The Curious Case of Typhoid Mary
"Most harmless and yet the most dangerous woman in America” is how Irish woman Mary Mallon was once described after she was identified as the first known asymptomatic carrier of typhoid fever in the U...
16 Sep 202144min
Svyeta
In May of this year a Ryanair flight was grounded by two military jets in Belarus. The story behind this event involves a remarkable woman and brings us from the Belarusian capital, Minsk to Vilnius i...
9 Sep 202138min
I’ll Send You Butterflies
Margaret Tynan was a healthy, active woman in her seventies, a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Then she was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease. She agreed to let her daughter record whatever was...
2 Sep 202143min
I Am To Be Shot
When a Cork schoolgirl researched a 100-year old story about the local IRA and a British officer, she came across some remarkable information. He had been held hostage near her home, in 1921 and actu...
26 Aug 202142min
Shared Troubles
Journalists Peter Taylor and Fergal Keane have both been awarded OBE’s for their services to journalism. Both also reported extensively from Northern Ireland during the troubles. And both have been in...
12 Aug 202138min
6.08pm Beirut
Mayo man, Colin Sheridan lived in Beirut. He and his neighbours had no idea that nearby tonnes of volatile chemicals were stored. Experts had warned that they could explode at any time. On August 4, 2...
4 Aug 202147min
Miracle in Galway Bay
How a balmy summer’s evening quickly turned into a nightmare for cousins Sara Feeney (23) and Ellen Glynn (17) after they were swept out to sea on paddleboards last August. A miraculous rescue that ca...
29 Jul 202150min
The Lost Millionaire
The death of American millionaire Arthur Kingsley Porter seems to have been the first inquest in Ireland to be held without a body. Together with his wife Lucy, Arthur was an art expert and a universi...
22 Jul 202150min
