The summer weather usually gives us all a good excuse to go outside and have a picnic... 

Orla Drumgoole is the author of ‘Mammy Cooks’ gave us some tips on how put one together.

Now, in great news for the Cats .Henry Shefflin has been appointed manager of the Kilkenny senior hurling team after a meeting of the county board yesterday evening.  

 What impact will the 10 time all Ireland winner make on the team? We asked Tommy Rooney, Gaelic Games Correspondent for Off The Ball.  

Protests continue in Albania. These are over the plans of Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner’s to build a luxury resort on Albania’s only island, Sazan.  

With the latest updates from Albania is Helena Smith, The Guardian’s Athens-based Correspondent. 

Irish Astronaut Dr Norah Patten is on her journey to become the first Irish person to travel to space. She told Claire all about her preparations.

Maybe it’s the hot weather that’s keeping you awake at night or you arejust too busy enjoying the sunshine

When you don't get enough sleep it can be very hard to stay alert the next day. With tricks and tips that can get us through was Maynooth University behavioural neuroscientist Andrew Coogan and Dietician Shelly Gray.

Chinese scientists are on the road to solving the most difficult problem in robotics. Which making moving five-fingered hands!  But why is creating robotic hands so challenging and why do Chinese tech experts want to do this?   

For more on this Claire spoke to Elaine Burke, Host of ‘For Techs Sake’ Podcast.  

US President Donald Trump has re-ignited his feud with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ahead of the NATO Summit in Ankara, which is starting today.  We get the latest from Alistair Bunkall is Sky News’ Europe Correspondent.

The good weather is back and Met Éireann have issued a weather advisory over expected heatwave conditions. We got a weather update from Cathal Nolan a Meteorologist with Irelands weather Channel. 

Specialist outreach clinics are to be set up outside of Dublin for patients with sarcoma, which is a rare form of cancer that develops in bones and tissue. 

Joining Claire in studio was Chairperson of the Beatrice Pembroke Walsh Foundation, David Walsh – whose wife Beatrice died with sarcoma four years ago. Also Consultant Medical Oncologist at St Vincent’s UCD Cancer Centre, Professor Mark Doherty. 

The Taoiseach is addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg this morning where he will set out the Government's priorities for the presidency of the EU. 

Aisling Moloney, Journalist with the Irish Independent talked us through all the political stories of the day..