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Around 80,000 homes and businesses were without power at one stage this morning due to Storm Debi, as the storm made its way through the country overnight and through the early part of today.Were the weather warnings, which we were issued last night and through this morning, fit for purpose?To discuss, Tom spoke to Cathal Nolan, a climatologist at Ireland’s Weather Channel.

The Moncrieff show comes to you today live from Galmont Hotel for Movies and Booze with thanks to our friends in Marks and Spencer.The world of motorsport has unfairly been dominated by males since its conception. But that is starting to change.One woman on the cusp of that change is Aoife Rafferty a Galway Native and Rallycross Driver.Aoife In 2022 was selected as the first female driver into the Motorsport Ireland (MI) Rally Academy and is just back from the British Rallycross where she finished 5th place in her first-ever Rally Cross tournament.Tom Dunne was thrilled to sit down with Aoife to chat about the world of motorsport, the lack of gender diversity in the sport and how she found herself becoming a rallycross driver.

The Moncrieff show comes to you today live from Galmont Hotel for Movies and Booze with thanks to our friends in Marks and Spencer.As we are in Galway, Tom Dunne sat down for a chat with internet sensation comedian and local, Stevo Timothy.Stevo's Farmer Michael sketches have gained him millions of views online, gathering him a huge amount of attention on social media.The two chatted about interactions in public, social media and whether he prefers live comedy over his online sketches.

The British aviation watchdog has given Virgin permission for a world-first transatlantic flight using only sustainable jet fuel. It'll fly from London to New York at the end of November. It's part of efforts by the airline industry to decarbonise travel. Sean spoke to Kevin Byrne, Retired Air Corps Lieutenant Colonel & lecturer in Aviation Safety Management at DCU.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ruled out holding a presidential vote in the spring. He has urged his countrymen to avoid political divides, saying they must concentrate all resources on fighting Russia. Donnacha Ó Beacháin is a Professor of Politics at the School of Law and Government, DCU spoke to Sean about what happens to Elections during a war period.

An Irish chef living in Japan and has just landed two Guinness World Records, for cooking and baking marathons. Alan Fisher, a chef originally from Dundalk in Co Louth, is the new Guinness World Record holder for both the longest cooking marathon (individual) and the longest baking marathon (individual). Fisher claimed the longest baking marathon (individual) with a time of 47 hours and 21 minutes. Alan spoke to Sean.

A clip has resurfaced from a year ago of the newly elected US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson discussing his use of an app which claims it can help people manage their porn consumption. The app 'Covenant Eyes' has now become widely used in the US. Dhruv Mehrotra, Staff writer at WIRED magazine told Sean more about the app.

A number of TDs have sported the keffiyeh in the Dail chamber over the past few weeks, in solidarity with Palestinians. The keffiyeh is considered a political statement so how does this fit with any dress code that may exist in the Dail? Gavan Reilly, Political Correspondent for Virgin Media News spoke to Sean about the Dail dress code.

Nestlé have announced both the Caramac bar and Animal Bar will be discontinued. Newstalk reporter Henry McKean went to, Coolock, Ireland's chocolate capital, to get reaction.

This week, Open AI held a developer day where they announced the expansion of ChatGPT which means that people can now create their own customised versions of Chat GPT. Elaine Burke, presenter of the For Tech Sake podcast spoke to Sean about the future of ChatGPT.