Marty in the Morning Wednesday 11 June 2025
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Marty in the Morning Wednesday 11 June 2025
Episode • 3 Hr 0 Mins • 11 JUN • Marty in the Morning Join the dawn chorus with Marty for your morning wake-up call with music, competitions and news and weather.
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'A total mind melt': Eileen Walsh on her 24-hour play at Cork Midsummer Festival
Cork actor Eileen Walsh is not afraid of a challenge. Fresh from her role in the acclaimed film Small Things Like These, which she starred in opposite her long-time friend and co-star Cillian Murphy, the 48-year-old is taking on a new theatrical feat that will test both her acting skills and her stamina. This weekend, she takes on the role of Virginia in The Second Woman at Cork Opera House during Cork Midsummer Festival, playing a seven-minute scene opposite the character of Marty, an intimate moment in which their relationship has lost its spark. The twist? She has never met the man playing Marty. Also, the scene repeats with a different actor each time, some of whom have never acted before. A hundred different men. And she has to do it for 24 hours straight. It begs the question: how can someone even prepare for that? 'It's been super intense but brilliant,' Walsh tells me after her first week of rehearsals. 'It's a total mind melt.' She says she has been primarily rehearsing with one actor who pitches different emotions and energies for her to work with, as well as some acting students. The show's Australian creators, Nat Randall and Anna Breckon, have been a great guide for her. 'The two women who are directing it, Anna and Nat, they've done it so many times before, so they know exactly how to lead you through the whole thing. 'Anna and Nat will give him a direction to come in and be scared, or totally over the top, or whatever. He's been amazing, but nothing is like the actual people who are coming in. They have seven minutes to do their best shot. It's mad. It's totally mad. It's kind of exhausting dealing with their nerves and adrenaline." 'Exhausting' seems the only word for it. Sleep deprivation could be a curveball, and Walsh has resisted the urge to pull an all-nighter to see how she fares. 'I love my sleep, I don't know why the hell I'm doing it,' laughs the actress from Quaker Road, but she points out that there are times in our lives when the adrenaline kicks in and we can power through extreme tiredness. She feels The Second Woman will work like that. The actress isn't the only member of her family preparing for a massive undertaking this month. 'Ethel is my youngest, and she's doing her Junior Cert at the moment, so it's really full on,' she says. Walsh thinks her experience of early motherhood will help prepare her for the physical and mental challenge of exhaustion. 'Maybe you're meant to play it in a dream moment. I know when I had my first baby, Tippy, in particular, the first four weeks after she was born, you're in this vortex where you're not sleeping and you're trying to produce milk and your body's all over the shop. I kind of look forward to that, that out-of-body experience.' This marathon theatrical event comes two weeks after the Cork City Marathon saw runners fill the streets, and there are obvious parallels in the preparations. 'I think it is very similar to that. By day two of rehearsals, it was four people, and then we did seven people, and then today was eight people. I think by the time we do a dress run, that's going to be the longest we'll do. I don't know how long that will be, but it won't be the full extended thing until the marathon day.' Cork Midsummer Festival 2025 Walsh credits exercise like yoga as essential in her preparation, and said her sister in Australia told her once about the 'runner's wall', something that feels like a physical and mental barrier. 'She kept saying to me, if you can give birth, you can do anything. She was saying when you're running, there will be a 'wall' and once you're through that 'wall', it just gets easier. It might be hard, but then there'll be that breakthrough. 'Particularly with Sackies [her instructor at Yoga Republic in Ballintemple, Sackies Skalkos], it's about allowing yourself to go through that wall, which is brilliant for this as well. It just reminds you that you're strong, that you are in the body you're in, but actually, that can be strong too.' In this acting undertaking of a lifetime, Walsh says her 24-hour schedule has short comfort breaks built in for about five minutes each, and when it comes to meals, she's eating them on stage. Once her acting marathon finishes hours are over, Walsh says she intends to meet friends who are coming to Cork to see the play before being driven up to Dublin by her Scottish husband Stuart McCaffer. The 24-hour performance is sure to present a few challenges along the way, but Walsh seems to be relishing the experience. 'I'm looking forward to the journey of it, and then I bet you afterwards, I'll be riding on adrenaline,' she says. The Second Woman runs at Cork Opera House, as part of Cork Midsummer Festival, from 4pm on Saturday, June 14, to 4pm on Sunday, June 15. Tickets can be purchased for the entire 24-hour performance, or for shorter segments Read More Louise O'Neill among writers pushing the boundaries of theatre at Cork Midsummer Festival
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Be sure to visit the RTÉ tent at Bloom this June BH weekend
Taking place over the June Bank Holiday weekend, and running from 9am to 6pm daily, Bord Bia's Bloom is set to celebrate its 18th birthday with spectacular entertainment and heavenly gardens. Spanning 70 acres of Dublin's Phoenix Park, the spectacular gardening event is a great coming together for garden designers, flower growers, landscapers, plantaholics, garden-furniture makers, food fanatics and anyone who loves to garden. RTÉ returns to the Phoenix Park with a feast of live music, chat, live shows from RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ lyric fm favourites, conversations hosted by Audrey McGrath, regular live RTÉ Weather updates, and much more. So, RTÉ has something for everyone at Bord Bia Bloom from Thursday, 29 May – Monday, 2 June. Marty Whelan will kick off RTÉ's five-day schedule at 10am on Thursday 29 May with a special Marty in the Morning featuring great live music, chat and special guests over two enjoyable hours. Join Marty as he catches up with some of the garden designers taking part in this year's festival and brings you his unique style of entertainment, including occasional dad jokes. For updates, tune into Marty in the Morning on RTÉ lyric fm in the lead up to Bord Bia Bloom, weekdays 7am – 10am. Later that day, from 2pm - 4pm Liz Nolan will bring her popular RTÉ lyric fm programme, The Full Score to Bloom, with live music from members of the wonderful RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and some special guests. There will be live RTÉ Weather updates on Thursday and every day from Bloom, three times daily on RTÉ One. Friday: An afternoon of great live radio On Friday, join RTÉ Radio 1's The Louise Duffy Show at 12 noon as she brings a beautiful selection of tunes for all tastes, specially chosen for a June Bank Holiday Friday at Bord Bia Bloom, before handing over to Lorcan Murray for his Classic Drive live and on RTÉ lyric fm from 1pm – 3pm with music, chat and green-fingered guests for listeners and visitors live from the RTÉ set. Lorcan has put together a bright and blossoming playlist for the event and some enjoyable live musical performances. Saturday: Lazing on a sunny afternoon Saturday starts bright and early as Philip Boucher-Hayes presents a special edition of Countrywide from Bord Bia Bloom at 8am on RTÉ Radio 1. Then on Saturday afternoon you can enjoy the company of Simon Delaney from 1pm – 3pm as he celebrates Ireland's festival of flowers, food and fun. Fans of Simon's Sunday afternoon show can expect the same mix of easy chat, good humour and great jazz as we join him in the perfect outdoor setting. We can also look forward to onstage performances from Aoife Mulholland and Niall O'Sullivan. Following the success of In Conversation with Audrey McGrath at last September's National Ploughing Championships, Audrey invites special guests to join her in conversation on stage at the RTÉ set on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Timings will be confirmed before June Bank Holiday weekend. In full Bloom on Sunday and Monday In addition to regular RTÉ Weather reports and conversations with Audrey McGrath, join George Hamilton for music and chat in Hamilton Scores also live on RTÉ lyric fm from 10am - 1pm on Sunday, while Derek Mooney will be right at home in nature for a special Mooney Goes Wild live on RTÉ Radio 1 from 3pm - 4pm on Monday. And don't forget that Marty Morrissey and Áine Lawlor will be back on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player with Bloom, capturing the fun and colour of the June bank holiday weekend at Bord Bia Bloom. See the full RTÉ live at Bord Bia Bloom schedule below and stay tuned to RTÉ lyric fm, RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ's social media accounts for more updates on what you can enjoy with RTÉ at Bord Bia Bloom 2025. RTÉ HIGHLIGHTS at Bord Bia Bloom THURSDAY 29 MAY 10:00 - 12:00: Marty In The Morning - live and on RTÉ lyric fm 14:00 - 16:00: The Full Score with Liz Nolan (live with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra) - live & on RTÉ lyric fm RTÉ Weather: broadcast on RTÉ One at various times throughout the day. FRIDAY 30 MAY 12:00 - 13:00: The Louise Duffy Show - live and on RTÉ Radio 1 13:00 - 15:00: Lorcan Murray presents Classic Drive - live From Bloom and on RTÉ lyric fm RTÉ Weather: broadcast at various times throughout the day. SATURDAY 31 MAY 08:00 - 09:00: Countrywide with Philip Boucher Hayes on RTÉ Radio 1 13:00 - 15:00: Saturday Afternoon with Simon Delaney (with Aoife Mulholland & Niall O'Sullivan) TBC: In Conversation with Audrey McGrath RTÉ Weather: broadcast at various times throughout the day.
