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The main weekly documentary slot on RTÉ Radio 1 and the largest arena for radio documentaries in Ireland.

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    The Loneliness of the Goalkeeper

    An award winning documentary about the pressurised life of a ...

    An award winning documentary about the pressurised life of a goalkeeper, the one member of the football team who spends ninety minutes looking at the backs of his teammates, where one mistake can send him from hero to zero in a matter of seconds.

    Jun 1, 2010 Read more
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    The Curious Ear (2010): Through African Ears

    The Forum on Migration and Communications ran a training course ...

    The Forum on Migration and Communications ran a training course with Róisín Boyd for 6 women who wanted to make radio programmes. These are all women from Africa who have arrived in Ireland through immigration. This programme features extracts from the short documentaries made by five of the women. (First Broadcast 2010)

    May 28, 2010 Read more
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    The Curious Ear (2010): Shatila

    Derek O'Halloran has never been to a refugee camp before. ...

    Derek O'Halloran has never been to a refugee camp before. He visits Shatila 'camp', which has been home to displaced Palestinian refugees in Lebanon for 60 years.There he feels many emotions; he is troubled and surprised by what he finds. (First Broadcast 2010)

    May 28, 2010 Read more
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    Dustcatchers (The Curious Ear)

    Those little gee-gaws that people keep in their houses. They'd ...

    Those little gee-gaws that people keep in their houses. They'd never appear in an interior design magazine, but they mean something special to the owners. Producer: Susan O'Loghlin. (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland)

    May 23, 2010 Read more
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    The Curious Ear (2010): The Toastie Train

    John, Maurice and Vinod travel to work by train every ...

    John, Maurice and Vinod travel to work by train every day - from Limerick to Dublin. A four-hour round trip. They talk of their loves, likes, dislikes...and toast. (First Broadcast 2010)

    May 21, 2010 Read more
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    The Dead News Network

    A radio documentary about Anne, a 37 year old mother ...

    A radio documentary about Anne, a 37 year old mother from Kildare who talks to spirits every day. Anne is a medium and conveys messages from the dead to the living.

    May 20, 2010 Read more
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    The Curious Ear (2010): Don't Bring Sweets

    Ballyfermot Travellers' Action Project from Dublin has raised thousands of ...

    Ballyfermot Travellers' Action Project from Dublin has raised thousands of money in charity aid donations. In April 2010, they visited some recipients of that aid: a group of former lepers in the village of Tulema, near Jimma in Ethiopia., Africa. They shared stories and experiences of lives in both Ireland and Ethiopia. (First Broadcast 2010)

    May 12, 2010 Read more
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    The Long Evenings

    A charming look at rural life, past and present by ...

    A charming look at rural life, past and present by Breandan O' Ciobhain. A charming look at rural life, past and present by Breandan O' Ciobhain.

    May 9, 2010 Read more
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    Secrets and Lies

    Elizabeth O'Halloran's (36) life changed from a chat in a ...

    Elizabeth O'Halloran's (36) life changed from a chat in a pub in Huddersfield at a relatives funeral. Nobody is certain where Elizabeth came from and nobody knows what happened to her Irish mother. All that is certain are the secrets and lies.

    May 1, 2010 Read more
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    The Search for Edna Lavilla

    An award winning documentary from Australia, in which a woman ...

    An award winning documentary from Australia, in which a woman traces the history of her grandmother who died as a result of a backstreet abortion.

    May 1, 2010 Read more
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