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Like Family
by RTÉ Radio 1
A series looking at Irish families in a changing world, presented by Brenda Donohue.
Episodes
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May 6th 2024 - Volunteers
In Ireland over 700,000 people volunteer and on this Like Family, Brenda Donohue travels the country and meets families who give their time and much more to enrich our communities.
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October 30th
Brenda Donohue travels the country and meets grandparents and grandchildren, who tell her about the wonderful bond and connection they have with each other.
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Mobile Homes
On this Like Family, Brenda Donohue is on the move, meeting families who live in Mobile Homes. For some, it's a place of respite, or it's about building a future and for others, it's filled with memories of the past.
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Women's World Cup
With the 2023 Women's Soccer World Cup only weeks away, Brenda Donohue travels the country meeting fans and families, who are preparing, planning and packing to head to Australia.
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Christmas
As families gather together for Christmas, Brenda Donohue travels the country to find out who is at the table. From those far from home to those opening their doors to help to new arrivals.
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Home
Brenda Donohue travels all over the country and finds out what home means to different families, whether they are moving abroad, downsizing or trying to buy a home in Ireland.
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18th March 2022
On this Like Family Bank Holiday Special, Brenda Donohue travels around the country and meets families as reflect on the impact Covid-19 has had on them and their loved ones. Also, as the war in Ukraine continues Brenda talks to families who are trying to help and those feeling helpless.
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Getting Back on Track | Like Family
On this Like Family, Brenda Donohue meets families from across the country as they attempt to get their lives back on track while still navigating this pandemic.
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Summer 2021 | Like Family
The Summer of 2021......... re-opening our businesses, opening our hearts to new love, opening ourselves to new experiences and opening our hall doors to those family members who mean everything
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Embracing the Future | Like Family
As restrictions are eased and the vaccine programme continues to rollout, Brenda Donohue meets families from across the country, as they embrace the future.
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Triplets | Like Family
Brenda Donohue, follows the Hopkins/Lennon family from Bettystown, as they welcome identical triplets into the world. Having triplets at any time can be very daunting but especially during a pandemic and now as the three girls approach their first birthday, we see how they have managed. It's a...
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St Patricks Day | Like Family
In this special St Patrick's Day programme, Brenda meets Irish families whose dreams have scattered them across the world and families whose dreams have brought them to Ireland.
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Christmas 2020 Episode 5 | Like Family
Brenda revisits families she met in 2020 to reflect on how they coped in a year like no other, and with the vaccine roll out, how they see 2021..
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Christmas 2020 Episode 4 | Like Family
Brenda meets with battle weary families facing into an uncertain Winter of lockdown and still no vaccine.
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Christmas 2020 Episode 3 | Like Family
Brenda catches up with families in the Summer of 2020 as, with lockdown lifted, they reunite.
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Christmas 2020 Episode 2 | Like Family
As the first lockdown draws to an end, Brenda meets families who reflect on the missed milestones of the Spring of 2020.
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Christmas 2020 Episode 1 | Like Family
Brenda meets Irish families during the first month of the pandemic to see how they are coping.
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Pandemic | Like Family
Since March, Brenda has been meeting families and finding out how they are weathering this pandemic. As Autumn ends, she meets families digging in for a long Winter.
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Older Family Members and Covid 19 | Like Family
In this edition of Like Family, Professors Rose Anne Kenny and Assumpta Ryan discuss the impact of Covid 19 on older members of families with Brenda Donohue.
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The Cost of Covid 19 | Like Family
With families on the move again, Brenda meets young and old as they reconnect with each other and count the cost of Covid 19.
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Milestones during Covid 19 | Like Family
On this June Bank Holiday, Brenda Donohue takes a snap shot of Irish family life. We meet families as they mark significant milestones against the backdrop of Covid 19.
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Pandemic | Like Family
In this episode of Like Family, Brenda asks four Irish families to give us a picture of their family life in this pandemic. Emma and Dave who are expecting triplets; Becky who is homeschooling her children; Ahmed and Reema who are marking Ramadam and Kate whose father died from Covid 19 all tell...
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Gaelic4Mothers and Others | Like Family
Brenda Donohue visits Sheriff St, Dublin 1 and meets the women on the 'Gaelic4Mothers and Others' football team. What they lack in skill on the pitch, they make up for in laughter, support and comradery. Many of them have had very difficult, challenging lives, so for them the Sheriff St Ladies...
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Housework | Like Family
In this edition of Like Family, Brenda talks about housework. In a world of increasing equality, why are women still doing more housework than men and why do they seem to worry about it more?
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Eco Action | Like Family
In 2019, school children starting protesting against climate change. Brenda meets some children and their families to find out what is behind families taking eco action.
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Holidays | Like Family
Trish Murphy, psychotherapist, explains to Brenda that the memories created during family holidays can sustain a family through the ups and downs of life.
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Like Family - Digital Detox
In this edition of Like Family, Brenda visits St John's National School in Kenmare where she meets pupils, teachers, parents and internet safety expert Ger Bric to discuss the school's digital detox programme. She asks if being absorbed in the digital world is undermining our real world family...
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Like Family - Sport
This week, Brenda Donohue asks how important is family support to elite sporting success? She meets canoeist Jenny Egan and boxer Eric Donovan and discusses the latest research with Kate Kirby of the Sport Ireland Institute.
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Like Family - Faith
In this edition of Like Family, Brenda talk to families in Ireland about faith. Ionela and Roxane are sisters-in-law and Romanian Orthodox Christians. Orthodox Christianity is the fastest growing religion in Ireland, according to recent census data.
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Like Family - Christmas Eve Special
When the first star appears at tea time on Christmas Eve, Poles traditionally gather to celebrate Christmas. Brenda Donohue is meeting Polish families on Christmas Eve.
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Like Family Christmas Special
On this Christmas night special of Like Family, Brenda Donohue celebrates the success of the Irish women's hockey team - silver medallists at World Cup 2018 - and the families who support them
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The GAA
Brenda meets families whose stories have been shaped by the GAA.
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Families and Food
This weeks episode is about families and food - growing, cooking and eating together.
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Families and the GAA
As the Championship season reaches its' climax, Brenda meets families for whom the GAA has become a central part of their lives.
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Faith
Brenda meets families to talk about living with faith and living with none
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Family of the Future
In a changing world, Brenda asks what will the family of the future look like?
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New Arrival
Brenda meets Oisin, a new arrival. How does a newborn experience his family?
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Family Business
Brenda meets families with a family business and asks what the future holds.
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Family Carers
Brenda meets family carers, some of the 200,000 men and women who give 6 million hours of special care every week.
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Like Family - Global Romance
Global romance - Brenda Donohue talks to families about international love, finding home and raising children.
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Like Family Christmas Special
In this special edition of Like Family, Brenda Donohue travels around Ireland meeting babies born in 2016.
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Like Family Episode 4
This week Brenda Donohue meets the Millennials. Aged between twenty and thirty six, this generation are navigating uncertain waters in the transition from childhood to adulthood. Precarious is the new word in the Like Family vocabulary! But are they worse off than previous generations?
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Like Family Episode 3
Brenda Donohue asks what is it like to grow older in Ireland, finds out that loneliness is an important risk to well-being and wonders what are grandparents up to?
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Like Family Episode 2
Brenda Donohue meets couples to talk about marriage. Last year, the marriage equality referendum was passed. Marriage has changed, but is it still important?
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Like Family
In the first programme of the Like Family series, Brenda Donohue visits Ratoath in County Meath, once a small village, now a town in Dublin's commuter belt.
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A series looking at Irish families in a changing world, presented by Brenda Donohue.
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