Irish-language talk with a restless cultural range.
Splanc moves through Irish-language conversation with a wide-angle curiosity: television, football, fiction, protests, schools, public figures, and pop culture all belong. The tone is familiar and questioning, with interviews and panel-style exchanges that let ideas gather shape rather than arrive pre-packaged.
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Splanc is a broad Irish-language talk magazine with the pace and looseness of live conversation. It works less like a polished lecture and more like a table where sport, television, literature, politics, education, and public anxiety can all be pulled into the same discussion. The show’s recent segments suggest a rotating, interview-driven format. Mínithe episodes explain cultural subjects and public roles. Scéalta episodes gather current affairs, social debates, and odd civic details. Moltaí episodes move through recommendations, books, music, film references, and personal cultural memory. Spórt gives matches, teams, pressure, and form the room they need. The range is unusually elastic. Bluey as Gaeilge, puppetry, Ros na Rún at 30, Trump, protests, landlines, savings schemes, and Leaving Cert material can all sit under the same roof. The result is not chaotic so much as lived-in. Splanc assumes the audience can follow a fast Irish-language flow where English names and media terms appear naturally. It does not pause to flatten every reference. Instead, it circles a point until the stakes become clear. A discussion of writing in Irish becomes a question about courage, readership, character, and language itself. A sports exchange becomes a debate about pressure, chances, comparison, and what counts as a real solution. A culture segment can move from Project Hail Mary to Never Let Me Go, Harry Styles, Bruce Springsteen, Ronald Reagan, and the meanings people attach to songs. The show is strongest when it lets a subject breathe through conversation rather than tidy argument. There is warmth in that looseness. There is also a dry, practical instinct: what happened, who is affected, and why does this matter beyond the immediate example? Some clips carry the roughness of noisy transcripts and repeated phrases, but the underlying editorial shape is clear. Splanc suits listeners who like Irish-language talk that feels current, culturally literate, and unafraid of public controversy. It keeps the Irish language in motion across the subjects people actually argue about.
Made for: Best for Irish speakers and learners who want current, conversational audio across culture, sport, politics, books, and media. It especially suits listeners comfortable with fast talk, mixed references, and discussion that trusts them to keep up.
What sets it apart: Splanc stands out by treating Irish as the natural language for everyday public argument, not just heritage or formal culture. Its segments move freely from sports analysis to children’s television, fiction, online culture, and national politics.
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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Splanc places music and artistic work inside a broad, conversational view of Irish-language culture.
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A sports discussion that keeps circling the pressure points until they feel immediate.
This sports discussion keeps returning to the pressure on Cirean Oire and Cork, and that looping focus gives it a steady pull. Rather than trying to tidy the argument away, it lets the tension stay visible, which makes the stakes feel immediate.
A loose sports conversation where club spirit, player pressure, and Gaelic ambition keep crossing paths.
This single-episode review frames the game as more than a result, following how belonging, pressure, and crowd momentum gather around clubs and communities.
A thoughtful Irish-language conversation on literary responsibility, courage, and the languages that shape a writer's work.
Splanc's conversation with Eilis Ni Cheibhne treats the Laureate for Irish Fiction role as more than an honorific. It becomes a way into what a writer is asked to notice: other writers, Welsh and Gaelic literature, and the language that shapes both the work and the…
A loose conversation that circles Andrew Tate, Netflix, Westboro Baptist Church, and the Scientologists while probing fear and storytelling.
Splanc sets up a loose, back-and-forth exchange between Ciara Kelly and Carol from AgriPolitica, letting the talk move through Andrew Tate, Netflix, Westboro Baptist Church, and the Scientologists without forcing a neat line.
A loose, culturally minded conversation where GDPR, public money, language, and jobs keep opening new turns.
This episode moves through GDPR, public money, language, work, and the customs people carry from childhood, letting each subject tug the next into view.
A thoughtful book conversation where cloning opens into questions of physicality, science, and belonging.
Splonk's discussion of Never Let Me Go follows cloning into questions of physicality, guardianship, and the right to exist in a world where clones are treated as an ethical problem before they are treated as people.
Chicago critics DeRogatis and Kot pair new-album reviews with deep dives into records like Rumours.
Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson trace viral internet stories from Reddit threads to courtrooms.
Celebrity, clothes and chaos, talked through at full speed.
The episode 'Splanc Ceol: Scagadh ar an 'Top 100 Irish Songs'' analyzes a list of the top 100 Irish songs, critiquing its inclusions and biases.
The episode 'Splanc Leabhair: Never Let Me Go' from the Irish-language show Splanc on Newstalk discusses cloning, narrative techniques, and speculative fiction.
A confusing and repetitive conversation about a book, apologies, and a job in Switzerland.
This episode features an interview with Róisín Ní Bheal Láin discussing women's roles and achievements in the context of International Women's Day.
Garry Mac Donncha discusses his sports career, including playing rugby and his future prospects in Irish sports.
This episode discusses Bluey in Irish, puppetry, and Ros na Rún at 30, with a conversational tone touching on travel and personal experiences.
A reflective discussion about revisiting beginnings, personal stories, and the journey from being a comedian on TV to current thoughts and unfinished plans.
This episode features a Volkswagen advertisement followed by a disjointed narrative about being at Clos de Ida during Easter with many people and students, mentioning buses and picnics.
It opens on a looping argument about what is real and what is not.
The host acknowledges a large audience watching and listening, encouraging comfort despite challenges.
Ciara Kelly opens the segment and brings in Carol from AgriPolitica.
Splanc interviews Eilis Ní Chéibhne about her role as Laureate na hÉireann don Fhicsean and the responsibilities of supporting Irish fiction.
Splanc Spórt: 3 Aibreán examines Irish sport through discussions of FAI responsibility, club infrastructure, and player development.
The host opens with repeated Air News Talk references, then turns toward customers, GDPR, money, work, and authorities.
This episode discusses a 'Top 100 Irish Songs' list from Today FM, reflecting on its impact, accessibility for older audiences, and personal experiences with the radio broadcast.
This episode features an interview with Garry Mac Donncha discussing his experiences in rugby, his career over the past three years, and future possibilities related to TG4 and RTE.