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.
1243 - Newspaper Panel
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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.
Episodes
1243-
Newspaper Panel
Listened
Sun, 03 May 2026
1242-
James Kavanagh - “My bully found all manner of creative ways to make my life hell”
Listened
Sun, 03 May 2026
1241-
The Watchlist
Listened
Sun, 03 May 2026
1240-
“‘Yesteryear’ shines another light on the Trad Wife culture war”
Listened
Sun, 03 May 2026
1239-
Dr Richard Hogan - “The birth mothers who’ve come to my clinic have stayed in my soul”
Listened
Sat, 02 May 2026
1238-
Michael Bublé - “I’m a pretty big deal, you need to see me before I die!”
Listened
Sat, 02 May 2026
1237-
“Teaching Love to medical students allows them to bring their own vulnerabilities to the job”
Listened
Sat, 02 May 2026
1236-
Summer Life Hacks
Listened
Sat, 02 May 2026
1235-
Fruiting up your salads!
Listened
Sat, 02 May 2026
1234-
“I’m looking for the woman who saved my life”
Listened
Sat, 02 May 2026
1233-
The Newspaper Panel
Listened
Sun, 26 Apr 2026
1232-
Michael Harding: “The sun gaslights us in Ireland. We’re never sure of it”
Listened
Sun, 26 Apr 2026
1231-
The Watchlist
Listened
Sun, 26 Apr 2026
1230-
“The last hurrah, for a golden age of fashion magazines” the enduring appeal of The Devil Wears Prada
Listened
Sun, 26 Apr 2026
1229-
Katriona O’Sullivan: “I felt like a fat bride, and I still hate the wedding photos”
Listened
Sat, 25 Apr 2026
1228-
PJ Gallagher: “You’d never let anyone talk to you, the way you talk to yourself when you’re unwell”
Listened
Sat, 25 Apr 2026
1227-
How long will the sunshine last?
Listened
Sat, 25 Apr 2026
1226-
All the tricks you need for an authentic Caribbean BBQ
Listened
Sat, 25 Apr 2026
1225-
From the archive: Manchán Magan kicks-off summer with a naked dew-roll
Listened
Sat, 25 Apr 2026
1224-
Newspaper Panel
Listened
Sun, 19 Apr 2026
1223-
“YouTubers are increasingly invading our TVs”
Listened
Sun, 19 Apr 2026
1222-
Actor, Eileen Walsh: “It’s so gross....but women are like avocados – nearly ready and then gone off”
Listened
Sun, 19 Apr 2026
1221-
The Watchlist
Listened
Sun, 19 Apr 2026
1220-
Holidays Of A Lifetime “If you’re dreaming about it, just go”
Listened
Sat, 18 Apr 2026
1219-
Jan Carson - “Maybe the whole of Northern Ireland should have gone to therapy”
Listened
Sat, 18 Apr 2026
1218-
How to Walk, with Karl Henry
Listened
Sat, 18 Apr 2026
1217-
French classics with an Irish twist
Listened
Sat, 18 Apr 2026
1216-
Neurologist: “Procrastination is a tug-of-war between parts of your brain”
Listened
Sat, 18 Apr 2026
1215-
Theologian: “Trump’s post was blasphemous and utterly un-Christian"
Listened
Sat, 18 Apr 2026
1214-
The Newspaper Panel
Listened
Sun, 12 Apr 2026
1213-
Niall Quinn “Football is the answer to a lot of problems in modern Ireland”
Listened
Sun, 12 Apr 2026
1212-
The Watchlist
Listened
Sun, 12 Apr 2026
1211-
Apps that make travel easy with Conor Pope
Listened
Sun, 12 Apr 2026
1210-
“My father thought I was part bird, because I was born without arms”
Listened
Sat, 11 Apr 2026
1209-
“You lose 30% of your collagen around perimenopause”
Listened
Sat, 11 Apr 2026
1208-
Dermot Bannon “People say they need storage, but what are they storing?!”
Listened
Sat, 11 Apr 2026
1207-
What is likely to happen now in the stand-off over the fuel protests?
Listened
Sat, 11 Apr 2026
1206-
Baking this weekend? Chef Una Leonard has some tips!
Listened
Sat, 11 Apr 2026
1205-
Do you know your love language? Psychologist, Allison Keating explains!
Listened
Sat, 11 Apr 2026
1204-
The Newspaper Panel
Listened
Sun, 05 Apr 2026
1203-
Kathryn Thomas - “I would never have admitted to Botox five years ago”
Listened
Sun, 05 Apr 2026
1202-
Nóirín Ní Riain – “The modern world badly needs a spiritual transplant”
Listened
Sun, 05 Apr 2026
1201-
The Watchlist
Listened
Sun, 05 Apr 2026
1200-
Comedian, Emma Doran - “I’m like a Jack Russell; all bark but really I just want to be up on the couch!”
Listened
Sat, 04 Apr 2026
1199-
Crime writer, Tana French - “Women are socialised to think about predators who see us as prey”
Listened
Sat, 04 Apr 2026
1198-
The Ultimate Chocolate Cake this Easter
Listened
Sat, 04 Apr 2026
1197-
European Greenway Holidays “I wouldn’t go on a holiday now that didn’t involve cycling”
Listened
Sat, 04 Apr 2026
1196-
Trisha Lewis - “I love myself now, I didn’t love myself 7 years ago”
Listened
Sat, 04 Apr 2026
1195-
The Edge on his friend Hal Wilner - “It was our good fortune to know him”