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Oct 9, 2025 • 11min
Disinformation slot with David Robert Grimes
Has Joe Wicks bitten off more that he can chew, as he targets protein bars in his latest documentary. We discuss this and more with David Robert Grimes, Disinformation Expert.
Oct 9, 2025 • 10min
Boxed With John Fardy: Black Rabbit'
Jude Law and Jason Bateman are working-class brothers Jake (Law) and Vince (Bateman) Friedkin from Coney Island. They grew up in what we assume from relatively early on was a violent home, dominated by an alcoholic father. They became a Nirvana-lite rock group. Jake the handsome lead, Vince the drummer and creative force, until the latter’s taste for drugs and mayhem put paid to their success.John Fardy reviews 'Black Rabbit' showing on Netflix.
Oct 9, 2025 • 20min
The latest news stateside!
The peace process continues as President Trump announced that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of the peace deal. Former FBI Director James Comey pleads not guilty to charges of lying to Congress. Trump calls for the Governor of Illinois and Mayor of Chicago to be jailed. And Pam Bondi testified in a confrontational hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. To discuss the latest US news is Larry Donnelly, a Boston attorney, Law Lecturer at the University of Galway, and political commentator.
Oct 9, 2025 • 8min
The 2025 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology
2025 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology goes to immunology for the discovery of a key controller of the immune system that stops autoimmune diseases. American scientists Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi from Japan won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for work shedding light on how the immune system spares healthy cells, creating openings for possible new autoimmune disease and cancer treatments. Luke O’Neill, Professor of Immunology at Trinity College Dublin brings us the details.
Oct 9, 2025 • 21min
Israel and Hamas agree to long-awaited ceasefire
Both Israel and Hamas have said they have agreed to a long-awaited ceasefire and hostage deal. We get the latest on this morning's breaking news with Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East Correspondent for The Economist and also Fawaz Gergez, Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Oct 9, 2025 • 7min
“Picasso: From the Studio” opens at the National Gallery of Ireland
“Picasso: From the Studio” opens at the National Gallery of Ireland, which offers a once in a generation opportunity to see this collection of work by one the most influential artists of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso, in Ireland. Joining Pat in studio to chat all about the exhibition was Dr. Caroline Campbell, Director of the National Gallery of Ireland.
Oct 9, 2025 • 13min
The challenges faced by dyslexic students
In recognition of dyslexia awareness month, insightful discussions unfold around the challenges dyslexic students face in Ireland. Sive shares her personal journey of late diagnosis and the struggle to mask her difficulties in school. The lack of in-school support raises significant concerns, especially during exams where time pressure exacerbates her challenges. Both guests emphasize the need for better accommodations, including extra exam time, to level the playing field and support dyslexic students' aspirations for higher education.
Oct 8, 2025 • 8min
Gardening Stories: Hellbrunn Palace garden
Hellbrunn Palace garden surrounded by a wall with 60 hectares of park and less than 20 minutes by bicycle from the city centre of Salzburg. Art historians see a mannerist work of art in this park, a chamber of wonders of garden architecture: partly artistically laid-out park landscape, partly untouched natural biotope; partly fields, ponds, hills, partly children’s paradise. The name Hellbrunn means, among other things, ‘healing spring’ – all who come here will understand why.Diarmuid Gavin brings us the story of Hellbrunn Palace garden.
Oct 8, 2025 • 11min
Is peace within reach for Gaza?
Two years on from the attacks of October 7th, could the end of the brutal conflict it sparked be in sight? President Donald Trump believes so, saying yesterday "there's a possibility that we could have peace in the Middle East".Is this achievable ? All to discuss with Paul Rogers, Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University.
Oct 8, 2025 • 12min
Author and former state pathologist Marie Cassidy on her new book
Author and former state pathologist Marie Cassidy joins us now to discuss her newest novel ‘Deadly Evidence’, a sequel to her bestselling debut novel ‘Body of Truth’.
