RTÉ Documentary on One

07/01/2025

Listen to trailer below. Together with RÚV, the Icelandic broadcaster, we're investigating the disappearance of Jón Jónsson, an Icelandic man who came to Dublin in 2019 and vanished within 24hrs of arriving here. Subscribe from wherever you get your podcasts. Starts publishing from January 27th.

Publishing from January 27th 2025. A new series from RTÉ in Ireland and RÚV in Iceland. When Jón Jónsson flew into Dublin in February 2019, he was in good spirits and looking forward to playing at the Dublin Poker Festival. However, within just 24 hours,

29/12/2024

We’re really looking forward to this event.
Live At St. Luke's on Sunday, March 23rd, 2025 @7:30pm Book your tickets online via link below.

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(Finding Samantha, Nobody Zone, Runaway Joe, The Real Carrie Jade, Tiger Roll & GunPlot) With the Doc On One Team

24/12/2024

NEW DOC: Podcast now, or tune into RTÉ Radio 1 Christmas day at 2pm where, in a rare interview, we meet with Johanna Harwood - the Irish woman who wrote the screenplays for the James Bond movies 'Dr. No' and 'From Russia With Love' including coming up with the "Goya Joke" - one of the most famous visual jokes in the whole series. Now in her 90s (refusing to reveal her exact age) and living in Monaco, Johanna looks back on a life almost as colourful and exciting as any Bond script!

When Johanna Harwood left Bray in the 1950s, she was determined to get into the film business - and she succeeded, working on the first two James Bond movies in the early 1960s.

23/12/2024

Good to see today’s The New York Times picking up on the wider story and impact made by Mark and David Ryan (Blackrock Boys) in speaking out publicly and breaking the omertà. Hundreds of new victims & survivors continue to step forward ahead of the upcoming public inquiry

After decades of silence, dozens of older men are talking about the sexual abuse they suffered at schools run by religious orders. We spoke to four of them.

29/11/2024

This weekend we bring you something from our 2014 season - the story of the only man in Kerry to be buried twice!

The only man in Kerry to be buried twice. Con Carey was a bachelor labourer who died on his way home from the pub in 1978. His story is still spoken about. Why? Because of what happened him after death - and of the 12 locals involved - the 12 apostles

08/11/2024

NEW DOC: Podcast now, listen online by clicking on image below or Saturday, 2pm RTÉ Radio 1 When armed police arrived at Oisín Osborn's home in Hamburg, Germany, he was in his underpants, wearing a saucepan on his head. He was agitated. Oisín was going through a mental health crisis. His wife called the emergency services asking for help. The help that arrived were armed police and they shot Oisín dead. Oisín’s family say the police overreacted; their son didn’t have to die and they are now suing Germany.

When armed police arrived at Oisín Osborn's home in Germany, he was wearing a saucepan on his head. He was agitated and going through a mental health crisis. Within minutes, the police shot him dead. His family are now suing Germany. (2024)

01/11/2024

NEW DOC: Podcast now, listen via link below or Saturday 2pm RTÉ Radio 1 Over the centuries, millions of people emigrated from the island of Ireland to the United States. Every one of those people left someone behind as they went to find a better life in a new land. The only way to stay in touch with family and friends was through a letter home and millions were written and sent back and forth over time. Now a new archive of letters at University of Galway reveals the stories of these Irish emigrants, their loves, losses, lives and deaths. The archive was collected over 5 decades by Kerby A. Miller, Emeritus Professor of History at University of Missouri and Honorary Professor of History at University of Galway, who donated the material to the University of Galway Library.
Learn more about the project and access the archives, here: https://imirce.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms

25/10/2024

NEW DOC: Podcast now or listen Saturday 2pm RTÉ Radio 1 Incels – or involuntary celibates – are people who define themselves as being unable to form romantic or sexual relationships. The online incel world is a dark and misogynistic place and incels themselves rarely talk to the media. In “Invisible Men – Ireland’s Incels” we talk to Irish incels to discover what the world looks like from their perspective.

Paul – not his real name – is in his thirties, and he has never had a sexual or romantic relationship. He goes to work and gets on with his colleagues but nobody knows the life of quiet despair that he lives. Nobody knows that he is an 'incel'. (2024)

18/10/2024

New Doc Alert ! A young Irish American woman and her son are traumatised by their violent experiences at University in the United States. Both escape to Ireland in search of safety@RTEdoconone

On a November night in 2014 Devin Reardon, a young Irish-American had just left the library on the campus of Florida State University where he was a student. It was a regular Friday night, but one that would change Devin's life forever.

11/10/2024

What a night in Berlin at Prix Europa - Media Competition for all over Europe We are so thrilled to win TWO prizes in two different audio categories at the biggest global competition for public service media. 'The Real Carrie Jade' AND 'Runaway Joe' were both honoured in their respective categories. Huge congrats to all involved including Ronan Kelly, Pavel Barter, Tim Desmond, Nicoline Greer and Liam O'Brien. Listen back from wherever you get your podcasts 🏆🏆

11/10/2024

NEW DOC: Podcast now or listen Saturday 2pm RTÉ Radio 1 David Bowie was a global superstar. Around 25 years ago, one of his super fans, Dara O'Kearney, began to receive emails from a mysterious figure who simply signed off his communications as DB. Could this have been David Bowie himself? (2024)

David Bowie was a global superstar. Around 25 years ago, one of his super fans, Irishman Dara O'Kearney, began to receive emails from a mysterious figure who simply signed off his communications as DB. Could this have been David Bowie himself? (2024)

05/10/2024

Delighted that TWO of our productions were honoured last night at this year’s island of Ireland IMRO Radio Awards In the ‘Podcast of the year’ award, Runaway Joe won Gold - AND - The Real Carrie Jade won Silver!
Congrats to everyone involved including Pavel Barter, Tim Desmond, Nicoline Greer, Ronan Kelly and Liam O’Brien 🏆🏆

04/10/2024

NEW DOC: This weekend we bring you the second and final part of 'First Consignment', telling the story of the first ever shipment of arms from Colonel Muammar Gaddafi of Libya to the Provisional IRA. Podcast now from wherever you get your podcasts. Listen RTÉ Radio 1 at 2pm Saturday | - The home of Irish audio documentaries | RTÉ https://www.rte.ie/radio/doconone/1473073-first-consignment-part-2-attack

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28/09/2024

NEW DOC: The largely unknown and undocumented story of the first ever shipment of weapons from Colonel Muammar Gaddafi of Libya to the Provisional IRA. On podcast and on RTÉ Radio 1 through a two part documentary titled, First Consignment, we trace this shipment of arms from their point of manufacture in Russia, right through to the first victim killed by them in Northern Ireland.

A two-part documentary about the first ever shipment of arms from Colonel Muammar Gaddafi of Libya to the Provisional IRA in 1972.

20/09/2024

NEW DOC: Podcast now/tomorrow 2pm
Georgia Lillis loves her horses and ponies, all thirteen of them. In fact, Georgia uses her horses for her work with neuro-divergent young women and girls. The daughter of Celine Cawley who was killed by her husband, horses have helped Georgia through her trauma and helped her become happy once again.

The story of Georgia Lillis, the daughter of Celine Cawley who was killed by her husband, and how horses have helped her through her trauma.

13/09/2024

NEW DOC: Listen online now or Saturday 2pm RTÉ Radio 1 Ahead of an upcoming general election, and with more politicians than ever before stepping out of politics, we take a look at how there’s more personal abuse and stress on public representatives than ever before. Could this discourage new candidates? And if so, are there any solutions to what some view as a threat to our democracy?

There's more personal abuse and stress on public representatives in Irish politics than ever before. Could this discourage new candidates? And if so, are there any solutions to what some view as a threat to our democracy?

06/09/2024

NEW SEASON/NEW DOC: We return on podcast and on RTÉ Radio 1 with a new season of documentaries. First up (now online/Sat at 2pm on Radio 1), we tell the story of the only gig Bob Marley and the Wailers ever played in Ireland - one that turned out to be Bob's last ever outdoor show, before he tragically died of cancer just 10 months later. A gig that changed the lives of many... (2024)

On July 6th 1980 reggae legend Bob Marley only ever played one gig in Ireland and it turned out to be his last ever outdoor concert. This is the story of that gig from some of those who organised and attended it and said it changed them forever (2024)