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On this can it be summer? edition of PBD: Burn After Reading – Catherine Ryan Howard on her new thriller; Minority Report – the future of crime detection is near; And the hidden and not-so-hidden effects of endometriosis...

Morning Ireland reports on the glorious sunshine, Brian O' Connell meets the prisoners & students who have just completed a course in criminology & Claire Byrne hears about possible flight delays this summer

Ellen Keane on why she's swapping swimming for running, gardener Marie Staunton on how we can make the most of the sunshine & Fair City actress Una Crawford O' Brien joins Ray Darcy

On this sunny Monday edition of PBD: Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow – ranking the Eurovision favourites; Dancing in the Light – Day Fever comes to Dublin; And that they may face the rising son – a new cemetery near Wolfe Tone’s burial place...

On this not particularly good Friday edition of PBD: The dinner chat of others – dining on your own without your phone; Relighting fires – the reunion tours coming our way this year; And daylight robbery – be careful parking in the Phoenix Park ...

On this reciprocal Thursday edition of PBD: Micko leaves the field – Marty Morrissey pays tribute to the late Mick O’Dwyer; Schrodinger’s Policy – how one woman was both insured and not insured; And method or not? Peter Smith convinces as Philip Lynott...

On this tariff-free edition of PBD: Award-winning journalist Carole Cadwalladr on investigating Facebook; What will we talk about? One Cork restaurant hosts a phone-free night; And ouch! – one woman’s unhappiness with an ad for shaving products...

On this new month, same foolishness edition of PBD: There's no need to run away to join the circus if you’re born into it; Overpaid, overhyped and overworked? Football congestion is becoming a problem; And never called, never wrote – how cuckoos come here every year to mate and then we never see them again...

On this last day of the month edition of PBD: Not enough headspace – an actor’s experience of stage fright; The conversations of others – why all trains need quiet carriages; And Peter Sheridan on casting his play, Philo...

On this TFIF edition of PBD: Stopped at the EU’s border – an Irish couple and their baby daughter; Why Disney can’t stop remaking films originally made by Disney; And can you top Live Aid? The most memorable gigs of our lives...