Ireland
Brian O'Connell: 48 hours of drugs in Ireland
Broadcaster and journalist based in Cork, discussing this week's inadvertent temporary legalisation of a range of consciousness-altering drugs in Ireland. Audio
Feature album - Post Tropical
'Post Tropical' was released this year by 30 year old Irish singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow, and is being described as one of the year's surprises. Audio
Michael Cathro on Ha The Unclear's debut album
Ha the Unclear's Michael Cathro has overseen a long migration with his project - from Dunedin where he started the band under another name, to Cork, Ireland, and finally to Auckland. The migration has… Audio
Irish Famine Monuments
The Irish Famine 1845-1852 is now the most visualised experience of the Irish across the globe, through memorials and public art. With Dr Emily Mark-FitzGerald from University College Dublin's School… Audio
Irish historian reveals 796 children died at Catholic home
The Galway historian reveals 796 children died at a home for unwed mothers in Tuam. Audio
Linda Colley: union and disunion
Professor of History at Princeton, and a Fellow of the British Academy talking about her book, Acts of Union and Disunion: What Has Held the UK Together and What is Dividing It? Audio
Ken Early - Sporting Agony
Ireland is an island nation of roughly four million, colonised by the British just like us. Do they embrace the same sports? Contest them with the same intensity? Agonise about defeat as deeply? And… Audio
Insight, Sunday 26 December: Irish Economy
Nigel Stirling visits Ireland to look at how the global recession has turned the roar of the Celtic tiger in to a whimper. Audio
Insight, Sunday 21 March: Irish Economy
Nigel Stirling visits Ireland to look at how the global recession has turned the roar of the Celtic tiger into a whimper. Audio