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Aug 9, 2023 • 10min
'Fundamental change' needed in Irish acting contracts to allow for residual payments
Gerry O’Brien, Actor and President of Irish Equity joined Tom Dunne to discuss how the ongoing writers and actors strikes are affecting the Irish in the industry...

Aug 9, 2023 • 13min
'We do need to look on food in Ireland more as an art' - Chef JP McMahon
JP McMahon, chef, author and restauranteur joined Tom Dunne on the show to discuss the cost of running a restaurant in Ireland versus the rest of Europe...

Aug 9, 2023 • 19min
How To...Become a Pilot
For this week's 'How To' slot we’re looking at how to become a pilot. Tom Dunne was joined by Lisa Cusack from Aer Lingus to discuss...

Aug 9, 2023 • 11min
Do multivitamins work?
They're advertised heavily on TV, they have big colourful displays when you walk into any pharmacy, but do multivitamins actually work and why are they being sold to us so aggressively?
Tom Dunne was joined by Registered Dietician Sarah Keogh to discuss...

Aug 8, 2023 • 15min
Childfree by Choice: New group aims to meet like-minded women
While there can sometimes still be a stigma attached to women who choose to be childfree, a group called Sisterhood aims to unite and support likeminded women.
Tom Dunne was joined by founder pf Sisterhoodm, Niamh Madden..

Aug 8, 2023 • 18min
'She was a voice for us' - Crowds pay their respects to Sinéad O'Connor in Bray
Hundreds of people gathered on Bray seafront this afternoon to pay their respects to Sinéad O'Connor.
Newstalk's Henry McKean was there as her funeral cortege passed through the town in which she lived for 15 years...

Aug 8, 2023 • 12min
Why was 'The Exorcist' censored in Ireland?
The acclaimed director William Friedkin dies yesterday in Los Angeles. He won Oscars for The French Connection but it was his 1973 film The Exorcist for which he is perhaps best know. This of course was a movie that has a long and controversial reputation in this country, from its editing by the censor’s office in 1974 to it finally being released in an uncut format in 1998.
Tom Dunne was joined by former film censor John Kelleher and Newstalk’s Simon Tierney to discuss...

Aug 4, 2023 • 14min
Henry McKean: Is 42 the best age?
Sean was joined on the show by Newstalk Reporter Henry Mckean who was out and about asking the public what they think the best age is...

Aug 4, 2023 • 6min
Guinness World Record holder for loudest burp by a woman
Sean was joined by Kimberly "Kimycola" Winter who has officially broken the Guinness World Record for the loudest burp carried out by a woman.

Aug 4, 2023 • 10min
Should you use menstrual blood as a facemask?
There is a growing trend on Tik Tok of women doing a moon mask, wherein menstrual blood is applied to the face for its supposed health and skin moisturising benefits. But what’s the truth behind all this and can it have benefits?
Selene Daly, Dermatology Nurse Specialist joined Sean on the show to discuss...


