Six hardy women from Templetown to Rockabill by sea! With the large or small ball, Jason McAteer so loves Ireland and he's coming over next week for the Irish Legends at Seapoint golf club. Ciara Burke, Carmel McCarthy and Sinead Kavanagh had plenty to say on a range of typical topics. David Sheehan looked ahead to the sporting weekend and we enjoyed our Friday comedy fix too...

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Lots of items in common in our junk drawers which Niki Bowman maintains we should store orderly. The butcher Sarah Kelly is offally nice and sells plenty of it too! Siobhan O'Neill White had loads of things to do with children over the summer holidays from school and Gemma McMahon believes everyone has ability to fill a meaningful role in the workplace.

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Dave Hewitt, who grew up beside the Dignam's, regaled us with some lovely stories about his neighbour and friend Christy. Ahead of Bloomsday on Friday, Tony Weldon had us all enthralled as he spoke about James Joyce. On the annual week dedicated to men's health, Dr Kate McCann had plenty to say and Bev Truss, who rescues hedgehogs, wants cattle grids filled in or up!

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Dogs are good business for Rory Clarke thanks to doggy ice cream, Sonya and Paddy McCabe are maintaining their incredible weight loss by living the Slimming World way, Edel Deane is mother to three premature babies and Castletown KP national school is celebrating its 50th year....

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Following on from retaining his East of Ireland title last weekend, Laytown & Bettystown clubman Alex Maguire headed to the home of golf St Andrews in Scotland where he won the prestigious St Andrews Links yesterday by 5 shots! A family connection saw Hannah Hussey fly from Canada to see Harry Styles in Slane on Saturday and being a fan since his One Direction days, she wasn't disappointed! Amanda Geard makes the link between Tasmania and Ireland in her new book called The Moon Gate. The inner child may need attending to in some of us which is where Linda Culleton and Lorena Degue come in. And we heard why sport plays such an important role in what the Louth/Meath branch of Down Syndrome offer to its members and families.

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Gary Murphy is looking forward with confidence to the Legends Tour Golf at Seapoint golf club, Declan Bailey loves Apple's ground breaking Vision Pro headset, Harry Styles fans from primary schools in Meath have recorded one of the Slane concert bound star's songs as Tommy Tiernan brought us our comedy and David Sheehan ran the rule over the weekend's sporting action.

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With price cuts at long last on the way in supermarkets, Caitriona Redmond offered her assessment of what lies ahead. Eoin Kernan told us how an eating disorder engulfed his life, his recovery and how he's doing really well now. Ken Glynn's mentor and mentee business impressed Gerry immensely while Edel Dugdale told of her experience of humanitarian aid convoys to Ukraine.

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Fresh from his wonderful success on Britain's Got Talent, local boy and super magician Cillian O'Connor mesmerised Gerry with his magic! John Conlon has birds nesting under the bonnet of his car for the fourth successive year and Niall Hatch from Birdwatch was mightily impressed. Fred Cooke recalled his Leaving Certificate trials and tribulations while it was more straightforward for John Morgan. And the Barrett's Mary and Ian told the really touching story of their three sons who all live with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.

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No fatalities over the bank holiday weekend but the numbers this year so far are up and injuries significant - Mick Finnegan Meath Road Safety Officer had plenty of sound advice to offer all road users. Stef Greene believes the great outdoors has a big part to play in successfully negotiating the Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations. We introduced a new series of short features called "Ours to Protect" with Nicky Kyle promoting the use of organic peat free compost among other gardening matters and Jennifer Lynch about restrictions on hedge cutting. Niamh Burke also joined us to warn listeners about a really genuine looking and sounding scam!

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A 10th Gold Medal for Ashbourne's Jane McCorkell at Bloom! Remembering our good friend Roy Taylor from one of his visits to Late Lunch in 2017. Training the mind the David King way, former World Snooker Champion Ken Doherty is heading for the Irish Legends Golf at Seapoint golf club, the Bloom Girls, sport with David Sheehan and our comedy on Friday.

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