Main image: Two widowed penguins comfort each other, by Tobias Baumgaertner

98FM's Brendan O'Loughlin takes a look back at some of the biggest events from 2020 - and it's not all Coronavirus!

Remember there was an election this year? And what about Chanel, the African grey parrot, that went missing in Liverpool?

Click below to listen back to the highs, lows and maddest moments from a year we won't forget in a hurry.

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98FM, in association with The Axis Theater Ballymun, presents Aladdin

Doug Jones chats with 98FM's Karl Dawson about Hocus Pocus, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and his role as Commander Saru in Star Trek Discovery.

Bressie has launched a brand new podcast series, 'Where Is My Mind?'. The multi-platinum selling singer-songwriter and mental health activist spoke to Dara Quilty about the new six-part series on The Big Ride Home this week.

Click the play button above to listen back to the full interview.

About 'Where Is My Mind?'

'Where is my Mind?' will guide listeners on how to navigate the manic, always-on and head-melting world they find themselves in today.

Niall will talk about what impact today’s society has on individuals, discussing a variety of coping techniques on how to deal with the overstimulated mindset people find themselves in by introducing the basics of mindfulness practice and meditation.

Each podcast episode will enable listeners to learn the skills to help with breaking that autopilot mode, how to navigate constant distraction, how to be a more skillful stress-head and even how to get good at Jenga!

 The Where is my Mind? podcast series will be released weekly on Mondays and is available on Acast, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all other channels.

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Hailing frequencies open, fans of Star Trek Deep Space Nine rejoice because something very exciting is coming at us warp factor 9. What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a brand new feature length documentary that is hitting a select number of Irish Cinemas on June 26th 2019 for one night only. Featuring brand new interviews and testimonials from the original cast and crew, some never before seen remastered footage from the show plus a look into the script writers room, this documentary will most definitely take us where no one has gone before.

Ahead of its Irish release Karl Dawson caught up with the show runner & head writer for Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Ira Steven Behr in a 98FM exclusive interview, in which he discusses the challenges he faced over the course of 7 year’s bringing a new type of storytelling to television and the process of making this fantastic tribute to one of the best science fiction series in history.

 

Links to Dublin Screenings :

Lighthouse Cinema - https://lighthousecinema.ie/event-cinema

Movies@Dundrum : https://movies-at.ie/event/what-we-left-behind-looking-back-at-star-trek-deep-space-9/

How we spend our night out in the city is changing. Josh Crosbie takes a look at the club scene in Dublin and speaks to those involved.