On the show today: An EU housing policy; IVF for same-sex couples; @seaningle.bsky.social on the real Brendan Ingle; Change your socks!; What does BER mean?; @drjoannafortune.bsky.social with parenting; The Cork Man who freed Venezuela...

On the show today: @bobbymcdonagh.bsky.social on the future of diplomacy; Screens & ADHD; The men who built Irish showbiz; @harrywallop.co.uk takes the MAGA diet; Couples counselling; World news; From reality TV to the Oscars..

On the show today: Iranians in Ireland; Organ donations in Ireland; Bjork's disapproval; Cycling to Everest; The alcoholic publican; @jamesproclaims.bsky.social reviews 'Heated Rivalry' 'His and Hers' & 'Beast Games'; Longevity Fixation Syndrome..

I did a 30 minute radio reel for a print and radio course 21 years ago and got my Dad to be part of a vox pop so I always have his voice on that file.

I was gifted a Musical Theatre course in 2019 at Waltons School of Music and "On the Street Where You Live" was my song for the end of term show. My mam died 2 weeks before the show and I never got to perform but I often hum "On The Street..."when I think of her. Lovely article. Are we related?

On the show today: A Cork cable car; 20-somethings staying indoors; The largest collection of socks; @patcarty.bsky.social on bond themes; Showbiz news; Wine; @zarahedderman.bsky.social reviews 'Hamnet' & 'Giant'..

Re your ref to formality in our culture earlier today @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social , up until the late 80s, RTÉ TV announcers would greet viewers with: "A dhaoine uaisle", (Ladies and gentlemen) or more literally (noble people).

On the show today: @drandrewforde.bsky.social on Ireland's EU presidency; @henrymckean.bsky.social on losing things; @rjpartington.bsky.social on Venezuela's gold; @barbarascully.bsky.social & @declanbuckley.bsky.social think you've learned nothing; @stephenlucek.bsky.social is grand; 'Smart' Lego?

On the show today: Anxiety in Trump's America; The Chinese beating Tesla; Why doesn't Ireland have bold architecture?; Why don't writers retire?; Does banning junk food advertising work?; @drjoannafortune.bsky.social with parenting; How to make jam

On the show today: Ireland's outdoor school; Being pulled by a dog; 100 years since the first census; @zoecomyns.bsky.social on the Irish revolutionary novel; World news; The Wilhelm Scream; 'Lazy' young people..

On the show today: @dansabbagh.bsky.social on how they nabbed Maduro; @henrymckean.bsky.social on back to work/school misery; Any chance of a house this year?; The joy of boredom; @toxicolly.bsky.social reviews 'The Night Manager' 'Run Away' & 'The Traitors UK'; Why do witches fly on brooms?

Only the two then? Amateur!

Those parallel printer port cables are coming back into fashion any time now (he said, shamefully putting the giant bag-o-cables back in the press)

One of us! One of us!

Mission Out of Control

Breathing space for the Master Race

I am also a cable guy. I have a spare desk with drawers where there is a multitude of mostly charging cables. I think I also have most of my previous mobile phones, selections of batteries, fuses and selections of bulbs. The joy of ‘hang on til I check’ and then finding the right item. Bliss

You do not want to see my office. The cables are breeding, despite a regular WEEE clear out

If I throw them out I’ll somehow need a SCART cable 3 days later, I know it.

I went through a box of old cables only yesterday looking for a 12v adaptor I wasn't sure I had but needed, and found! Also found a drone I misplaced, a spare HDMI cable (always handy), and very good pair of headphones I forgot I possessed. Long live the box of cables!

most definitely not the only one

I categorised my dongles and leads over Christmas, but I’m not ready to throw them quite yet.

@seanmoncrieff.bsky.social Seán. Smart deals. On talbot at. A fiver.

It is a new year, but also the feast day of Jesus of the Keyboard.

Bonne Année! (I'm in France and trying to be fancy...)

The Christmas was the usual

One of the best alcohol advice comes from rugby refs at this time of year. "Leave it 9. NO, 9! What did I just say???". @akellyucc.bsky.social @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social @canningmichael.bsky.social @threeredkings.bsky.social @mammyjools.bsky.social @ronandusty.bsky.social

Christmas viewing

On the show today: @henrymckean.bsky.social on the Merchants Quay Christmas party; Candian English; @hollyh.bsky.social on declining non-fiction sales; The oscar-nominated Irish film; @jamesproclaims.bsky.social previews Christmas TV shows; @jayroszman.bsky.social on Daniel O'Connell selling beer

I knew it

Many years of living abroad some time back, revealed a quiet irony about Christmas: in the absence of family, the season becomes calmer, less stressful, lighter, and unexpectedly enjoyable

Fully agree. The sales are starting already, it’s all wrong. I love Christmas but it’s just all too much now. Dec 8th would be a perfect start.

I very much subscribe to this.

At Halloween they’re replacing the pumpkins with selection boxes by the end of the witchy night. My main thought though was that I bet “herself” is all over le français. First question on arrival in the town will be: « Ou est le theatre » with Rs rolling 👌 Bon voyage et joyeux Noël 🎄

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On the show today: @evesimmons.bsky.social on getting divorced after six months; Living past 100; Getting better friends; The Irish reindeer herd; Showbiz news; Jesus wine; @zarahedderman.bsky.social reviews 'Marty Supreme' & 'Saipan'...

On the show today: @mairetnc.bsky.social on Ozempic; US visa fears; The big Christmas shop; Irish designs ripped off by fast fashion; @barbarascully.bsky.social & @declanbuckley.bsky.social faceplant; Learning Irish in London; @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social on Books for kids with dyslexia