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A survey conducted by a bingo company has found that superstitions are alive and well in our secular society, but it's not the only time that his has been found.Henry McKean went to find out if people believe in supersitions or not...

The photographer on Fair City is not usually in the one in the spotlight, but the role was suddenly thrust front and centre last week during an Oireachtas Committee hearing in which Kevin Backhurst said he “can’t believe” the salary offered for the position.  After months of scrutiny around RTE’s spending, the suggestion was that 80 grand a year for 16 photographs a week was another example of overspend.  Fine Gael Senator Michael Carrigy compared the professional photographs to mobile phone photos. Behind the headlines is a person with a job, and her name is Beta Bajgart and she joined Sean to chat...

What do Wolfe Tone, Robert Emmet & Mary Robinson all have in common? They were all members of The Hist in Trinity College, which has been confirmed by the Guiness World Records as the world's oldest college debating society. Stiff competition from Cambridge for the title influenced auditors of The Hist to settle the debate once and for all, sure that’s what they’ve been practising for 253 years.  Aine Kennedy, current auditor of the The Hist joined Sean to discuss...

Many of you, especially those of you living in rural Ireland, will have been the beneficiary of a cure. These are carried out by healers. But this old Irish tradition is usually passed down through the generations orally. Now a researcher has put pen to paper to try and catalogue this rich culture. Sean was joined by Cecily Gilligan, author of the new book ‘Cures of Ireland’... 

The UK is progressing fast with a plan to ban the American XL bully breed after a number of horrific attacks and fatal maulings.  However we now know that these dogs were descended from the pit bull terrier, which was also banned in the UK in 1991.  With cross breeding so commonplace, what’s to say that the American XL Bully won’t be found in later generations? And you’d have to wonder if it’s even possible to erase a breed?  Gillian Bird is the Head of Education and Media with the DSPCA and she joined Sean to discuss...

Sometimes you find a pub so good that you just must build a town around it. Sean’s Bar in Athlone is officially the oldest pub in Ireland and was established in 900AD.  They’ve yet to be confirmed as the oldest pub in the world and barman Ryan O’Connor joined Sean in the Athlone Springs Hotel to talk about how the history and life of the pub that’s still kicking some 1,100 years later...

Keith Barry, Barretstown Ambassador, Mentalist, Magician & Subconscious Mind specialist joined Sean LIVE at the Athlone Springs Hotel...

They say you can’t put a price on happiness. Well, a recent survey has done exactly that for 137 countries around the world.  The study by S Money revisited previous research by Purdue University and has looked at the income and purchasing power of individuals in different countries to have a content life in 2023. But is your health your wealth or is your wealth your happiness?  Joining us today to discuss if we can really put a number on happiness is Dr Mark Rowe, family physician, vitality expert and author of A Prescription for Happiness. Good Afternoon, Mark. 

Childism is a phenomenon that was first coined in the 1970s and refers to the discrimination of children. A new book claims that both parents and society continue to be guilty of this today. Sean was joined by Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Author of ‘Because I Said So: Why society is childist and how breaking the cycle of discrimination towards children can change the world’... 

‘I’d rather go down to Murphy’s bar and buy a round of drinks than pay my TV licence,’ those were the words of TD Brendan Griffin telling RTÉ bosses at Oireachtas Committee he’d rather spend his TV licence fee in the pub. But what are the rules around getting your round in and could you really spend €160 on a round?Henry McKean joined Sean to discuss...