DocArchive: The Sligo bus
The North Sligo rural transport scheme initiative is helping those living in isolation to get out and about, go shopping and visit their relatives. Kay Sheehy takes the bus herself and meets those ava...
26 Jun 200941min
DocArchive: Beacon on the Sands (1990)
Bill Long travels to the Kish Lighthouse off the coast of Dublin, on the occasion of it's 25th anniversary (Broadcast 1990).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
25 Jun 200943min
DocArchive: The Story of Knock
It was the brainchild of Monsignor James Horan - Knock Airport. This is the story of how an idea became reality, despite the objections from those who thought the idea was a crazy one, and what the ai...
25 Jun 200942min
DocArchive: Battle of the Somme
Lasting from July 1st to Novemeber 18th 1916, The Battle of the Somme was to become one of the defining moments of the First World War. The first day of battle alone saw the British Forces sustain som...
24 Jun 200943min
DocArchive: Constant present
More than one-in-eight people in Ireland suffer from a condition that causes frustration, withdrawal, anger and suffering and yet it is hidden, invisible. In Constant Present, Michael Carolan talks to...
24 Jun 200941min
DocArchive: Children on the Veranda
The story of Rosemary Conry, who as a little girl spent 3 years lying bound and strapped to a bed, a victim of the TB epidemic that was then rife in Ireland. (First Broadcast 2009) The story of Rosema...
24 Jun 200941min
DocArchive: Primrose and blue
Primrose and Blue tells the story of John Scally as he vivdly recalls memories of his childhood in 1960's Roscommon in Ireland. This is a window into the Ireland gone by - into a different time in an ...
24 Jun 200941min
DocArchive: In search of Paddy Finucane
The story of Brendan "Paddy" Finucane - the Dublin born RAF wing commander pilot. By 21, Finucane was the youngest Wing Commander at war, a highly decorated WW2 RAF pilot, the scourge of the German Ai...
24 Jun 200941min
