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It'll be life's mundane moments that will make our memoirs” so says LifeStyle Editor at The Irish Examiner Esther McCarthy. Esther explained this more with Shane.

Our Chief Reporter Barry Whyte was at Citywest last night and explain what was last night like.

Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir is released today, offering new insight into her experiences as a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s trafficking network and the years-long fight for justice that followed. We get reaction to the memoir with  Royal Commentator Richard Fitzwilliams.

All-girl schools face major gap to accessing STEM subjects, according to new research. Shane and Ciara discuss this further.

This time last year, the Dublin City Taskforce Report was launched in the GPO. But one year on has progress been made? All to discuss with Independent Chair of Dublin City Taskforce and CEO of An Post, David McRedmond.  

The price of electricity is set to go down slightly from December, thanks to a reduction in the Public Service Obligation levy.  But what will that mean for people’s bills every month? We discuss further with Lisa Ryan, Professor in Energy Economics at the UCD School of Economics and the UCD Energy Institute. 

Girls in single-sex schools are facing a major gap to accessing STEM subjects.  That’s according to a new report from I Wish, and with us to discuss more is their co-founder, and partner in RDG, Gillian Keating. 

“The most frightening thing about Halloween is the waste. From plastic decorations to synthetic costumes and individually wrapped sweets, the whole thing can be an environmental shocker.” So writes Joanne Hunt in The Irish Times.  

To discuss further Shane was joined on the show by John Gibbons, Environmental Journalist and author of “The Lie Of The Land.

The use of judicial reviews is “out of control” and “paralysing” infrastructure delivery. So says Sean O Driscoll, businessman and member of the government’s infrastructure taskforce. Sean explained why to Newstalk Breakfast.

Gardaí investigating an alleged sexual assault on a girl in Saggart, County Dublin have arrested a man in his 30s.The suspect arrived in Ireland six years ago and failed in his application for international protection in 2024. 

We get the details from Conor Lally, Irish Times Crime and Security Editor.