Festival season is well and truly underway with Sea Sessions and Beyond the pale both taking place this weekend. But what actually makes a festival experience great? Today FM’s Ed Smith tell us.

Donald Sutherland, star of films including The Hunger Games and Don't Look Now, has died at 88 after a long illness.  Hollywood journalist Jeanne Wolf joined Ciara this morning to reflect on the life of the legendary actor.

“Two to put her down. Two to put her out.” Irish soldier Cathal Crotty bragged on social media after brutally beating Natasha O’Brien unconscious. Yesterday he walked free after receiving a 3 year suspended sentence. We get reaction to this sentence from Anne Clarke, CEO of Offaly Domestic Violence Support Services.

Aer Lingus will cancel up to one in five flights from next Wednesday as members of the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association =plan a strict work to rule in their pursuit of a near 24 per cent pay increase.  Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Donal Moriarty is Chief Corporate Affairs Officer for Aer Lingus.

The son of Athletics Legend, Johnny Fox is calling for a meeting with An Taoiseach, Simon Harris as screws and bolts were found among his father’s cremated remains. Sean Fox spoke to Newstalk Breakfast to explain why his calling for this meeting.

Young teenagers are less likely to smoke or drink than a decade ago but they are twice as likely to be at risk of depressive symptoms. That’s according to the latest Growing Up In Ireland Study. We get reaction to these findings from Sheila O’Malley, Parenting Expert and Keynote Speaker in all aspects of wellbeing for the corporate sector.

Landmark legislation to deal with infertility and domestic surrogacy in Ireland is set to reach its final stages and become law.    Speaking to Ciara this morning on the show was fertility coach and therapist Helena Tubridy.

Growing number of older people not being treated with urgency, says Dublin Bay North Fine Gael TD Richard Bruton as new report on ageing has launched. Richard Bruton spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

Unisex toilets – do you love them or hate them?  One person who thinks its time to take the ‘man’ out of ‘mna’ is Consumer Columnist and Host of the Home Show on Newstalk, Sinead Ryan.

Today is the Summer Solstice making it the longest day of the year as the sun will take the most northerly transit across the skies.   To tell us about the significance and folklore attached to the day is Anthony Murphy, Mythical Ireland founder and author.