The modelling scene in 1970s Ireland was tough - work was scarce and pay was variable, models had to provide all their own accessories from shoes to tights and hats - and you had to get to jobs in the midst of a petrol shortage. (first broadcast 1975)

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Since 1971, millions have been travelling to Lorient - a town in Brittany to attend its world famous International festival to celebrate Celtic culture, song and dance. (Broadcast 1979)

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His earliest childhood memories were of the Phoenix Park - and Winston Churchill described the years he lived beside the Viceregal Lodge in Dublin as the happiest years of his life. A look at Churchill's relationship with Ireland. (First broadcast 1974)

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Castlecomer in Kilkenny is synonymous with coalmining. In 1802 alone - there was eighteen working pits and the miners who worked there were known as the ‘Moles of Moneenroe.’ (Broadcast 1979)

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A profile of Sean Lemass, one of the most prominent Irish Political figures of the 20th Century, and a veteran of the 1916 Easter Rising, the War of Independence and the Civil War. (Broadcast 1971)

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The story of a group of recovering drug addicts as they prepare to put on a play. We follow them from rehearsals, which are often disruptive, through to the performance on the night. (Broadcast 2007)

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The ‘Molly Maguires’ were a 19th century secret society of Irish descent who were accused of kidnappings and other crimes in the rural coalmining areas of Pennsylvania. (Broadcast 1979)

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Every day for six months these women must wear a uniform and carry a gun. This documentary follows four women soldiers on duty with the Irish army in the Lebanon (Broadcast 1994)

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Stone mad! Geology meets architecture when Mary Mulvihill takes her tape recorder and bicycle around Dublin to view some little-known stones in buildings and sites around the city (Broadcast 1995)

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A powerful story about the recipients of donor hearts, by Ireland's longest heart transplant survivor Bill Long. (Broadcast 1995)

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