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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.

40% of TDs have their buttons pressed by other politicians on a regular basis

OK, so we know Fianna Fáil's Lisa Chambers and Niall Collins pressed the wrong buttons whilst voting in the Dáil chamber.

Lisa claims to have pushed Dara Calleary's button by accident, whereas Niall voted on behalf of Timmy Dooley SIX times on Thursday. Neither Calleary or Dooley were in the room at the time.

Mr Collins and Mr Dooley have since stepped-down from the frontbench and Ms Chambers is under investigation.

But how can this happen? How in the name of Miggeldy Higgins can our politicians be so blasé about decision-making?

Dermot and Dave chat to Today FM's Political Correspondent, Seán Defoe, about the process involved.

He say;

"In the Dáil chamber, usually every week, whenever there's a division or a challenge put down in the Dáil, they save up all the votes til Thursday afternoon and they all come in and do about an hour, and hour 20 minutes of block voting so everything that could get voted on gets done in one chunk". 

Defoe's research reveals that 40% of TDs have their buttons pressed by other politicians on a regular basis and even more surprisingly, a lot say, "sometimes you forget to vote because you only have 60 seconds".

That doesn't sound good enough to us. Surely a better system is needed?

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

 

Talk about going out with a bang!

We're huge fans of Jack Whitehall here in Today FM HQ. I mean, anyone who can fill the enchanting boots of Graham Norton so seamlessly is top notch in our books.

While his hosting skills are on fleek, he's better known in the world of acting an stand-up comedy, and has an incredible story about a randy couple who couldn't hold back during one of his shows.

OH MY GOD. I have just been informed that during the recording of my christmas show with my father at The London Palladium a couple were kicked out of the theatre for having sex during the show.

The best of the box

Dermot and Dave producer Maria Devereux is half human half TV guide, who loves telling us all the best stuff happening on the telly.

With Monday upon us, here's what she reckons we should check out:

Coronation Street Icons: Audrey Roberts - 40 Fabulous Years - Monday @8pm on UTV

A celebration of Sue Nicholls' time on the famous cobbles, which began in April 1979. The actress relives some of Audrey's quirky highlights and most dramatic lows, while Tracy Shaw and Nikki Sanderson - who played salon girls Maxine and Candice - return to the Street to surprise.

I couldn't find a clip of it - so here's a little collection of her trademark "hmm" noises to keep you going:

 

The British Tribe Next Door - Tuesday @9:15pm on Channel 4

Scarlett Moffatt and her family are plucked from the UK and transplanted into a replica of their terraced family home - complete with running water, electricity and their possessions around them - slap bang in the middle of a Namibian tribal village. They are to stay in Otjeme village, home to 100 semi-nomadic Himba cattle herders, who choose to live very traditional lives, but are overwhelmed by what their first impressions. The first Himba visitors arrive at the house - including Kandisiko, who quickly strikes up a friendship with Scarlett.

 

The Accident - Thursday @9pm on Channel 4

A group of teenagers in a Welsh town break into a construction site to make mischief, only for an explosion to claim the lives of several of the children. As the locals struggles to come to terms with the tragedy, one mother directs her anger at the boss of the building project, determined to get justice. Sarah Lancashire, Joanna Scanlan and Mark Lewis Jones star:

 

And Maria's Movies of the Week are both on Netflix. One is good, the other...woeful!

Fractured (good)

A couple stops at a gas station, where their 6-year-old daughter's arm is fractured. They hurry to a hospital. Something strange is going on there. The wife and daughter go missing:

 

The Laundromat (woeful)

When a widow (Meryl Streep) gets swindled out of insurance money, her search for answers leads to two cunning lawyers (Gary Oldman & Antonio Banderas) in Panama who hide cash for the superrich:

 

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

 

"Picky eaters don't do it on purpose to annoy you"

I think it's fair to say we all know a fussy eater - that is of course if you aren't one yourself?

But where does it all stem from?

Well that's exactly what food expert, and founder of eatwell.ie, Sarah Keogh wanted to explore. And it ain't just the kiddies.

Speaking on Dermot and Dave, the dietitian and nutritionist says we need to nip this at the bud for, "a lot of fussy eating children grow up to be fussy eating adults".

Like a lot of our other habits and dispositions, the dislike of certain foods comes at an early age. But have you ever heard of the term 'neophobic'? This means 'the fear of anything new', and as we hit the age of 18 months this survival technique (of sorts) kicks in, as revealed by Sarah.

The common age for it to kick in is usually around the age of 2, but it peaks around the age of 6

Texture is the main part of the fear, and the older we get, the more awkward it can become - manifesting itself into a social issue.

Sarah's trick is simple, "take a Euro coin-size piece of whatever food it is and do that every 2 to 3 days for a month". Exposure is key!

And don't sweat it if at first you don't succeed. It can take up to five tries to actually like a new food.

It could also be a case that you're a 'supertaster', which 20% or so of us are. And before you ask - here's what that means, "they have x5 times more taste buds on their tongues to anyone else, so things genuinely taste stronger - particularly bitter flavours and sour flavours".

For more queries, check out eatwell.ie

Every Monday, we dedicate a section of the show called Mind Yourself Now to help our listeners with their body, soul and mind.

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

 

What a voice!

Every Friday, Dermot and Dave ask somebody with an interesting job to enlighten listeners on #AskMeAnything

This week, professional opera singer Claudia Boyle took some time away from her busy schedule to bust a few myths about the operatic way of life.

Not long to go! Get your tickets at 9am today for The Magic of Christmas at the Bord Gais Theatre on December 22nd. I’ll be in with ‘Dermot and Dave’ on Today Fm this morning to mark the occasion! #askmeanything… https://t.co/QIUat4WhBH

— Claudia Boyle (@ClaudiVaBoyle) October 18, 2019

The coloratura soprano reveals how difficult training is, why Italians are the worst to perform in front of and how opera happened by pure chance.

She also gives us a blast of that powerful voice...and it's insane!

Check out Claudia's #AskMeAnything in full by pressing the play button on screen.

 

The best of the box

Dermot and Dave producer Maria Devereux is half human half TV guide, who loves telling us all the best stuff happening on the telly.

With the weekend upon us, here's what she reckons we should check out:

The Graham Norton Show - Tonight (Friday) @10:35pm on BBC One

The Cork man will be joined by stars of the original Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton to discuss their being reunited in the movie's latest instalment, Terminator: Dark Fate. Blondie's Debbie Harry talks about her autobiography, Face It, and Nadiya Hussain discusses her frank and honest new memoir, Finding My Voice. The tunes will be supplied by DJ Spoony's Garage Classical featuring the Sugababes.

 

The Late Late Show - Tonight @9:35pm on RTÉ One 

Tubs' couch ain't too shabby either as he welcomes Kiefer Sutherland, Andrea Corr and Jack Whitehall.

And Maria has gone for two Movies of the Week:

Split - Saturday @10pm on RTÉ 2

An incredible performance by James McAvoy as Kevin Crumb. Three girls are kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities. They must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful new 24th:

 

Maybe you'd prefer something even scarier - seeing it's nearly Halloween and all?

Get Out - Saturday @9pm on Channel 4

Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams star in this chilling story about a young African-American who visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, but things are far from what they seem:

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

 

The Athy lads chat to Dermot and Dave about the next chapter in their phenomenal story

Over the past week, Picture This fans have been all a flutter after the band teased new track 'One Night' across their social channels.

Thankfully, they didn't have long to wait as it was dropped at midnight on Thursday:

 

But that wasn't all the lads had up their artistic sleeves;

1 year ago today we released One Drink and announced our album and 5 night stand at the 3 Arena. Wow that has flown by.

Tonight at midnight we bring out our new song One Night and a new chapter begins. Let’s gooooooo.

— Ryan Hennessy (@RyanHennessy__) October 17, 2019

Dermot and Dave caught up with Ryan Hennessy and Jimmy Rainsford to chat about their latest song and find out what's next for Athy's finest. And to be honest, we weren't prepared for what they were about to tell us.

Not only did they reveal that their 5th album is in the can, they also shocked us with news of a 6th album ready to rock and 3 massive Irish gigs next summer;

 

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Speaking about how serious they are about their music, Ryan says;

we create absolutely everything. Like Jimmy engineers, records and produces the songs, I write every lyric, every melody, and even down as far as creating artwork

Jimmy laughs saying, "we were gonna release two albums this month", only to be told by their label that they needed to calm down.

"A lot of songs on this album were just like "let's do it", or recorded there and then and that's the final version", he continues.

There's also a great story about the way decided to "wind down" after their 5-night 3Arena run. Let's just say a few beers were involved.

We've been with Ryan and Jimmy every step of the way and we're very excited for what's to come.

Three years ago, we told you to remember their name:

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

 

The story of how a wrong email address led the Dermot and Dave producer to finding a new bestie in the southern hemisphere

Something strange had been happening with Maria Devereux's e-mails of late.

The Dermot and Dave producer was receiving reminders to get her car serviced and collect some furniture and although these may not seem that peculiar, they were from companies in New Zealand.

Being the master of research she is, Maria did some snooping and discovered a website called mariadevereux.com What are the odds?

She contacted her namesake and it was then that the pieces of the puzzle finally fitted together.

A serendipitous story like this needed to be heard, so the show gave NZ Maria a call to find out more about the Advertising Creative Director down unda.

Listeners also gave us a good laugh with their "name twin" anecdotes.

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

 

"We're still only at the stage Theresa May got to three times"

After months of arduous meetings and debates, a Brexit deal has been agreed between the EU and the UK.

Today FM's Political Correspondent Seán Defoe discusses the breakthrough with Dermot and Dave. 

He cautions us on premature celebrations, as he reveals the European Parliament still haven't agreed to this, which means, "we're still only at the stage Theresa May got to three times".

Sounds like this giant chess game is far from checkmate.

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