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Conversion therapy practices will carry a criminal offence under planned legislation, according to Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman.  The Minister updated Cabinet today on the progress being made in banning conversion therapy practices, something that is contained in the programme for government. Dr. Gareth Patterson is an Irish GP living in London who has been through it, and joined Sean on the show to discuss...

Tis the season for office gossip, from who did what at the Christmas party to who's bonus is beating out the othersAnd though the practice isn't always recommendable, it's also one as old as timeNewstalk's Sarah Madden reports on Ireland's favourite bad habit, but is it a bad habit at all?

The Movies and Booze Christmas Special was LIVE from the Stella Cinema in Rathmines.Gavin James dropped by to play some tunes and have a chat...

The G7 nations have agreed to ban the importation of Russian diamonds from the beginning of 2024.  While it’s an effort to curb Russia’s funding for the war in Ukraine, it’s unlikely to have a huge financial impact because of their links to Dubai and China.  So what’s happening in the diamond trade? Have the African nations gotten a handle on the issues there?  Gerry Appleby from Appleby Jewellers joined Sean to discuss...

They were meant to make our lives a whole lot easier, but some would say they’ve done the opposite. The self service till never seems to work right, and nothing is worse then hearing that loud phrase ‘unexpected item in the baggage area’. Mary McCarthy, Columnist with the Irish Independent joined Sean to discuss...

Have you ever loved a concert so much that you would go and watch it a second time, but this time on the big screen? With the recent release of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour and Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé, the concert film has come back into the limelight. But there have several blockbuster movies of concerts before now. Sean was joined by Music Journalist with the Irish Mail on Sunday, Danny McElhinney...

When you think of preppers, people who live their lives in a state of readiness for a catastrophe, one’s mind wanders to images of Americans in massive bunkers. But did you know that Ireland has an active prepper community of 3000 people.Sean was joined by Frank Deegan, Founder of the Irish Survival and Prepper Group...

A new docuseries on Apple TV seeks to understand what exactly it is that drove Mark Chapman to take the life of John Lennon, outside the infamous Dakota Building in New York, this month in 1980. Sean was joined by Nick Holt, Co-director of John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial...

Many people fly off to various European capitals in December to experience their Christmas markets but one such market in Ireland has stood the test of time and is now among the largest and most successful in the country. But what is it that has made it a success when others have failed? Sean was joined by Maria Moynihan Lee, the managing director of Milestone Inventive which runs Galway’s Christmas Market... 

COP28 is underway this week, and outside of the endless government discussions taking place, there is also some cool environmentally friendly tech on show. One of those is the solar powered schoolbag, which has become a game changer for children in some regions. Sean was joined by Caroline O’Doherty, Environment Correspondent at the Irish Independent...