Frances McCarthy, Astronomer and education officer at Blackrock Castle Observatory, tells us all about Venus

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The Interactive Museum of Languages for Young Audiences is a touring interactive exhibition for primary school children. Made by artist Tomasz Madajczak for Cruinniú na nÓg 2021 the exhibition enables teachers to help young people learn and apply creative skills and capacities. And it visited Riverview Educate Together.

Anonymous email from a woman who left an abusive relationship after 20 years but now finds herself penniless. Kim, a survivor of domestic abuse reacted to the anonymous letter. Rafal Karaczyn was found guilty of murdering his wife Natalia Karaczyn in their family home. Natalia's sister, Magdalena Mc Morrow shared her story with Katie today.

On todays show Kathryn is joined by Shireen Rountree from Ballymoney National School in Cork, Conrad Opperman chats about his Tesla staycation video thats gone viral, Shane Daniel Byrne speaks to Kathryn ahead of Pride this weekend, Thom Breathnach does Kathryn’s Summer Scoop on Cavan and Fermanagh and The Skin Nerd Jennifer Rock joins Kathryn.

We’ve been talking a lot about staycations on the show over the last two weeks, and a video of a group of friends driving down the Wild Atlantic Way in a Tesla has gone viral.

Conrad Oppermann is the man behind the video and he joined Kathryn for a chat.

Theres a little series on the RTE Player called “Queer History Lesson” It’s a series of short videos where Instagramer Shane Daniel Byrne explores the history of Gay Pride. he joined Kathryn to tell us more.

Travel Editor with the Irish Examiner Thom Breathnach is in the drivers seat today, and has his bags packed to bring us to the depths of Cavan and Fermanagh.

Kathryn is joined by Jennifer Rock, also known as The Skin Nerd, to give us all the top tips on how to take care of our skin this summer.

This week on Playback. July 5th is the intended re-opening but as the Delta takes centre stage, will we actually get there? And just who wields the feather duster and at what cost? Sarah and Cormac don the Marigolds and go head to head. All on Playback presented by Sinéad Mooney.