Playback

Sexy Irish Accents - not; new citizens; Waterford acid attack; assault on Irish-African taxi-driver; drinking on Ryanair flight; Quirke murder trial verdict; GAA parents and mobile phones; killer guinea pig; tourists rescued in Kerry; Dead Dad Day (Gerry Ryan’s anniversary); Seamas Ennis; Ruby Walsh. All brought to you by Ronan Kelly

The Red Hot Chilli Pipers; a song about Gordon Strachan; the liveliest podcast on RTE; Arena’s crime novels review; €1500 Holy Communion parties; St.Kevin the murderer; John Kelly’s presenting style; Dermot Bannon taken to task on 2FM; Brendan Courtney, John Boyne, Lyra McKee’s funeral and the killings in Sri Lanka. Brought to you by Ronan Kelly

Paddy Cosgrave; Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris; Tiger Woods and parenting; cycling to school; wedding nightmare video; Marty’s listeners’ gags; Notre Dame burning; Quasimodo, Superman, Harry Potter and Jesus; Lyra McKee’s death; Mother and Baby Homes Commission report; technology and schoolchildren in Ireland and China; decades of hiccupping and the real Karate Kid. All brought to you by Ronan Kelly

Tiger Roll as RTE Sports Personality, Romance, John Prine, Lotto tickets in the wash, saving Limerick, a barber with a coffin handle, Billie Eilish, more romance, Dan the male midwife, Skin nerds, Concertina and orchestra, 4-day week, toe-scratching, poor Irish governance and English chips in Donegal. All brought to you by Ronan Kelly

Lots of laughter - Poitín and pop music - cruel April Fools Jokes - one elderly woman's influence on a teenage boy - dreadful birth experiences - Game of Thrones and scones. All brought to you by Ronan Kelly

Daddies, foxes and a Brexit bedtime story. As well as climate collapse, housing, soccer and a Memory Man. Just some of what’s in this week’s Playback - brought to you by Ronan Kelly

From pigeons to romance; How to say ‘cocktail’ in Irish and two deadly mysteries – one with a body – and one without. The tragedies in Southern Africa and outside a disco in Cookstown. Also, uplifting stories, choice music and Marty’s listeners' jokes. Just some of wazhat’s in this week’s Playback - brought to you by Ronan Kelly

“Gobshites”, one-legged men, brides with no grooms, a soccer star on a game show, Ireland’s best St. Patrick’s parade (led by a dog) as well as lots of Dad jokes. Of course, the mosque shootings in New Zealand, school students’ climate breakdown protest and the bizarre language of Brexit. All in a Playback week brought to you by Ronan Kelly

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Highlights from the past week's RTE Radio programmes with Marian Richardson