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In the north Dublin suburb of Darndale, there is a local park known for the amount of horses in it. Horse ownership has been a notable feature of life in parts of Dublin, but in many cases, the owners don’t have the resources available to properly care for the animals.

Noel O’Reilly is a Darndale resident, and joins Seán to discuss.

One key figure in the peace protest in Northern Ireland who doesn’t get spoken about as much is David Ervine, who played a big role in the loyalist ceasefire, and had a fondness for words.

Matthew McElhinney is Director and co-writer of 'The Man Who Swallowed a Dictionary', which is focused on Ervine. It runs at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin from October 13th to the 24th, and he joins Seán to discuss.

We’re looking back on the weekend and looking forward to the week ahead through the lens of these four questions:

What delighted you over the weekend? What annoyed you over the weekend? What did you learn over the weekend? What are you looking forward to this week?

Joining Seán to discuss is Maia Dunphy and Liadán Hynes!

There’s no doubt that you’ve received many emails that say “hope you are well” or other platitudes such as “hope you’re enjoying the weather!” and “hope you had a great weekend!”, even though the writer of this email probably doesn’t care in reality. So, why has this become a thing in email greetings, and how should we handle our correspondence?

Joe Humphries has written about this in The Irish Times, and joins Seán to discuss.

There was a time when someone would hire a helicopter, take pictures of houses in rural areas, and then sell that photo to those homes who would proudly display them. Why is this no longer a thing?

Róisín Murphy, Architect and Interior Designer joins Seán to discuss.

Four months before Greta Gerwig's upcoming ‘Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew’ is scheduled for cinema release, the Director has confirmed that Meryl Streep will voice Aslan the lion, taking over from Liam Neeson, much to the absolute dismay and anger of purists and many conservatives.

So, why is this seen as controversial?

Entertainment journalist Olivia Fahy joins to discuss!

How long is your working day? Or more specifically, how much work do you do for your employer? In Ireland, long lunch breaks have become a distant memory, but in other parts of the world, that is the norm.

So, what do work days look like around the world, and how do they compare?

Peter Cosgrove, Managing Director of Careers Portal and a future of work expert joins Seán to discuss.

During the course of life, you grow to adore your parents, eventually realise they're fallible, and turn into them whether you want to or not. Just like how Brooklyn Beckham swore off his family for their focus on business, only to launch his own business himself.

Colm O’Regan has been writing about all of this, and joins Seán to discuss.

Romantic novels are hugely popular, and have always done quite well. Of course, their main audience is women, but are men included in this audience too? And what would a man get from these ‘romantasy’ novels?

Tomas Kenny from Kenny's Bookshop in Galway joins Seán to discuss.

For decades, María Elena Arrieta de Blaquier, an Argentinian heiress, owned a vast collection of rare and expensive art. She has since died, and the art is going up for sale.

Van Gogh’s ‘Châtaigniers en Fleurs’ (Chestnut Tree in flower) is valued at $180m and has not been seen in public for decades. It is to be auctioned along with 11 other works.

André Zlattinger, Deputy Chairman, UK & Head of Modern Art, Europe at Sotheby’s.