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You are probably familiar with the concept of the ‘15 minute city’, where the essential things in our lives aren’t too far away. While we struggle to get anywhere near that in Ireland, the Scandinavians are once again showing us up!Copenhagen’s Nordhavn district is a ‘5 minute city’ and it’s been operating successfully for over a decade.Anne Skovbro is the Managing Director of By & Havn, the government-owned city and port authority, which owns and manages Nordhavn. She joins Seán to discuss.

As technology has infiltrated almost every part of our lives, it may have gone unnoticed to many that it is also infiltrating death…Online grief groups, grief bots and QR codes on gravestones are all becoming aspects of the modern grieving process.But, are they doing us any good?Margaret O’Reilly-Carroll, Grief Counselor and Psychotherapist, joins Seán to discuss.

Free contraception is available in Ireland for women from ages 17 to 35.But, research in the UK suggests that many women are moving away from traditional hormonal contraception in favour of apps that track their cycles…Experts say that this is not advisable...Joining Seán to discuss is Dr. Siobhan O Higgins, Lecturer and Sexologist at the Department of Health Promotion and the School of Psychology at the University of Galway.

The woman who turned the Thomas the Tank Engine books into a global TV phenomenon has died. But, how did she pull it off?Joining Seán to discuss is a man who knew her well, Brannon Carty, lifelong fan of Thomas the Tank Engine and Producer of An Unlikely Fandom…

A newly declassified guide booklet for new spies reveals fascinating details on how the British trained their new espionage recruits in the middle part of the last century.Joining Seán to discuss is Professor Anthony Glees, Intelligence and Security Expert at the University of Buckingham…

Reports suggest today that Hamas has accepted the Gaza peace deal with Israel, some sources claim it could be finalised by the end of this week.But, what is entailed in brokering such a deal?Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern joins Seán to discuss.

There was a time when people spent their Friday and Saturday nights on the dance floor…Nowadays, there are just over 80 nightclubs open nationwide, a stark difference since the turn of the century.So, is the nightclub dead? Robbie Fox, owner of Renards Nightclub, joins Seán to discuss.

Yesterday, the Spanish Prime Minister unveiled a series of measures to attempt to alleviate the housing problem facing the country.Perhaps the most remarkable of these measures was a 100% tax on real estate bought by non-residents from countries outside the EU.So, is this something that we should be looking at here in Ireland?Rory Hearne, Social Democrat TD Dublin North West and author of ‘Gaffs: Why no one can get a house and what we can do about it’, joins Seán to discuss.

There are currently 65 people whose remains are lying in unmarked shallow graves around the country, since the War of Independence. A new campaign is calling for the government to locate and bury, in a respectful manner, these remains.Joining Seán to discuss is John Mooney, Crime and Security Correspondent for the Sunday Times…

Despite the many predictions of doom in the music industry, the UK trade body for music retailers has just reported a “20 year high for recorded music revenues”, which apparently exceeds the pinnacle of the CD era…So, is it boom time for musicians? Or is the picture a little more complicated?Eamon Forde is a Freelance Music Business and Technology Journalist, and joins Seán to discuss.