Brendan Courtney
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We’ve had decades of poverty, stifled dreams and lives unlived. But look on the bright side
- TV, Radio, Web
- January 17, 2021, 23:05
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: ‘Depression? I know what it is, and it’s a b*tch’
- People
- August 15, 2020, 06:00
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(...)

Coronavirus: I want the facts, but I need hope to get through this
- Parenting
- May 18, 2020, 06:01
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(...)

Anne Doyle reveals her dry humour, bird statues and celebrity-kissing history
- TV, Radio, Web
- March 30, 2020, 14:41
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(...)

‘A minefield’: John Boyne talks transgender language with Tubridy
- TV, Radio, Web
- April 27, 2019, 05:00
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(...)

‘Daddy flies aeroplanes. Mummy makes the food’ – portrait of an Ireland steeped in bias
- TV, Radio, Web
- November 23, 2018, 09:50
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 needs to talk about Mam – and himself
- TV, Radio, Web
- November 5, 2018, 14:10
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(...)

Brendan Courtney is here to solve the housing crisis
- TV, Radio, Web
- October 3, 2018, 22:40
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(...)

Should LGBTQ identity be proud to be mainstream?
- Culture
- June 23, 2018, 05:00
They’ve got gay marriage, can’t they just get on with it now? This, and similar sentiments start to swirl around the edges of a certain kind of conver(...)

Still living at home with the folks? Call in the film crew
- Homes & Property
- April 27, 2018, 06:00
Are you in your 20s, 30s – or even 40s – and still enjoying the creature comforts of home? Or desperately trying to move out? Or maybe you’re a hard-p(...)