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Michael Portillo charts the War of Independence in Ireland, following the journey from the Peace Conference in Versailles to the historic ceasefire in 1921.

Examines the events from the perspectives of historian, writers and family members of those involved in the 1970 Dublin Arms Trial. GunPlot draws together all strands of analysis in a dramatic narrative of these extraordinary events. The documentary also uses previously unreleased sound recordings from the trial proceedings, which provide a unique and first hand window on Irish history.

A team of researchers record memories of the Irish Civil War that were passed on through families and communities throughout Ireland. The group unexpectedly uncovered a trove of audio recordings of men and women central to the Irish revolutionary period on tapes that were in an attic in the United States for 50 years.

The Burren is a place full of intrigue and mystery to film-maker Katrina Costello, who has been working there for over 13 years. 'It is not a landscape that gives up her secrets easily, but in every fold of rock and around every corner there is always a new surprise'. Her love for that landscape is obvious, which captures the raw and complicated beauty of the Burren using intimate natural history photography and the spontaneous insights of a cast of local contributors.

Baz Ashmawy visits Dingle in the aftermath of the Dingle Dolphin's disappearance. A peninsula, almost in mourning for the sudden loss of their companion and friend for almost four decades, regale the magic and the mystery of the cheeky solitary wild Dolphin who made Dingle Bay his home for 37 years.

The story of the Glenanne Gang details how members of the RUC and UDR, (a British Army regiment) were centrally involved in the murder of over 120 innocent civilians during the recent conflict in Ireland. It will detail how members worked hand in hand with known sectarian murderers in the targeted assassinations of farmers, shopkeepers, publicans and other civilians in a campaign aimed at terrorising the most vulnerable in society.

Tells the story of how David Gray, a broke Welsh singer, made an album in his spare room that became the biggest selling of all time in Ireland.

The climate crisis discussion tends to be dominated by talk of the scale of the problem. In this documentary Philip Boucher Hayes examines what it is going to take for Ireland to play its part in solving the problem. He also identifies the gap between what the science says we must do and what the government and corporations are actually doing.