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Neil joins Dave ahead of gigs in Dublin, Belfast, and cork to talk about his new music, turning his house into an "overflow" sanctuary and staring at walls!

Lapwing, (Vanellinae) are any of various crested plovers, family Charadriidae, noted for its slow, irregular wingbeat in flight and a shrill, wailing cry.

Joanna McNicholas meets fishermen on Achill Island - Francis O’Donnell of the Irish Fish Producers Organ on suspension of herring fishing in the Celtic Sea. Francis Kelly coastal rowing in Dingle & singer Lisa Lambe's Fiddler’s Green from the Abbey Theatre’s prod. of a new play by Dermot Bolger 'Last Orders at The Dockside'.

Miriam O’Regan founder of Fearless Women a conference on Oct 11/12 in the Helix in Dublin . We also meet Áine O’Neill and Colm Flynn presenters of Life and Soul.

Helen Meany reviews "The Playboy of the Western World"

To close our week of Rachels, Culture File's resident Rachel correspondent, Rachel Andrews shares some of the film, tv, and literary Rachels in she's been enjoying.

On today's show live music from Camille O'Sullivan, Ireland is looking for its 2020 Eurovision entry, Nick Munier takes us through the soundtrack to his life and Amy Huberman popped into the studio to chat to Ray

The final story in our series from the shortlist of the RTÉ Radio 1 Competition in honour of Francis MacManus. In Salt by Tríona Walsh, a young wife, miserable in her husband’s rural homeplace, struggles between supporting the dreams of the man she loves, and trying everything to convince him to leave. It’s read by Caitríona Ní Mhurchú

Bernie's nephew Colm is in his 20s, has epilepsy and after years of avoiding team sports for fear of having a seizure on the pitch, he finally got the courage to sign up to a team but soon after, he was told by the coach not to come back.