The Ray D'Arcy Show

Cape Clear is looking for new residents to take up island life. The school needs new children to attend and there's a job for a new school principal so Judith Gilbert who moved there in the 90's with her children joins Ray to give us a picture of what life is really like on the island.

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David Grundy, BBC Wales Reporter joins Ray to preview the first gig of the reunion which kicks off tomorrow night while Karen Kelly, Irish Oasis Superfan shares her sheer excitement at bagging tickets to three of the shows in the tour.

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Brenda Casey, midwife specialist at the National Maternity Hospital and a trainee psychotherapist, Liz Gleeson, Grief Specialist and Founder of Shapes of Grief

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Knitting is having a ‘moment’ with new groups popping up around the country with all ages taking part. Siobhan O’Reilly from Siobh Knits has turned her knitting hobby into a business, where she creates hats inspired by public transport.

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Anna Maria Kennelly heard the gauntlet of 'Ireland's Oldest Fridge' being thrown down and answered the call to blast it to smithereens with her 1950 Frigidaire!

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Biographer Anne Chambers, has written ‘Grace O'Malley: The Biography of Ireland's Pirate Queen 1530-1603' and she is in studio to tell us the fascinating elements she discovered about her through her research.

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Eamonn Forde, Music Business and Technology Journalist joins Ray to take a look at why the charts are floods with songs from past decades.

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The West Cork Literary Festival July 11th – 18th Raphael will be at Bantry Library on July 15th at 5pm Raphael fled Togo in West Africa with his family and came to Ireland when he was just 5 years old. He is now a musician and spoken word artist who works as an Occupational Therapist in Youth Integration.

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Nurturing incremental independence in an age appropriate way is one of the topics that Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist Colman Noctor tackles for parents in today's slot.

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Conor Pope is back to tackle your consumer quibbles.

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