David Young talks to Ryan Tubridy about museums returning their booty.

David Young documents the eccentric doings of the rich and famous.

David Young discusses with Dave Fanning pop culture’s most notorious character.

David Young speaks to the then Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern, in the autumn of 2006, ahead of his meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair to negotiate devolution to Northern Ireland.

In a rare interview, Bertie Ahern gives his reading of the Irish economy, the building industry, the health system, and how wealth is distributed – all as a socialist would appreciate.

Presciently or not, this was just before things went bang.

David Young interviews English writer and journalist Robert Fisk about the kidnapping of the Guardian’s Iraq correspondent, Irishman Rory Carroll.

Robert Fisk, Middle East correspondent for The Independent, has been based in Beirut for more than 30 years.

And so, as the holder of more British and International journalism awards than any other correspondent, Fisk is best placed to comment on his fellow professional’s predicament.

Once an Olympian, always an Olympian. Gold medallist from the Melbourne Games of 1956, Ronnie Delaney is a living legend.

Here, speaking to David Young, he tells of his life and times, and what it means to him to have taken the path he did.

A gentleman and an inspiration.

A singer-songwriter of critical acclaim, Majella Murphy secured a world’s first by releasing her album ‘Brave New World’ on a mobile phone by Sony Ericsson.

No stranger to playing the biggest festivals and appearing on TV, Majella joins David Young in studio…for a chat. A born performer, she describes herself as “spectacularly unemployable” – so thank the man above that music has proved her sanctuary.

Talented and fun, just beware Bob Dylan.

This is the story of the life and times of Desmond O’Grady, in his own words. One of the senior figures in Irish literary circles, he is a man whose talents ought to be witnessed by a wider audience.

Poet, translator, and teacher, O’Grady is the quintessential wandering Celt – having led a robustly peripatetic life devoted to his crafts. And he continues to lead a remarkable existence, writing every day.

Here you get an opportunity to travel with him on some of those journeys.
Enjoy a rare listening treat from a master of words.

“What makes someone move to a rock in the ocean, in the middle of nowhere?” It’s a question Cape Clear islanders often ask themselves, while pondering the paths taken by those who’ve come to live with them. Without fail though, their doors are open to anyone who makes the journey.

And so, for the past 20 years, the southernmost inhabited part of Ireland has been home to American author and poet, Chuck Kruger and his wife Nell. This is Cape, as seen through the eyes of a blow-in who never wants to blow-out. The island wouldn’t let him, or Nell for that matter.

Broadcast on RTÉ

David Young ventures into the heart of Cork to explore the curiously-named and out-of-sight ‘English Market’, and finds a village that has survived more than two centuries.

Bringing you on a journey into Cork’s casbah, Young introduces you to traders and family histories that have shaped the city’s identity; and gives you an almost firsthand experience of a treasure trove of foodstuffs – fit for a visiting Queen.

Broadcast on RTÉ
Shortlisted at the Celtic Media Festival 2012