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IT project manager during the day and an avid quizzer by night, Dan O’Malley is one of Ireland most successful quizzers. Ireland is a big quizzing nation yet we have no home-grown quiz shows on our screens. Dan O’Malley, Professional Quizzer and Competitions Officer with the Irish Quiz Organisation joined Sean on the show...

Jane Fallon worked for years in theatre and TV and then at 45 she changed career and never looked back. Now having completed her 12th novel and many best sellers under her belt, Jane has clearly found her passion. Jane’s newest novel is called ‘Just Got Real’ and she joined Sean on the show to discuss...

Chef Daniel Lambert went from being a chef in a restaurant before the pandemic, to a TikTok chef during the pandemic. This changed everything for him. Now, thanks to his deep-fried TikTok concoctions and potato recipes, Daniel has gone from CookTok to cookbook and has published his first selection of recipes in ‘Lush: Recipes for the food you really want to eat’ Daniel joined Sean on the show toda...

A group of vegan activists last week targeted supermarkets in four UK cities in an attempt to block customers' access to cow's milk in the dairy aisles. Demonstrators from the activist group Animal Rebellion sat in protest as shoppers attempted to buy a pint of milk, holding up ‘Plant-Based Future’ signs. One of those protesters was Robert Gordan and he joined Sean on the show...

Friendships can be tricky at times. They need care and attention from all sides and when that doesn't happen, it can be quite hurtful. This is especially true if your friendship group is made up of three. There’s a risk involved that one will be left out Ann-Marie O’Sullivan, freelance journalist joined Sean on the show to discuss....

Chris Wilkins, Former director of strategy and chief speechwriter to the former prime minister, Theresa May, joined Sean on the show.

Did you know there was a right way and a wrong way to pee? Aoife Harvey, a specialist in women’s pelvic health physiotherapy from Women’s Health Dublin joined Sean on the show to explain how get going with good toilet habits early on can help protect you from bladder problems, pelvic floor issues and UTIs.

Artisan jewelry and gifts can often be very personal in nature, but Amanda Booth takes this to a whole new level in her clay art. Amanda is the designer of Jizzy Jewelry, which is a featured line of products in her Trinkets by Amanda Booth collection and she joined Sean on the show from Ontario, Canada.

Some people are gluttons for punishment, and this applied to our guest on the show today. Roy Williams danced with the devil in a food challenge this week, involving the Toe of Satan to raise funds for the Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice. He joined Sean on the show to suck on the world’s hottest lollipop live on air.

Caroline Morahan splits her time between LA and Ireland, spending two large periods home in Ireland with family and the rest of the year in LA with her husband and kids. This summer, a family trip home happened to coincide with a new acting opportunity and Caroline joined Sean in the studio to talk about her role in the new stage production ‘Looking at the Sun’ which had its world premiere last we...

While we’ve known for a long time that whales sing and dolphins communicate in clicks, we don’t really know much about what they’re saying to each other. A team of researchers from the Scottish Association for Marine Science dropped 10 microphones close to the sea floor off the western coast of Scotland, and recorded a full year of sounds to learn more about the sea life activities. Nienke van Gee...

Plant blindness. That’s what scientists call the way we, non-scientific humans, often fail to notice the staggering diversity and complexity of plant life around us. Professor Paco Calvo runs a laboratory in Spain studying plant behavior and he joined Sean to discuss how he feels we need to start acknowledging how plant life is not only intelligent but aware.

Belgian-British teenager Mack Rutherford, joined Sean to discuss his delighted at becoming the youngest person to fly solo around the world.

With the cost of living deepening, Sean was joined by Rónán Ó Dálaigh, Founder of Thriftify, to discuss how many charity shops are now moving online.

It's a challenge for many parents to get their kids to enjoy reading books. Sean was joined by Mary McCarthy, Columnist with the Irish Independent, to discuss paying children to read.

Last week the World Transplant Games were held in England with all the athletes who were participating being organ donor recipients or dialysis patients. One of those was James Nolan, Athlete & Butcher from Kilcullen who was competing for Team Ireland and he joined Sean to discuss the event.

While most people enter romantic relationships with every intention of being loyal, a study has revealed that infidelity may be contagious. Sean was joined by Brendan Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, to discuss why this might be.

Today we started our new ‘How To’ segment. Each week will take a topic and deep dive into it, doing all the research so you don’t have to. This week Sarah Owens, Policy Officer with Crosscare Migrant Project, joined Sean to discuss how to emigrate.

In a very significant change to sentencing structures, judges will be allowed to set out the length of time a convicted murderer will spend behind bars. While it has always been a mandatory life sentence, in reality the perpetrators spend between 18 and 20 years in jail before they get parole. As a member of Sentencing And Victim Equality, Kathleen Chada has been campaigning for a change to the la...

When it comes to elective Caesarean sections, fasting before surgery, while necessary, can see heavily pregnant women waiting without food or even liquids ,sometimes for several hours. Sean was joined by Midwife and author, Tracy Donegan, to discuss the new "sip till send" scheme, which try's to address the issue of expectant mothers waiting for long periods of time without food.

Toilet paper brand Cushelle has become the first company to remove the cardboard inner tube from its packaging in an attempt to reduce waste. Mary Fitzgerald, former presenter of How Do You Do, joined Sean to discuss what inpact this could have on children's art projects.

The black hornet is a six inch ‘’microdrone’’ that can enter buildings undetected. Last Wednesday Boris Johnson’s office announced that the 850 microdrones were part of a new £54 million package going to Ukraine. They will be jointly supplied with Norway, which co-produced the drone. Sean was joined by David Hambling, defence journalist and author, to discuss how these drones will work to support...

Open coffins are often used as part of Irish funerals. Independent columnist,Justine O’Mahony, joined Sean to discuss the conversation she had with her other half about having one at her own funeral.

The unusual case involving the personal diary of President Biden’s daughter has gained momentum as two defendants have now pleaded guilty to its theft. Joining me now to untangle all of this, and indeed the broader Biden family drama, is Ben Schreckinger, Journalist and author of The Bidens: Inside the First Family’s Fifty-Year Rise to Power...

Amid the cost of living crisis, food banks and charities are finding it increasingly difficult to make the same amount of money stretch to cover costs. Ashling Lowe is the chairperson for the Meath Food Bank, she joined Sean to discuss the abuse she experienced when there has not be enough food to meet the high demand.