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Nov 3, 2023 • 16min
A new exhibition marking a 100 years since Kilmainham Gaol's closure has just opened.
A new display at Kilmainham Gaol, Museum marks 100 years since the last prisoners were held in the Goal. The final leaders held between October of 1923 and January 1924 were some of the most influential leaders of the anti-treaty republican movement including including Ernie O’Malley, Austin Stack and Peadar O’Donnell. Future Taoiseach and President of Ireland Éamon de Valera was also held in the prison during this periodBrian Crowley Collections Curator at Kilmainham Goal joined Tom Dunne in the studio to discuss the prison's new exhibition on the influential, last wave of prisons held in Kilmainham.

Nov 2, 2023 • 14min
The cars, records and clothes that bring nostalgia
New research by Auto Trader has found that average cars from the early noughties have shot up in value.The price increase can come down to fewer of these vehicles on the roads but it also seems people are back buying these cars for nostalgia.Newstalk reporter, Josh Crosbie, has been looking into the whole area of classic, retro and vintage collectables.

Nov 1, 2023 • 9min
The Nipple Bra: 'This isn't the freak show it sounds like!'
You might have heard the phrase “free the nipple”, and maybe you noticed a recent fashion trend where women are choosing to go braless.But Kim Kardashian – never one to miss a business opportunity – has launched 'the nipple bra' which does exactly what it says on the tin.Laura Mullett is a fashion expert and journalist and she explained the trend, and reviews this new product from SKIMS.

Nov 1, 2023 • 15min
Why is "From the River to the Sea" so divisive?
Earlier this week, a Labour MP in the UK was suspended after he used a particular phrase that is igniting controversy: "From the River to the Sea".It's been heard at protest marches but also during political discourse as the Israel/Hamas War continues. But its history and meaning has been exploited on a number of sides. Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics at the UCD Clinton Institute, explained its history and why it's become controversial.

Nov 1, 2023 • 10min
Limerick retiree hoping to walk into the history books
A pensioner who has effectively walked around the world twice is now chasing a new goal, a Guinness World Record. Vinod Bajaj, 73, is hoping to beat the record with his total walking distance of 80,204km, which he completed by hiking near his home in Limerick every day for seven years...

Oct 31, 2023 • 10min
The History of Ireland's Witch Trials
When you think of witchtrials, you may think of those in Salem, but did you know, we they took place here in Ireland, too? And in fact, the first was held here in 1324, 300 years before they took place in America. Niamh Boyce is an author who has been writing about this in her book 'Her Kind –The gripping story of Ireland’s first witch hunt' and she joined Sean to discuss...

Oct 31, 2023 • 12min
Parenting a child with ARFID
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, more commonly known as ARFID, is a neurological based eating disorder where the person avoids certain foods or types of food, restricts their food intake, or both. This can be influenced by several reasons such as avoidance due to the sensory characteristics of food, a lack of interest in eating or worries about the consequences of eating, for example a phobia affecting food intake or fear of choking. Nisha’s 6-year-old son was diagnosed with ARFID last year and Nisha is joined Sean in studio to discuss...

Oct 31, 2023 • 6min
‘When people start reaching a certain age, there would be something compiled': Writing an obituary for people who haven’t died yet
It's routinely the case that news organisations have an obituary written for people who haven't died yet. When the sad day comes that said person does pass away, the obituary can be published with a minimum amount of updating, but mistakes can happen.Alison Healy, writer and contributor to The Irish Times has written a number of these over the years and she joined Sena to discuss...

Oct 31, 2023 • 23min
'I feel like a zombie' - Henry McKean joins the 5am Club
Richard Branson, Anna Wintour and Michelle Obama set their alarms by it. There is a new TikTok trend of workouts and early morning planning sessions, hashtag “the five-to-nine before the nine-to-five”. Welcome to the 5am Club. We asked Henry McKean to join this exclusive club for a week and he joined Sean today to see how he got on...

Oct 27, 2023 • 23min
Chef Arun Kapil on life after the acid rave scene and helping form Sugababes
Ballymaloe is about as far away from the 90s acid rave scene as it gets, but those two worlds collided for Arun Kapil in the early naughties. He’d created a hugely successful record label, helped form the Sugababes and All Saints girl groups, but after 15 years of the Ibiza party scene, it was time for a change. And so he found himself doing the world renowned Ballymaloe cookery course. There he met his now wife, and they run a spice company linking his new home with his Indian heritage. One of the many chefs and producers at this weekend’s Savour Kilkenny food festival, Arun Kapil joined Sean to discuss his life and career...


