RTÉ - Marian Finucane

Sunday newspaper panel, part 2

Interview: Marian talks to Richard Boyd Barrett about his background, political and personal beliefs and life in the public eye.

Comedy writer and producer John Murphy joins us to cast an eye over the evolution of the cop show.

Actor Neil Pearson speaks to us from Glasgow about how he has ended up where he is in his career and his upcoming show in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre - "Noises Off."

And last but not least, Dave Fanning and Jim Lockhart come in to talk about rock legends - why they get back together, and whether it works or not.

Newspaper Panel Discussion

Declan Power, security analyst, and Mark Hennessy, London Editor, The Irish Times, on the murder of the British soldier and an attempted murder in France.

In Studio to discuss the Primetime Investigation are Irene Gunning, Chief Executive of Early Childhood Ireland and CEO of Irish Preschool Play Assocation; and John Byrne, Social Care Worker and Lecturer in Waterford Institute of Technology.

In studio with Marian today is Kieran Mulvey, Chief Executive of the Labour Relations Committee, who has been hailed as the country's best negotiator and an industrial relations trouble shooter.

It’s that time of year where there may be one or two members of your household prepping for exams – it can be a stressful time for all involved. Prof Aidan Moran talks about how to reduce exam stress and also how to improve concentration

FINDING THE ELUSIVE GREAT TRAVEL DEAL IS GETTING HARDER ALL THE TIME Airlines and tour operators carefully control capacity off this island. And the days of holidays at rock bottom prices being dumped on the market are gone.

Last Wednesday would have been the 200th birthday of composer Richard Wagner. He is a divisive figure in the arts world. An acknowledged musical genius and innovator, as a person he was deeply flawed. Among his many suspect personality traits was an outspoken and well documented anti-Semitism

Philip O'Connor, an Irish journalist based in Sweden, talks of the riots in the Swedish capital’s most ethnically mixed areas

Newspaper panel: Joan Burton, Minister for Social Protection / Prof. Michael O'Keeffe - ophthalmologist / Michael Clifford - columnist with Irish Examiner / Jim Power - economist / Maureen Gaffney, clinical psychologist Writer and publican Billy Keane talks about Donal Walsh.

Pat Kingsley on, "Brand Beckham." Declan Walsh on life in and since Pakistan. Former commander of Scotland Yard John O'Connor on the Madeleine McCann case. And Adrian Weckler on the future of technology.