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More than 5,000 people have signed a petition to get Fermanagh included in the All Island Strategic Rail Review.  The draft plan was published last autumn and as it stands, Fermanagh would be the only county in Ireland or the UK without any rail service.  So why is the county being left out?  Steve Bradley, Chair of Into the West, a rail campaign group focusing on the north west of Ireland joined Sean to discuss...

Raves aren’t for the fainthearted. Often you’re packed into a warehouse with hundreds of other people, who are sweating and a little bit worse for wear. But imagine doing it sober? Well you soon can, in Dublin Paul Walsh is the founder of Club Loosen in Dublin, a company that puts on sober raves and he joined Sean to discuss...

Older songs are making a comeback, with some being discovered for the first time by younger generations. The nostalgic wave can be prompted by a new Tik Tok trend, a song being used in a popular show like Stranger Things, or maybe it’s been featured in “that” scene at the end of Saltburn. Sean was joined by Claire Beck, Presenter with Today FM to discuss… 

Electric cars are a great invention but what happens to the batteries during the cold winter months, or if you are in Ireland, the coldness year-round. Shane O’Donoghue, Editor of completecar.ie joined Sean to discuss...

The government yesterday agreed in principle to the request to turn a derelict hotel in Roscrea into a community hotel, in an attempt to calm tensions over the arrival of a number of asylum seekers to the area. But what is a community hotel and how do they work? Sean was joined by Kieran Harrahill, Senior Researcher in Climate Justice at TASC, the Think Tank for Action on Social Change...

Comedian Tommy Tiernan found a grayscale screen to be his unlikely ally in curtailing phone use. But that’s just one trick in the digital detox handbook for those looking to scale back time spent sitting in front of screens. Elaine Burke, Host of the For Tech Sake podcast joined Sean to discuss...

The media has been dominated by stories over the last number of months about protests taking place outside reception centres over immigrants seeking international protection here. However, there was a time in history when the Irish were facing similar protests in counties like the US and UK. Irial Glynn is a migration historian at UCD and she joined Sean on the show this afternoon...

More and more people are choosing to outsource their baby naming to consultants. But how does the process work?Sean was joined SJ Strum, Founder of Baby Name Envy...

The days of watching live TV could be numbered.The Broadcasters Audience Research Board in the UK says the proportion of programming watched on demand rose to 44 per cent of all viewing last year. But how true is this after record viewership figure for the Late Late Toy Show and Mr Bates Versus The Post Office?Henry McKean joined Sean to discuss...

A new purpose-built headquarters for the Army Ranger Wing is due to be built this year, as part of a series of infrastructure investments in the Defense Forces. The new headquarters for the special operations division of the Defense Forces, is due to be located in the Curragh Camp in Kildare. But what is the remit of the Army Ranger wing? Cathal Berry, Independent TD for Kildare, and a former member of the Defence Forces joined Sean on the show...