Rail services around Ireland need improving

This week, Ciara and Shane were joined by Off the Ball’s Cameron Hill and Saoirse Hanley, Features Writer with the Irish Independent. to look back on the week that was, but with a few twists… 

“Stop demonising one-off rural housing. Not everyone wants to be surrounded by neighbours. If town and village life is so much more sensible and attractive, why do so few people choose to live over the shop?” - so says Michael McDowell in his Irish Times article this week…Joining ...  Show more

We take a look at the wonderfully varied career of Irish director, Neil Jordan with our own Sue Murphy. 

As the government prepares a major reorganisation of Britain's railways, Daniel Brittain asks what are they for. It's a question which has been ignored in previous reorganisations - which typically take place after a crisis or a disaster. So Daniel travels to Greater Manchester, ...  Show more

This episode deals with themes and events surrounding the Northern Ireland conflict. As such, this episode may be traumatic or emotional for some listeners. Paul McCartney doesn’t view himself as a writer of protest songs. But the events of Bloody Sunday sufficiently moved him to ...  Show more

Should e-scooters be fitted with sound to warn pedestrians? We discuss with June Tinsley Head of Communications and Advocacy at the National Council for the Blind of Ireland and Alan Farrell, Fine Gael TD Dublin Fingal.