In his latest Martini Shot, Rob Long is coming to terms with the satisfying, necessary quality of lies in a writer's life.

On today's show we celebrate the launch of 'A Page From My Life' book - which features incredible stories of love, laughter and lockdown from our listeners, all in aid of the

LauraLynn Hospice.

Gearoid Walsh, a priest, has likened the Government to the Black and Tans. Other clergymen have also used extreme language in relation to the Government's handling of Covid 19.

Olivier Sclavo a journalist at Nice Matin reports on the latest from the french city

Clár irise á chur i láthair beo ó stiúideo na nDoirí Beaga, ag Edel Ní Chuireáin.

All Saint's Day/All Witches' Sabbat is the jewel in the Bram Stoker festival crown as we creep into Dead Man's Month. The late P.J. O'Connor's 1960s armchair-plus-antimacassars take on the Transylvanian count in Tinahely romps gorgeously with the grim original, and there's a suitably sepulchral performance by Tom Studley as a prince of darkness.

Crime and Security Editor with The Irish Times Conor Lally joins the programme with the latest details in relation to a woman and two children being found dead at a house in Ballinteer, Co. Dublin.

Join Leon Diop, Femi Bankole, Amanda Ade and Boni Odoemene as they talk to a variety of people – about the culture, language and identity of the Black Irish Community living in Ireland today.

The winning entry to the RTÉ Short Story Competition 2020: Flower Wild - the story of the Irish woman, Violet Gibson, who shot Mussolini - was written by Shane Tivenan and is read by Ingrid Craigie

The stories and headlines of the day that grabbed Ryan's attention.