Brendan Courtney

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95 things to look forward to: Matches, movies, plays, pints, pals

Brighter days are ahead. Ninety-five well-known people tell us what they are most eagerly anticipating in the coming months Daniel O’Donnell Sin(...)

Brendan Courtney and Mary Coughlan are an agreeable double act
Mary Coughlan revisits her past: ‘It was everywhere. Bags of cocaine, champagne and tequila’

Singer, party animal and survivor Mary Coughlan has lived several lifetimes since becoming one of Ireland’s most celebrated blues singers in the mid-1(...)

The workforce at the Ford motor company in Cork
We’ve had decades of poverty, stifled dreams and lives unlived. But look on the bright side

RTÉ catches a lot of flack over the uneven quality of its scripted drama and comedy but one genre at which the broadcaster has long excelled are docum(...)

Anne Doyle on retirement: ‘If I could have afforded it, I would have gone out earlier.’ Photograph: Crispin Rodwell
Anne Doyle: ‘Depression? I know what it is, and it’s a b*tch’

THE FORMER RTÉ NEWSREADER OF 30 YEARS ON HER POPULARITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, HER BRIEF RETURN TO TV WITH WATERFORD WHISPERS, THE PERKS OF RETIREMENT, A(...)

I have developed an extreme FOMO when it comes to the news. Photograph: iStock
Coronavirus: I want the facts, but I need hope to get through this

I have developed an extreme fear of missing out when it comes to the news, poring over it regularly and searching for updates. I keep my earphones nea(...)

Keys to My Life: Anne Doyle with presenter Brendan Courtney
Anne Doyle reveals her dry humour, bird statues and celebrity-kissing history

Anne Doyle was an enigma across her decades as first lady of television news. And the former newsreader’s mystique endures in the opening episode of K(...)

Author John Boyne: ‘You don’t know me, don’t judge me.’ Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times
‘A minefield’: John Boyne talks transgender language with Tubridy

The great Russian writer Anton Chekhov had one piece of advice for aspiring authors: the centre of gravity of any story should always be two character(...)

‘The Big Picture: A Woman’s World’ featured a live discussion co-presented by Miriam O’Callaghan and Brendan Courtney
‘Daddy flies aeroplanes. Mummy makes the food’ – portrait of an Ireland steeped in bias

When Kelly Dolan’s daughter was three years old she told her kindergarten class what her parents did for a living. “Daddy flies aeroplanes,” she told (...)

Brendan Courtney and his mother Nuala in We Need to Talk about Mam. Photograph: RTE
Brendan Courtney needs to talk about Mam – and himself

Early in Brendan Courtney’s new documentary We Need to Talk About Mam (RTÉ One, Monday, 9.35pm) – cross between a frank personal diary, a financial ad(...)

This Crowded House Series 2, Episode 1 Brendan Courtney with Denise, Fred and family
Brendan Courtney is here to solve the housing crisis

With its upbeat agenda, sprightly soundtrack and buoyant presenter, it’s still not clear if This Crowded House (RTÉ Two, Wednesday, 9.30pm) knew exact(...)

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