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There’s a new festival in West Cork coming from a galaxy far, far away – you guessed it, the Feel the Force Festival will be celebrating all things Star Wars and superfan Nuri Albakri is the man behind the event and joins Seán to discuss.

The Force flows through West Cork

With continental European summers getting hotter and drier, is it time for Ireland to step up to the mark and adopt wine agriculture on an industrial scale? The Brits are already at it... Joining Seán to discuss is Hannah Quinn-Mulligan, Farmer and Journalist, who has been writing about this in her column in the Irish Independent.

Could wine agriculture take off in Ireland?

Despite much scholarship on the subject, there is little agreement on just how many people actually died during the Civil War in 1922 and 1923. However, a new project at UCC aims to change this. Joining Seán to discuss is John Dorney, Research Assistant on the Irish Civil War Fatalities Project and the author of The Civil War in Dublin.
 Image: National Library of Ireland, HOG54.

How many people actually died in the Civil War?

Passing down recipes from generation to generation is crucial to our culture but it seems that it has faded in recent years, most likely due to finding a recipe within seconds online. An Irish woman started collecting old Irish recipes in 2020, and now has 3,000 of them!  Roisin Hynes is a writer at oldirishrecipes.com, as well as that collector and joins Seán to discuss.  Image: Old Irish Recipes

Keeping old Irish recipes alive

Seán’s guest Susan grew up in a unique household in 1980s Dublin, where her mother ruled the roost as a dominatrix, to make a living after falling on hard times. Susan Bluechild even did a stint herself at 16, assisting her mother with her unusual profession. She joins Seán to talk about the experience.

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