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Sep 11, 2023 • 6min
Calls for the establishment of Ireland's first pet cemetery
When your family pet sadly dies, what do you do with the body? There are three pet crematoriums in Ireland, but no pet cemeteries.Cllr Audrey Buckley, Fianna Fáil Councillor in Cork joined Sean to discuss...

Sep 11, 2023 • 5min
'Record breaking numbers' of students voting in favour of meat-free university campuses
The chicken fillet roll could be a thing of the past in Irish Universities if some students at the University of Galway and Trinity College get their way. They are backing the new Plant Based University Campaign, which is calling for all college campuses to be meat free. Sarah McCaffery, spokesperson for the group joined Sean on the show to discuss...

Sep 11, 2023 • 17min
Time Keeping: Why are some people always late?
Reddit is divided after a user revealed that he left his wife in the airport because she wanted to stop and grab a Starbucks, while they were rushing for a flight. The man said he couldn’t handle his wife’s bad time keeping any longer. But can we change these habits, and why are some people just so useless at keeping things on track?Sean was joined by Dr. Peadar Maxwell, Chartered Psychologist to discuss..

Sep 8, 2023 • 7min
Montenegro’s Lying Down Competition
An unusual competition is currently taking place in Montenegro, in which competitors are attempting to be crowned the country’s Laziest Citizen, through the act of lying down for a long period of time. Today marks Day 21 of the contest. Boris Kronic, one of the organisers of the event joined Sean to discuss…Image: slobodenpecat.mk

Sep 8, 2023 • 11min
Woman eating Guinness with a spoon may be 'a gimmick'
A video has gone viral of a woman who enjoys her pint of Guinness...by using a spoon.The footage was filmed by a bar man at a restaurant in Belfast recently. It shows the unidentifed lone woman whipping a spoon out of her jacket and dunking the utensil into the foam head of the pint, before consuming it like a bowl of soup. But how wrong was she to do this? Daragh Curren, aka The Guinness Guru joined Sean to discuss...

Sep 8, 2023 • 9min
The world’s longest competitive female mullet
As you will no doubt have seen, the mullet is currently enjoying a period of resurgence, especially among young men. However, one woman in Tennessee has been growing hers since 1990. She has now been certified by Guinness as having the world’s longest mullet on a woman.

Sep 7, 2023 • 7min
'They cannot become a baby': Israeli lab creates models of human embryos from stem cells
Scientists in Israel have created an entity that mimics an early human embryo. But from a biomedical ethics perspective, what are the concerns? Joining me now is Graham Finlay, School of Politics and International Relations in UCD...

Sep 7, 2023 • 20min
'I am Irish' - Henry McKean becomes an Irish Citizen
Today is a big day! After 33 years living in Ireland, Henry McKean has become an Irish Citizen. He joined Sean in studio to discuss..

Sep 7, 2023 • 13min
Can Tucker Carlson say what he wants on his new show?
Tucker Carlson is planning to air an interview with the convicted con artist who claims he engaged in drug-fueled sex acts with Barack Obama. In a promo clip on the social media platform X, the former Fox News host teased the interview with Larry Sinclair, who alleges Obama bought and smoked cocaine with him before they had a sexual encounter in 1999. But is there an issue with putting these unsubstantiated claims on Twitter? Sean was joined by Larry Donnelly, Law Lecturer at the University of Galway to discuss...

Sep 7, 2023 • 8min
France attempts to ban meat names for plant-based food
The French government has issued a new decree putting either an outright ban or heavy restrictions on meat terms such as ‘steak’ and ‘sausage’ being used on vegan products. But how will this affect the way in which consumers access the foods they are looking for and are these terms actually misleading or not?Sean was joined by Denis O’Hora, Director of the Masters in Consumer Psychology programme at the University of Galway...


