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Conspiracy:
Irish Political Trials
RTÉ Radio 1, Sundays at 6.00pm
Presented by Myles Dungan
Produced by Peter Mooney
Conspiracy: Irish Political Trials
is a four-part radio series which begins on 27th September
2009 at 6.00pm, and continues on consecutive Sundays
thereafter. Presented by Myles Dungan, the series
will focus on the clashes, confrontations and perjuries
that characterised notorious trials in Irish legal
& political history (1800-1922). Each trial shows
how the legal system was contaminated by a political
agenda and how that political agenda unwittingly incited
great moments of legal drama such as the disintegration
of the forger, Richard Pigott under the cross examination
of Sir Charles Russell at the Parnell Commission.
Read also about the trials of Robert Emmet, Daniel
O’Connell and the court martials after the Easter
Rising. The series is accompanied by a book of the
same name, written by Myles Dungan, which will be
published by the Royal Irish Academy in September
2009.
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Our
War: Ireland and the great War: The 2008 Thomas Davis
Lecture Series
Our War: Ireland and the Great War is
a ten-part radio series which was first broadcast
on RTÉ
Radio 1 in November and December 2008. The series
tells the story of the Great War in Irish history
which saw over 200,000 Irish soldiers fighting. It
relays the experience of ordinary Irish people during
the war and chronicles the effect this war had, and
still has, on Irish society. Soldiers in the trenches,
volunteer nurses, politicians, women and the workforce
are all examined. The series accompanied the RIA book
of the same name.
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Judging
Dev
Judging DEV was a ten-part radio
documentary series that was broadcast on RTE Radio
1 in late 2007. The aim of the series was to re-examine
DeValera's important and sometime controversial legacy.
The series was presented by Diarmaid Ferriter and
was devised to
accompany the Judging Dev book which is published
by the Royal Irish Academy.
RTÉ Libraries and Archives
website presents a selection of Eamon DeValera's broadcasts,
together with a specially recorded audio introduction
by historian and broadcaster Dr Diarmaid Ferriter.
Look
& Listen...
Click here to read Irish
Times review of Judging Dev
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/weekend/2007/1124/1195682229685.html |
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Icons
of Irish Science:
Icons of Irish Science was
a series in which Pauric Dempsey talked to eminent
Irish scientists whose work has made a global impact.
To Download the podcast see http://www.rte.ie/radio1/iconsofirishscience/
Click here to read Village review of Icons of Irish
Science http://www.village.ie/Media/Radio/Physical_stress/
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Contact:
Pauric Dempsey, Head of Communications & Public
Affairs,
Tel: 01-6380915 or email: p.dempsey  ria.ie
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Produced in association with the Royal Irish
Academy. Broadcast on CNBC Worldwide and CNBC Europe, the series
explored the ingenuity of the Irish mind and whether it is possible
to identify a uniquely Irish perspective and contribution to
the processes of creativity and innovation. The series sought
to widen public understanding of Ireland’s creative and
innovative capacities beyond the typical characterisation of
Ireland as a land of novelists, poets and playwrights. The series
profiled world-class Irish engineers and scientists as well
as those academics who work in the humanities and social sciences.
Watch online
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Other Academy productions include: Flashes
of Brilliance (2006), a one-hour documentary showcasing
leading Irish scientists and Schrödinger's Cat
(2005), an animated series illustrating the fundamental laws
of nature for children. The Academy gratefully acknowledges
the support of FÁS; Science foundation Ireland and the
Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources.
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