Dave Fanning

Fresh from the first Garth Brooks gig last night, Aifric O’Connell joined Dave to give her review on the long-awaited concert. She also told us about some unusual news stories, including a man who was trapped in a hydrogen balloon, NASA crashing a spacecraft deliberately into an asteroid and Norwegian Tesla owners going on hunger strike!

We recently had the release of a song featuring two Pop music legends - Elton John and Britney Spears. Hold Me Closer is Britney's first single in six years, but she's not the only artist making a comeback. With this in mind Dave took a look at some of the best music comebacks with RTÉ Pulse Presenter and Podcast host Cian Sullivan

Anyone who loves “the beautiful game” will know all too well that the commentary around football is riddled with cliches. The tried and tested meaningless phrases get trotted out again and again. To find out more about this commentary, Dave spoke to the host of Football Cliches podcast, Adam Hurrey

Daithí of the band Houseplants chats with Dave about his favourite album, Daft Punk's 'Discovery', as well as his new solo album 'I'm Here Now'.

Legendary DJ and record producer Paul Oakenfold chats with Dave about competing with U2 in the carts with a remix of their own song, being the first DJ to play the main stage at Glastonbury in 1999 and more.

Librarian Sharon McKellar chats with Dave about her new project, 'Found In A Library Book', which collects and documents photographs, love letters, gum wrappers and plane tickets all found in library books.

From the first ever 15-seat Ryanair flight leaving Waterford in 1985 to a woman being denied a job at Dublin Bus for being ‘over-educated' in 1979, Eoin Sweeney chats with Dave about the history of transport in Ireland for his archive dive.

After flying for 6 months through 30 countries, 17-year-old British-Belgian pilot Mack Rutherford touched down in Bulgaria last Wednesday after a world record breaking solo trip around the world. He chats with Dave about getting stuck in Dubai, sleeping in a shed on an uninhabited island and what journeys he has planned next.

Banana art being forged, a baby seal breaks into a New Zealand home and a Tesla Owner gets his car key fob implanted in his hand in the form of a chip, it’s Aifric’s stories of the week!

With the David Bowie documentary ‘Moonage Daydream’ hitting Irish cinemas this September, documentarian Paul McDermott joins Dave to talk about the upcoming film, and some of the best music documentaries from years gone by, including ‘DIG!’, ‘Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus’, ‘The Velvet Underground’ and more.