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Gaiscíoch mór le rá is ea Okonkwo, agus a cháil in airde ar na fir is cumhachtaí agus is saibhre ina threabhchas. Is duine ceanndána é, afách, agus is minic a theipeann air srian a chur leis a fhearg. Íocann sé féin agus a mhuintir go daor as sin. Nuair a bhagraíonn teacht ar fhir ghil ar thraidisúin an treabhcháis, Gníomhaíonn Okonkwo as a stuaim féin. Toradh tragóideach atá i ndán dó, afách.

Tá an t-úrscéal seo aitheanta ar chlasaicí litríocht an domhan ó foilsíodh i 1958 é. Tá sé aistrithe chuig breis is leathchéad teangacha, agus breis is deich milliún cóip de díolta. Agus é ag cur síos go grinn báúil ar chinniúint an duine ar fad i saol ár linne.

Láithreoir: Seán Ó Catháin

Aíonna: Alan Titley agus Aonghus Ó Lochlainn

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More than two million copies of Things Fall Apart have been sold in the United States since it was first published in 1958. Worldwide, there are eight million copies in print in fifty different languages. This is Chinua Achebe's masterpiece and it is often compared to the great Greek tragedies, and currently sells more than one hundred thousand copies a year in the United States.

A simple story of a "strong man" whose life is dominated by fear and anger, Things Fall Apart is written with remarkable economy and subtle irony. Uniquely and richly African, at the same time it reveals Achebe's keen awareness of the human qualities common to men of all times and places

Presenter: Seán Ó Catháin

Guests: Alan Titley and Aonghus Ó Lochlainn

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Leanann Tintin agus Báinín leideanna aisteacha a chuireann sa tóir ar chairtéal drugaí iad. Tá Tintin faoi ghlas sa long, an Karaboudjan, agus an Captaen Mac Cadóige as a mheabhair le deoch. An criú atá i gceannas! Ar thaobh amháin de, tá gaineamhlach dóite, an Sahára, agus ar an taobh eile de tá duibheagán na Meánmhara. Tá Tintin agus Báinín i mbaol a n-anama cinnte!

Láithreoir: Seán Ó Catháin

Aíonna: Claire Dunne agus Nóirín Ní Nuadháin

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Tintin agus Báinín follow strange clues which lead them to follow a drug cartel. Tintin is locked on the ship and the captain is drunk out of his mind, while the crew are in control! Tintin is certainly in danger...

Presenter: Seán Ó Catháin

Guests: Claire Dunne and Nóirín Ní Nuadháin

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Tá an t-iriseoir, Bríd, ar ais san ardchathair agus í ag treabhadh léi ina gairm dhúshlánach – ach tá coimhlint sa seomra nuachta. Nuair a thagann sí ar scéal mór na bliana, measctar dualgais an iriseora le tromluí scanrúil an tsaoil. Téann Bríd ar thóir na fírinne ar fud na hardcathrach … Coinnigh ort ag léamh agus neosfaidh an aimsir!

Láithreoir: Seán Ó Catháin

Aíonna: Maitiú Ó Coimín agus Liam Mac Amhlaidh

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Bríd (An tIriseoir, 2016) returns to the capital and to the daily grind of scoop and scandal – but there’s trouble brewing in the newsroom. When she stumbles upon a new story, Bríd has no choice but to dive straight in. Her journey takes her on a winding path, and her duty as a journalist is thrown into question. She must rely on her quick wit and cunning to uncover the truth, despite constant pressure from all sides.

Presenter: Seán Ó Catháin

Guests: Maitiú Ó Coimín and Liam Mac Amhlaidh

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Cuireann Deaglán de Bréadún inár láthair anseo buaicphointí óna ghairmré mar iriseoir. D’oibrigh sé le The Irish Times agus ina dhiaidh sin le The Irish Sun. Ar na pearsana móra a chastar orainn tá Yasser Arafat, Boris Yeltsin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Cathal Ó hEochaidh, Ian Paisley agus Brian Cowen.

Le súil ghéar agus le stíl neamhchasta mar is dual dó, labhraíonn sé go hoscailte faoi dhúshláin agus faoi éachtaí an iriseora, go háirithe i gcúinsí casta cogaíochta agus coimhlinte, bíodh sé ag trácht ar ainnise riocht na dteifeach Coirdíneach ag teitheadh ó Saddam Hussein nó ar phróiseas na síochána i dTuaisceart Éireann.

Foghlaimeoidh iriseoirí óga agus mic léinn chumarsáide cuid mhór uaidh faoi ghnéithe den cheird, faoi dhiongbháilteacht agus faoi ghairmiúlacht an iriseora, agus go deimhin faoi thír na hÉireann agus faoi imeachtaí an domhain mhóir sa tréimhse sin ó na 1970idí i leith a mhúnlaigh saol agus sochaí an lae inniu.

Láithreoir: Seán Ó Catháin

Aíonna: Íte Ní Chionnaith agus Gráinne Ní Aodha

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In this book Deaglán de Bréadún shares his insights on the highlights of his career as a journalist with The Irish Times and later with The Irish Sun. We get to meet the big players on the international and national stage – Yasser Arafat, Boris Yeltsin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Charles Haughey, Ian Paisley and Brian Cowen.

With his perceptive eye and uncluttered familiar style, he speaks openly about the challenges that face the journalist, particularly in wars and conflict zones, and demonstrates the possibilities of journalism: whether reporting on the misery of the Kurdish refugees fleeing Saddam Hussein, or the peace process in Northern Ireland.

Young reporters and students of journalism and media will find much of interest here, from the tenacity and professionalism required in the field, to the comprehensive backdrop he provides to those events within the State and in the wider world from the 1970s onward that have shaped our lives in the modern era.

Presenter: Seán Ó Catháin

Guests: Íte Ní Chionnaith and Gráinne Ní Aodha

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Ní hiontas gur baineadh stangadh as an saol nuair a foilsíodh An Strainséara i 1942. Ba ghearr gus aithníodh é ar úrscéalta móra na haoise, agus níl aon mhaolú tagtha ar a cháil ó shin, ach a mhalairt. D’fhógair sé go raibh scríbhneoir den scoth ar an saol, agus léirigh Albert Camus cumas a chruthaitheachta arís ina dhiaidh. Tá an saothar clasaiceach seo ar fáil in nGaeilge ar deireadh thiar, a bhuíochas ar aistriúcháin Dhiarmada Uí Ghráinne, scríbhneoir atá go mór faoi anáil Camus agus nualitríocht na hEorpa trí cheile.

Láithreoir: Seán Ó Catháin

Aíonna: Emily Barnes agus Tristan Rosenstock

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An Strainséara or l'Étranger, first published in 1942 was soon recognised as one of the more famous novels of the age and it has not faded much since. This version was translated by Diarmuid Ó Gráinne and published by Coiscéim in 2013.

Presenter: Seán Ó Catháin

Guests: Emily Barnes and Tristan Rosenstock

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Tá na Gamail ar cheann de na leabhair is mó aistriúcháin ar domhan.

Scéal é seo faoi dhá ghamal agus faoi na cleasa gránna a imríonn siad ar a chéile. Is mór an ghráinn an tUasal Ó Gamail agus a bhean. Déanann siad píoga de na héin bhochta agus itheann siad iad, agus coinníonn siad na moncaithe, Muintir Mhugal-Bhump, faoi ghlas. Ach tá deireadh tagtha le foighne na moncaithe. Agus tá díoltas uathu.

Láithreoir: Seán Ó Catháin

Aíonna: Sinéad Ní Uallacháin agus Derek O' Brien

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The Twits is one of Roald Dahl’s most popular children’s books.

Roald Dahl’s The Twits tells the tale of a pair of horrible twits and the tricks they like to play on each other. Mr and Mrs Twit are the smelliest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything -- except playing mean jokes on each other, catching innocent birds to put in their Bird Pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough. They don’t just want out, they want revenge.

Presenter: Seán Ó Catháin

Guests: Sinéad Ní Uallacháin and Derek O' Brien

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Tar éis di dul ar ollscoil agus cúpla bliain a chaitheamh ag obair, tá Róisín ar ais i mbun staidéir, sa choláiste oideachais don bhunmhúinteoireacht an uair seo. Tá cairde nua aici agus tá go leor ceoil á sheinm, ach tá deacrachtaí móra pearsanta aici freisin.

Láithreoir: Seán Ó Catháin

Aíonna: Caoimhe Nic Lochlainn agusAonghus Ó Lochlainn

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After some time spent working, Róisín is back at college again, this time to become a Primary School teacher. She has new friends and is playing plenty of music but has her share of personal difficulties too. This is a story about the gifts and challenges of family, friendship and music.

Presenter: Seán Ó Catháin

Guests: Caoimhe Nic Lochlainn and Aonghus Ó Lochlainn

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Scéal ógfhir atá againn anseo agus an samhradh cinniúnach a chaith sé i dTeach an Gheafta i Mín na Móna i nGaeltacht Thír Chonaill agus é ag iarraidh a shaol casta a shoiléiriú agus a bhealach féin a aimsiú. Ní dhearmadóidh tú in aicearracht an samhradh seo i Mín na Móna. Seo saothar atá lán de ghreann a thógfas do chroí, de chomhbhá leis an duine agus leis an dúlra, de léaspairtí solais is de mheabhraíocht spreagúil; an stíl deisbhéalach, an scéal dúshlánach.

Láithreoir: Seán Ó Catháin

Aíonna: Lisa Nic An Bhreithimh agus Rónán Mistéil

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This is the story of a young man and the fateful summer he spent in the Gate House in Mín na Móna in the Donegal Gaeltacht as he tries to make sense of his complicated life and find his own way. You won't easily forget this summer in Mín na Móna. In this novel brim-full of uplifting humour, of compassion with one's fellow man and with nature, of flashes of insight and inspiring ruminations. A witty style, a thought-provoking story.

Presenter: Seán Ó Catháin

Guests: Lisa Nic An Bhreithimh and Rónán Mistéil

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Tuairscítear gur maraíodh Teang, cara le Tintin, i dtubaiste aeir sna Himiléithe. Ach cloiseann Tintin guth a charad is é ag glaoch air. Tá sé cinnte anois gur beo do Teang i gcónaí. Tugann sé féin, a ghadhar dílis Báinín agus Haileabó, an captaen leathchraiceáilte, faoi mhisean dainséarach: teacht ar Teang. Buaileann siad le manach Búdaíoch i mainistir sa Tibéid a thugann dóchas dóibh gur beo do Teang – ach go bhfuil sé i mbaol an-mhór!

Láithreoir: Seán Ó Catháin

Aíonna: Maitiú Ó Coimín agus Rónán Mistéil

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Distraught, Tintin believes his friend Teang has been killed in a plane crash in the Himalayas, until he has a strange dream which suggests otherwise. Convinced of Teang’s survival Tintin, Caiptein Haileabó and Báinin set on an impossible mission, trekking over the snow-capped Himalayan peaks to Tibet. There, the monks of a remote Buddhist monastery have a vision — that Teang is indeed alive, inside a cave, high in the mountains. But Teang isn’t there alone. For company he has and illusive and fabled companion, considered by many to be abominable!

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Foréigean baile, saol scriosta, pósadh cliste. Éalaíonn Bríd ó Ghaoth Dobhair le dul i mbun iriseoireachta i mBaile Átha Cliath. Iriseoir díograiseach, ábalta agus cumasach í, a mhúchann na cuimhní cráite le tréan oibre. Titeann saol Bhríd as a chéile agus í ag fiosrú scéil ar a fód dúchais nuair a aithníonn sí go bhfuil a mac féin ina chroílar.

Láithreoir: Seán Ó Catháin

Aíonna: Niamh Ní Shúilleabháin agus Tristan Rosenstock

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An award-winning collection of short stories from the celebrated novelist and short story writer, Beairtle Ó Conaire. This collection was awarded the Oireachtas Prize in 2006.

Domestic violence, a broken marriage, a life destroyed. Bríd escapes from Gweedore to embark on life as a journalist in Dublin. She is a dedicated and capable journalist, and she finds solace and forgetfulness by throwing herself into her work to the exclusion of all else. But her life falls apart when she starts investigating a story in her own hometown, only to discover that her own son appears to be deeply implicated in it.

Presenter: Seán Ó Catháin

Guests: Niamh Ní Shúilleabháin and Tristan Rosenstock