Brendan O'Connor

Brendan O'Connor

Brendan O'Connor has all you need for the weekend with time to pause and reflect on the week just gone. Featuring a selection of human interest, consumer and lifestyle stories, as well as keeping you up to date on the news stories that matter. Listen live Saturday and Sunday at 11am - 1pm on RTÉ Radio 1.

Episodes

The Watchlist

May 11, 2025 • 10 mins
Writer and podcaster Esther O’Moore Donohoe and Andy McCarroll, Host of the Extra Vision Podcast give Brendan their recommendations for the best T.V. and films to watch for the week ahead.
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Why the apocalypse is still entertainment

May 11, 2025 • 11 mins
With the return of the Last of Us and The Handmaid’s Tale and the prequel to 28 Days Later arriving in cinemas this summer, writer Peter Murphy talks to Brendan about the enduring cultural fascination with the apocalypse and how it has inspired films, television, books and music since the end of the second world war.
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RACHAEL BLACKMORE "I always wanted to be a jockey. I made my dream come true”

May 11, 2025 • 22 mins
Jockey Rachael Blackmore has made history in the world of horse racing, and now, she tells Brendan about her latest challenge, writing a children’s book. Rachael talks about her idyllic childhood and her life in five songs from The Cranberries to Fred Again.
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The Newspaper Panel

May 11, 2025 • 55 mins
Joining Brendan to dissect the Sunday papers are Fr. Iggy O’Donovan, Augustinian Priest, Ellen Coyne, Special Correspondent, Irish Independent, Dan O’ Brien, Chief Economist at the Institute of International and European Affairs and Columnist with The Currency, Lisa Chambers, Former Fianna Fáil Seanad Leader and Head of Public Affairs at Consello.
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Darina Allen’s Meringue Masterclass

May 10, 2025 • 8 mins
With Summer party season just beginning there is the pressure to deliver a crowd-pleasing dessert, chef and founder of Ballymaloe Cookery School, Darina Allen joins Brendan to give a meringue masterclass with advice on how to perfect the sweet treat,
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Scotland – the overlooked holiday destination

May 10, 2025 • 9 mins
More than just a weekend break destination, travel writer and road tripper Thom Breathnach gives Brendan the lowdown on the Highlands and the magic of travelling around the Scottish Islands.
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RICHARD HOGAN - “Adolescence is a hormonal storm, but it passes”

May 10, 2025 • 27 mins
Psychotherapist Richard Hogan offers advice about navigating the tricky teenage years, the healthy way to approach new behaviours during adolescence, how to deal with raging hormones and the inevitable clashes that come with this phase of life.
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RITA ANN HIGGINS – Abort the Skorts

May 10, 2025 • 2 mins
Poet Rita Ann Higgins joins Brendan with a topical poem about the Munster camogie teamwear controversy - ‘Abort the Skorts’ .
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Pope Leo made teenager Donal Walsh an Augustinian days before he died

May 10, 2025 • 6 mins
With the newly elected pope Leo XIV hitting the headlines, Elma Walsh chats to Brendan about how the then Fr. Robert Prevost was so impressed by her son Donal Walsh’s strength and grace in the face of his cancer diagnosis that he made Donal an honorary Augustinian before his death.
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Windows closed, sunglasses on - how to dodge the pollen bomb

May 10, 2025 • 11 mins
DCU Professor of Immunology Christine Loscher explains to Brendan how to get through the hay fever season with minimal impact.
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JACQUELINE CONNOLLY - “Clodagh was my sister – we are not what he did”

May 10, 2025 • 29 mins
Jacqueline Connolly speaks to Brendan about her book Deadly Silence which details the aftermath of her sister Clodagh’s murder by her husband Alan Hawe in 2016, she talks about identifying the coercive control her sister suffered within her marriage, trying to see a way through grief, dealing with trauma and finding hope in the darkest times.
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The Watchlist

May 4, 2025 • 11 mins
Ciara King, Broadcaster and Culture Critic and TV and Radio Producer Eoin Sweeney have picked their recommendations for the best TV and films to watch for the week ahead.
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Katy Perry ‘Human Piñata’

May 4, 2025 • 9 mins
Broadcaster Aifric O’Connell charts the course of Katy Perry’s career and the public backlash that has left the popstar claiming she can’t do right for doing wrong.
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“Doing nothing is doing more than you think”

May 4, 2025 • 29 mins
Brendan Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry in Trinity College Dublin explains how we can tune out of the to-do lists, combat the racing mind with physical sensations and learn to truly switch off.
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The Newspaper Panel

May 4, 2025 • 54 mins
Joining Brendan to discuss the Sunday papers: Dr Muireann Lynch, Senior Research Officer with the ESRI; Dan Mulhall, Former Irish Ambassador to the US; Prof Niamh Hourigan, Vice-President of Academic Affairs at Mary Immaculate College and Pat Leahy, Political Editor of the Irish Times.
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“Kebabs are much more than after-pub food”

May 3, 2025 • 8 mins
Arun Kapil, founder of Green Saffron, on the origins, varieties and magic of the humble kebab as well as some ingredient and cooking tips.
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Tipping and haggling holiday etiquette

May 3, 2025 • 7 mins
Globetrotter Lisa Regan has practical tips on how to haggle at markets and in shops and which countries you should tip in and by how much.
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JOHN BOYNE - “Kate Bush’s music helped me through some dark times”

May 3, 2025 • 26 mins
Award-winning author John Boyne has just brought out the 4th and final novella, ‘Air’, in his ‘Elements’ series of books. He talked about the book and chose five songs that have meant something special to him throughout his life from Backstreet Boys to Kate Bush to Drake.
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Gluten facts vs fads

May 3, 2025 • 12 mins
Registered dietician Sarah Keogh sorts the facts from the fads when it comes to gluten in your diet.
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“The Chinese public wonder has America gone mad”

May 3, 2025 • 10 mins
Irish Times China Correspondent in Beijing Denis Staunton explains the trade tariffs standoff between USA and China and why the feeling on the ground in China is that they’ve been correct to stand their ground so far.
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