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This week, Jim Maguire reads his poem Glen Gould’s Chair

Brendan was joined in studio by Elaine and Johnny Downey to talk about the tragic death of their son Jack after he took a substance at a music festival.

Singer Mary Coughlan joined Brendan to dissect some of her favourite memorable moments from the RTE Radio archives.

Peter Hain served in successive Labour governments under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, was Leader of the House of Commons and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and he’s now a member of the House of Lords.

Humans have an odd tendency to fear rare threats while ignoring the far greater common hazards. Ciara Greene, Assistant Professor at UCD Psychology talks to us about why we're scared of quicksand and not heart disease.

Earlier this year Ireland asked the big question - why should I tip? Conor Pope of the Irish Times has done a lot of investigating on this topic and is here to answer questions.

A study across the water in the UK estimated that as many as 40 million unused gadgets are lying around in homes -

Each containing valuable and precious earth elements which should be recycled.

This week Paul is taking a look at Pain and Glory, Crawl and Never Grow old! How will they do?

John Cooke, ventured to Spanish Point in County Clare to meet the hardy group of sea swimmers, who have been taking to the Wild Atlantic waters every morning this summer.

St Joseph’s Pipe Band scoop World Championships, and Brian Lally went to Clondalkin during the week to find out about how it feels to win on the world stage.