Ahead of Munster taking on old rivals Lenster at Aviva/Landsdowne Road Saturday 7.35, Dave spoke to former Munster legend Ronan O’Gara who has teamed up with Guinness to celebrate the return of rugby - after an unprecedented 175-day absence - with an exciting new food collaboration with BuJo, which has created two limited edition kits, one for Leinster and one for Munster, for the ultimate rugby at home experience, the Guinness x Bujo Home Kits. We’ve clapped, we’ve cried and now, for at least 80 minutes, it’s finally time to cheer!

Fresh from being awarded an artist residency on Inisheer (Inis Oirr) on the Aran Islands, where she will create songs using the soundscape of the island, 6th generation Cork Fiddler Claire Sands speaks to Dave about her Fund-it album campaign – find more info on the “Claire Sands Music” Facebook page.

The Coronas lead singer Danny O’ Reilly speaks to Dave about their Number 1 selling album “True Love waits” and of how much fun it was recording the recent ‘Red Talks Records with The Coronas’ live in The Vinyl Lounge of Golden Discs – jam packed full of funny stories and insights into being in one of Ireland’s biggest bands it’s available to view in full here https://www.redextra.ie/qtvideo/red-talks-records-with-the-coronas/

As seen on the front of the Irish Examiner, Ricky O’ Hanlon speaks of his pride for his 6-year-old son ‘Harry The Hero’ who took on a charity challenge to cycle 3K a day for 33 days and is currently just shy of €28,000 after cycling a grand total of 120 KM. https://ie.gofundme.com/f/help-for-harrys-heroes .

Ray O’Brien from Music Zone Record Shop (formerly and soon-to-be-again Douglas Village SC but currently in Deanrock Biz park in Togher) talks to Dave about how it’s been going since the enforced move from Douglas and of how Irish artists have been taking over the charts this year such as; Cork’s Mick Flannery, The Coronas and Fontaines D.C. He also encourages fans of Scottish band Biffy Clyro to pre-order an album and earn an invite to a virtual acoustic session & Q&A with the band on Tuesday 18th August see music.zone.ie for more.

“Hen Jewellery” designer from Clonakilty, Niamh Morrison the is one of the drivers of Cork Craft Month - currently underway – which has managed to make the most of the current limitations and here she tells Dave why there are some interesting upsides to being ‘mostly digital,’ particularly for those interested in peeping behind the scenes of craft and design makers across the county of Cork. She speaks of feeling inspired by the sea and sky of nearby Inchydoney & of how working with metal makes here giddy with excitement and says that it’s only in the process that the end product reveals itself to her. Cork Craft Month: 60 masterclasses, craft trails, demonstrations, conversations and product launches, as well as virtual behind-the-scenes exhibitions, open studio tours and family-friendly activities. There is an 80% increase in online events with up to 90% of events free-of-charge. See corkcraftanddesign.com for more.

The Cork Musician speaks with Dave about what it has been like writing music during these challenging times, as well as her ambitions to give people hope through her Music. For more info: visit Lyra.ie.

John Spriggs chairman of Cobh GAA and Bingo caller extraordinaire, speaks about how zoom has transformed the bingo experience on ‘The Great island’, how it has been connecting Cobh ex-pats across the globe and bringing much needed fun into peoples lives too.

Ed O’ Leary is one half of ‘The Good Room’ promotional team who, with compatriot Joe Kelly, helps keep Cork culture bubbling along nicely with the always-interesting gigs we’ve enjoyed ‘Live at St. Luke’s’ and at It Takes A Village Festival in Trabolgan, here speaks about bringing live music back – safely - to Kino on Washington Street.

He may be from Tipp but Johnnie Smacks of The 2 Johnnies agrees with all in Cork that keeping ‘the cats in the bag’ is the ideal Summer scenario, this and more as he talks up their new single ‘Dancing in My Kitchen’ - a singalong ode to the joys of warm cans, chicken skewers and having the gang around to yours that they showcase on RedFM’s Heroes Aid Live – for more go here https://www.the2johnnies.ie/podcast