News correspondent with Independent News, Ellen Coyne, joined us on Saturday morning to talk about the stories that propped up the week! The last shots of #Golfgate, COVID Updates, and the RNC nominates Trump!

Damien heads to Monageer near Enniscorthy in Co. Wexford to visit John Murphy’s tillage farm to see how he’s getting on with this year’s harvest and how Covid-19 has generally impacted farmers.

Gorse is a very common shrub that is familiar to most people in Ireland. It is a spiny, prickly evergreen that thrives in dry, acid soils. It can be found in rough grassy areas, hedgerows, along walls, and many fields in Ireland have gorse growing in them.

One of the world's toughest sailing events starts on Sunday with two Irish competitors and we are on board a century-old wooden ship delivering cargo to our offshore islands.

John Connolly on his new novel, The Dirty South, Enda Walsh & Paul Fahy chat immersive theatre installation as part of the Galway Arts Festival & also Louise Burton & Simon Maher review new albums from Katy Perry, Gregory Porter & Emperor of Ice Cream.

Author John Connolly chats to Sean about his new novel 'The Dirty South'. The novel explores Charlie Parkers routes. 

The Republican National Convention had the five fs: faith, family, feelings, fear and future. Tim Wigginton, North Carolina GOP Press Secretary joins to talk about the long road to this convention and what it was like to be on the ground.

Des's Island Discs is a programme grown from the Covid lockdown - a kind of escape during difficult times. The final guest to the island is Public Health Nurse Maria Burke who represents all the frontline workers still working day and night to keep us safe during the Covid crisis.

With Ruby and Damien.

Ireland cyclist Dan Martin talks to us on the eve of the Tour de France and Kevin Palmer chats soccer! Game On.

This week on Playback. We chart the demise of EU Commissioner Phil Hogan. We dive into the world of mega footballers as Lionel Messi tries to break up with Barcelona. And the children are back in the classroom - a return to school but not as we've ever known it before. All on Playback presented by Sinéad Mooney.