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Actor Jim Bartley talks about his life and being a Stroke Ambassador

Date: Nov 18, 14
By Colm Lambert Jim Bartley suffered a stroke himself at the age of 66 while out to dinner one S...

Sad passing of Ireland’s oldest man, Luke

Date: Nov 14, 14
It was with sadness that we learned of the death of Luke Dolan, Ireland's oldest man. A Roscommon...

“King of the Ringers”

Date: Nov 14, 14
Eugene Brennan examines the colourful life of Paddy Barrie (above) who made a career out of chang...

My Green Cortina Mark 2

Date: Nov 14, 14
When I lived in the mountain, I had a green Cortina Mark 2. It cost me three hundred and ten poun...

The Great Fire of London 1666 (continued)

Date: Nov 14, 14
(From last week)  Lord Mayor Bludworth, who had been back between the sheets only half an hour, ...

Dream forecast moment he would die

Date: Nov 14, 14
Stranger Than Fiction  It sat tiny and red-breasted on the branch of an orange tree, watching wi...

My First Dance

Date: Nov 10, 14
By Shauna O'Grady  At the age of 15, my mother told me I would be accompanying my 17 year old si...

How the Irish predict the weather

Date: Nov 10, 14
Eugene Daly continues his series on various aspects of Irish folklore and customs ‘Everybody tal...

The Music Man From Clare

Date: Nov 10, 14
Singer and songwriter, P. J. Murrihy, looks back on a music career stretching over 40 years and s...

The Remarkable Rose Hawthorne

Date: Nov 10, 14
Margaret Smith profiles the pioneer of hospice care When Rose Hawthorne was born on 20th May 185...