Moncrieff

Over the last few years there has been an increase in the number of US prisons using social media in order to recruit people to write to their inmates. Some have even gone as far as posting videos with the prisoners asking for people to reach out to them – similar to a dating profile. But did you know, the Irish Council For Prisoners Overseas offers a similar service. Leslie Alcock, Coordinator for the Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas joined Sean to discuss...

Former students of St. Conleth’s College in Dublin are seeking an apology from the school as their French teacher was a former member of the SS during the Nazi occupation of France and they alledge that he assaulted them. Irish Times journalist Ronan McGreevy, whose new book 'The Kidnapping: A hostage, a desperate manhunt and a bloody rescue that shocked Ireland’' is out in late October, has been investigating the story and he joined Seán to discuss...

Aertel, Ireland’s teletext service is coming to an end next week after nearly 40 years. What impact did it have on us and will we miss it?Henry McKean joined Sean to discuss...

Do you know much about your local council? Would you want to see them take more responsibility in your area?  In last week’s Irish Times, Michael McDowell wrote about the challenges facing Dublin City, and he blamed the council for a lack of activity. But is the real issue a lack of power and authority held within the council’s remit?  Ciarán Cuffe, Green Party MEP, formerly served on Dublin City Council in the 1990s and joined Sean to discuss...

Irish hospitals produce an extraordinary number of plastic medical grade aprons for incineration every week. But a start up in Cork is attempting to disrupt the norm. Sean was joined by Dr. Mary O’Riordan, Co-Founder of HaPPE Earth...Image: HaPPE Earth

People often say that they “feel the love” but where exactly do we feel love? Well, researchers from Aalto University in Finland set out to do exactly that. The study at Aalto categorised 27 different types of love from true love to self love and the love for religion.  Sean was joined by Pärttyli Rinne, Researcher at Aalto University to discuss...

What is the worst or best social media campaign that you’ve ever seen? The market to compete with social media advertising is huge and businesses leave us either captivated or cringing. Some of these campaigns are very memorable and inventive whereas others, just entirely miss the mark. But what makes a social media campaign successful? And what makes it flop? Sean was joined by Columnist for TheJournal.ie, Carl Kinsella to discuss...

Tonight a new documentary on Virgin Media One will look at the serious consequences of Irish people travelling to Turkey for medical procedures. Increasingly, those who travelling are suffering from post-surgery side effects, which have to be rectified by the HSE. Leanne O’Driscoll features as part of it joined Sean to discuss...

Many farmers around the Irish countryside still use scarecrows to deter unwanted pests but a crowd in the US are developing a robotic version, that is capable of differentiating between various threats.Sean was joined by Bret Kulakovich, who runs the robotics lab in Plymouth State University in New Hampshire..Image: Plymouth State University

Tonight, Bono and U2 kick off a 25 date residency in Las Vegas. But is it not the antithesis of rock n roll to follow in the footsteps of Celine Dion and Frank Sinatra or are residencies taking the place of touring? Sean was joined by Danny McElhinney, Music journalist with the Irish Mail on Sunday...