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LIFE MATTERS Award-winning duo, Seán Duke and Colette Kinsella, present a new explorative series that looks at the ethics of how we live today. Over 13 weeks, they will explore a range of topics, including population control, forgiveness, animal rights and nationhood, and ask: where do we stand on life's big issues? What are the values we live by? And what kind of society do we want to build for the future? Each week, listeners will be taken on an invigorating and challenging journey, hearing voices of experience and expertise: some who seek to impose moral conventions, some who buck them and some who simply try to understand them.
MOONEY GOES WILD Mooney Goes Wild... Could female killer whales hold the secret to the menopause? And why are their sons such mammy’s boys? Dr Lauren Brent from the University of Sheffield, reveals all. And it’s the season for drumming if you’re a woodpecker. Biologist Terry Flanagan travels to the Wicklow-Carlow border to discover why they do it and how Ireland’s becoming a popular breeding ground.
THE JOHN MURRAY SHOW A lively mix of entertainment, human interest and lifestyle.
SUPER GARDEN ***NEW SERIES*** In episode one of Super Garden ( series seven), Grace McCullen takes over the Coyle Family’s back garden in Bettystown, county Meath. The brief for Grace is to simply create a space the two children, Caelen (9) and Davin (4) can enjoy and an area mum Nathalie (29) and dad and Eddie (44) can entertain friends and family in.
HOW TO COOK WELL, WITH RORY O’CONNELL Pan-fried Hake with Herb Relish, Casserole of Roast Chicken with Indian Spices and Kiwi Fruit Granita with Passion Fruit and Orange Sauce.
THE CONSUMER SHOW This week The Consumer Show looks at the confusion around food date labels, sheds some light on the shelf life of our foods and educates consumers on what is a guide and what is a deadline. The team also delve into the expensive world of children’s birthday parties and uncovers the simple tips and tricks you can do to help reduce the cost.
HOME OF THE YEAR This week the judges are off to three very different homes, to a renovated cottage in County Sligo, to a self build Cob house and finally to a thatched cottage in Galway.