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Cormac was joined in studio by Niamh Smyth, Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan-Monaghan, Martin Kenny, Sinn Féin for Sligo-Leitrim, James Reilly, Fine Gael Senator, Larissa Nolan, Journalist and newspaper columnist and Ola Majekodunmi, Broadcaster on Raidió Na Life.

Matt Ryan, co-found and owner of Press Up Entertainment Group, speaks to Marian about the hospitality industry and future Press Up projects.

Kenny Lunney, an executive of Quinn Industrial Holdings, was kidnapped from outside his home and savagely beaten. It's the latest in a long line of attacks on executives of the company. Lunney has been with the company for many years.

We speak to Alan Dukes, who served on the board of IBRC when it took over the Quinn businesses.

Ahead of their Dublin and Belfast gigs this week - Joey Santiago of the Pixies joins Dave to talk about their 30 years of making music, the latest album, and David Bowie's Praise!

Midlands Corr Ciaran Mullooly updates beef protests & Bord Bia CEO Tara McCarthy on the effects of the beef blockades. Trevor Donnellan of Teagasc & Sadhbh O'Neill, Envir Politics UCD on land use policy to tackle climate change. Looking forward to the Rugby World Cup & Gerard Howlin on whether the beef dispute is symptomatic of something deeper.

Anja Murray brings us to our inland shores and banks to look at the world of Irish trout.

We visit the tall ship, the Eye of the Wind speak to the captain, Pit Schmitt. Sailor Tom Dolan about his upcoming trip to Dublin with his boat Smurfit Kappa & the charity Sailing Into Wellness. Hugh Oram on how nautical phrases have found their way into everyday speech, while sailing still retains a language all of its own.

Nadine O'Regan, Barbara Nic Dhonnacha and Simon Maher with a guide to what's happening around the country for Culture Night 2019

James Downey is live in studio with Marie as the Rugby World Cup gets underway

This week on Playback. We’ll hear the voices of young protestors on our climate emergency. We’ll work out the mathematical beauty of the music of Bach. And of course, we’ll have an itty bitty bit of Brexit. All on Playback presented by Sinéad Mooney.