Arena
By RTÉ Radio 1
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Episodes: 100
Description
Irish podcast exploring what's happening in the world of arts, culture and entertainment. Listen live every weeknight on RTÉ Radio 1 from 7-8pm. Listen to individual clips at rte.ie/arena. Presented by Sean Rocks.
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Film reviews - Mike Garson on Bowie - Banshee: Mythological Irish Women Retold
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Man on the Run - Ubu Roi - Don Bluth: Somewhere Out There
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Broken English - As if nothing could fall: Essays on monuments - The Ballad of Johnny and June
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Ian Lynch - Sweat, Sounds and Stories: A Love Letter to Old T-Shirts - The Testament of Ann Lee - Ciaran Creagh
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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TV reviews - Album reviews
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Arena Encore -
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Film reviews - Spring poetry - Dani Larkin
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Rough Trade at 50 - Dublin International Film Festival - RHA
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Consumed - 2026 Dublin Literary Award Longlist - Petrified
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Robert Duvall dies aged 95- Trainspotting at 30 - Scene + Heard 2026 - The Secret Agent
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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TV reviews - Album reviews
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Arena Encore - Wuthering Heights, Bad Bunny, Taxi Driver at 50 & poet Eoin Devereux
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Film reviews - The Wardrobe Department - Gardening Leave
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Bad Bunny - The song is nearly over - In Vitro
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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How to Get to Heaven from Belfast - Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age - Taxi Driver at 50
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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The Plough and The Stars turns 100 - The enduring legacy of Emily Brontë - Story of a Day
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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TV Reviews - Album Reviews
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Arena Encore - Abel Selaocoe, SisterS, and Bob Dylan's album Desire turns 50
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Film Reviews - Plastic - Bob Dylan's Desire at 50
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Abel Selaocoe - A Quiet Love - As If
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Sisters - Infinity - Bach Cantata series 2026
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Arena Bank Holiday Music Special
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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TV reviews - Album reviews
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Arena Encore - John Bishop, George Saunders, Kathryn Ferguson & John Butler
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Film reviews - Travellers’ Tunes - How I Became A Wave
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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These Sacred Vows - Fair Deal - Nostalgie
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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George Saunders - The films of Jean-Luc Godard - Cello Concerto No. 1 – Hostile Summits
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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John Bishop - Rob Doyle - Return to Palestine
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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TV reviews - Album reviews
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Arena Encore - The Odyssey, Paul Mescal & Sibéa
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Film reviews - Midwinter Festival -Departure(s) by Julian Barnes
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Patient Labyrinth - Daniel Mendelsohn - The History of Sound
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Arena Tradfest special 2026
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Valentino - Bryan Washington - Little John Nee - 38th European Film Awards
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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TV reviews - Film reviews
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Arena encore
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Arena RTÉ100 Special
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Mark Kermode - The Crucible - Brokeback Mountain at 20
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Brendan Fraser - EUREKA DAY - Sister Wake
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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The 83rd Golden Globes - Dido's Lament - ClassicsNow - Peggy Seeger
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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TV reviews - Music 2026
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Arena Encore
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Film reviews - A Slow Fire - The Cunning Little Vixen
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Hamnet - David Keenan - Fiction in Translation
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Lazarus: The Second Coming of David Bowie -Olivia Laing - He Dies in the End
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Ailbhe Reddy - Turner as Inspiration - First Fortnight Festival 2026
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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The Essential Seán Rocks - part 2
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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The Essential Seán Rocks - part 1
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Arena Best of 2025
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Arena Christmas Quiz
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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TV reviews - Festive reflections - Culture vulture gifts
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Saipan Review - Film Reviews - Wish You Were Here at 50
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Robin and Dawn - Sentimental Value - Playboy of the Western World review
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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The 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth - Other Voices: Home in Dublin
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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TV reviews - The best music books and gigs of the year
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Film Reviews - Winter Poetry
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Goodbye June - Brian Eno’s "Discreet Music" at 50 - Ciaran Carson’s "The Brimming World: Selected Essays"
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Sunday Miscellany: A Selection 2023-2025 - Réalt an Rince - Nativity art
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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James L. Brooks - How to Live an Artful Life -The Spy Who Came in from the Cold at 60
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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TV reviews - Hidden Gems and Rediscoveries
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Film reviews - Eternity - An Irish literary walking tour of Rome
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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An Alternative Irish Christmas - Namanlagh - Colin Davidson
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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David Szalay - Joe Philpott - The best crime novels of 2025
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Paul Muldoon - Queen's A Night At the Opera at 50 - 100 Years of British and Irish Art: A Fermanagh Collection
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Alexander Skarsgård - TV reviews - Album reviews
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Film reviews - Cait O’Riordan - Dog Days
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Toy Story at 30 - YFEL - Tolka Issue Ten
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Who is Karl Ove Knausgård? - Handel's Messiah - The Beatles Anthology series
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Remembering Paul Costelloe - Cosima - Future Boy by Michael J Fox review - Steve Wall
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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TV reviews - Album reviews
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Film reviews - The Bartered Bride - Football as Never Before
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Lisa O’Neill - Ar an gCoigríochan - Insomnia by Robbie Robertson
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Chris Thile - Abode - Anthony Burrill - Dublin’s Stained Glass
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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The Drums by Mike Joyce review - Mildred Pierce at 80 - The music of ‘a woman scorned’
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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TV reviews - Album reviews
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Film reviews
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Hidden Assets - A Christmas Carol at The Gate - Ferocity review
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Butler, Blake & Grant - Hymn to all the restless girls - Dublin Gothic
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature - The Kiss - Andrew Michael Hurley
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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TV Reviews - Album Reviews
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Film reviews - Bryce Dessner - Útóipe Cheilteach
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Arena – Dublin Book Festival Special 2025
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Horslips - Die My Love - Aoife Ní Bhriain
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Anemone - Train Dreams - On Friendship by Andrew O’Hagan
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Arena Halloween Special
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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Zadie Smith - Film reviews - Down Cemetery Road preview
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Martin Parr - Bugonia - Dracula: The Hunt
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Rita Ann Higgins - Ruán Magan - The Mirror Stage
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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RTÉ Arena celebrates Culture Night
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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RTÉ Short Story Competition final 2025
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Film Reviews - Amelia - Lazarus review
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Kevin Rowland - Madama Butterfly
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Arena (Podcast)
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Haunted Dancehall - Wexford Opera Festival review - RTÉ Short Story Competition
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Arena (Podcast)
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Film reviews - Alex Lawther - RTÉ Short Story Competition
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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My English Persian Kitchen - Picasso: From the Studio - Swan Lake
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Gratefully & Affectionately: Mary Lavin & The New Yorker - Waiting for Godot on Broadway - Obituary Series 2
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Mark Ronson - Mr. Scorsese - RTÉ Short Story Competition
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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TV reviews - Album reviews
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Oct 10, 2025 |