We're into what some call Level 3.5, others say 3.75 of the Covid restrictions in Ireland. There's a sense of going back towards the original lockdown in March. But a quick snapshot of opinion on the street in Kilcullen this morning suggests that people are in favour of going even further. Produced by Brian Byrne.

The overall take-up of electric cars in Ireland remains not just lower than political expectation, but also soft in terms of what ought to have been a bigger reality. Produced by Brian Byrne.

Wearing another hat, that of a motoring journalist for some 30 years, here's the first of what may be a series of automotive pieces. This time it's my review of the new Peugeot 208. Produced by Brian Byrne.

The Kilcullen Diary on Sunday, where we take a quick look at the national and local news, and focus also on some of what we covered during the week on the Diary. Produced by Brian Byrne.

When the Cross and Passion sisters first came to Kilcullen they didn't have a wall. Indeed, they started only with a small donated house. The wall came with the building of the actual convent school that was to become the second landmark building in Kilcullen. Produced by Brian Byrne.

A new business recently launched in Kilcullen is faerly.ie, by Kilcullen residents James Byrne and Eoin Houlihan. The concept is to make available high quality personal care and daily-used household products which are sustainably produced and eliminating as far as possible plastics and chemicals. Produced by Brian Byrne.

Would the 19th century Irish pugilist Dan Donnelly be as well known today as he is, if his arm had not been taken off by the surgeon to whom grave-robbers took his body? Produced by Brian Byrne.

On this day in 1869, the first official postcards were issued, in Vienna by the Austro-Hungarian Post Office. By the end of the year, more than three million had been posted. In today's internet terms, that would be described as 'going viral'. Produced by Brian Byrne.

In these days of carefully metered and chilled beers, a pint of Guinness is a scientifically consistent joy for those who favour the black stuff. But it wasn't always that way. Produced by Brian Byrne.

Some years ago, an announcement about bringing in private contractors to try and deal with the chronic backlog in driver testing reminded me of my own first car driving licence. It was very different then. There were no driving tests, no provisional licences. You went into the local council office, paid out £1, and you were street legal. Produced by Brian Byrne.