• Pop Girl Summer
    Jun 6 2025

    Now while some of us elder statesmen of the music world might be looking forward to a dose of nostalgia with Oasis in Croke Park this August the summer festival circuit isn’t looking back in anger to the Britpop era but is embracing the now.

    Pop Girl Summer is upon us apparently as female acts seem to dominating the festival circuit.

    Louise Bruton is an Arts Journalist & DJ. She joined Tom Dunne to discuss


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    10 mins
  • Did Scotland invent football?
    Jun 4 2025

    If I were to start singing “it’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s coming…”

    Most of you could probably reluctantly chime in with the line “football’s coming home”.

    The “home” that the song is referring to is England of course, but did the beautiful game really originate there?

    Ged O’Brien is the Founder of the Scottish Football Museum, and doesn’t think it did. He joins Tom Dunne to discuss…

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    8 mins
  • Are cars still marketed for gender?
    Jun 4 2025

    The Hyundai Santa Fe was recently crowned the 2025 Women’s Worldwide Car of the Year. But, what is a “woman’s car” and are cars still marketed according to gender?

    Joining Tom Dunne to discuss is Dave Humphreys, Motoring Journalist with CompleteCar.ie…

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    11 mins
  • Rare book shrine on display after 39 years of conservation work
    Jun 4 2025

    Ireland's most important book shrine that was discovered on the bottom of a Longford Lake went on display after 39 years of conservation work.

    Maeve Sikora, Keeper of Irish Antiquities at the National Museum of Ireland, joins Tom to tell us more about Lough Kinale Book Shrine, and why it’s so important.

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    8 mins
  • Do online child safety features actually work?
    Jun 4 2025

    Child safety online is a big issue and as such it is also big business.

    Accordingly, a lot of tech companies have made much of their safer offerings for kids and teenagers, but do they actually work?

    Alex Cooney is Chief Executive of Ireland’s online safety charity, CyberSafeKids. She joins Tom Dunne to discuss.

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    12 mins
  • Tinder to introduce new height limits setting
    Jun 4 2025

    What has height got to do with looking for love?

    Well now on dating apps, users are being invited to filter by height…

    Tinder looks set to allow people paying for their premium service to search for partners who are over or under a certain height, with the move likely to see short men and taller women struggle online...

    So, why are we so obsessed with height? And does a man really need to be tall, dark and handsome to be successful on online dating apps?

    Matchmaker Sharon Kenny joins guest host Tom Dunne to discuss.

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    14 mins
  • The man who manages abandoned tents after festivals
    Jun 4 2025

    As festival season kicks off, thousands of Irish people will be hauling their tents to various sites across the country. But, will they bring them home afterwards? Every year, countless tents are left abandoned across the country.

    One man was so astonished by this level of waste that he now salvages them himself. Joining guest host Tom Dunne to discuss is Pip Sheridan, who runs Found in a Field…

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    8 mins
  • Are the youth turning their noses to smelly cheese?
    Jun 3 2025

    The French are, of course, famous for their cheese, and for good reason! They make some of the tastiest and often smelliest cheeses on the planet.

    But, are they on the brink of some sorted existential cheesy crisis?

    It would seem that young French people are losing their love for pungent cheese and cheese in general, as a recent survey found that 18 to 24 year olds there were distinctly unenthusiastic about some of the country’s most odorous dairy products.

    Kevin Sheridan is the owner of Sheridans Cheese, and joins guest host Tom Dunne to discuss.

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    10 mins
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