RTÉ Radio 1: Documentary on One
The main weekly documentary slot on RTÉ Radio 1 and the largest arena for radio documentaries in Ireland.
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Nurse Roche
District Nurse, Margaret Roche, recalls working as a rural midwife ...
District Nurse, Margaret Roche, recalls working as a rural midwife in Co. Wexford from the 1950s to the 1970s.
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A Murder in the Neighbourhood
A shocking incident in a quiet Canadian town, as told ...
A shocking incident in a quiet Canadian town, as told by the neighbours who unwittingly found themselves caught in the middle of a domestic abuse incident.
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The Hook: A People and a Place
In 2004, Wexford Co. Council built new public housing in ...
In 2004, Wexford Co. Council built new public housing in the villages of Campile and Fethard-on-Sea and to mark this project the Council also commissioned a suite of music.
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Peter Daly - Good Cop/ Bad Cop?
An incredible story. 80yr old Donegal man Peter Daly was ...
An incredible story. 80yr old Donegal man Peter Daly was a member of the notoriously corrupt NYPD Special Investigations Unit during the 1970s. Peter received a 10yr jail term for his involvement in a 100kg drug seizure and befriended the mafia in prison
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Smashing Pianos
Why people are breaking up pianos, what the keening means ...
Why people are breaking up pianos, what the keening means at a funeral in South Africa and the boxing barber/hair-cutting boxer - extracts from three stories courtesy of The Dark group in London. You can listen to the full stories at inthedarkradio.org.
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First Days, Final Days...Revisited
20 years ago the Documentary Unit put a microphone on ...
20 years ago the Documentary Unit put a microphone on a small boy starting national school in Dublin. Now, 20 years later, where is everyone? Especially the hysterical child who tried to escape the classroom when his mother left.
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Undue Alarm
The biggest known oil reserve in the world. A tiny ...
The biggest known oil reserve in the world. A tiny community of aboriginal Canadians. And a Limerick GP. How an Irish doctor came face to face with the biggest industrial project on the planet and found himself at the centre of a nationwide controversy.
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The Dublin Lock-Picking Club
TOG is a hackerspace group. Every other Tuesday they meet ...
TOG is a hackerspace group. Every other Tuesday they meet to pick locks. They have a table full of padlocks that range from simple 3-pin ones to more challenging 5-pin locks. They all seek that "moment of joy" that comes with success.
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A Very Brief Encounter
It's 1913 and when a Longford woman's engagement to a ...
It's 1913 and when a Longford woman's engagement to a rich Glasnevin resident is derailed, where does she turn for comfort - the Dublin Courts. Miss Emily Sheeran took Mr Patrick Duignan to court for Breach of Promise to Marry.
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Mike Fitz - Drifter
'Drifting' is the 'art' of driving a car sideways. Mike ...
'Drifting' is the 'art' of driving a car sideways. Mike Fitz says he can park better with a handbrake than conventional manoeuvering. It sounds scary and looks chaotic but Mike explains that drifting racing cars is carefully controlled.
