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Our next guests are very familiar with the kinds of petrol stations that Stephen loves. We’re joined by Jen Tierney and Mick Dillon who drive trucks for a living.

We all know the small petrol pumps dotted around the country on the edges of footpaths and the side of hilltops.

Derek Mahon wrote about them in his poem.

They’ve also inspired photographer Stephen Davison and he’s penned this radio essay as an ode to petrol pumps.

We are joined by a man who has spent decades touring the world.

Paddy Moloney of the Chieftains has six grammys, one Oscar and even a performance on The Great Wall of China to his name.

These days, he’s cooped up in his house in Dublin.

For many reasons, people can gain a scar throughout their life. Sometimes the scar is easily hidden and has little effect, sometimes it can't be hidden and changes someone's entire life. Aoife McCabe was left with facial scarring after an accident at 18, she’s now 26 and is talking to Louise about some of the ways her scars have changed her life.

This week, ‘How to be an Adult’ is all about Christmas! Our Show Pro today is Gaff Goddess and She-I-Y Queen, Laura de Barra. To make Christmas a little easier, Laura has all the last-minute fixes - How to get the extractor fan flying, fixing the traditional wobbly chair leg, and fire alarms check! Laura also answers listeners' questions!

News correspondent with Independent News, Ellen Coyne, joined us on Saturday morning to talk about the stories that propped up the year! You may have forgotten, but the year of COVID was also the year of an Election, of the Australian Bush Fires, and of many other events!

The EU's Michel Barnier says there are "hours" left to achieve a deal, UK PM Boris Johnson says the talks are "difficult" - another weekend, more talks, but will there finally be a trade agreement?

Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin rev up for another weekend on the brink.

This week on Playback. Restrictions lifted but hold the bubbles for New Year – we get the latest Covid news. Politicians manage budget overruns and win prizes. And the nanny, the vaccine and the sugar pills – just what was Mary Poppins up to. All on Playback presented by Sinéad Mooney.

Let Him Go – which has just been released in cinemas – begins in the Montana ranch of the Blackledge family. The action takes place in the 1950s, and it is the story of a family who suffer the tragic loss of their adult young son starring Kevin Costner, Diane Lane and Lesley Manville.

Paul McCartney wrote his first song in 1956, at the age of 14 and today, 64 years on, and still writing new material, McCartney releases the third in a trio of albums going back to his solo debut, in 1970, McCartney III. Lia Murphy and Pat Carty look back at his solo career.