Playback

This week on Playback we learn how to use superglue to highlight climate change, what forces come into play when a forty year old whale dies and the meaning of the term Dead Ting. And of course, we remember the great Brendan Grace…. All on Playback presented by Sinéad Mooney

The best of the week's radio brought to you by Sinéad Mooney

Golf and GAA commentaries; Online romance scam; Losing a ring an a love; story of a boat capsizing; the artist formerly known as Sinéad O’Connor; Mavis Staples; the referee who gave up because of parents’ abuse. All brought to you by Ronan Kelly

Documentary On One: The Case of Majella Moynihan; Ana Kriégel murder verdicts; Woman who met her husband because of Ray Houghton’s 1994 goal; how John Kelly picks his music; Sharon Mannion and Jennifer Zamparelli on chatty husbands; a knife in the radio and the spoken world without bees. All brought to you by Ronan Kelly

Racist abuse on Irish Rail, pigeons, donkeys, Philomena Lynott, fiscal advice, an Irish Miss Havisham and poetry for a dead sporting hero. All brought to you by Ronan Kelly

D-Day; love and a brass plate; Venice cruise crash; Trump visit; Katie Taylor vs. Shane Ross; Bev-ing on Love Island; 2FM’s grumpy morning couple; the woman who fell under a moving train; AA Roadwatch rap; Dylan Moran and drink. All brought to you by Ronan Kelly

Elections 2019; Maria Bailey TD; 40 years of 2FM; Morrissey’s new album; new drilling licence; Princess Diana’s death theme park ride; Department taking radios out of Army cars; Marty distracted by naked man; “Write Your Mind” drama; Shay Byrne not lonely any more; 40th anniversary of ‘Women Today’ programme. All brought to you by Ronan Kelly

Out-Marty-ing Marty Morrissey; a letter from the dead on Liveline; Dr.Dance on Ray D’Arcy; incredibly epilepsy surgery with Ryan Tubridy. All brought to you by Ronan Kelly

Grand Theft Auto conned girls; piano-playing as a way to get a husband; Eurovision Israel; Michael O’Leary leaves racing; intensive farming making us extinct; lingerie for a washing-machine to wear; naked dew-rolling; child’s memory of a Dublin bombing; Feck and robots for elderly; Doris Day and Julie Andrews. All brought to you by Ronan Kelly

Orange and purple hair; a preacher with a gun; a scary orchestra conductor; seeing your father-in-law naked; Getting a ‘duff-duff’ in East Enders; rural broadband; an 82-year old finally gets to meet her 104-year old mother; mean with Tupperware at a wedding; Liverpool and Spurs winning. All brought to you by Ronan Kelly