Noni And Cardi B are back at it again

It's the duo of the year that we can not get enough of it.

Today Noni's number one gal pal dropped in to spread some Christmas cheer including how Noni should batter Mageruite Shannon with her shoe.

According to Cardi the trick is to have the element of surprise and simply break the door down to her house.

 

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“The finest thing to come out of Limerick since Conor Murray” - Noni

We just wanted to help in anyway that was possible

How Will Santa Find Us?

Today on Dermot and Dave Ste Rogers and Shane O'Brien dropped into studio to tell the lads about their new book, How Will Santa Find Us?

 

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Huge thanks to @dermottodayfm and @davetodayfm and all in @todayfm for having us on for the chats today, and saying such nice things about #HowWillSantaFindUs. Only one shopping weekend to go. Please get out and buy it! All profits go to @focusirelandcharity.

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The pair who both work in advertising decided to create the book after seeing the very upsetting images were taken of a family last year who had to sleep in a Garda station.

While chatting in their Whatsapp group the lads started to brainstorm ideas of how they could help support the homeless families in Ireland.

A Christmas book was born

Ste and Shane decided they would create a Christmas book and donate all the proceeds to Focus Ireland.

After a lot work planning the plot of the book, Ste and Shane knew they needed it to have amazing illustrations.

 

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A lovely shot of author @sterogersphoto’s niece Tess at our launch in @eason_ireland last week. #howwillsantafindus is available now in book shops nationwide and online from Eason’s with all profits going to @focusirelandcharity.

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Instead of choosing the drawings themselves, they decided to include illustrators from all over the country to include their creative touch to the project.

The Story

When their family loses their home, a little girl and her younger brother are left with nowhere to stay for Christmas. As they move from place to place, their parents distract them by taking them on a journey through their imaginations.

They climb mountains on a friend’s couch and they become ghosts in a hotel lobby.

But with all this moving around how will Santa find them?

Listen back to their full story and find out more about How Will Santa Find Us? by hitting the play button on the screen.

You can see more about the book a buy your copy here. 

 

 

The man who is facing impeachment spend two hours talking about dishwashers!?

Donald Trump

Donald Trump has become the third president in US history to be impeached.

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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2019

This morning Matt Cooper joined Dermot and Dave to break down what has led to the impeachment of the American president.

Trump while in Michigan last night left us all questioning as to why a man who had just been impeached was talking about dishwashers?

Crowd stares in silence as Trump explains lack of water in showers and dish washers. pic.twitter.com/RB3aI635Lj

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 19, 2019

Matt spoke about what kind of proceedings will take place in the coming weeks.

But the real question is will it be possible to remove Trump?

Matt has said that this impeachment is most likely to fail.

Listen back to the full chat with Matt and hear the listeners reactions by selecting the play button on the screen.

We think the choccies will divide everyone

With the temperatures below freezing the sleigh bells echoing in the distance, Christmas is nearly here baby!

To help boost our jollyometer, Dermot and Dave's Eimear Shannon gives us the results to some festive polls.

First up on the ranking list is the nation's favourite Christmas sweets.

Let's start with the least liked:

#33 - Toffee Finger (Quality Street)

#34 - Chocolate Caramel (Quality Street)

#35 - Toffee Penny (Quality Street)

#36 - Orange Creme (Quality Street)

#37 - Coconut Eclair (Quality Street)

Not good for Quality Street lovers!

Now it's the Top 5:

#5 - Wispa (Heroes)

#4 - Galaxy (Celebrations)

#3 - Galaxy Caramel (Celebrations)

#2 - Golden Barrell (Roses)

#1 - Maltesers Teaser (Celebrations)

Hmmm....dunno if they'd be my faves. But what about Christmas TV Specials?

Here's what Entertainment.ie have named as their 'Top 5 Christmas Specials of all time":

#5 - Extras

 

#4 - Only Fools and Horses

 

#3 - The Royle Family

 

#2 - The Office (UK)

 

#1 - Father Ted

 

Check out Dermot and Dave's reaction to the rankings in full by pressing the play button on screen. 

 

"Even if it was super eco-friendly when it was made in China, by the time it gets here it's not really eco any more"

Did you know that 90% of toys worldwide are made out of plastic? It's a startling fact.

In a bid to help the nation reduce their carbon footprint this Christmas, Dermot and Dave chat to Sharon Keilthy, co-founder of eco-toys company Jiminy.ie, who guides us through these three simple questions we need to ask ourselves when buying toys:

How it was made?

How it is when using it?

Where it goes when you're finished?

Sharon explains why harmful virgin plastics need to be replaced by bioplastics to help the future of our planet.

Check out the chat in full by pressing the play button on screen. 

 

Locals are encouraged to download and setup the new 'Fires Near Me' app

Yesterday, December 17th 2019, Australia hit its highest ever recorded average temperature across the country - 40.9 degrees celsius.

Half of Australia's annual CO2 emissions (that's 250 million tonnes) have been emitted by their raging bushfires alone.

To find out more about what it's like living in these conditions, Dermot and Dave give Brian Whelan (Dermot's brother), who lives in Sydney, a call.

Brian describes the catastrophic conditions as "seriously scary", revealing that exposure to an hour of bushfire smoke haze is the equivalent to smoking 32 cigarettes. Scary indeed.

He continues by saying; "This [December] is what we would typically anticipate as the beginning of the fire risk season and this has been going since September. It's mad."

We also learn of the newly created Fires Near Me app that is being used to save thousands of lives.

Check out the chat in full by pressing the play button on screen. 

 

Improv comedy at its finest

It’s Wednesday, and you know what Wednesday 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's offering includes A Garda massage, the ultimate Christmas gift, a new national anthem and some lazy Skyping.

Check out the fun in full by pressing the play button on screen.

 

"Killings were commonplace week in week out. The bombings. The shootings"

Having grown up during the troubles in Northern Ireland, Oisín McConville is no stranger to a conflict zone.

These childhood experiences never left the Armagh's All-Ireland winner, which led him to get involved in this year's Trócaire Appeal.

As part of his partnership with the charity he recently visited the Gaza Strip and the West Bank to see what life was like in these war-torn regions.

Today FM's Dermot and Dave chat to the 44-year-old about the journey he describes as, "a massive eye opener".

When asked if he saw any comparisons between Occupied Palestine Territories and Crossmaglen, he says; "I see a lot of correlation between growing up in the midst of the troubles and some of the stuff that's going on over there. Obviously it's on a much larger scale and on a continuous basis, but killings were commonplace week in week out. The bombings. The shooting".

With only 4 hours of electricity per day and 80% of the Gaza population depending on international aid to survive, Oisín marvels at their resourcefulness.

"We're repairing the damage" is his answer when the topic of Armagh GAA comes into discussion.

Check out the talk in full by pressing the play button on screen.

(video via Trócaire on Vimeo)

 

That fundraiser is well good, innit?!

On the 30th of December 2018, Kumar Kangah won a €425,000 house in Ashtown, Dublin 15, all thanks to a clever incentive from Roscommon GAA.

The club raffled off over 14,000 tickets, at €100-a-pop, in the months leading up to it to come out with a gross sum of €1.4million and a net profit of over €940,000. Not bad at all.

Club Rossie have now upped the ante a little bit and are raffling off tickets for the same price, except this time, the top prize in their "Win a Home in London" competition is a luxury two-bed apartment in London City Island - a picturesque location situated only a stone's throw from Canary Wharf.

The apartment is located on the spectacular city peninsula overlooking the waters of the River Thames and Lea. With the sparkling lights of Canary Wharf and the O2 Arena just outside your window, the life of this vibrant city is truly just on your doorstep.

On May 10th, one lucky winner will become the homeowner of this brand new £695,000 (over €815,oo) home.

Dermot and Dave chat to Roscommon GAA Treasurer, and former player, David O'Connor about the club's latest money-spinning idea, where he tells us why the cash is making a difference; "you can't produce players playing at the top of their potential without having funds to back it up".

Tickets for the raffle are available on their website winahomeinlondon.com

Catch the chat in full by pressing the play button on screen. 

 

Rapid fire fun

On Tuesdays, Dave teams up with our listeners to bring you some of the best (and worst) jokes you'll have heard in a while.

In fairness, there are some crackers in here, but we'll let ye be the judge of that.

Check out the fun in full by pressing the play button on screen.