Monday
Sydney Today (RTE Radio 1, 10 p.m.) Yvonne Judge gives a review of the day's Olympic events each night from Monday to Thursday.
Stars and Crackles (RTE Radio 1, 9 p.m.) James Stewart stars in Call Northside 777 from the Screen Directors' Playhouse, first broadcast in the US in 1949.
Tuesday
Rattlebag (RTE Radio 1, 2.45 p.m.; repeated 11.10 p.m.)
Report from the first International Frank O'Connor Festival of the Short Story in Cork.
All Greek To Us (RTE Radio 1, 9 p.m.) The Riot Act, a version of Sophocles' Antigone by Tom Paulin.
Wednesday
Afternoon Play (BBC Radio 4, 2.15 p.m.) Little-known stories by Emily Zola, reworked by Kelvin Segger, feature over two days.
Listowel Races (Raidio na Gaeltachta, 2 p.m.)
Live broadcast from An Rodai where the main race of the day is the Guinness Kerry National worth £80,000.
Thursday
Country Roads with Johnny Cash (BBC Radio 2, 9 p.m.)
The legendary man-in-black plays his favourite country-flavoured music in a new eight-part series.
Fischer-Dieskau Night (BBC Radio 3, 7.30 p.m.) A four-and-a-half hour 75th birthday tribute.
Friday
Any Questions? (BBC Radio 4, 8 p.m.) The topical panel discussion programme returns.
The Friday Play (BBC Radio 4, 9 p.m.) Chance of a Lifetime, Jean McConnell's moving play about the life of septuagenarian Jackie Mann, who was kidnapped in the Lebanon in 1989, and his wife Sunnie.