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Jul 30, 2024 • 10min
Life Story Documentaries
Turtle Bunbury is a historian who’s using his career experience to create audio recordings for families across the country wishing preserve their family’s history. Turtle Bunbury spoke to Sean about this.

Jul 30, 2024 • 15min
Around the World: Elections results in Venezuela
Jonathan DeBurca Butler joins Seán Moncrieff to take listeners through the week's international stories…

Jul 30, 2024 • 14min
What does it mean to be Northern Irish?
Twitter is full of commentary this week about Rory McIlroy competing for Ireland at the Olympics. Some are questioning his nationality, which considers Northern Irish. But what does it mean to be Northern Irish? Trevor Ringland, Former Rugby International and Member of the Northern Ireland Conservatives and Chairman of the One Small Step Campaign spoke to Sean about this

Jul 29, 2024 • 14min
What more needs to be done to reduce deaths on our roads - Political Reaction ?
What more needs to be done to reduce deaths on our roads? For political reaction, Kieran was joined by James Lawless, Minister of State at the Department of Transport and at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, and by Liam Geraghty, Garda Superintendent..

Jul 29, 2024 • 8min
Olympics Roundup
Mick Mccarthy from Off the Ball joined Kieran to give him a roundup on day 5 of the Olympics

Jul 29, 2024 • 9min
Playlist for politicians
It has become a thing where politicians have to tell the world about their taste in music, especially in the US, where they even release playlists to demonstrate how cool and relatable they are. Kamala Harris has just done it or at least made a visit to our Washington DC, record shop, where she picked up a few albums. Tom Dunne joined Sean on the show to discuss this..

Jul 29, 2024 • 23min
Things that we did growing up that young people wouldn't understand Henry Mckean Reports
What things did you do in the past which were considered totally normal but are now considered strange today? From a 24 hour photo to the answer machine to slow internet dial up. Henry McKean joined Sean on the show to discuss.

Jul 25, 2024 • 27min
Spotting a celebrity: Henry McKean reports from Skerries
Roy Keane was spotted in Skerries, the North County Dublin seaside town. Autograph hunters came out of the woodwork. Why do some of us get goosebumps and starstruck when a star comes to town? Our reporter, Henry McKean on meeting a celebrity or spotting one.

Jul 24, 2024 • 10min
Life as a Builder
A new survey of the fittest workers show tradespeople do an average of 27 hours a week of physical activity. Roofers come out on top, averaging 23 hours of physical labour a week, followed by carpenters, plumbers, electricians and builders. But what kind of toll does being a builder have on the body? And is the builders breakfast still a thing? Pete the Builder spoke to Sean about this

Jul 24, 2024 • 8min
Are european cities getting more unwelcoming to tourists?
As more and more European cities launch campaigns or witness protests to discourage tourist numbers, from Barcelona to Amsterdam, are these places now offering an unwelcome experience to Irish travelers? Columnist with the Irish Independent, Frank Coughlan, discussed this with Sean.


