Moncrieff

With so many seagulls living in the capital they have made it hard to enjoy food outdoors in the summer. Newstalk reporter Simon Tierney has been researching ways to keep them away from and joined Sean to discuss how certain music could the answer to stopping seagulls stealing your snacks.

The National Council for the Blind of Ireland is now using pioneering technology to allow its service users to access information, newspapers, books and more. Kyran O’Mahoney, Chief Technology Officer with the NCBI, joined Sean to discuss how technology can assist those with sight loss.

They are America’s oldest Irish Catholic Fraternal Organisation, set up for Catholic immigrants in 1836 in New York and Pennsylvania. Today, they have over 46,000 members with groups across the world. Last week they held a vote at their convention proposing allowing women to join the order, but members voted against it. President of The Ancient Order of Hibernians Danny J 0’Connell joined Sean to...

We all know bees are good for crops and biodiversity, but proof is emerging that they are also clever, sentient and unique beings who yield basic emotions and intelligence. Lars Chittka has been studying bees for 30 years, he joined Sean to discuss how he has documented his discoveries in his new book “The Mind of a Bee”.

AIB has announced it’s moving 70 banks cashless, which is about a third of its network. Bob Quinn, Principal of The Money Advisors based in Naas town, joined Sean to discuss the pros and cons of a cashless society.

Europe's largest mammal is the bison. But it has been extinct in mainland Britain for thousands of years. Today, bison bred in Fota in Cork have been released into the wild in Kent. Sean McKeown, Director of Fota Wildlife Park, joined Sean to discuss the rewilding process.

Author Edel Coffey joined Sean to recap the stories making the headlines this past week.

A new study which reviews the experiences of women in Ireland who have had an abortion suggests that those who looked for treatment for a fatal fetal anomaly are falling through the cracks and are being ill-served. Alison Lynch, Co-chair of LMC Bereavement Support, an organisation which offers help for women in this area, joined Sean to discuss the ways in which women are being let down.

A seaside town in Co. Clare will soon get the chance to change the spelling of the town back to the name the residents say is officially the correct one. The town of Lahinch, or Lehinch as the signs say, has been a source of annoyance to many residents living in the area and Michael Vaughan, owner of the Vaughan Lodge Hotel joined Sean to explain how they been fighting for the name change for 6 ye...

When my next guest was given a book about historic sandwiches, it began a whole new online career for him. Barry Enderwick runs the ‘Sandwiches of History’ handle across various social media platforms, where he recreates some of the most bizarre, sometimes delicious, and often disgusting sandwiches from the past.

Many people will either host or attend barbeques and gatherings to enjoy a bit of the warm weather this weekend. So what if you’re dessie driver? Or just fancy something light? With more and more non-alcoholic “spirits” available now, there are plenty of options. Paul Lambert of Shaker and Vine in Swords joined Sean Moncrieff on the show with some suggestions: Raspberry Cooler: Mr L's Cosmo, fresh...

Dr. Kevin Flannery, Marine Biologist from Dingle Ocean World Aquarium joined Sean Moncrieff on the show ahead of the heatwave this weekend to find out what is lurking underneath you as you swim.

Excitement is building for next month’s World Toe Wrestling Championships, which will be taking place in Derbyshire in northern England, with the best competitors fighting it out to see who has the strongest and most aggressive feet. Alan ‘Nasty’ Nash has been world champion on 17 occasions and will this year be fighting for one last time before he retires from the sport.

A new company has created Myrkl to help rid you of your hangover and allow for a guilt free night. Tim Dowling, writer for the Guardian and host of the podcast Insult My Intelligence, gave his body to science and tested this drug to see does it actually work, he joined Sean to describe his experience.

The Debs is a Irish right of passage but with the gatherings getting bigger each year, Justine O’Mahony, Columnist with the Wexford People, joined Sean to discuss if Debs culture has got out of control.

Mary Lou will be the next Taoiseach. That’s if the latest poll results were replicated in the voting booths at the next general election. Danny McConnell is Political Editor with the Irish Examiner and he joined Sean to discuss what would change if Sinn Féin were elected into government.

Dublin City Council is applying to build a lido pool in the docklands, it would be an outdoor swimming and training facility. But there are a handful of other outdoor pools in Ireland, Kieran Keenaghan is an engineer in Banagher, Co Offaly, and he joined Sean to discuss the pool in on the banks of the Shannon.

The just released report of the Future of Media Commission shows that Irish people’s level of trust is higher in their local newspaper than the national titles. Bob Hughes, Executive Director of Local Ireland, a representative body for local newspapers in Ireland, joined Sean to discuss if our national affection for regional news is enough to ensure the survival of the local newspaper industry in...

Each week will take a topic and do all the research so you don’t have to. This week, by Joe Corr, MD for planning from CWPA in Swords and former Irish Planning Institute President, joined Sean with all you need to know on how to get planning permission.

This weekend temperatures of are set to ride to 30 degrees here in Ireland. Mainland Europe is also experiencing some of the hottest temperatures on record. Sean was joined by Paul Downs, Meteorologist at Met Eireann, and Professor Anthony Staines, Professor of Health Systems at the Nursing and Human Sciences in DCU, to discuss the hot weather and what damage heat can do to the body.

Marcus Carambola, an activist with Extinction Rebellion in Haringey in North London, joined Sean to explain how he has been living and sleeping in a tree for the past 60 days, in an act of civil resistance against his local council’s attempts to fell the tree.

Cork University Hospital has become home to tens of thousands of honeybees as part of a project to help ease the anxiety of children who have suffered life-threatening reactions to bee and wasp stings. Dr Anda Dumitrescu, Paediatric Clinical lecturer in University College Cork and head beekeeper at Cork University Hospital, joined Sean to discuss the project.

The new Russel Crowe film, The Pope’s Exorcist, is filming in Ireland and hundreds of extras are required. Derek Quinn is Managing Director of MovieExtras.ie and he joined Sean to discuss the life of a movie extra and what make its such an exciting job for those who do it.

According to a laryngologist in Turkey, more and more members of the trans community are choosing to undergo surgery in order to match their voices to their gender. Dr. Kursat Yelken, a professor of ENT based in Istanbul and a founding member of the International Association of TransVoice Surgeons, joined Sean to discuss the procedure and how to make sure it is performed safely.

James Vincent, author of the new book ‘Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement’, joined Sean to discuss how measurement came to allow the chaos of the world to become organised.