Distant cousins of Danny DeVito grew up in the heart of Dublin City on O’Connell Street, and while the actor missed out on the hustle and bustle of Dublin’s fair city, some of his family remain there to this day.

On the second level of a five storey building on Lower O’Connell Street, artist Leo Divito grew up surrounded by family business, 8 kids and an “always busy house”.

Leo joins Seán to talk about the good and the bad of growing up on O’Connell Street.

What were your first impressions of your partner?

And were you thinking about whether they were ‘MORTGAGE material as well as MARRIAGE material’ when you first met, or was it a matter whether you fancied the pants off them?

Columnist with the Irish Independent, Mary McCarthy feels that dating has become so much more transactional, and joins Seán to discuss.

Some schools around the country have been taking a stand around the excess cost and waste followed by debs season.  

But its not just the schools who’ve been veering away from typical debs traditions, many young people have been going alternative routes for debs fashion... From vintage dresses to rented suits, they’ re trying it all. 

Terri Murphy Jones from Dublin Vintage Factory and The Big Smoke Vintage and Louise Lawlor from Rented Threads joined Fionnuala in studio.

Reality television has been a point of contention for lots of people for many years, with many saying it promotes bad behaviour and not to mention the stress it brings upon the people participating in it.  

But, new research by the BBC show that we could be wrong about reality TV.  

Dr. Jacob Johanssen, is an Associate Professor of Communications at St. Mary's University London and was also involved in the reality show Embarrassing Bodies and he joined Fionnuala in studio

A studio has highlighted the stark gender gap in STEM subjects at Leaving Cert level.  

Just over 43% of female Leaving Cert students studied another STEM subject outside of biology, such as agricultural science, applied maths, or construction studies. This compares to 70.3% when it comes to Leaving Cert boys. 

Dr. Liz Coleman joined Fionnuala in studio to talk about the effects this has in third level education

Declan Buckley and Amanda Brunker join Fionnuala in studio to offer up advice on problems big or small!

As excitement for Taylor Swift’s new album release reaches fever pitch, what do we know so far? 

And just what literary references is Taylor making with her song titles? 

Swiftie and Assistant Professor at the School of English in DCU, Dr Ellen Howley joins Fionnuala in studio to discuss the popstars upcoming album

A study done by Galway University has called for ‘urgent action’ to address sex education in Irish schools after contraception use has dropped.  

Dr. Andras Kolto, senior postdoctoral researcher at the Health Promotion Research Centre at University of Galway joined Fionnuala in studio to discuss.

Newstalk reporter Henry McKean went out to hear when your favourite swimming spots are and what do to in Dublin in the Summer! 

Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan recently announced plans to introduce a Bill that would require end-to-end encrypted messaging services, such as WhatsApp and Signal, to give Gardaí access to private texts and chats. 

Simon McGarr is a Solicitor and Managing Director of Data Compliance Europe and he joins Fionnuala to discuss  the possibility of this happening whilst protecting the privacy of the public.