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Brendan O'Connor

Brendan O'Connor

By: RTÉ Radio 1
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Brendan O'Connor has all you need for the weekend with time to pause and reflect on the week just gone. Featuring a selection of human interest, consumer and lifestyle stories, as well as keeping you up to date on the news stories that matter. Listen live Saturday and Sunday at 11am - 1pm on RTÉ Radio 1.2026 RTÉ Radio 1 Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Ciara Mageean - “If I’m going to die, I’m going to fit in as much living as possible now”

    Ciara Mageean - “If I’m going to die, I’m going to fit in as much living as possible now”
    Jun 13 2026
    Olympian Ciara Mageean spent her career representing Ireland and Northern Ireland, including a Gold at the 1500m European Championships in 2024, a year before the cancer diagnosis that ended her career. She talks to Brendan about her career, her terminal diagnosis, grief for the life she’ll never have and why we should all live in the moment.

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    41 mins
  • Salman Rushdie - “It wasn’t true, I never lived in Bono’s back garden!”

    Salman Rushdie - “It wasn’t true, I never lived in Bono’s back garden!”
    Jun 13 2026
    Booker Prize-winning author, Salman Rushdie, talked to Brendan about recovering from a knife attack which saw him lose his right eye, how laughter helped in his recovery, his thoughts on the US v Iran war, how free speech has never been more under threat and his new collection of short stories, ‘The Eleventh Hour’

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    28 mins
  • Irish priest and spiritual advisor to Anthropic reacts to U.S. ban on foreign use

    Irish priest and spiritual advisor to Anthropic reacts to U.S. ban on foreign use
    Jun 13 2026
    Fr. Brendan McGuire, AI advisor to the Pope and sometimes spiritual advisor to Anthropic, gives his take as Anthropic halts access to top AI models following a U.S. ban on foreign use. Before his ordination, Fr. Brendan worked in Silicon Valley as an engineer and tech exec. He believes technology should serve humanity rather than control it.

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    10 mins
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