Dave Moore

When the people of Knockawaddra, West Cork started working from home last year, the lack of decent internet coverage became a massive issue for them.

Living in between hills and trees has left residents in an internet 'dead zone' and some have taken to going up a hill to a stone circle in an attempt to connect.

Frustrated and losing out on valuable business, Emma Fitzpatrick and Lesley Cox who live and work in Knockawaddra, decided to aim for space.

Space X to be exact.

The pair had written to billionaire Elon Musk to see if his Spacex company could help finally get them online.

Speaking to Dermot and Dave, Emma revealed the exciting response they've had from Elon Musk and his team and how the improved internet connectivity will help them.

You can catch the chat by clicking play below:

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Anyone who watched the Late Late Toy Show last Christmas will remember one very special boy, Adam King.

6 years old Adam is from Killeagh in County Cork and he captured the hearts of the nation that night in December and since then has been working hard trying to raise vital funds for Temple St Hospital with both his Hug for You cards and now this new campaign -  the Children’s Health Foundation’s Great Irish Bake!

Adam King and his dad David joined Dermot and Dave to fill us all in on how they are getting on and to talk all about the Children’s Health Foundation’s Great Irish Bake!

You can listen to the full chat below: 

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And Weekend Breakfast are supporting the campaign with their own Little Baker competition, you can find out more by checking out their show page.

The key to meditation is all about finding peace within yourself but sometimes, it doesn't work out that way.

And it certainly wasn't a peaceful experience for our own Deirdre O'Kane on the first try!

Speaking to Dermot and Dave, Deirdre shared her own 'traumatic' experience of meditation and explained how the Fleabag/Normal People crossover came together.

Deirdre also revealed that she's launching her own podcast in the coming weeks where she'll be having the chats with some of her best friends over Zoom, it'll be the craic!

Catch the chats with Deirdre by clicking play below:

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A few weeks back, we spoke to listener Fahad Awan who was embarking on the month long celebration of Ramadan.

After a month of fasting and prayer, Irish Muslims are now celebrating Eid al-Fitr.

Marking the end of Ramadan, Muslims around the country are gathering to eat sweets, exchange gifts and share in their prayer.

Fahad joined Dermot and Dave to explain what's involved over the coming days and how he'll be celebrating.

You can catch the chats by clicking play below:

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Aren't we all looking only gorgeous? Hairdressers and barbers have once again opened their doors after nearly five months and are getting through the backlog of those who are in dire need of cuts and trims, colours and treatments.

But for Limerick's most famous chawwwwwwklit seller, reinforcements are needed. Badly.

Thankfully, Diarmuid Gavin was able to step and help our Noni.

You can catch all the craic by clicking play below:

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A lot of these statements had us scratching our heads.. like this one - 'Your car keys, have travelled further than your car'

For Dave's World, on Dermot and Dave, Dave brought us some of the weirdest shower thoughts, like is the 's' or 'c' silent in scent?

Yes, it is all useless information but it's Dave' World, what did you expect?

To get your mind thinking click play below: 

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When you think about it, we are becoming more and more reliant on robots every day. Aren't we?

We often hear that robots will eventually take over and there’ll be no jobs left for any us.. but could this actually happen? Here in Ireland a robot has been put to work on the corridors of the University Hospital in Galway.

Tech Expert Jasper Hamill joined Dermot and Dave to talk about what role in society these bots might in the future and how one robot run hotel in Japan failed.

You can listen to the full chat here:

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Artists like Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison have more than just their talent in common. Sadly, they all passed away at the age of just 27.

'The 27 Club' is known as a group of musicians who lost their lives way too young leaving their legacy unfulfilled.

Now, a new organisation is hoping to give a voice to those we lost, and to imagine what the artists could have done.

In Dave's World, Dave explained the incredible artificial intelligence system that was used to create 'new' music from some of our favourite artists.

From Amy Winehouse

To Jimi Hendrix

To Nirvana

Catch the full explanation by clicking play below:

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It’s Wednesday. You know what Wednesday means? It means it’s time to Say Stuff That Suits The Music!

Dave plays the tracks and Dermot says whatever comes into his head.

This week we hear Samsung's advert for their new flip phone and Liam Neeson takes a trip to Penneys!!

You can listen to the full sketch below:

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Johnny Ward is a busy man. He's travelled to every country in the world, he's been to the North Pole, he's done ultramarathons and he's hoping to do seven major summits.

But when something like Covid means you can't really travel, what do you do with your time?

Row across the Atlantic with three lads you've never met before of course!

 

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The Irishman is just back from an incredible trip which saw him row 3200 miles from the Canary Islands to Antigua over 8 weeks.

From rowing 24 hours a day to sleeping in a space no bigger than under a kitchen table, Johnny called the first month of the trip 'the worst month of his life'.

 

 

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Speaking to Dermot and Dave, Johnny explained what life is like when there's nothing more to see than blue skies and ocean, the truth about dehydrated food and how the lack of sleep made him hallucinate while rowing.

For more pictures of Johnny's amazing trip, check his Instagram.

You can catch the chat by clicking play below

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