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A frustration for renters in Ireland is how blind they find themselves when moving into a new apartment or house. A crowdsourcing website now aims to fill in the gaps. Sean was joined by Vinny Glennon, Founder of HowMuchRent.com...

Lloyd's bank has urged employees to stop using the term ‘widow’ as it can be triggering, instead replace it with ‘separated’, the reasoning behind this? They claim it can be “unnecessarily vivid”. Terry Prone, Chairman of the Communications Clinic joined Sean to discuss...

We all find it hard to say no sometimes, but what if saying no opened more possibilities for us. Author Edel Coffey has a piece in the Irish Examiner about the power of saying no and joined Sean to discuss...

Yesterday a new poll found that 76 percent of vapers believe a flavour ban could lead to more young people smoking.  While some 71 percent of smokers claimed that they would not switch to vaping if flavours were banned.  So what does this mean for the future of flavoured vaping? Sean was joined by Joe Dunne, Founder and Co-Owner of Hale Vaping... 

Shigeichi Negishi the inventor of the Karaoke Machine has died at the age of 100.He invented the then Sparko box in 1967. Henry McKean, a lover of karaoke, joined Sean with this report...

The difficulties of finding love in rural Ireland are much catalogued, seen recently on the RTE show ‘Love in the country’ but what happens when a singleton swaps the country for the city.  Is finding love in Dublin easier? Or does an abundance of choice make things just as tough? Sean was joined by Journalist, Édaein O’Connell to discuss...

The Glasnevin Metrolink station could be renamed in memory of Brian Boru pub. The family behind the 200-year-old pub due for demolition has made an appeal over station naming during an An Bord Pleanála hearing. Henry McKean has been looking at potential names but not just for Glasnevjn but the whole route which runs to Dublin airport...

In the middle of Hollywood, surrounded by studios is the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, established in 1899. Some of the biggest stars from the golden age of cinema are buried there. Henry McKean met tour guide Karie Bible and went on a real tour with the other visitors. Newstalk's coverage of the Oscars is brought to you by Aer Lingus, flying the Irish film talent to Hollywood...

This morning lawmakers in Strasbourg overwhelming approved the Artificial Intelligence Act, a world first, aimed at regulating AI according to a risk-based approach. But what does this act actually set out and is it really possible to put manners on the everchanging world of AI? Sean was joined by Fine Gael MEP, Deirdre Clune to discuss...

As England snatched Saturday’s game in the dying seconds one thing of note was the thundering reaction from fans as Twickenham was engulfed in frenzied celebration.  In the aftermath some have compared Twickenham’s atmosphere and indeed many other six nation stadia to a more muted Aviva.  So why is the Aviva lacking atmosphere? Sean was was joined by RTÉ rugby commentator and columnist, Donal Lenihan...