Reeling in the Years

The 6th series focusing on events from 2010 until 2019. From Katie Taylor to Kodaline, from Mrs Brown’s Boys to the marriage referendum, from ‘Fake News’ to Fidget Spinners.

1. E1. 2010

   Apr 11, 2021 · 25m

   The stories and the soundtrack of the year 2010, when Ireland was hit by freezing weather in January: temperatures dropped to -16.3 degrees in the coldest spell for almost fifty years. David Cameron replaced Labour’s Gordon Brown as Prime Minister. In Haiti, an earthquake killed an estimated 222,000 people and left more than 2 million others homeless.

2. E2. 2011

   Apr 18, 2021 · 25m

   A look at music and news from 2011, a year when Ireland hosted visits from Britain's Queen Elizabeth and US president Barack Obama. Ireland also got a new President: Michael D Higgins, and London hosted a royal wedding as Kate Middleton married Prince William.

3. E3. 2012

   Apr 25, 2021 · 25m

   A dip into the news and music archives from 2012, when Katie Taylor won boxing gold for Ireland at the London Olympics, and Barack Obama won a second term in office as US President.

4. E4. 2013

   May 2, 2021 · 25m

   A dip into the news and music archives from 2013, when the horsemeat scandal rocked Europe, Northern Ireland hosted the G8 summit of world leaders, Ireland's women's rugby union team won the Grand Slam and Wicklow singer-songwriter Hozier released Take Me to Church.

5. E5. 2014

   May 9, 2021 · 25m

   The hits and the headlines of 2014, when music superstar Garth Brooks tried and failed to play five concerts at Croke Park, billionaire businessman Donald Trump bought the Doonbeg golf resort in Co Clare and boxer Katie Taylor won a fifth world title in a row.

6. E6. 2015

   May 16, 2021 · 25m

   The hits and the headlines of 2015, when Storm Desmond and Storm Frank brought damage and devastation across the country, and Ireland went to the polls in a constitutional referendum to legalise same-sex marriage.

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