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Feb 7, 2025 • 8min
Artist to install house in the sea in Wexford
An artist has come up with a unique concept to draw attention to environmental concerns in Wexford, with a plan to install an actual life-sized house in the sea. Joining Seán to discuss is artist and freediver, Nina McGowan…

Feb 7, 2025 • 16min
Why you should stop getting notifications
Are you constantly being bombarded by notifications and is your phone lighting up every few minutes with messages?Author and Journalist Sophie White took drastic steps to try and curb her addiction to being constantly contactable. She joins Seán to discuss.

Feb 6, 2025 • 8min
Dubai Chocolate goes viral - what’s the appeal?
If you have been on social media lately you may have seen people snapping an odd chocolate bar in half with a green goo oozing out of it.This is Dubai Chocolate: a pistachio and tahini-infused bar that has taken the internet by storm in recent months.A sweetery in Mullingar has started producing and selling the bar, and the demand for the chocolate is through the roof!Denise Buckey, owner of Sugar Plum Sweetery joins Seán to discuss.Image: Sugar Plum Sweetery

Feb 6, 2025 • 8min
Why does Gen Z love tarot cards?
Tarot card reading was once a pastime of Renaissance Italy aristocrats. But now, Gen Z are seeking guidance with social media driving an increase to its popularity.To discuss, Seán is joined by Amanda Healy, who is a Tarot card reader based in George’s Street Arcade Dublin.

Feb 6, 2025 • 10min
Local councils are trying to combat hoarding
Hoarding is a disorder classified as difficulty throwing away or parting with possessions, and it was made famous by various reality shows covering it over the years.With hoarding being a major health and safety risk, local authorities are keen to address it. Gloucester City Council and other councils in the UK are taking a new psychological approach in dealing with hoarding, one which is having increased success in addressing the disorder at its roots…Joining Seán to discuss is Heather Matuozzo, Director of Clouds End, a social enterprise to help hoarders.

Feb 6, 2025 • 14min
Could 3D printing solve the housing crisis?
Could 3D Printing be the solution to our housing crisis?Tonight, three families in Dundalk will be sleeping in their new homes which have been made with pioneering 3D printing technology.For more on this, Seán is joined by Justin Kinsella, who is the Managing Director of HTL Tech…

Feb 5, 2025 • 6min
The story behind this viral stick page
You may have childhood memories of picking up sticks, maybe because they looked strange, or because they doubled as a sword!Well, a page on Instagram that spotlights all kinds of sticks has exploded in popularity in recent years.Account @officialstickreviews has close to 3 million followers, and its co-founder, Boone Hogg, joins Seán to discuss.

Feb 5, 2025 • 9min
What is the true definition for anti-semitism?
With the Taoiseach announcing that Ireland will adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism, what does this mean, and will it cause problems?Joining Seán to discuss is Dr Barry Cannon, Associate Professor of Sociology at Maynooth University, who has been expressing a view on this in the Irish Times today…

Feb 5, 2025 • 9min
Buffy is set to return! Remember when it used Gaeilge?
With the news that Buffy the Vampire Slayer is making a return to our screens, we’ve been taking a deep dive into the archive to re-examine a famous episode of the series which featured the Irish language…Joining Seán to discuss is Film Critic and fan, Brian Lloyd.

Feb 5, 2025 • 10min
Do we wash our clothes too much?
Are we washing our clothes too much?Well, according to the French, it's time to step away from the washing machine and let our smelly clothes breathe...Advice from the French government’s Ecological Transition Agency has sparked a debate about whether we’re wasting far too much electricity and water doing the washing.Author Laura De Barra joins Seán to discuss.