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A Poem by Lani O'Hanlon

Sinead O'Connor (AKA Shuhada Sadaqat), was in to talk to Dave about coming back, her life in music and her life out of music.

Rachael Hegarty celebrates the end of the Junior and Leaving Cert

On this morning's programme: The Junior and Leaving Cert are over by Rachael Hegarty; Fair Play To John The Baptist by Conall Hamill; The Reeds at Runnymede by Justin MacCarthy; Exile by Carol Nicholas; Postcard from Santorini, a poem by Lani O’Hanlon; and Clover by Joe Taylor

St John’s Eve bonfires in Connemara by Conall Hamill

Celebrated soul singer, Mavis Staples joins Dave in studio ahead of her show in the Olympia. Mavis spoke about her time with "The Staple Sisters", Solo career and growing up in a segregated America.

Joe Taylor's father gives comfort for a condemned prisoner in Mountjoy long ago

Justin MacCarthy's early life in England

This week, Maria McManus reads her poem The Anthem to the End of Wars

Cormac was joined by Hildegarde Naughton, Fine Gael TD for Galway West, Thomas Byrne, Fianna Fáil TD for Meath East, Martin Kenny, Sinn Féin TD for Sligo-Leitrim, Stella O’Malley, Psychotherapist and author and Cormac O'Keefe, Security Correspondent with the Irish Examiner.