Brendan O'Connor
Hosted by Brendan O'Connor and Dearbhail · RTÉ Radio 1
4.3from 244 ratings
- 1,129
- Episodes
- 1,066
- Transcribed
- 244
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 374M
- YouTube views
About Brendan O'Connor
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.
- Publisher
- RTÉ Radio 1
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 3 Dec 2023
- Latest episode
- 1 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
1,066 of 1,129 episodes have a transcript.
1 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Death of Ciara Mageean - "The Irish athletic community are mourning a beautiful person today"
1 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
"Trump has squandered all his good opportunities in these midterms"
1 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
"I had no intention of being a chef, I just opened a restaurant to pay the bills"
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Death of Ciara Mageean - "The Irish athletic community are mourning a beautiful person today"
Published 1 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Ciara knew that track well, did she? Oh, she did. I suppose the day that's in it, it's kind of poignant that I'm here on the cross-country track in Aberstown where Ciara would have represented Ireland. It's tough. […]
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- David Gillick
- Des Cahill
- Mark Little
- Rick Stein
- Maureen Gaffney
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 373,663,812
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 3.7 / 5
- 41 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.5 / 5
- 203 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 87 / 100
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- Quality
- 98
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 97
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Who hosts Brendan O'Connor?
Brendan O'Connor and Dearbhail host the show. Published by RTÉ Radio 1.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Brendan O'Connor take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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