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Each year we lose more and more of our ancient wildlife and now an ancient beech tree in Kinsale that was planned to be cut down, has halted. Tom Dunne was joined by Marc O Riain, local Green Party representative of Bandon and Kinsale to discuss...

Wine is often seen as the finer things in life and held to a high standard with endless respect. Is it time to give chocolate the same treatment? Shobitha Ramadasanm, a chocolate sommelier has taken a leap, leaving her career as a lawyer to follow her chocolate passion and she joined Tom Dunne on the show to discuss...

The Annual TedFest, which celebrates all things Father Ted, takes place from March 2nd this year. Apart from the usual events such as the Lovely Girls Competition and the Priests Vs Nuns soccer match, this year will see the festival hosting its first funeral, celebrating the life of one of the festival’s most enthusiastic contributors, Belfast musician Norman Coates. Tom Dunne was joined by Peter...

It's Valentine's Day, but who was your first Valentine's crush and is it still standard procedure to give a card to the one you dote on? Newstalk's Henry McKean went to the love capital of the world, Cork City to find out...

'Mattress Mick the Musical' is coming to Dublin this Spring, and they are on the hunt for the next biggest star! That’s right, the unsuspecting sensation is having a musical about his life coming to the stage. Tom Dunne was joined by writer and director Josephine McCaffrey and the main man himself, Mattress Mick… Image: Twitter @mattressmick

The question of family expansion is one everybody has an opinion on. Although we’ve moved on from the “when are you having a baby” question, many mothers are still bombarded with the less taboo question of, “when are you having another?” Concern around your first born being an only child becomes a bizarre, misplaced preoccupation for the people around us — pushy relatives, insistent friends, and r...

The US military has shot down another flying unmanned object over Lake Huron in Michigan on Sunday, a fourth such incident this month. Eamon Ansbro, an astronomer who works with the European Space Agency joined Tom Dunne on the show to discuss...

Tomorrow is indeed Valentine’s Day so we can expect all the usual column inches devoted to love and dating but there is one area of all this which tends to make people awkward, money. Finance expert Paul Merriman is co-host of the Two Pauls in a Pod, a financial advice podcast, and he has been exploring the relationship between money and romance…

Jen Hogan, journalist with The Irish Times joined Tom Dunne on the show today to recap the stories making the headlines this past week...

It's not uncommon for us to lose old photos or home videos in our lives but do you ever wonder if you’d get them back? Sean was joined by David Gutenmacher, from Museum of Lost Memories on Instagram, whose goal is to return lost photos and items to their owners...

Anyone who has ever brought their child to the hairdressers will understand just how challenging it can be. Maggie Radecka is a hairdresser that realised something needed to change in how we approach children’s barbering and decided to set up a specialist sensory room in her shop. Maggie runs Fun & Cut in Inchicore and she joined Sean on the show today...

Usually when it comes to book clubs, we often stray off the rules for what it is intended for, talking about books. It becomes more about wine and chats than the book. Should there be set rules to get everyone on the same page? Journalist and author Liadán Hynes is a member of three book clubs and joined Sean to discuss…

There has been much debate as to whether the Lia Fáil on the Hill of Tara is the real one at all. After it being vandalised with the word “fake” spray painted on it, we question the legitimacy of the stone. Sean was joined by Anthony Murphy, author and founder of Mythical Ireland to discuss...

The history of dentistry in Ireland closely aligns with the fledgling Free State 100 years ago. But how do the decisions of the past regarding dental care affect the current issues facing the sector today? Sean was joined by Fintan Hourihan, Chief Executive of the Irish Dental Association...

RTÉ has announced that its ground-breaking programme 'Eco Eye' is coming to an end after over 2 decades. Sean was joined by broadcaster and architect Duncan Stewart, who hosted the show for a long time, to discuss how the media’s handling of the climate crisis has been transformed over the past 20 years... Image: Twitter @DuncanStewart4

As our population continues to rise, so does our demand for government representation. It is estimated that Ireland could have 250 TDs by 2050 with the next Dáil being the largest ever because of a significant spike in population over the last five years. Sean was joined by Gary Murphy, Professor of Politics at Dublin City University…

Do you still have a landline in your house and if so is it because you have it for the internet? According to figures we have seen fixed lines continue to drop. Do you miss the old landline and do you even know how to use them? Henry McKean has been investigating for us, and he even brought one into studio…

There has been a growing rise in countries requesting compensation from times of colonization like the compensation of £100,000 by the Trevelyan family and the acknowledgement of their role in the slave trade. With a tweet sent by Katherine Mezzacappa questioning if there will be “any word” on famine reparations, we ask should the same recognition be put on the atrocities that took place during th...

With Valentine's Day right around the corner, Matt Levell, owner of the Irish Axe Throwing Club joined Sean to discuss an alternative type of date this February 14th...

Usually when you're looking for love, you use dating apps or go outside and mingle. You don't really use a system of rate and review to find the best match for you. Well, a Facebook group, ‘Are We Dating the Same Guy?’, has taken this concept and expanded it into something larger. Sean was joined by Olivia Petter, journalist and author of Millennial Love to discuss…

For this weeks 'How To' slot we’re looking at how to have a home birth. Sean was joined in studio by Ali Murphy, a self employed Community Midwife to discuss...

What gender is God? Jesus Christ was born a man, but does the same apply to the other two parts of the holy trinity. Shouldn't a God transcend such human restricted definitions. In the Church of England, they're actively considering making references to God the Father gender neutral. Could such an idea spread to other Christian denominations? Fr Paddy Byrne, parish priest of Abbeyleix, Ballinakill...

Increasingly, if you look up at the night sky, what you're seeing isn't a star but a something manmade. Since 2019, the amount of satellites orbiting our world has increased four fold, and in the coming years up to 400,000 of them could be in orbit. Antonio Martin Carrillo, Assistant Professor in the School of Physics at UCD joined Sean on the show to discuss...

At Maynooth University Library a new machine can been seen in reception called a 'Short Story Dispenser'. It spits out poetry, short stories and graphics on receipt paper. They last one, three or five mins. Some fun, some serious. The machine was developed in France by Short Editions and is slowly going global at hotels, airports and libraries. Henry McKean spoke with a short story writer and visi...

Have you noticed lately that some businesses are only offering one method of payment – either cash only or cardless. What are the laws around this? If you have legal tender in your hand, does a business have to accept it? Conor Pope, consumer affairs correspondent with the Irish Times joined Sean to discuss..