RTÉ Radio Player: Most Popular Podcasts

Sorcha Kenny on the career of film-makers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

Nick Roth and Onur Turkmen, creators of "Sailing To Byzantium"at Tread Softly festival

Adrian McKinty, author of "The Chain" (published by Orion)

Cathal Stephens in "Shaking the Tale: The Winter’s Tale" at the Earagail Arts Festival

Éilíteachas agus an Ghaeilge

An ESB power plant in County Offaly has been refused planning permission to redevelop in order to burn biomass rather than peat, An Bord Pleanála rejected the redevelopment plans which casts doubts over 300 Bord na Mona jobs in the midlands. TD for Roscommon Galway Denis Naughten & Ian Lumley, Advocacy Officer with An Taisce spoke to Drivetime.

We have a real treat for you this afternoon, icon Olivia Newton-John is in the studio this afternoon. She is in Ireland to launch a new exhibition in the Newbridge Silverware Museum of Style Icons featuring her iconic black outfit from the finale of Grease. 

On todays show Ray chats to icon Olivia Newton John, Des Cahill on the Shane Lowry homecoming and Jen Hogan with parenting advice as your children group up to be adults

Jen Hogan Mam of 7 has had a tricky summer with this year being the first year when her eldest did her leaving cert and did the dreaded by every parent leaving cert holiday 

Barre Fitzpatrick studies the small-scale strangeness of the life-size world