On Agenda (Sunday, noon, TV3), as Denis O'Brien takes on Tony O'Reilly in a bidding war for Eircom, Jane Suiter, Economics Editor of The Irish Times, talks to Denis O'Brien about how confident he is that eIsland will be successful and what his plans for Eircom would mean for the company and its shareholders.
Transport and urban development come under Duncan Stewart's eye this week in The State We're in (Tuesday, 7 p.m., RTE1) and he investigates the impact they have on the quality of life. Dublin city and Athlone town are put under the microscope.
What has an estate agent done for you lately? asks House Hunters (Thursday, 8.30 p.m., RTE1). Has any Irish estate agent ever worked that hard to sell a property? Not in the current boom, but possibly in the past and likely in the future, because much as estate agents like to talk up the market it will not last for ever.
Homeless. . . in the home of the Celtic tiger, Boomtown (Thursday, 10.15 p.m., RTE1) the second in an eight-part series focuses on the life of Dave Gregory and Kathleen Gordon, both in their 20s and homeless for the last 10 years. The programme follows their attempt to get back on track.
Alvin Hall believes that overspending is an emotional reaction and this week on Your Money Or Your Life (Wednesday, 8 p.m., BBC2) he meets 29-year-old Wai-Yeun Lai who has debts on credit and store cards of £30,000 sterling (€48,371). Hoarded in her two-bedroom flat are dozens of unopened perfume bottles, hundreds of CDs, videos and magazines. He must find out why she has the urge to shop and then change her habits.
sokelly@irish-times.ie
