Act Like a Lady, Lift Like a Beast
How does a petite, not-particularly-sporty advertising executive become a world record breaking power lifter? Clare Connolly is pushing herself to her physical and psychological limits to lose fat, ga...
7 Feb 201439min
A Letter To Ann
In 1984, a 15 year old girl gave birth to a baby boy beside a grotto in Granard, Co. Longford. Bothe she and her son had died. This documentary looks at the impact this story had on the nation. (Broad...
31 Jan 201442min
Bound By Regulations
In Ancient Ireland, Fairs were a social gathering, for buying and selling - but they were also a place where you could hire labour - men, women and children. Claire Cunningham examines the intracies o...
24 Jan 201442min
Joe Browns Liffey Swim
Joe Brown has handicapped the Liffey Swim for 25 years. 2009 was his last year - The Curious Ear was there. Joe Brown has handicapped the Liffey Swim for 25 years. 2009 was his last year - The Curious...
20 Jan 20148min
The Garda Who Limped
Garda John Wilson awoke one night to find a rat tied to the front door of his home. He was shocked but not surprised - John Wilson is a Garda Whistleblower; the man who exposed a culture of 'ticket-fi...
17 Jan 201437min
They Didn't Suit You
The world of a laughing Irish 'quizzer' - John Nolan runs table quizzes, he hosts a quiz show on his local radio station. In October 2013, John travelled to Liverpool to compete at the European Quizzi...
10 Jan 201435min
The Champ
Sports people will tell you it’s not a real sport and actors will tell you it’s not acting - the world of Irish pro wrestling and the rise of one of its biggest stars 'Sheamus' from small Irish venues...
3 Jan 201437min
Heavens Special Children
A beautiful, yet tragic story - of how the lives of two boys born profoundly disabled in 1960's Ireland took incredibly different paths - based entirely on how their families came to grips with the si...
26 Des 201340min
