A wander through a welter of 'W's': weirs, writing, washing and watching grass grow.
Chris Duffy tries to get his 1959 wedding bus from Manchester to Spiddal
Former Jesuit priest, former hotelier, currently an art lover and raconteur. The remarkable life of Frank Buckley
"We've got your picture; now what's your name?" (Broadcast 29th January 2007.) The programme tells the story of the aftermath of the deaths in Firhouse, Dublin of three members of the Keegan family. In February 2006, during a bout of psychiatric illness, Mary Keegan killed herself and her two young sons, Glen and Andrew. Local and national media arrived to tell the story and were met with cooperation and resentment from the community. The local people needed the journalists' products and yet hated them being there. Producer, Ronan Kelly, lives in the area and saw the media coverage from both sides. (The title refers to a comment made to the local parish priest by an unidentified press photographer after he had said prayers at the Keegan home the day the three bodies were discovered.)
Ned Hammell and Tom McDonough made an unusual trip across the Atlantic when they were children. They emigrated from America to Ireland with their families.
40 years ago this year, writer John Healy put the finishing touches to a work that made Charlestown famous: "No One Shouted Stop: Death of an Irish Town". The book chronicled and railed against the economic decline of his Mayo home town. For "Flux", Ronan Kelly visits Charlestown and gets a snapshot of the place from behind the counter of the local Gala convenience store....
Paddy O'Gorman visits New York and recalls a radio programme he made there with Irish immigrants in the mid-80's
Paddy O'Gorman visits the Shandon area of Cork to witness the changes brought about by recent immigration.
This week Paddy O'Gorman goes out and about and chats to the Chinese community in Ireland
'Millionaire', tells the story of Roger Dowds, who overcame his shyness to enter the TV quiz show, "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire"