TV guide: 23 of the best shows to watch this week, beginning tonight Rory O’Connell, Seven Drunken Nights, Gunplot, Open for Business, Alan Patridge, Fomhuireán na bhFininí, The Mosquito Coast, Tom Clancy s Without Remorse
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Sunday, TG4, 9.30pm The Mighty Ocean opens a musical dialogue between humankind and the environment, touching on the entrancing power of the sea, while questioning our destructive influence on the endangered oceans. The piece, scored for 12 musicians, features Irish traditional legends Máirtín O’Connor, Garry O Briain, Cathal Hayden, Seamie O’Dowd, and Jim Higgins, Sinead O’Connor, Ciara O’Connor and Matthew Berril, and Galway Music Residency’s ensemble in residence, ConTempo Quartet.
Updated / Thursday, 22 Apr 2021
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Anna Joyce takes a deeper dive into the latest episode of RTÉ s essential new podcast series, which revisits the Irish arms crisis of 1970 - listen to GunPlot: The Invasion above.
In 1998 Clinton had the Lewinsky affair, in 1972 Nixon had Watergate, but before these political scandals rocked the White House, Irish Minister Neil Blaney had the 1970 arms crisis.
If you re unfamiliar with Mr. Blaney then fear not for episode two of GunPlot an original podcast from RTE’s
Documentary On One will unravel his once near cult-like status and role in Ireland s biggest political calamity: the 1970 Arms Crisis.
The 'Last Man Alive' is still saying nothing. Des O'Malley's silence about his role in the Arms Trials and Arms Crises of 1970 has become thunderous. villagemagazine.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from villagemagazine.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Updated / Friday, 16 Apr 2021
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Anna Joyce takes a deeper dive into the first episode of RTÉ s essential new podcast series, which revisits the Irish arms crisis of 1970 - listen to GunPlot above.
My knowledge of Irish history consists of three key events: the famine, the 1916 rising, and the Good Friday agreement. Unfortunately, despite nabbing an A in the Leaving Cert everything else from Home Rule to the GAA is a bit of a blur (apologies Ms. Keating).
But as someone who spends an unholy amount of time inhaling true crime documentaries and procedural dramas, I m ashamed to say I overlooked one core historical event, which reads more like a John le Carré novel than a textbook.
Updated / Monday, 12 Apr 2021
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Anna Joyce takes a deeper dive inside GunPlot, an eight part podcast series, in tandem with a 50-minute television documentary by RTÉ Factual, in what is set to be RTE s first bi-media project - listen to the first episode of GunPlot above.
The assasination of JFK, the moon landing, UFOs and the Irish Arms Crisis. If the last addition feels out of place then you need to brush up on your history, as the Irish Arms Crisis is arguably Ireland s most enduring conspiracy theory, shrouded in mystery, political deceit and fake news long before Trump.
Irish Press front page, May 1970