Ireland

'71 is set in Belfast during the violent 1971 riots. Ryan Smith samples some of the tense score by Irish electronic musician David Holmes. Video, Audio

In Greece the banks have recently been closing for days but during the 1960's and 70's the Irish institutions closed their doors for months on end; how did the people cope? Audio

Ireland's on the eve of making world history with the first ever same-sex marriage referendum. Audio

Oamaru born and bred Samoan, Sene Naoupu on fitness and happiness, and still speaking Samoan even though she's now playing for the Ireland women's rugby team. Audio

The symbol 'X' can mean many things - X marks the spot where the treasure is hidden, it's a kiss at the end of a text, a place to put your signature, a mathematical symbol. Vona Groarke is a major… Audio

Broadcaster and journalist based in Cork, discussing this week's inadvertent temporary legalisation of a range of consciousness-altering drugs in Ireland. Audio

'Post Tropical' was released this year by 30 year old Irish singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow, and is being described as one of the year's surprises. Audio

Ha the Unclear's Michael Cathro has overseen a long migration with his project - from Dunedin where he started the band under another name, to Cork, Ireland, and finally to Auckland. The migration has… Audio

The Irish Famine 1845-1852 is now the most visualised experience of the Irish across the globe, through memorials and public art. With Dr Emily Mark-FitzGerald from University College Dublin's School… Audio

The Galway historian reveals 796 children died at a home for unwed mothers in Tuam. Audio

Professor of History at Princeton, and a Fellow of the British Academy talking about her book, Acts of Union and Disunion: What Has Held the UK Together and What is Dividing It? Audio

Ireland is an island nation of roughly four million, colonised by the British just like us. Do they embrace the same sports? Contest them with the same intensity? Agonise about defeat as deeply? And… Audio

Nigel Stirling visits Ireland to look at how the global recession has turned the roar of the Celtic tiger in to a whimper. Audio

Nigel Stirling visits Ireland to look at how the global recession has turned the roar of the Celtic tiger into a whimper. Audio