Mayo Boy, Vietnam Hero
Patrick 'Bob' Gallagher emigrated to the United States from County Mayo in Ireland in 1962. He fought in the Vietnam War and for his bravery was awarded the prestigious Navy Cross medal. Just weeks la...
9 Dec 201640min
DocArchive (1983): Birth of a Pill – Testing New Drugs on Human Beings
An investigation into the ICP, a firm in America and Ireland that tests new drugs on volunteer healthy humans, before being used on people with diseases. Doctors, Professors of medicine, pharmacologis...
6 Dec 201644min
DocArchive (1991): Opera at Wexford 40 Years of Wexford Festival
This documentary looks to the history of the Wexford Festival Opera since its formation in 1951. From the outset the Festival became one of the world’s leading opera festivals. Under its founding dire...
3 Dec 201641min
A Backwards Glance at The Ballroom of Romance
Irish writer William Trevor passed away on Nov 20th 2016. To mark his passing we revisit his most well known short story, which was later adapted into a TV film, and which led to teenage obsession tha...
2 Dec 201639min
DocArchive (1990): I’ll See You Later
The story of Christine and Dominic Meenagh; a visually impaired couple. Their son Declan is also visually impaired. They go through their daily routines and the history of their health and disability....
29 Nov 201639min
Kicking The Bucket
We Irish think we handle death better than most. But two Limerick women, Sinéad and Katie, don’t necessarily agree. They want to explore death in a humorous, yet deadly serious way. By holding a serie...
25 Nov 201639min
DocArchive (1978): Oh What A Lot of Spongers
A look at the struggles for men and women on social welfare. Unfairly called ‘spongers’, these unemployed people talk about what it is like to be ‘on the dole’. Qualified teachers and tradesmen reveal...
22 Nov 201642min
DocArchive (1978): Ashington Miners Radio Ballad on English Miners
Life in darkness, miners speak of life below ground dealing with explosives, accidents on the job, workplace strikes and real fact of those who die in the mines. The lack of death inquest and frustrat...
19 Nov 201638min
