Dave Moore

Online fashion retailer, Boohoo has promised to investigate how its clothes have come to be made at a Leicester factory where conditions were ‘totally unacceptable' and 'fell woefully short of any standards acceptable in any workplace’.

A report in this weekend's Sunday Times found that staff in the factory in Leicester were being paid as little as £3.50 per hour for working in the factory and were not given face masks to prevent against Covid-19.

Boohoo, which also owns brands such as Pretty Little Thing and Nasty Gal have promised to end relationships with any suppliers who fell short of its code of conduct.

But questions remain over what this means for the fast fashion industry and what can be taken from this.

Speaking to Dermot and Dave on Today FM, Annie Kelly, journalist with The Guardian and editor of The Guardian’s Modern-Day Slavery in Focus series spoke about the report and her hopes that this will change the way we think about what's in our shopping basket.

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There's no doubting that US President Donald Trump loves to golf. His self-named organisation owns or runs nearly 20 golf courses around the world, including one in Doonbeg and it's been reported this week that since he came President in January 2017, he has played around 274 games of golf.

Not bad for a man with a particularly busy job.

In fairness to the US President, he has been described as being pretty good at golf, in fact, American sportswriter Rick Reilly says he could be one of the best golfing presidents in recent history.

However, in his new book Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump, Rick Reilly also reveals that Donald Trump is a bit of a cheater on the course.

Speaking to Dermot and Dave this morning, Rick spoke about his encounters with Trump on the course, how he can see parallels between the US Presidents golf style to his role in the Oval Office and how Trump once tried to cheat against Tiger Woods.

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No, your eyes haven't deceived you - Ireland could be getting a new city very soon.

A real estate tycoon is looking at Ireland as the potential site for a new city, in the wake of uncertainty in Hong Kong.

An area 'near' Dublin is a number of locations being considered by one developer as a potential site for a new city.

The proposed city would have a dedicated charter promoting values and principles such as democracy, environmentalism, sustainability and internationalism.

Ivan Ko, the man behind the operation  spoke to Dermot & Dave this morning about it all.

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Do you find your heart sinking when you see you've been added to yet another WhatsApp group? Or maybe you are sick to the teeth of Zoom calls? It's easy to let our digital interactions overwhelm us, and this morning on Mind Yourself Now on Dermot and Dave, Carrie Budds from Quokka Wellness had some tips on how you can manage your online life.

These days, we might have as many as 700 connections on social media, whether they're friends, family or people we follow for fun or dog videos.

This is well above the widely accepted Dunbar number, which suggests that the number of relationships that a human can comfortably maintain is 150.

And this is has only gotten worse with the increase in emails, WhatsApp group calls and Zoom calls for work during lockdown as well as the constant news setting off alerts on our smart phones.

Carrie explained to Dermot and Dave on Mind Yourself Now how you can manage the increase in your digital interactions and it's as simple as 'Have to Have', 'Nice to Have' and 'Habit to Have'.

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Game show fans can rejoice.

The Cube is returning to our TV screens next year and they're looking for contestants to take part.

The ITV show, hosted by Philip Schofield, finished recording in 2015 however it has never been too far away from our screens, with Virgin Media One regularly showing classic episodes.

Schofe revealed the news on his Instagram page last night, while he also spoke about the show return on ITV's flagship talk show This Morning.

He told Holly that talks has been ongoing for a long period of time about getting the show back up and running, and the deal was finalised during lockdown.

Maria revealed all in her Telly news. Hit play to hear the podcast in full.

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The US election was always going to be bizarre and the addition of Kanye West looks set to only make it more...well 2020.

Taking to Twitter this weekend, Kanye West announced that he is joining the US Presidential Race.

 

We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future. I am running for president of the United States

Dermot & Dave's 'Ah Sure Lookit Wasn't That It' podcast is the perfect thing to keep you company over the weekend, whether you're out and about in the car, getting stuck into jobs at home or if you need to stick some earphones in for an hour to drown out the noise of your kids for some well deserved 'me time' (no judgement here!)

Jam-packed full of all the bits you may have missed the Ah Sure Lookit Wasn't That It podcast is your one-stop shop for all things Dermot & Dave.

This week Dermot & Dave spoke to a listener has never had a chicken fillet roll in her life.

Dermot & Dave show team member Sean told us all about the history of Doolin

While Dave had some bad jokes and Noni had another story about Little Conor Murray and Little Keith Earles.

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What on Earth is a vibe manager? That’s the first question put to Joe Balance on this week’s Ask Me Anything with Dermot and Dave.

Joe is Ireland’s first ever vibe manger and his job is to support Dublin’s brand new Hard Rock Hotel in everything to do with music and culture.

Joe's role is to make sure that music is at the heart of everything that happens at Hard Rock Hotel Dublin.

So if you want a Fender from the in-house guitar collection Joe will bring that to you with an amp and headphones. If you want to listen to some vinyl, Joe will bring you a player and a selection of vinyl based on your musical taste. If you tell the reservations team who your favourite artists, genres etc are when booking then Joe will have a playlist waiting on your in-room system, playing as you walk through the door of your room.

He's also in charge of showing guests around the incredible music memorabilia collection at the hotel showing them pieces from David Bowie, Phil Lynott, Van Morrison, Kurt Cobain and a whole lot more.

He spilled the beans to Dermot and Dave this morning and you can listen back below!

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As lockdown kicked in and TV series around the world halted production, it looked like it would be a long time before we’d see any new comedy on our screens.

But this Sunday on RTE One at 10:35, the first Irish comedy about the lockdown, made during lockdown will be on our screens, and our Dermot is starring in it!

The brainchild of James Cotter, Socially Distant is completely self-shot by the actors and uses video messages, group chats and all of those things that we’ve all come to know and love.

Socially Distant tells the story of a dysfunctional family trying to arrange a surprise birthday party during the onset of the coronavirus crisis.

Our Dermot plays Dave (we know, we know) and also stars Oliver Callan, Mary McEvoy, Eric Lalor, Bernard Casey, Camille Lucy Ross and Karen Kelly.

The show was made in April, at the height of lockdown and in an incredibly challenging environment with the actors having to become all-in-one cinematographers, sound-ops and stylists all while working with people they might not have even met before.

Writer and director James Cotter and star Dermot Whelan joined & Dave this morning to chat about bags of props being stolen and directing from the toilet!

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Since he was a little boy, James MacInerney has loved art, and now he's found the perfect canvas. James, who is from Abbeyleix, has made it to the final of BBC show 'Glow Up' which searches for the next big make up star.

And it's no surprise why when you see his incredible work.

This morning, ahead of tonight's final, James spoke to Dermot and Dave about his incredible journey from practicing with his mothers lipstick to standing on the cusp of the make up world stage. James also spoke about his own experience of being diagnosed with a form of Tourette's and how he hopes to inspire others who might be in the same boat.

To see more of James' incredible work, follow him on Instagram and if you've missed BBC's 'Glow Up', the series will be coming to Netflix soon.

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