Moncrieff

Irish Independent columnist Tanya Sweeney wrote: “I spent my 20s feeling flush and spending money on holidays, designer bags and taxis. Now I earn more but am constantly broke.”Her article struck a chord with readers with many of feeling we are in the same boat. Henry McKean has been to the commuter belt town Naas in County Kildare and he joined Sean on the show...

Another dog attack in Kerry last week resulted in the deaths of 25 pedigree Dorset ewes. The Irish Farmers’ Association are calling on government to take more action to protect their animals.Sean was joined by Pat O’Shea, sheep farmer and Kerry IFA Hill Farming Chair... 

A wide scale study has revealed feminists don’t actually hate men.  ‘The Misandry Myth: An Inaccurate Stereotype About Feminists’ Attitudes Toward Men’ has busted the myth that feminists hate men and highlights misconceptions about feminists. 10,000 participants  were asked how much they agreed with statements like “men act like babies when they are sick” and “women seek to gain power by getting control over men”.   Sean was joined by lead author of the study and Assistant Professor in Social Psychology in the University of Surrey, Dr. Aífe Hopkins-Doyle...

Sean Moncrieff spent last week in Somalia with Unicef. While there he met with Catriona Laing, United Nations representative for Somalia...

Sean Moncrieff spent last week in Somalia with Unicef. Today on the show he spoke about his experience and heard from some of the people he met there...

George Harrison was often described as ‘the quiet Beatle’. But with such an extraordinary life of ups and downs, it hardly seems a fair moniker. A new biography delves deep beneath the public persona. Tom Dunne was joined by Philip Norman, legendary rock biographer and author of The Reluctant Beatle...

Joshua Paul Dale is an expert in why we tend to find cute things irresistable, from the enlarged eyes of Disney characters to puppies, his new book is entitled ‘Irresistible: How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World'...

Pat Fitzpatrick, Journalist and Author joined Tom Dunne to discuss the release of The Crown season 6 on Netflix...

Newstalk reporter Henry McKean went out in the streets of Dublin to find out what lyrics we've all been hearing wrong.

A book club in California, that has spent almost three decades reading “Finnegans Wake” has completed the book.  Starting in 1995, the group would show up to monthly meetings at a local library and read two pages a month, eventually slowing to just one page per discussion. Gerry Fialka who is a member of the club joined Tom Dunne.