Moncrieff

Lou O’Brien in Co. Wexford, has had the same pet by her side for over half a century. She joined Sean to explain how Timmy the tortoise is missing and the search is on to bring him home.

Gout has always been considered an old man’s disease, affecting men of a certain vintage who are enjoying the finer things in life a little too much. Daniel Lavelle joined Sean to explain how at 35 was stricken with what started as a throbbing toe and soon discovered he has gout.

In the last week we have seen Irish athletes complete in the European Championships and break records. However their names caused difficulty for many Irish broadcasters. Kieran Cunningham, Chief Sports Writer and current affairs columnist with the Irish Daily Star, joined Sean to discuss that while we demand respect from other countries regarding our names and heritage, we often find it difficult...

People with disabilities are often at the mercy of other people’s consciousness of the physical world and the way we all move through it. An abled bodied person doesn’t have to worry too much about a van on the footpath, on street dining, sandwich boards or even an untrimmed tree branch blocking their route, they can simply go around it. Those same obstacles are not as easy to navigate for the vis...

As the debate about the regulation of drugs continues, a group in the Netherlands has organised a mock-up of what a shop selling ecstasy might look like in reality. Mack Busz, Director of the Mainline foundation, joined Sean to discuss what an ecstasy shop might look like.

Travelling on long car journeys with small children can be a real challenge for parents, but what if there was a way you could potentially nip the problem in the bud and avoid it completely? Dr. James Hind, Statistician and Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University joined Sean to discuss a new formula, that has been created by a British statistician which predicts the probability of a tantrum...

Newstalk reporter Aoife Kearns headed to Cork to the mark the anniversary of the death of Michael Collins.

A stand up comedian named Masai Graham has won the annual Funniest Joke of the Edinburgh Fringe award, as carried out by the TV station Dave. Comedian and poet John Moynes, joined Sean to discuss the shortlist and what make's a good one liner.

Graham Finlay joined Sean on the show today to recap the stories making the headlines this past week.

Many of you will be familiar with the phenomenon of Tiktok but have you heard about BookTok? If you haven’t, allow me to enlighten you. It’s the book-obsessed corner of TikTok that focuses specifically on books and literature. Alex Aster is an author of teen fiction and after being rejected by numerous publishers and dropped by her agent, she took to TikBook to promote her latest offering. Fast fo...

A new true crime series on Netflix is currently taking Irish viewers by storm. Called ‘I Just Killed My Dad’, the programme explores the events surrounding Anthony Templet’s killing of his father in 2019. Tom Dunne was joined on the show by the director, Skye Borgman.

A new documentary film, which opens at the Irish Film Institute today, tells the extraordinary true life story of a barely believable deception that took place in a Scottish school in the early 1990s. Tom Dunne was joined on the show to discuss the film, which is entitled ‘My Old School’, by director Jono McLeod.

Drastic times call for drastic measures. A couple from Italy took that saying literally when they undertook a European voyage via bicycle all in the name of sustainable living. As a response to the climate emergency, Arianna Casiraghi and Daniel Rayneau-Kirkhope came up with the novel idea of cycling through seven countries and clocking up 4,500 miles with the sole aim of creating an image of a bi...

The Irish wedding venue resource SaveMyDay.ie has seen a 50% increase in the number of wedding venues around the country that now welcome dogs on the big day. This represents a sizeable shift considering the fact that traditionally speaking most hotels in Ireland didn’t accommodate pets. Shell Holden, Co-Founder of SaveMyDay.ie, joined Tom to discuss why there has been an increase in dog's becomin...

As part of the Safer Nightlight' programme and drug harm reduction campaign. The Health Service Executive has announced there will be drug testing at Electric Picnic in Stradbally, Co Laois, next month. Tom was joined by Neasa Hourigan,Green Party TD for Dublin Central and spokesperson on Drug Policy, to discuss how it will work.

Minister of State for Biodiversity and Green Party senator, Pippa Hackett has said that ‘some livestock farmers could consider and possibly be incentivised for breeding more horses in an attempt to bring Ireland’s agriculture emissions. Tom was joined by Eamon Sheehan, dairy farmer and horse breeder from Kilkenny, to discuss how hard it is to diversify farms.

Popstars often have a shelf life. They have a hit, they become famous and perhaps rich. Then there is a sometimes inevitable decline. Tom was joined by Nick Duerden whose new book 'Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Popstars', explores what happens to popstar's after their fame has ended.

Choosing a pair of socks may seem like the simplest thing in the world but often we find ourselves wearing ones that are either uncomfortable, slip down or make our feet smelly. Tom was joined by Lucianne Tonti, Fashion editor and author, to discuss how to pick the perfect pair of socks.

Ireland is unique in being able to provide foster family-based care for such a high proportion of children in care. However numbers are on the decrease due to a lack of supports and services and this putting considerable strain on the fostering system. Tom was joined by Patrick Costello, Green Party TD for Dublin South Central and a former child protection social worker, who spoke about how Irelan...

Equine therapy is used by many autistic and neurodiverse people here in Ireland to enhance physical or emotional healing. Rupert Isaacson, founder of the Horse Boy Programme, joined Tom to discuss how he was introduced to it and how it has helped his own son.

Each week will take a topic and deep dive into it, doing all the research so you don’t have to. This week Michael Pidgeon,Dublin city Green Party Councillor, joined Tom to discuss how to do sail and rail travel.

The pleasure of a good old sneeze is enjoyed by birds, reptiles and indeed us humans too. Tom was joined by Niklas Kornder, Marine Biologist at University of Amsterdam, to discuss how despite lacking nerves, muscles or even brains, sea sponges get their sneeze on with the best of us.

Michael Slepian is the author of The Secret Life of Secrets, he has spent years studying the psychology of secrets, what motivates us to keep them and what makes us inclined to divulge them. He joined Tom to discuss his findings.

As we approach the 6 month mark of the War in Ukraine, some Irish anti-war protesters have held vigil for almost the entirety of the conflict on Orwell Road, outside the Russian Embassy. John Farrelly is one of the protesters and he joined Tom to discuss the turn out for today's protest.

For the third time in 100 years, the uniform of An Garda Siochana has received a revamp and from today, you will be able to see it on the streets. Image consultant from The Style Bob, Aoife Dunican, joined Sean to discuss if the Garda uniform is fashionable.