'Night on Earth' by Colin Walsh

Read by Naoise Dunbar. It is Leaving Cert night in a small Irish town. School is done. Eoin is all buoyed up thinking how the whole world lies ahead of him when off-guard he recognises a childhood friend whose life is on a different path.

Om Podcasten

SPOKEN STORIES is a themed-led trilogy of 36 original stories. Commissioned from some of the most dynamic contemporary writers associated with Ireland and the short story, they navigate the imaginative breadth of what it is to be alive in the world in our time. The three series that make up SPOKEN STORIES are Independence, Creatures of the Earth and The State of Us. The stories are in English and in Irish as well as by writers whose first language is other than Irish nor English. They are voiced by a cast of actors and the contributing writers. This RTÉ Radio original concept was made with the support of Coimmisiún na Méan.