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Helen Behan joins us following the announcement of her BAFTA nomination the category of Best Supporting Actress, for the Channel 4 drama series, The Virtues, film reviews, Dating Amber, Marina Carr & Roger Doyle on their collaboration for iGirl an electronic opera & composer, Tom Lane tells us about two different audio walks. corkmidsummer.com

Corcadorca & live theatre for the Cork Mid Summer Festival. Founder Pat Kiernan & playwright Eadaoin O’Donoghue discuss, Andrés Neuman is an award-winning author. Fracture is the tale of a man who returns to Japan to retire. There’s more to his story than that, not least the fact that he survived both atomic bombs & The Last Day of Bowen's Court.

Tom Swift on the new Micro Opera, Exotic V Baskin based on Tiger King with Carlow Arts Festival, Foo Fighters debut album at 25, "Where do I begin with?" Rioghnach Ní Ghrioghair introduces us to Akira Kurosawa's movies The Seven Samurai, Rashomon & Ran & Breda Marron's Heart Space in the St Nicholas Quarter of Dundalk town.

Nadine O'Regan & Simon Maher review new music from Lady Gaga, R.S.A.G. & Psychic Markers. Cauvery Madhavan chats to Seán about her new novel The Tainted. Also artist Alanna O’Kelly & IMMA’s Director Annie Fletcher discuss IMMA screen which is available online.

Singer-songwriter Lisa O’Neill took time out from writing her new album to come in to studio 8 ahead of her online concert on 12th June - NCH Live Stream Series & film reviews with Aingeala Flannery & John Maguire, The High Note, The Vast of Night – an ode to 1950s sci-fi & Only the Animals which charts an unhappily married woman’s terrifying fate.

Chris Wasser previews Space Force on Netflix, Irish National Opera goes live online, Artistic Director Fergus Sheil tells us more, composer Michael Gallen & dancer & choreographer Catherine Young discuss Dublin Dance Festival for this year.

John O’Donnell is an award-winning poet who has just published his debut short story collection 'Almost the Same Blue', Esther Safran Foer's moving memoir 'I want you to know we’re still here', new music with Joe Chester & acclaimed artist Willie Doherty's new film Endless.

Scott Turow on his latest legal thriller 'The Last Trial', Marita Conlon-Mckenna celebrates 30 years of the much-loved bestseller 'Under the Hawthorn Tree', Paul Whittington reviews Val Kilmer's memoir & InteractionGalway.com online theatre at Galway 2020 with Jane Hanbury.

It's Friday! Zara Hedderman & Gavin Glass review the latest album drops from Limerick trio Bleeding Heart Pigeons, Charli XCX & the 1975, author of The Winter Soldier, Daniel Mason on his first collection of short stories & Jenn Gannon on the new tv series based on Little Fires Everywhere.

"Where Do I Begin With?" Michael Pope discusses one of the most influential directors of all time, Declan Burke round-up of new crime novels & Sarah Taaffe Maguire & Stephen Boyd review films for streaming including Mark Cousin’s documentary Women Make Film.