to John O'Shea about the Ireland v Switzerland football game last evening and what he believes his chances are for the job of Ireland Manager, he also talks about his time at Manchester United.

Ray Darcy Talks Exclusively To John O'Shea

Chris Eubank speaks exclusively to Oliver Callan

Oliver Callan | Arkins Dance

Composers Irene and Linda Buckley spoke to Katie Hannon about their acclaimed score for new Irish movie That They May Face the Rising Sun.

Liveline: Composers Irene and Linda Buckley

RTÉ Liveline speaks to Eurovision royalty Johnny Logan

Ray D'Arcy speaks to Bambie Thug after qualifying for Eurovision final

Liveline interview with Marty Whelan, Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan

Jonathan's house was one of those raided over the last few days where luxury cars were taken and they were in search of fire arms and explosives.

Liveline | Jonathan Dowdall

On The Ray D'Arcy Show today, Barry Keoghan spoke to Ray about his love of acting, being brought up by his grandmother and getting his break on Love/Hate.

The Ray D'Arcy Show | Actor Barry Keoghan Joined Ray

The Blue Nile are the most enigmatic band in pop. Releasing just four albums in twenty years. Yet fans of their melancholic perfection include everyone from Peter Gabriel to 2016's hottest act, The 1975. Ken Sweeney's In Search of The Blue Nile airs the 28th of December at 10pm on RTÉ Radio 1

In Search Of The Blue Nile

By the early nineties R.E.M. found themselves one of the biggest bands on the planet. What they had achieved was beyond their wildest dreams but it had taken them over a decade to get there. This RTÉ Radio One music documentary recorded in Athens, Georgia and North Carolina in the US by Ken Sweeney takes the listener on that journey with R.E.M. out of Athens (Georgia). Without slick videos for the new MTV, or support from mainstream radio, R.E.M. built their following playing an alternative circuit of
gigs across America as evangelists for this new music. R.E.M. blazed a trail for every independent band to follow from Nirvana to Pearl Jam.

R.E.M. | Out Of Athens

Joanne Hayes speaking on the Late Late Show in 1985 as heard on Today with Sean O'Rourke

Joanne Hayes - Late Late Show 1985

Irish actor and Peaky Blinders star - Cillian Murphy joined Sean O'Rourke live in studio earlier this morning.

Cillian Murphy

Fine Gael TD Maria Bailey spoke to Today with Sean O'Rourke on RTÉ Radio 1 in an exclusive interview and said her family has endured a distressing, intrusive and abusive week as a result of documents leaked last Sunday.

 

She said that she was unable to go home for three days last week, that she could not drop her children to school and has had to come off social media.

 

Humanity, she said, has been crossed.

 

Maria Bailey said details of her case were leaked to cause maximum damage in the week before an election.

 

However, she added, an election is not won or lost in the last week and she did not believe her case had a negative effect on the elections.

 

The TD said that she was 'drawing a line' on the issue today, adding that she had learnt a lot about people and herself.

 

She said she was 'never looking for compensation' but wanted to recoup her medical bills.

 

She told Today with Sean O'Rourke that she is the subject of click bait and the story only gained traction because she 'handed them a fantastic headline.'

 

Maria Bailey said she was not a legal person but she took legal advice on the issue and was told she had a ' clear cut case.'

 

She criticised Michael McDowell and Michael Martin for commenting on the case saying ' they should know better.' 

 

She said that the incident happened long before she was a TD.

 

On the night in question she said she had had a glass of wine in her friends house before going to the hotel where they purchased one drink each.

 

Maria Bailey said she purchased one drink, which was not consumed, before going with her friends to see the swings.

 

She explained that she sat on the swing - which had a highly polished wooden seat - while holding a bottle of beer and reaching for her friend's bottle of wine when she slipped to the ground.

 

She said she went to A and E the following morning and attended intensive physio for the next three weeks.

 

She said she regretted that she ran a 10km run a number of weeks after the incident because she ' paid the price for it that night' but, like any athlete, she wanted to dip her toe into the water and see if she was capable of doing it.

 

She added that she never denied that she had run the race and had put it on her social media.

 

Maria Bailey said the hotel was helpful at all times and agreed to pay her medical bills.

Maria Bailey

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