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In 'Kate O'Brien: Legend in Her Own Time' activist and feminist Smyth covers themes and characters in O'Brien's books - including their bid to be free of conventions and how men are incidental from the 1997 'Kate O'Brien: The Woman and the Writer' birth-centenary series.

Is the title already Shamrock Rovers' to lose? RTÉ Soccer Podcast host Damien O'Meara is joined by James O'Toole, Conan Byrne and former Derry City legend Liam Coyle to discuss that, as well as Peamount United's impressive start to the defence of their title.

When Mel finds herself back in Ireland, in the middle of a pandemic, talking through a nursing home window to a mother she’s not sure can hear her, she’s forced to confront the reasons she fled to London and maybe reconcile what’s had her feeling so ‘stuck’.

Every Sunday night, John Kelly presents a special Mystery Train Sunday Service where a guest picks the tunes. Tonight actress Derbhle Crotty climbs aboard and picks music by Abba, Sly and The Family Stone and Millie Jackson. (First Broadcast March 2020)

We learn about the Otters on Dublin rivers, how scientists are using satellites to identify colonies of Emperor Penguins in Antarctica, we meet the Irish farmer who says that Dung Beetles are the farmers best friend and white-tailed sea eagle chicks in West Cork.

Singers Iarla Ó Lionáird and Peggy Seeger discuss the global journey of the human voice and ask, why do we sing and what happens when we do? Producer: Helen Shaw

Audio editor: Pearse Ó Caoimh

Producer for lyric fm: Olga Buckley (First TX March 2017)

John Burke reports from Edenderry in County Offaly following new Covid-19 restrictions being introduced in the area on Friday evening while Hannah Quinn Mulligan of the Irish Farmers Journal and SIPTU’s Greg Ennis also join the programme to discuss how these measures will affect meat processing plants.

Percussionist and producer, Grey Filastine and Indonesian vocalist, Nova Ruth set off from the Netherlands in a boat over ten months ago in a bid to wean off fossil-fuel based travel while maintaining a viable career as performing musicians.

Today's panel included Anthony Staines, Professor of Health Systems in DCU, Mandy Johnstone, Former Government Press Secretary, currently CEO of the Off Shore Association and Conor Pope, Irish Times Consumer Affairs Correspondent. Damien also spoke with Hugh O’Connell, Political Correspondent, Irish Independent.

In the week Ireland mourns the loss of visionary leader John Hume, we rebroadcast our joyful programme from the Derry Playhouse celebrating the Civil Rights movement. First broadcast in October 2018 it features writers Anne Devlin, Andy Hinds and Eamonn McCann, poetry from Colette Bryce and Susan McKay's beautiful and insightful tribute to Pat Hume