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.

Latest Episode

“Men, we will not eat you!” Róisín and Ann Ingle (11.10.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • “I remember jumping up and down like a spoilt child” Andy Farrell 11.10.2025
  • ‘America's Favourite Poet’ 11.10.2025
  • Hearty Autumn Pasta Recipes with Catherine Fulvio 11.10.2025
  • “We don’t have to like each other...” Colum McCann 11.10.2025
  • What is Melatonin? 11.10.2025
  • The Watchlist 05.10.2025
  • As Taylor Swift’s frenemies decode her latest album for shade – music journalist Jenn Gannon gives us her view. 05.10.2025
  • “I slept on a Cambodian pool table for a month” - Baz Ashmawy 05.10.2025
  • The Newspaper Panel 05.10.2025
  • A soda bread masterclass with Darina Allen 04.10.2025
  • Remembering Manchán Magan: “He didn’t fear death, like the rest of us” 04.10.2025
  • “Swedes are like Dubs: they have notions!” 04.10.2025
  • Manchán Magan's final interview 04.10.2025
  • “Break ups? They’re bloody hard!” - Richard Hogan 04.10.2025
  • Caring for your eyes as you age with Opthalmic surgeon, Kirk Stephenson 04.10.2025
  • "I filmed my mother, drunk and asleep on a public bench” - Myrid Carten, filmmaker 04.10.2025
  • “When you hit rock bottom... there is only one way up” Una Leonard 28.09.2025
  • Does a million-year-old skull change our understanding of evolution? 28.09.2025
  • The Watchlist 28.09.2025
  • The Newspaper Panel 28.09.2025

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