Episodes
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| 01 | 20250329 | 20250403 (RU) |  1/5 The explosive literary sensation and winner of the 2023 Booker Prize. As read by Clare Dunne (‘Kin.') On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB – the Garda National Service Bureau – on her step. Two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trades unionist. Ireland is falling apart. The country is in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny and Eilish finds herself caught within the nightmare logic of a society that is quickly unravelling. How far will she go to save her family? And what – or who – is she willing to leave behind? The Author Paul Lynch is the prize-winning author of five novels: ‘Prophet Song', ‘Beyond the Sea', ‘Grace', ‘The Black Snow', and ‘Red Sky in Morning'. He was awarded The Booker Prize 2023 for his esteemed novel ‘Prophet Song'. He has won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year and the French booksellers' prize Prix Libr'à Nous for best foreign novel. He has also been shortlisted for UK's Walter Scott Prize, the US's William Saroyan International Prize, and France's Prix Jean Monnet for European Literature and the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, among other prizes. Libération has called Lynch “one of today's greatest Irish writers ?. He lives in Dublin with his wife and two children. Reader: Clare Dunne Author: Paul Lynch Abridger: Rowan Routh Producer: Michael Shannon A woman is shocked to find the police on her doorstep. By Paul Lynch. Drama from Radio Ulster. Mother of four Eilish Stack answers her front door to two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police, the Garda National Service Bureau, asking for her husband. |
| 02 | 20250405 | 20250412 (RU) | 2/5 The explosive literary sensation and winner of the 2023 Booker Prize. As read by Clare Dunne (‘Kin.') On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB – the Garda National Service Bureau – on her step. Two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trades unionist. Ireland is falling apart. The country is in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny and Eilish finds herself caught within the nightmare logic of a society that is quickly unravelling. How far will she go to save her family? And what – or who – is she willing to leave behind? The Author Paul Lynch is the prize-winning author of five novels: ‘Prophet Song', ‘Beyond the Sea', ‘Grace', ‘The Black Snow', and ‘Red Sky in Morning'. He was awarded The Booker Prize 2023 for his esteemed novel ‘Prophet Song'. He has won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year and the French booksellers' prize Prix Libr'à Nous for best foreign novel. He has also been shortlisted for UK's Walter Scott Prize, the US's William Saroyan International Prize, and France's Prix Jean Monnet for European Literature and the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, among other prizes. Libération has called Lynch “one of today's greatest Irish writers ?. He lives in Dublin with his wife and two children. Reader: Clare Dunne Author: Paul Lynch Abridger: Rowan Routh Producer: Michael Shannon A letter for her eldest son brings a new threat to Eilish's family. By Paul Lynch. Drama from Radio Ulster. By Paul Lynch. A peaceful protest is staged in Dublin, but Eilish insists her family keep their heads down. |
| 03 | 20250412 | 20250419 (RU) 20250424 (RU) | 3/5 The explosive literary sensation and winner of the 2023 Booker Prize. As read by Clare Dunne (‘Kin.') On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB – the Garda National Service Bureau – on her step. Two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trades unionist. Ireland is falling apart. The country is in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny and Eilish finds herself caught within the nightmare logic of a society that is quickly unravelling. How far will she go to save her family? And what – or who – is she willing to leave behind? The Author Paul Lynch is the prize-winning author of five novels: ‘Prophet Song', ‘Beyond the Sea', ‘Grace', ‘The Black Snow', and ‘Red Sky in Morning'. He was awarded The Booker Prize 2023 for his esteemed novel ‘Prophet Song'. He has won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year and the French booksellers' prize Prix Libr'à Nous for best foreign novel. He has also been shortlisted for UK's Walter Scott Prize, the US's William Saroyan International Prize, and France's Prix Jean Monnet for European Literature and the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, among other prizes. Libération has called Lynch “one of today's greatest Irish writers ?. He lives in Dublin with his wife and two children. Reader: Clare Dunne Author: Paul Lynch Abridger: Rowan Routh Producer: Michael Shannon The Stack family's home is attacked. War comes to Dublin. Drama from Radio Ulster. The Stack family are denounced as traitors to the state. |
| 04 | 20250426 | 20250501 (RU) | 4/5 The explosive literary sensation and winner of the 2023 Booker Prize. As read by Clare Dunne (‘Kin.') On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB – the Garda National Service Bureau – on her step. Two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trades unionist. Ireland is falling apart. The country is in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny and Eilish finds herself caught within the nightmare logic of a society that is quickly unravelling. How far will she go to save her family? And what – or who – is she willing to leave behind? The Author Paul Lynch is the prize-winning author of five novels: ‘Prophet Song', ‘Beyond the Sea', ‘Grace', ‘The Black Snow', and ‘Red Sky in Morning'. He was awarded The Booker Prize 2023 for his esteemed novel ‘Prophet Song'. He has won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year and the French booksellers' prize Prix Libr'à Nous for best foreign novel. He has also been shortlisted for UK's Walter Scott Prize, the US's William Saroyan International Prize, and France's Prix Jean Monnet for European Literature and the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, among other prizes. Libération has called Lynch “one of today's greatest Irish writers ?. He lives in Dublin with his wife and two children. Reader: Clare Dunne Author: Paul Lynch Abridger: Rowan Routh Producer: Michael Shannon As airstrikes on Dublin, Eilish struggles to keep her family together. Drama from Radio Ulster. As the fighting across the city intensifies, Eilish battles to keep her children safe. |
| 05 | 20250503 | 5/5 The explosive literary sensation and winner of the 2023 Booker Prize. As read by Clare Dunne (‘Kin.') On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB – the Garda National Service Bureau – on her step. Two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trades unionist. Ireland is falling apart. The country is in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny and Eilish finds herself caught within the nightmare logic of a society that is quickly unravelling. How far will she go to save her family? And what – or who – is she willing to leave behind? The Author Paul Lynch is the prize-winning author of five novels: ‘Prophet Song', ‘Beyond the Sea', ‘Grace', ‘The Black Snow', and ‘Red Sky in Morning'. He was awarded The Booker Prize 2023 for his esteemed novel ‘Prophet Song'. He has won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year and the French booksellers' prize Prix Libr'à Nous for best foreign novel. He has also been shortlisted for UK's Walter Scott Prize, the US's William Saroyan International Prize, and France's Prix Jean Monnet for European Literature and the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, among other prizes. Libération has called Lynch “one of today's greatest Irish writers ?. He lives in Dublin with his wife and two children. Reader: Clare Dunne Author: Paul Lynch Abridger: Rowan Routh Producer: Michael Shannon Heartbroken, Eilish takes her family on a dangerous journey. Drama from Radio Ulster. Having made it back across the city to the hospital, Eilish tries to find her son Bailey. |