Today's reflection comes from poet and short story writer John O'Donnell, who lives in Dublin.

A message from The Mainland interrupts what was definitely going to be another solid day's worth of teaching from Professor Nero.

Read by Stephen O'Leary. A young man has has dug himself so deeply into an incessant conflict with his father, that it stops him from leaving home.

Ecologist Anja Murray and musician Brían MacGloinn's six-part series celebrating Irish trees. Episode 4 - Willow

Michael Houlihan on the history of the supernatural beings that captured the imagination of Irish people for centuries.

Liz Gillis reports from Sacred Heart Boys National School in Ballygall, on a group of young men who are delving into the history of their local community.

Críostóir Mac Cárthaigh shares memories of Halloween traditions from Ireland's National Folklore Collection.

Halloween traditions; the history of Irish Fairies; and a group of young men exploring their local history in North Dublin.

Colm Tóibín’s favourite soprano, Dracula and the Sligo cholera epidemic, Puccini at home and Kilkenny’s first ‘witch’, with Colm Tóibín, Louise Kennedy, Karl O’Neill, Muriel Bolger, AM Cousins and Gerry Moran

Dan Milmo, Global Technology Editor with The Guardian speaks to Justin McCarthy about Twitter under Elon Musk