Oliver Callan

On the feast of Saint Colmcille we find out from Christy Gillespie who this Patron Saint of Ireland really was and ask if there should be a bank holiday in his honour.

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Dermot's monologue on a Friday.

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Dermot chats to Shaun Lavelle, one of the organisers of Mayo Pride who has apologised for a picture of a Child of "Drag" statue but is also saying pride events are operating in a tense and uncertain environment in Ireland in 2025.

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Dermot chats to married actors Jenny Fennessy and Dylan Kennedy who not only work together but live together. They’re in a new play about the perils of online dating - Taboo which opens on June 9th to June 14th at Smock Alley Theatre.

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Dermot's monologue on a Thursday.

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Dermot chats to author and columnist Eithne Shortall about how the habit of sending letters and postcards is dying with half as many letters being sent in Ireland, as compared to a decade ago. She, an avid sender herself, shared the joy of this most thoughtful of acts.

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Dermot chats to historian Bríona Nic Dhiarmada about her new series that starts this week - From That Small Island. It is all about Irish history from the earliest days to the most recent, with actor Colin Farrell narrating the series.

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Dermot's monologue on Wednesday.

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Demot chats to Sunday World Columnist Deirdre Reynolds all about "National Old Maids Day” which is celebrated on the 4th June every year to “shed light on the single and childless women over the usual age for marriage”.

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Dermot chats to David O'Reilly and Jacqueline Brunton, the leading stars of a full Irish creative production of the Little Shop of Horrors in the Bord Gais Energy Theatre this summer. Running from 25th July - 9th August and tickets are on sale now at www.bordgaisenergytheatre.ie

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