Brendan O'Connor

Comedian Emma Doran has written a book Mad Isn’t It? Which is her personal story about navigating the tricky terrain of teen life, becoming a mother when she was just 18 years old and those moments when things finally click into place.

Joining Brendan to discuss the Sunday papers this week are; Pat Leahy, Political Editor, Irish Times, Aisling Meehan, Agricultural Solicitor, Graham Finlay, Lecturer, School of Politics and International Relations UCD and Susanne Rogers, Research and Policy Analyst for Social Justice Ireland

With a new Happy Gilmore sequel on the way and a Netflix stand up special that is earning rave reviews, Adam Sandler is the clown prince of Hollywood as well as the darling of indie cinema. But what is the enduring appeal of this supposed everyman actor? Host of the No Encore podcast Dave Hanratty breaks down the mystique of the Sandman

Are you stuck in a big shop rut? Catriona Redmond is food & cost of living writer for The Irish Examiner, and she gave Brendan some tips for a shaking-up the weekly big shop.

Tinned fish is now being served as a delicacy, so seafood chef Aishling Moore, from Goldie restaurant in Cork ran Brendan through how to make a meal with a can of fish.

8am this morning was the time that tickets for next summer’s Oasis gigs in Croke Park were supposed to become available. But the release has been marred by enormous queues, and problems with the Ticketmaster website. Brendan chats to freelance journalist and Oasis fan Dee Laffen, who only had 121,916 people ahead of her in the tickets queue.

Lee Child’s books have sold over one-hundred million copies. He’s best-known for his maverick former military cop, Jack Reacher, but this week he published his short story collection ‘Safe Enough’, and he chatted to Brendan this morning.

Limerick’s Róisín Ní Riain took home Ireland’s first paralympic medal of the Paris games. She’s the current world Para swimming 100m backstroke champion and holds the world record in the 200m backstroke. She has 5 medals at the Para swimming European Championships this year and now has a silver paralympic medal for the 100 meters backstroke S13

Musician Sharon Shannon picked five pieces of music that have meant something to her in her life. Sharon Shannon’s latest single is ‘Jack of Hearts’ from her most recent album, ‘Now’, and a boxset of her spanning her music, ‘Here and Now.’ She’s playing the Glór Theatre in Ennis on October 5th, 2024.

Why do we sweat? Why do some of us sweat more than others? Does it help us expel toxins? Why does it seem to smell? What are pheromones? And is it bad to use anti-perspirants? Those are just some of the questions that Brendan got to ask Dr Aoife Morrin, from the School of Chemical Sciences at DCU.