Highlights From Moncrieff

The Debs is a Irish right of passage but with the gatherings getting bigger each year, Justine O’Mahony, Columnist with the Wexford People, joined Sean to discuss if Debs culture has got out of control.

The just released report of the Future of Media Commission shows that Irish people’s level of trust is higher in their local newspaper than the national titles. Bob Hughes, Executive Director of Local Ireland, a representative body for local newspapers in Ireland, joined Sean to discuss if our national affection for regional news is enough to ensure the survival of the local newspaper industry in Ireland.

Dublin City Council is applying to build a lido pool in the docklands, it would be an outdoor swimming and training facility. But there are a handful of other outdoor pools in Ireland, Kieran Keenaghan is an engineer in Banagher, Co Offaly, and he joined Sean to discuss the pool in on the banks of the Shannon.

This weekend temperatures of are set to ride to 30 degrees here in Ireland. Mainland Europe is also experiencing some of the hottest temperatures on record. Sean was joined by Paul Downs, Meteorologist at Met Eireann, and Professor Anthony Staines, Professor of Health Systems at the Nursing and Human Sciences in DCU, to discuss the hot weather and what damage heat can do to the body.

Each week will take a topic and do all the research so you don’t have to. This week, by Joe Corr, MD for planning from CWPA in Swords and former Irish Planning Institute President, joined Sean with all you need to know on how to get planning permission.

Marcus Carambola, an activist with Extinction Rebellion in Haringey in North London, joined Sean to explain how he has been living and sleeping in a tree for the past 60 days, in an act of civil resistance against his local council’s attempts to fell the tree.

Cork University Hospital has become home to tens of thousands of honeybees as part of a project to help ease the anxiety of children who have suffered life-threatening reactions to bee and wasp stings. Dr Anda Dumitrescu, Paediatric Clinical lecturer in University College Cork and head beekeeper at Cork University Hospital, joined Sean to discuss the project.

The new Russel Crowe film, The Pope’s Exorcist, is filming in Ireland and hundreds of extras are required. Derek Quinn is Managing Director of MovieExtras.ie and he joined Sean to discuss the life of a movie extra and what make its such an exciting job for those who do it.

James Vincent, author of the new book ‘Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement’, joined Sean to discuss how measurement came to allow the chaos of the world to become organised.

According to a laryngologist in Turkey, more and more members of the trans community are choosing to undergo surgery in order to match their voices to their gender. Dr. Kursat Yelken, a professor of ENT based in Istanbul and a founding member of the International Association of TransVoice Surgeons, joined Sean to discuss the procedure and how to make sure it is performed safely.

New York has issued a public service announcement advising how people can protect themselves in the event of a nuclear attack. Beatrice Fihn, Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons joined Sean to discuss the potential for nuclear war and what when we talk about nuclear war what we actually mean.

Simon Tierney joined Sean to chart the history of the lawnmower.

Kevin Doyle, Group Head of News at Mediahuis Ireland, joined Tom to take a look at some of the big news stories of the week.

Bernard Leddy joined Tom to discuss bataireacht ,Irelands own traditional form of martial and why is he on a mission to revive it.

Research is currently underway looking at conversion therapy that will inform the ban on the practice here in Ireland. Dr. Brian Keogh, Associate Professor in Mental Health Nursing at the School of Nursing & Midwifery at Trinity College Dublin, joined Tom to discuss how the research will be conducted.

Comedian Shane Daniel Byrne joined Sean Moncrieff live from the Sugar Club with thanks to Marks and Spencer ahead of the Paddy Power Comedy Festival which returns to Dublin this July. Shane Daniel Byrne will be performing at The Paddy Power Comedy Festival which takes place in the Iveagh Gardens from July 21st-24th.

America has been devasted by mass shooters as recently as Monday at the 4th of July celebrations in Chicago and in Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas in May. Jay Brotman is an architect who was Partner-in-Charge of the rebuild of the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut, he joined Sean to discuss how you rebuild the essences of a school after a tragedy. Good afternoon Jay

Yoga practice in this part of the world tends to be overwhelmingly female and overwhelmingly white. Stacie Graham, Author of ‘Yoga as Resistance’, joined Sean to discuss if yoga needs to be more inclusive.

For many of us, Charlie Bird has narrated some of the seminal moments in Irish life, from liasing with the IRA for RTE, to being one of the first reporters on the scene of the Stardust fire, to covering the election of our first female president. He joined Sean, alongside his wife Claire to discuss his fundraising efforts for the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association and Pieta, after his diagnosis of MND last year.

Mensa has admitted its youngest member, a two year old girl from Kentucky. The news has shone a spotlight on the organisation, and Anthony Phelan is Chairman of Mensa Ireland, joined Sean to explain a little bit more about what it means to be a member.