Third Time Lucky was first broadcast on Newstalk 106-108fm on Sunday 29^th September 2024 with a repeat broadcast on Saturday 5^th October 2024.

https://link.goloudplayer.com/s/sGD16KmNjG4i

Third Time Lucky is a topical comedy-drama in which IMRO-nominated writer Brian Gallagher explores the tensions that arise when allotment holders discover that there is pyrite in their community centre.

Third Time Lucky is told partly from the perspective of Councilor Benny Kelly, a slippery local representative who has crossed swords with the residents in the past but who this time sees an opportunity to win favour. With long-standing grievances between members of the allotment committee bubbling below the surface, tempers flare when reactionary Mick Delaney insults an official from the local council – who threatens to close the community centre because of fire and safety irregularities.

Meanwhile Benny re-evaluates his purpose in life.  But can the leopard really change his spots?  And can he be trusted, or is it too good to be true, when he cooks up a scheme to save the clubhouse from closure?

Starring Mark O’Regan, Claudia Carroll, and Sharon Hogan, Third Time Lucky was written and produced by Brian Gallagher.