Episodes
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Citizens:Lockout 1913 to 2013. Episode 4 Defeat.
By the end of January 1914 the Lockout ended with a decisive and crushing victory for the employers. Many leave Dublin to seek work in English cities and the striking girls and women from Jacobs are worst off. Most do not get work again and those that do are not allowed back until April. Actor...
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Citizens:Lockout 1913 to 2013. Episode 6 Legacy. 1913-2013 .
In Episode 6 we hear from contemporary leaders including Labour party Minister for Education, Ruairi Quinn, Senator Ivana Bacik, Former Fine Gael cabinet Minister Gemma Hussey and Martin Murphys present today in the person of Irish Business Employers Confederation (IBEC) Chief Executive Danny…
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Citizens Lockout 1913 to 2013. Episode 5 Consequences. 1914-1916 .
In Episode 5 we explore the impact of defeat on not just the trade union movement but also on our key characters. Is it the defeat of Lockout or the outbreak of World War One which defines 1916? We hear the voices of Connolly and Larkin read by Ronnie McCann and Stephen Murray as well as the…
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Citizens:Lockout 1913 to 2013. Today with Sean O Rourke Feature Three.
To tie in with the documentary series Citizens: Lockout 1913 to 2013 three live discussions about the lockout will feature on the Today with Sean O Rourke show. In the third feature Sean was joined in studio by the CEO at IBEC, Danny Mc Coy, vice president at SIPTU Patricia King, Labour Seantor...
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Citizens:Lockout 1913 to 2013. Today with Myles Dungan Feature Two.
To tie in with the documentary series Citizens: Lockout 1913 to 2013 three live discussions about the lockout will feature on the Today with Myles Dungan show. In the second feature Myles speaks to some of the relations of the main characters of Lockout 1913 like William Martin Murphys great...
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Herosongs Episode 8. Frank Nugent sings Cuchulainns song.
Episode 7, broadcast on September 1st at 7pm on RTE Radio 1.
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Herosongs Episode 7, Noirin Ni Riain sings a sean nos version of Molly Malone.
Episode 7, broadcast on August 25th at 7pm on RTE Radio 1.
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Herosongs Episode 6, Martin Ryan sings 10 young women and 1 young man..
Episode 6, broadcast on August 18th at 7pm on RTE Radio 1.
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Herosongs Episode 5 Diarmuid Breatnach sings Kevin Barry
Episode 5, broadcast on August 11th at 7pm on RTE Radio 1. Diarmuid Breatnach sings Kevin Barry.
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Citizens:Lockout 1913 to 2013. Today with Myles Dungan Feature One.
To tie in with the documentary series Citizens: Lockout 1913 to 2013 three live discussions about the lockout will feature on the Today with Myles Dungan show. In the first feature broadcast on August 9th Myles was joined in studio by Padraig Yeates, author of Lockout: Dublin 1913 and a member of...
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Herosongs Episode 4 Fergus Russell singing James Connolly.
Episode 4, broadcast on August 4th at 7pm on RTE Radio 1. Fergus Russell singing James Connolly.
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Herosongs Episode 4 Michael Gallen singing Freedoms Pioneers
Episode 4, broadcast on August 4th at 7pm on RTE Radio 1. Michael Gallen singing Freedoms Pioneers
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Herosongs Episode 4 Michael Gallen singing Who Fears to Wear the Red Hand Badge
Episode 4, broadcast on August 4th at 7pm on RTE Radio 1. Michael Gallen singing Who Fears To Wear the Red Hand Badge
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Herosongs Episode 4 Michael Gallen singing We Only Want the Earth
Episode 4, broadcast on August 4th at 7pm on RTE Radio 1. Michael Gallen singing We Only Want the Earth
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Herosongs Episode 4 Michael Gallen singing The Watchword of Labour
Episode 4, broadcast on August 4th at 7pm on RTE Radio 1. Michael Gallen singing The Watchword of Labour
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Herosongs Episode 4 Francis Devine singing who fears to wear the red hand badge
Episode 4, broadcast on August 4th at 7pm on RTE Radio 1. Francis Devine singing who fears to wear the red hand badge
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Herosongs Episode 2 Jerry O Reilly sings The Bold Robert Emmet
Episode 2. Herosongs is an eight part series presented by Therese McIntyre and traces the journey of Irish ballads from the 16th century to today, and explores how the shape or distort our understanding of history. The oral ballad tradition dates back to the twelfth century but its not until the...
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Herosongs Episode 1 John Moulden sings The Forger's Farewell
Episode 1. Herosongs is an eight part series presented by Therese McIntyre and traces the journey of Irish ballads from the 16th century to today, and explores how the shape or distort our understanding of history. The oral ballad tradition dates back to the twelfth century but its not until the...
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Herosongs Episode 1 Maire Ni Chronin sings Eamonn an Chnoic
Episode 1. Herosongs is an eight part series presented by Therese McIntyre and traces the journey of Irish ballads from the 16th century to today, and explores how the shape or distort our understanding of history. The oral ballad tradition dates back to the twelfth century but its not until the...
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Herosongs Episode 1 Maire Ni Chronin sings The Newry Highwayman
Episode 1. Herosongs is an eight part series presented by Therese McIntyre and traces the journey of Irish ballads from the 16th century to today, and explores how the shape or distort our understanding of history. The oral ballad tradition dates back to the twelfth century but its not until the...
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Winning Women after the Games
Irish women athletes made history at these Olympic Games. Not only did Katie Taylor win Gold but more women qualified and competed than ever before, and for the first time about half of the Irish team were women. Team Ireland made it the best Olympic Games since Melbourne in 1956 and many in the...
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Winning Women after the Games Promo 2
Irish women athletes made history at these Olympic Games. Not only did Katie Taylor win Gold but more women qualified and competed than ever before, and for the first time about half of the Irish team were women. Team Ireland made it the best Olympic Games since Melbourne in 1956 and many in the...
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Winning Women after the Games Promo
Irish women athletes made history at these Olympic Games. Not only did Katie Taylor win Gold but more women qualified and competed than ever before, and for the first time about half of the Irish team were women. Team Ireland made it the best Olympic Games since Melbourne in 1956 and many in the...
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Winning Women
This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon,...
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Winning Women
This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon,...
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Winning Women
This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon,...
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Winning Women
This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon,...
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Winning Women
This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon,...
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Winning Women
This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon,...
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Death of an Empire
Death of an Empire is a 5 part radio series exploring twenty years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union led by Seamus Martin, former Moscow correspondent of The Irish Times, and exploring what made the Soviet Union, what lead to its collapse and what its like inside modern Russia today....
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An Opera for Carlow Shelter me from the Rain
The series An Opera for Carlow was the story of an extraordinary and unique community music and arts project led by conductor Fergus Sheil. This is a chance to recap on that journey which is produced by Athena Media with the support of the BAI sound and Vision scheme and presented by Paul…
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Word of Mouth The Story of Fighting Words.
Word of Mouth follows a year in the life of the creative writing centre Fighting Words developed by the award winning Irish writer Roddy Doyle and the former director of Amnesty Ireland Sean Love which was inspired by 826 Valencia in San Francisco and is located in the heart of Dublin city. The...
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High Fidelity A Century of Recorded Song with Jack L and Julie Feeney Liam Carson on why prefers Vinyl to Digital.
High Fidelity A Century of Recorded Song with Jack L and Julie Feeney is a 26 part series The series produced by Athena Media and is a sound-map of recorded song from Thomas Edison to the iPod from Tin Pan Alley to X-Factor.
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High Fidelity A Century of Recorded Song with Jack L and Julie Feeney Barry MacNeill on his passion of Vintage Records
High Fidelity A Century of Recorded Song with Jack L and Julie Feeney is a 26 part series The series produced by Athena Media and is a sound-map of recorded song from Thomas Edison to the iPod from Tin Pan Alley to X-Factor.
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An Opera for Carlow Documentary
Three years in the planning one year in production An Opera for Carlow is the story of an extraordinary and unique community music and arts project led by conductor Fergus Sheil. Sheil and his creative team composer Brian Irvine and director and writer John McIlduff set up to create an opera from...
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An Opera for Carlow Documentary Preview
Three years in the planning one year in production An Opera for Carlow is the story of an extraordinary and unique community music and arts project led by conductor Fergus Sheil. Sheil and his creative team composer Brian Irvine and director and writer John McIlduff set up to create an opera from...
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An Opera for Carlow Performance Preview
You have heard the shaping of this new opera every month through auditions and rehearsals. The opera is now called Shelter Me from the Rain and is all about the universal themes of love and weather. The opera is being led by conductor Fergus Sheil and has been composed by Brian Irvine, with words...
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High Fidelity A Century of Recorded Song with Jack L and Julie Feeney
Two of Irelands most talented stage performers Jack L and Julie Feeney have joined forces to present a ground breaking new radio series High Fidelity a century of recorded song which starts May 16th on RTE lyric fm. It is an Athena Media production and runs for 26 weeks and promises a sound map…
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An Opera for Carlow Insert 10
This is the tenth and final episode in our series following a community arts project in Carlow which is an opera being crafted by conductor Fergus Sheil and written by the Belfast composer Brian Irvine in collaboration with the people of Carlow. Next month the opera will be staged in Carlow in…
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An Opera for Carlow Insert 9
This is the ninth in our series following a community arts project in Carlow which is an opera being crafted by conductor Fergus Sheil and written by the Belfast composer Brian Irvine in collaboration with the people of Carlow. Next May the opera will be staged in Carlow in one of Ireland's…
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An Opera for Carlow Insert 8
This is the eighth in our series following a community arts project in Carlow which is an opera being crafted by conductor Fergus Sheil and written by the Belfast composer Brian Irvine in collaboration with the people of Carlow. Next May the opera will be staged in Carlow in one of Ireland's…
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An Opera for Carlow Insert 7
This is the seventh in our series following a community arts project in Carlow which is an opera being crafted by conductor Fergus Sheil and written by the Belfast composer Brian Irvine in collaboration with the people of Carlow. Next May the opera will be staged in Carlow in one of Ireland's...
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An Opera for Carlow Insert 6
The sixth feature for Athena Media's latest radio documentary series following a community arts project in Carlow which is an opera being crafted by conductor Fergus Sheil and written by the Belfast composer Brian Irvine in collaboration with the people of Carlow. This month we have been spending...
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An Opera for Carlow Insert 5
The fifth feature for Athena Media's latest radio documentary series following a community arts project in Carlow which is an opera being crafted by conductor Fergus Sheil and written by the Belfast composer Brian Irvine in collaboration with the people of Carlow.
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An Opera for Carlow Insert 4
The fourth feature for Athena Media's latest radio documentary series following a community arts project in Carlow which is an opera being crafted by conductor Fergus Sheil and written by the Belfast composer Brian Irvine in collaboration with the people of Carlow. Today we hear about the singing...
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An Opera for Carlow Insert 3
This is the third in our series following a community arts project in Carlow which is an opera being crafted by conductor Fergus Sheil and written by the Belfast composer Brian Irvine in collaboration with the people of Carlow. Next May the opera will be staged in Carlow in one of Ireland's…
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An Opera for Carlow Insert 2
This is the second in our series following a community arts project in Carlow which is an opera being crafted by conductor Fergus Sheil and written by the Belfast composer Brian Irvine in collaboration with the people of Carlow. Next May the opera will be staged in Carlow in one of Ireland's…
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Dublin City Council - Dublinwaste.ie
dublinwaste.ie is an interactive website run by Dublin City Council which provides a free trade facility where you can offer unwanted household goods from furniture to musical instruments or find something you need for free. This short video tells the story of dublinwaste.ie and features the...
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Headstrong Launch - Emma
A video edited for the Headstrong young people's public forum launch in December 2009. This is one of a series of four videos of first person stories about young people.
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Headstrong Launch - Akeem
A video edited for the Headstrong young people's public forum launch in December 2009. This is one of a series of four videos of first person stories about young people.
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