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Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2
by The Irish Times
Story Lines is the home of audio storytelling from The Irish Times, including GUBU, Web 1.0 and Atlantic. ***Coming soon: Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2*** A note on a school noticeboard. Four teenagers. One extraordinary story. In this three-part podcast series, Róisín Ingle traces the making of U2 through interviews with their classmates, teachers, friends and band members. From Mount Temple Comprehensive on Dublin's northside to the world stage, this is the story of how U2 began. Episode one will be available on this podcast feed on Monday September 21st. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Drummer Seeks Musicians, part three: Sing a New Song
U2's rise begins in earnest with a television appearance, a talent contest win and the arrival of manager Paul McGuinness. But underpinning their success lies a deeper story of friendship, faith and loss. In the final episode Róisín Ingle speaks to Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr...
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Drummer Seeks Musicians, part two: Band of Brothers
Ireland in the 1970s was a country in transition. At Mount Temple Comprehensive, Paul ‘Bono’ Hewson, Larry Mullen jr, Adam Clayton, Dave ‘The Edge’ Evans and his older brother Dick found freedom through music, friendship and creativity. In this episode the band, then called Feedback, experiment...
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Drummer Seeks Musicians, part one: The Note
It is 50 years this month since 14-year-old drummer Larry Mullen stuck a note on a school noticeboard looking for fellow musicians to form a band. That note led to U2. In this three-part podcast series to mark the 50th anniversary, Róisín Ingle traces the formation of the band in a school on the...
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Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2
A note on a school noticeboard. Four teenagers. One extraordinary story. In this three-part podcast series, Róisín Ingle traces the making of U2 through interviews with their classmates, teachers, friends and band members. From Mount Temple Comprehensive on Dublin's northside to the world stage,...
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Bonus episode: Veteran reporters remember the GUBU summer of 1982
Two veteran journalists, Stephen Collins and Joe Joyce, sit down with Irish Times political correspondent Harry McGee to talk about how they remember the shocking events of 1982 that were sparked by murderer Malcolm Macarthur and that impacted Irish politics and the man at its centre, Taoiseach...
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GUBU, part seven: the trial
Malcolm Macarthur is convicted but the scandal and conspiracy theories continues. What becomes of Malcolm Macarthur, and the two other people drawn into his murders, Charles Haughey and Patrick Connolly? What ultimately motivated Macarthur to do what he did: to kill two young strangers during the...
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GUBU, part six: fallout
Macarthur’s arrest in the home of the Attorney General creates an international political storm. GUBU was first published in 2022. It is reported and presented by Harry McGee and produced by Enda O'Dowd. This podcast feed is the home of narrative storytelling from The Irish Times....
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GUBU, part five: the arrest
Malcolm Macarthur seeks refuge in the home of his friend Patrick Connolly. He is driven around in a State car. But gardaí have now established the connection with the Attorney General and move in to arrest him. GUBU was first published in 2022. It is reported and presented by Harry McGee and...
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GUBU, part four: the hunt
The trail to find the aristocratic killer moves to the south of Dublin City, to the seaside town of Dun Laoghaire. The net closes after a ham-fisted attempt by Malcolm Macarthur to burgle an American diplomat. GUBU was first published in 2022. It is reported and presented by Harry McGee and...
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GUBU, part three: the Taoiseach and the murderer
Who was Malcom Macarthur and what was his connection to Charles J Haughey, Taoiseach of Ireland? How did Macarthur befriend Patrick Connolly, Ireland’s top law officer? To understand the story, we need to understand the politics of 1980s Ireland. GUBU was first published in 2022. It is reported…
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GUBU, part two: Macarthur kills again
Malcolm Macarthur strikes a second time and kills a young farmer in a callous manner. Gardai are puzzled by the well-spoken aristocratic killer and what his motives are. GUBU was first published in 2022. It is reported and presented by Harry McGee and produced by Enda O'Dowd. This podcast feed is...
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GUBU, part one: the murder of Bridie Gargan
A killing shocks Ireland and prompts a manhunt that will eventually almost topple the government. Episode one of seven. GUBU was first published in 2022. It is reported and presented by Harry McGee and produced by Enda O'Dowd. This podcast feed is the home of narrative storytelling from The Irish...
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Coming soon: GUBU
GUBU: A seven-part series on the notorious 1982 Malcolm MacArthur murders in Ireland and how – through a bizarre coincidence - they almost toppled the Government of Charles J Haughey. Coming soon from The Irish Times. GUBU was first published in 2022. It is reported and presented by Harry McGee…
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Atlantic, part three: The Black Notice
For a decade, the Sligo gardaí and Interpol have worked together to try to find out who the man calling himself Peter Bergmann really was. Nobody has ever come forward to identify him and he lies buried in an unmarked grave in Sligo. Will we ever find out his true identity? Atlantic was first...
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Atlantic, part two: The Golden Man
It became clear that the man calling himself Peter Bergmann had deliberately chosen Sligo as a place to come to disappear. He gave a false name and address at the hotel. He secretly disposed of his possessions. Everything pointed to a plan to vanish into the Atlantic at night – but the autopsy...
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Atlantic, part one: Land of Heart's Desire
In June 2009, the body of a man was found on Rosses Point beach in Co Sligo. He had checked into a Sligo hotel five days previously using the name Peter Bergmann. No one came forward to claim the body and gardaí in Sligo gradually began to realise they were dealing with a mystery. Atlantic was...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Story Lines is the home of audio storytelling from The Irish Times, including GUBU, Web 1.0 and Atlantic.
***Coming soon: Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2***
A note on a school noticeboard. Four teenagers. One extraordinary story. In this three-part podcast series, Róisín Ingle traces the making of U2 through interviews with their classmates, teachers, friends and band members. From Mount Temple Comprehensive on Dublin's northside to the world stage, this is the story of how U2 began.
Episode one will be available on this podcast feed on Monday September 21st.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Irish Times
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Story Lines is the home of audio storytelling from The Irish Times, including GUBU, Web 1.0 and Atlantic. ***Coming soon: Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2*** A note on a school noticeboard. Four teenagers. One extraordinary story. In this three-part podcast series, Róisín Ingle traces the...
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