Highlights From Moncrieff

Newstalk Reporter Bella Finn is taking part in the VHI Women’s Mini Marathon - but has never gone for a long run before! She investigates how realistic going from the couch to doing a 5km run is…

John Lennon's 'Help!' guitar has become one of the most expensive guitars of all time. The guitar owned by the Beatles star sold yesterday for a whopping 2.9 million dollars, setting a new world record for the highest-selling guitar at auction in Beatles history. Joining Seán to discuss is Owen McQuail, Owner of “Some Neck Guitars”. Image: Reuters

Vilnius, the little capital in Lithuania, unknown to many, has been named Europe’s cheapest city break.  Brendan Harding, writer in the business community in Lithuania, former travel journalist and originally from Carlow town moved to the Lithuanian capital nearly 10 years ago. He joins Seán to discuss what life is like in Vilinius.

An artist in Ghana, Ace-Liam Nana Sam Ankrah, has set a new world record, becoming the youngest male professional in the world at the age of one year and 152 days. Joining Seán to discuss is the artist’s mum, an artist herself, Chantelle Kuukua Eghan.

New bylaws in Wexford concerning the decibel level at which buskers can play music have caused a protest movement to develop. Joining Seán to discuss is Cameron Allan, a musician and artist in Wexford.

A man has been convicted for operating a 'dodgy box' service and was temporarily released so he could shut it down.Joining Seán to discuss what a 'dodgy box' actually is and the service is Ciara O'Brien, Tech Correspondent with The Irish Times.

Freelance Journalist Niamh O’Reilly says that ‘Dads don't babysit their kids’. Babysitting is taking care of someone else's child, so why do people commonly refer to fathers minding their kids as ‘babysitting’ them?   Niamh joins Seán Moncrieff to discuss.

Is the hour long lunch break dead and buried? With newer work culture being more and more demanding, do we have the time anymore?Newstalk's Henry McKean asks the public, including Pat Kenny!

This year’s edition of the annual ‘Space Out’ competition took place in Seoul, where over 100 people competed to see who was the most relaxed. But how does this unusual event work? Joining Seán is Raphael Rashid, Seoul-based freelance journalist and author of ‘The Korea We Refuse to See’, who has been writing about this for the Guardian.

The Irish government has been quite vocal about their condemnation of the actions of Israel over the last few weeks, but have been a little less vocal about other issues around the world recently. If Donald Trump is reelected in, should we be as bold towards the USA? Senator Michael McDowell has been writing about this in today's Irish Times and joins Seán to discuss.

A robot in Japan has set a new world record for solving a Rubik’s Cube in the fastest time. The Mitsubishi machine solved the puzzle in 0.305 seconds – the same amount of time it takes to blink. Joining Seán to talk about this new feat is Mary Hennessy of Speedcubing Ireland Chairperson and one of the World Cube Association Delegates for Ireland.

What is a silent hair appointment and why are more and more people looking for salons that offer this? Well, it's what it says on the tin - it’s an appointment where customers are free to shut off, relax and don’t have to participate in dreaded small talk.  Sonia Magnier, Business and Wellbeing Coach and former hair salon owner wishes she had implemented this years ago. She joins Seán to discuss.

There was a time when we all simply signed off our emails with our names but this isn’t the case anymore, with an increasing amount of info being loaded onto the bottoms of our correspondence and even the new trend of using permanent ‘out of office’ automatic replies. Joining Seán is Pilita Clarke, Financial Times columnist, who has been writing about this.

As many of you will have noticed when you hear the doorbell ring over the last while, there are currently thousands of canvassers out across the country in advance of the local and European elections next week. But is there an art to the canvas? Joining Seán to discuss is former Campaign Manager, Derek Mooney.

A new habitable planet has been discovered, but how was it found? And what makes it so liveable? Joining Seán to discuss is Larissa Palethorpe, PhD student and Co-Lead of a new study at the University of Edinburgh…Image: NASA

In response to Ireland’s recognition of Palestine as a state, the Irish ambassador in Israel was made to watch footage of the events of October 7th, while Israeli media filmed her. According to the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, this was “very inappropriate and wrong”. Joining Seán to discuss this is Bobby McDonough, Former ambassador of Ireland to London, Rome and Brussels, who has been writing about this for the Irish Times.

In just under two years, Temu has become one of the most popular shopping apps in Internet history with close to 100 million users in the EU alone. Joining Seán to give an insight into all things Temu is Consumer Affairs Correspondent with the Irish Times, Conor Pope. Image: Temu

Ballyclerahan, a village in south Tipperary, is to consider formally changing its name to what the community has been colloquially known as for decades – Clerihan. This will be the first historic name change in more than 500 years. Spearheading the cause is Local Fine Gael Councillor, John Fitzgerald. He joins Seán Moncrieff to discuss.

There was a story in British media about a man who packed 250 pounds worth of food to bring on his holidays to Spain.Is this insane? Or to some extent, is this something we all do?Newstalk's Henry McKean asks people in Dublin airport about their home comforts abroad.

Many people would like to purchase an EV but considerations such as range and price can be insurmountable obstacles. One man decided to just build his own in his back garden and now he has finally completed the project for a surprisingly cost-effective amount. Joining me now is Tom Cheesewright…Image: @bookofthefuture on Instagram