DocArchive: There's Only One George Best
A radio documentary recorded on the day that George Best was laid to rest in BelfastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 Jan 201040min
DocArchive: Ruth's Coin
The September 11th attacks changed the world forever. 2,976 victims and 19 hijackers died in the attack. Cork woman, Ruth Clifford McCourt and her 4yr old daughter Juliana were passengers on the hijac...
1 Jan 201042min
The Curious Ear (2009): Dole Volunteers
The Dodder Valley Partnership in Tallaght, Dublin, organises volunteers to work in the local Social Welfare Office. They 'signpost': they give out leaflets on local services like deals at sports centr...
1 Jan 201015min
DocArchive: Stories from the Underground
This story charts the changes that occurred in the tiny rural farming community of Tynagh in the west of Ireland from the 1960s when it became the location of one of the most important mines in Europe...
1 Jan 201041min
DocArchive: The Blues and the Candy Stripes
The previous time Belfast soccer club Linfield FC travelled to the home of Derry City FC, was January 25th 1969. The two sides found themselves on opposite ends of the social spectrum in a time of civ...
1 Jan 201041min
DocArchive: The Strange Thing I Am
On Easter Monday 1916 Patrick Pearse stood on the steps of the GPO and read the Proclamation. John Cunningham questions how our view of Pearse has evolved from the adulation of the early years to his ...
1 Jan 201040min
World Draughts (The Curious Ear)
The 2007 World Draughts Championships in Buncrana, Co. Donegal. Among those there: a man paid by his government to teach draughts to children and a man who was blown up in Scotland. (A short Irish rad...
1 Jan 201018min
DocArchive: Mary and Manor Street
Mary Gurr had been a promising footballer but she died an alcholic and homeless. Here, the Gurr family describe the helplessness of watching a cherished family member slowly die on the streets of the ...
1 Jan 201039min
