RTÉ Documentary on One
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RTÉ Documentary on One
@rtedoconone.bsky.social
Multi Award Winning Audio Doc & Podcast unit
RTE Radio 1 Winner of 400+ awards.
Latest series:
- First Conviction https://www.rte.ie/firstconviction
- StolenSister https://www.rte.ie/stolensister
- Where is Jón http://rte.ie/whereisjon
"750 Days" - In Ep5 of our continuing podcast First Conviction, Halawa and Sayeed are taken to separate Dublin jails to serve out their sentences. But they begin to fight back to try to get justice. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/4wky...
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Nice to see our current series #FirstConviction highlighted by the Guardian in their 'Best Podcasts of the Week'.
"This sensitive investigation lays bare extensive, tragic failings by the authorities."
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Bill Nighy is the agony uncle you never knew you needed: best podcasts of the week
The actor is a laconic delight as he dispenses surprising levels of wisdom in response to reader questions, while Obama, Paul McCartney and Ayo Edebiri pay homage to an African musical great
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October 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Tim Desmond from the Doc on One and Pam Fraher from RTÉ Investigates joined Claire Byrne this morning to tell her about First Conviction. If you missed it, you can catch up here www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Couple imprisoned for a crime that never happened
Pam Fraher, RTÉ Investigates Reporter and Tim Desmond, Producer The Documentary on One
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October 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Imagine your child has fallen and she is hurt. You bring her to hospital. But when you get there, people start saying that it is you that hurt her. This is the unbelievable scenario in our latest podcast - First Conviction. The first three episodes are out now: open.spotify.com/show/3hOAVGZ...
First Conviction: 03 - Trial One
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October 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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The first two episodes of First Conviction are out now!

The soundtrack to this new @rtedoconone.bsky.social podcast series is composed by Mel Mercier and performed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra & soloists.

#firstconviction #doconone @rte.ie @rteradio1.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Coming soon: First Conviction, a new six-part series with #RTEInvestigates. A couple imprisoned for a crime against their child - a crime they say they did not commit. From 8th October. Subscribe and listen here: htps://open.spotify.com/episode/6r03JcjnhlzRmznmOH5bVV?si=Qij2WYdOSSay0Fi3LSxTYQ
September 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Lovely to hear Fiona Tiernan remembered on Morning Ireland this morning. Fiona and others founded the Plurabelle Paddlers in 2010. Best of luck to the Irish dragon boat racing team as they make their debut at the World Championships next week.
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In The Same Boat
Forty women and two dragons take to the water- a radio documentary about the launch of a unique project for breast cancer survivors.
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July 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Ep5 of Stolen Sister is out today. With the heartbreaking recovery of both Elizabeth and Mary’s remains, the investigation’s focus sharpens. As the case makes its way through the legal system, will justice be served ? open.spotify.com/episode/0haK...
Stolen Sister: 05 - The Trials
Stolen Sister · Episode
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June 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We're delighted to be nominated in the Broadcast Journalism category of today's Justice Media Awards for Heart and Soul Horses. www.rte.ie/radio/docono...
June 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
RTÉ's Nationwide aired a beautiful piece last night about the music in the Stolen Sister series. It was composed by Oscar-winning composer Stephen Warbeck and in February the RTÉ Concert Orchestra recorded it over a special day in Studio 1 in front of the Plunkett family.
www.rte.ie/player/serie...
Nationwide 2025-06-16
Many people in Ireland and around the world are creating their own podcasts, Nationwide highlights two special podcasts produced here in Ireland. Presenter Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh. Watch Nationwide 2025...
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June 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Episode 3 of Stolen Sister is available now. As suspicions grow around two Englishmen roaming freely around Ireland, Gardaí issue a nationwide alert for their capture. But no one knows these men have already hatched a chilling plan: to kill one woman a week. open.spotify.com/episode/40bk...
Stolen Sister: 03 - On the Hunt
Stolen Sister · Episode
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June 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Stolen Sister Ep2 - "Missing" is out today. As friends and family search desperately for Eizabeth Plunkett, two suspicious men were seen around the Brittas Bay area. Listen on RTÉ Radio Player or wherever you get your podcasts. open.spotify.com/episode/4neY...
Stolen Sister: 02 - Missing
Stolen Sister · Episode
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June 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Stolen Sister. Episode 1 - Elizabeth, out now. Ep2 coming this Friday.
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Stolen Sister | RTÉ Radio Player
YouTube video by RTÉ - IRELAND’S NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA
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June 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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RTE RadIo 1 Doc On One series is consistently great. Sitting in the car in the lashing rain listening to a documentary on basketball. I have zero interest in basketball.
June 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Roz and Nicoline joined Laura Fox on 2FM on Friday to talk about Stolen Sister open.spotify.com/episode/0b9j...
Roz Purcell & Nicoline Greer - Stolen Sister
2FM Morning with Laura Fox · Episode
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June 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We were so fortunate to have the RTÉ Concert Orchestra perform the beautiful music composed by Stephen Warbeck for our latest podcast...
Episode One out now - Stolen Sister 🎙️

The story of Elizabeth Plunkett – a 23 year old woman from Dublin who was murdered.

Original music soundtrack composed by Oscar-winning Stephen Warbeck, performed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Sound design and orchestra recording by Ciarán Dunne.
May 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Coming up at 6.30, this evening RTÉ Radio 1 - Ep 1 of Stolen Sister. On the last weekend of a glorious summer in 1976, 23 year old Elizabeth headed for an night away with friends to Brittas Bay. When she waved goodbye to her family, they didn't know it would be the last time they would see her.
May 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
NEW podcast series - Ep1 now available. The story of Elizabeth Plunkett, a victim of Ireland's first serial killers. Hosted by Roz Purcell, after 49 years, Elizabeth's family are speaking out to fight for justice and dignity for their sister.
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May 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The trailer to our newest series just published. Beginning May 30th, we tell story of 23 year old Elizabeth Plunkett through those closest to her. Elizabeth was the first victim of Ireland's first serial killers. Her family are finally seeking some justice. www.rte.ie/radio/docono...
Stolen Sister
On the last weekend of the summer of 1976, a young woman named Elizabeth Plunkett went away for a night with friends to Brittas Bay in county Wicklow. Nobody knew it then, but that was the last time ?...
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May 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
NEW DOC: Austin Kenny found a box of old cassette tapes in his family home - it led him to wonder, did other families have boxes of tapes like this too? You can listen back to "Voice Notes Before Voice Notes", here or wherever you get your podcasts: www.rte.ie/radio/docono...
Voice Notes...Before Voice Notes
When, as a child, Austin Kenny, found a box of audio cassettes in his family home, he wondered - did other families have such tapes too?
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May 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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@rtedoconone.bsky.social I really loved listening to the documentary this afternoon about sound recordings exchanged between emigrants and families back in Ireland. Really poignant, reminded me a lot of my family exchanging messages with Ireland from England in the 70s/80s
May 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Nice mention of "A Letter Home" from our most recent season of docs, thank you!
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April 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
If you liked #Adolescence on #Netflix you might be interested in a podcast dive into the online world of incels that we made last year: "Invisible Men - Ireland's Incels" www.rte.ie/radio/docono... #Incels
Invisible Men - Ireland's Incels
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 h...
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March 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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‘I’m almost certain something happened’: Family fear missing Jón Jónsson was killed by hitman in case of mistaken identity
‘I’m almost certain something happened’: Family fear missing Jón Jónsson was killed by hitman in case of mistaken identity
Relatives of the Icelandic poker player last seen in Dublin six years ago want gardaí to open a murder investigation
www.irishtimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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There are a number of remarkable features to the story of serial fraudster Samantha Cookes who was sentenced to jail earlier this week, writes Southern Editor Paschal Sheehy
Number of remarkable features to Samantha Cookes case
There are a number of remarkable features to the story of serial fraudster Samantha Cookes, sentenced to four years in jail with the final 12 months suspended at a court in Kerry earlier this week, wr...
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March 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM