Moncrieff

A new service is being launched this week to provide support to people who feel unsafe or unwell during a night out in Dublin city centre.Known as the ‘Nee-Naw’ van, it has been launched by Dublin City Council, and supported by the Department of Justice, as a late-night welfare initiative.Moncrieff is joined by Ray O’Donoghue, Night-Time Economy Adviser for Dublin City (also known as the Night Tsar) to discuss the initiative.Listen here.

Freelance journalist, Emily Bratt, joins Moncrieff to talk about the less glamorous side of working remotely around the world — from tax chaos and loneliness to the burnout and even the tinge of hedonism that comes with such a lifestyle.Listen here for more.

Tonie Walsh, founding editor of Gay Community News, joins Moncrieff to discuss the introduction of the Historic Offences Bill, which seeks to expunge convictions under now-repealed laws that criminalised LGBTQ+ people in Ireland. Men in Ireland were being sent to prison up until the 90s, many of these convictions remain on their records.Listen here.

Jesse Hassenger, culture writer for AV Club and The Guardian, joins Moncrieff to explore how the voices of The Simpsons characters have changed over the decades — and why we didn’t really notice until recently.Listen here.

Kerry Hanaphy, founder of Kerry Hanaphy Aesthetic Clinics, joins Moncrieff to discuss how she's noticed people are being much more open about plastic surgery and how attitudes are changing across demographics.Listen here

Saoirse Hanley, journalist with the Irish Independent, joins Moncrieff to talk about reading fatigue and how an online tool which suggested books based on colour might help you get out of a reading rut... sort of.Listen here

Paul McKinney, Director of Donor Services and Logistics with the Irish Blood Transfusion Service, joins Moncrieff to make an urgent appeal for summer donations, with stocks dangerously low across several blood types.Listen here

On the back of Donald Trump's own fragrance drop, Moncrieff is joined by Sarah Halliwell, beauty editor at The Gloss Magazine, to examine the enduring power of celebrity-endorsed perfumes.Listen here,

One of the most dangerous and closely observed shipwrecks in the world has been sitting in the Thames Estuary in London for 80 years. But why is it so dangerous and what should be done about it? Joining Moncrieff is David Alexander, Professor of Emergency Planning and Management at the University College London.Listen here.

Jess Kelly, NewsTalk Tech Correspondent and host of Tech Talk, joins Moncrieff to explain a new AI tool designed to detect and strip out emojis placed over children’s faces online.It also raises further questions about the power of AI in holding our data and the ethical concerns that raises in itself.