Dave Moore

She's a real life Princess and a style icon but there is one colour that you'll NEVER find Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge wearing.

Our Maria told Dermot and Dave what colour is associated with being 'unsociable and too proud'.

Plus the latest from Johnny Depp's court case and why I'm A Celeb could involve puppies this year!

 

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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.

From a Joe Exotic car wash to Ray D'Arcy travelling down the Ganges, we get an insight into Dermot's noggin, with very interesting (and often bizarre results).

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Of all of the stages of lockdown, the Normal People one was probably one of the most enjoyable ones. All around the country, we gathered every week to see if Connell and Marianne would just have a conversation and get their act together.

But could we be getting a second series? Paula Herrernan from Element Pictures spoke to Dermot and Dave about how a return to Connell and Marianne's story would happen.

All of this would also depend on TV and film sets returning to a form of normality, which is something that Irish production companies have been hard at work developing throughout lockdown.

Paula explained to Dermot and Dave how Covid-19 will change the way TV and film is made in this country and when we will start to see new productions on our screens.

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When everything shut down back in 2020, everything went to Teams or Zoom, and this included the glitzy world of film junkets.

Glenda Gilson went from travelling the world meeting big stars to doing video call interviews from her house.

So when the postman called, she had to get inventive.

Glenda joined Dermot and Dave to chat hanging up on celebs, and why she's had to change up her lifestyle.

A few weeks back, we spoke to Mark Quick from 9th Impact, an Irish based game company who had created the first ever virtual game of Big Brother.

Working with Endemol, the production company behind the series, 9th Impact created a simulated Big Brother house complete with chores, tasks and all the backstabbing we've grown to know and love.

Ireland was lucky enough to be the testing ground and Aoife Cheung from Mayo survived a record 4 eviction votes to be crowned the first ever Big Brother: The Game winner.

Speaking to Dermot and Dave, Aoife and Mark got into the nitty gritty of game playing and answer the question of how you can virtually dust a house.

Aoife has already won €5000 but can now go on and join the rest of the world in playing the worldwide version later this year. The prize pot is in six figures and anyone can play along, just download the app.

We'll see you all there?

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An Irish organisation which connects diaspora with their place of origin is reporting a surge in activity by people outside Ireland tracing their Irish roots as a result of Covid-19.

The numbers of people connecting with Ireland Reaching Out has doubled since last year – with the bulk of that increase happening since the start of the pandemic.

Ireland Reaching Out is a volunteer-driven, non-profit organisation connecting people of Irish heritage with the local community in their place of origin in Ireland.  The community-based charity invites emigrants and their descendants to connect directly with their ancestral place of origin.

A snapshot of the past two months shows that website sessions on the organisation’s online platform — IrelandXO — were up 100pc on the same period last year, new members were up 35pc since the beginning of the year and the number of ancestor profiles created was 70pc up on the same period last year.

Mike Ferrick from Ireland XO spoke to Dermot & Dave this morning.

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The IFTA nominations were released this morning.

The award ceremony celebrates the best in Irish TV and film and the nominations this year are packed with quality content.

The Best Film Nominees this year have been split into two categories  - Film 2019 and Film 2020, while other categories have been expanded from 4 to 6 nominees to reflect the excellent work from over the last two years.

The Best Film 2019 Nominees are Black '47, Lance Daly’s revenge thriller set against the backdrop of the Great Irish Famine,  Float Like a Butterfly, Carmel Winters inspiring coming-of-age boxing drama set in a traveller community in 1960’s Ireland,  Rosie, Paddy Breathnach’s moving film about the resilience and determination of a family struggling through the Homeless Crisis,  The Dig, Andy and Ryan Tohill’s thrilling tale of revenge and redemption, and  The Hole in the Ground, Lee Cronin’s superbly scary Irish horror.

The Best Film 2020 Nominees are A Bump Along the Way, about the awkward relationship between an immature mum who finds herself pregnant and her disapproving teenage daughter, Arracht  Tom Sullivan’s Irish-language story of a man’s struggle for sanity and survival during the Great Famine, Calm with Horses, a dark crime drama about divided loyalties and family in the west of Ireland, Extra Ordinary, Mike Ahern & Enda Loughman’s hilarious, warm-hearted supernatural comedy, and Ordinary Love, Lisa Barros D’sa & Glenn Leyburn’s moving portrait of a couple as they deal with a cancer diagnosis.

Nominee Stephen Shields spoke to Dermot & Dave this morning about his nomination, but it turns out he wasn't even aware he had received the accolade until he got the phone call from Today FM asking to speak about it.

Hit play on the podcast below to hear Stephen's full chat with Dermot.

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The Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman plans to give an extra three week parent's leave to people who have had a child during COVID, or anytime from November 1st 2019 onwards.

However concerns have been raised that the plan doesn’t go far enough, and that this policy was already flagged as far back as November of last year.

This morning on Dermot & Dave we spoke to listeners about their experiences at home during this time, and got their view on the extra 3 weeks of leave that are on offer.

Hit play to hear the podcast in full.

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There are fresh calls for the government to enforce strict rules on international travel into Ireland.

It comes after a number of businesses in the West of Ireland reporter large numbers of American tourists this weekend, with many saying they hadn't completed the 14 days mandatory isolation upon arrive in Ireland.

One tweet by a woman called Janet from E-Whizz in Co. Clare attracted huge attention, gaining over fourteen thousand likes. Janet cancelled a booking of 14 American tourists after they didn't view the isolation as 'mandatory'.

Had to cancel guests booked on guided tour today who just arrived from the US and didn’t think 14 days self isolation was ‘mandatory’. I know we are in tourism but I’m just not willing to risk it for staff and other guests. These people are in the country and socialising

— E-Whizz (@e_whizz) July 12, 2020

Janet spoke to Dermot & Dave this morning - hit play to hear the podcast in full.

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Babies moving rooms, children not sleeping on their own, nightmares, bed wetting and how much napping is too much napping?

When it comes to children, sleep can be a tricky game.

Thankfully, there are experts on hand to help!

Pediatric sleep consultant Kelly Geoghegan from SleepyStars.ie joined Dermot & Dave for Mind Yourself Now to share some top tips on battling some of the most common sleep issues facing parents at the moment.

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