Brendan O'Connor

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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.

Episode Date
“The last hurrah, for a golden age of fashion magazines” the enduring appeal of The Devil Wears Prada
Apr 26, 2026
The Watchlist
Apr 26, 2026
Michael Harding: “The sun gaslights us in Ireland. We’re never sure of it”
Apr 26, 2026
The Newspaper Panel
Apr 26, 2026
From the archive: Manchán Magan kicks-off summer with a naked dew-roll
Apr 25, 2026
All the tricks you need for an authentic Caribbean BBQ
Apr 25, 2026
How long will the sunshine last?
Apr 25, 2026
PJ Gallagher: “You’d never let anyone talk to you, the way you talk to yourself when you’re unwell”
Apr 25, 2026
Katriona O’Sullivan: “I felt like a fat bride, and I still hate the wedding photos”
Apr 25, 2026
The Watchlist
Apr 19, 2026
Actor, Eileen Walsh: “It’s so gross....but women are like avocados – nearly ready and then gone off”
Apr 19, 2026
“YouTubers are increasingly invading our TVs”
Apr 19, 2026
Newspaper Panel
Apr 19, 2026
Theologian: “Trump’s post was blasphemous and utterly un-Christian"
Apr 18, 2026
Neurologist: “Procrastination is a tug-of-war between parts of your brain”
Apr 18, 2026
French classics with an Irish twist
Apr 18, 2026
How to Walk, with Karl Henry
Apr 18, 2026
Jan Carson - “Maybe the whole of Northern Ireland should have gone to therapy”
Apr 18, 2026
Holidays Of A Lifetime “If you’re dreaming about it, just go”
Apr 18, 2026
Apps that make travel easy with Conor Pope
Apr 12, 2026
The Watchlist
Apr 12, 2026
Niall Quinn “Football is the answer to a lot of problems in modern Ireland”
Apr 12, 2026
The Newspaper Panel
Apr 12, 2026
Do you know your love language? Psychologist, Allison Keating explains!
Apr 11, 2026
Baking this weekend? Chef Una Leonard has some tips!
Apr 11, 2026
What is likely to happen now in the stand-off over the fuel protests?
Apr 11, 2026
Dermot Bannon “People say they need storage, but what are they storing?!”
Apr 11, 2026
“You lose 30% of your collagen around perimenopause”
Apr 11, 2026
“My father thought I was part bird, because I was born without arms”
Apr 11, 2026
The Watchlist
Apr 05, 2026
Nóirín Ní Riain – “The modern world badly needs a spiritual transplant”
Apr 05, 2026
Kathryn Thomas - “I would never have admitted to Botox five years ago”
Apr 05, 2026
The Newspaper Panel
Apr 05, 2026
The Edge on his friend Hal Wilner - “It was our good fortune to know him”
Apr 04, 2026
Trisha Lewis - “I love myself now, I didn’t love myself 7 years ago”
Apr 04, 2026
European Greenway Holidays “I wouldn’t go on a holiday now that didn’t involve cycling”
Apr 04, 2026
The Ultimate Chocolate Cake this Easter
Apr 04, 2026
Crime writer, Tana French - “Women are socialised to think about predators who see us as prey”
Apr 04, 2026
Comedian, Emma Doran - “I’m like a Jack Russell; all bark but really I just want to be up on the couch!”
Apr 04, 2026
Arrest of controversial influencer Clavicular
Mar 29, 2026
The Watchlist
Mar 29, 2026
Rita Ann Higgins: “The witch in me wanted to scramble his eggs”
Mar 29, 2026
Newspaper Panel
Mar 29, 2026
Stefanie Preissner: “I have six hoovers – and a back-up battery.”
Mar 28, 2026
Was this the week the tide turned against social media giants?
Mar 28, 2026
The secrets of making great coffee, at home or at work
Mar 28, 2026
How to ask for a pay rise
Mar 28, 2026
Donal O’Shea: “Everything is salted caramel now: it combines salt, fat and sugar.”
Mar 28, 2026
Colm Tóibín: “After Epstein, I wanted to explore why some people feel no guilt”
Mar 28, 2026
The real-life drama surrounding TV show ‘Love Story’
Mar 22, 2026
The Watchlist
Mar 22, 2026
Richie Sadlier: “I was in this pit of self-pity and anger and loss all wrapped into one”
Mar 22, 2026
Newspaper Panel
Mar 22, 2026
“This used to be called insider trading!” – the rise of online prediction markets
Mar 21, 2026
Darina Allen: “Risotto is the ultimate stand-by dish”
Mar 21, 2026
“Troy Parrott is just in flying form right now” - Tony O’Donoghue
Mar 21, 2026
Carrie Crowley on the joys of sea-swimming
Mar 21, 2026
Dr Richard Hogan: “Guilt & shame have their tentacles in everything”
Mar 21, 2026
John Banville - “Humble items around the house might bring me to tears”
Mar 21, 2026
Ed Guiney “The car queue lasts around 2 hours to the Oscars”
Mar 15, 2026
The Watchlist
Mar 15, 2026
“Mam knew she was loved, but I wish I told her more” Édaein O'Connell on grief of losing her mother
Mar 15, 2026
The Newspaper Panel
Mar 15, 2026
“Eid has become so commercialised – the price of dates is ridiculous”
Mar 14, 2026
RTE Sport’s Jacqui Hurley on the most exciting Six Nations in years
Mar 14, 2026
Mr Motivator - “Every minute I’m sad, I’m missing out on 60 seconds of happiness”
Mar 14, 2026
Restaurant level fish dishes at home
Mar 14, 2026
Liz Nugent - “I only ever had bad dreams – I’d wake up thinking I’d murdered someone”
Mar 14, 2026
Mark Little - “Bro culture is infiltrating politics ...and now war”
Mar 14, 2026
Pokémon at 30: “I’ve rediscovered it now as an adult and realise it’s a great way of keeping you company”
Mar 08, 2026
The Watchlist
Mar 08, 2026
“I thought art didn’t exist in Ireland” - artist, Dorothy Cross
Mar 08, 2026
The Newspaper Panel
Mar 08, 2026
Eva Pau’s Sensational Stir Fries!
Mar 07, 2026
Ex-Trump advisor, Anthony Scaramucci: “I was in the Epstein Files”
Mar 07, 2026
Ireland’s Prettiest Towns and Villages
Mar 07, 2026
Leo Varadkar: ‘I think the European-Atlantic relationship is changed forever’
Mar 07, 2026
Neil Jordan “Everyone knew what Weinstein was”
Mar 07, 2026
“I was a bit player in my parents’ drama, a parentified eldest daughter”
Mar 07, 2026
Love is Blind controversy: Body Shaming or Romantic Honesty?
Mar 01, 2026
The Watchlist
Mar 01, 2026
Colum McCann “With my brain condition - the medicine altered me more than the pain”
Mar 01, 2026
The Newspaper Panel
Mar 01, 2026
Quick and tasty homemade dips with chef, Alannah Sheehan
Feb 28, 2026
“De-escalation is out of the question” Middle East Update
Feb 28, 2026
A dietician’s definitive guide to protein
Feb 28, 2026
Róisín and Ann Ingle on steady eddies, what makes a good sex scene and why we need to talk about death
Feb 28, 2026
Colin Farrell - “I have enormous feeling around Emma, love for her, anger for her EB, sorrow for things EB has taken from her”
Feb 28, 2026
How AI is changing the face of filmmaking and content creation
Feb 22, 2026
The Watchlist
Feb 22, 2026
Prof Luke O’Neill - How to get through ‘Sniper’s Alley’ and optimise your health in midlife
Feb 22, 2026
The Newspaper Panel
Feb 22, 2026
Jacqui Hurley previews Ireland v England in Twickenham
Feb 21, 2026
Do you know your smishing from your vishing? - The top scams to watch out for right now
Feb 21, 2026
Dr. Mike Ryan: “My mother took me by the two hands and said ‘don’t you die over there”
Feb 21, 2026
David Gray “My Dad pulled out his chemo tubes and came and cheered Bowie up”
Feb 21, 2026
Dads at the cutting edge - the half zip jumper is now fashion!
Feb 21, 2026
The only muffin recipes you’ll ever need with Caryna Camerino
Feb 21, 2026
The Watchlist
Feb 15, 2026
Newspaper Panel
Feb 15, 2026