The Echo Chamber podcast

Hosts Tony Groves and Martin McMahon meet the man behind Callan’s Kicks, the leader of the Late Late Show Band and creator of Kilkenomics, Paddy Cullivan (top left with Martin).

Paddy discusses the failed rugby World Cup bid, Fine Gael’s twitter meltdown and his ideas about fixing the country.

The Echo Chamber

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DM writes

I know you don’t normally do this but i found a set of keys in the Phoenix Park today, at the footpath of Acres road, near the Papal Cross. Couple of car keys and several house keys, some with coloured covers.

I’d love to the them back to their owner. I thought about leaving them there in case the owner was retracing their steps, but I though they may have been there for a while!

Anyone?

The outskirts of Dunboyne, County Meath

Aaaa writes:

Empty House just outside Dunboyne, Meath. Belonging to a certain Richard Bruton. He also has a bundle of land that has been zoned for years, with no sign of any movement on it.

Surely if it’s not going to be built on then it shouldn’t be zoned, as that’s skewing the figures for available land to build on, which is one of the reasons many applications are turned down (an ‘abundance’ of zoned land in the area).

Fight!

Empty gaffs to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Empty Gaffs’.

This afternoon.

Meanwhile…

A separate allegation.

‘Little Sewing Tree’ totes and aprons in retro, spotty and Roald Dahl

Some bags for your stocking?

Alan Daly writes:

My wife Sarah hand makes bags and aprons etc from our home in Skerries [County Dublin], her company’s name is Little Sewing Tree and there’s a Facebook page (at link below) where you can order from. They can accept debit/credit card and paypal and can ship anywhere.

Little Sewing Tree (Facebook)

Irish-made stocking fillers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Irish-Made Stocking Fillers’. No cost.

This lunchtime.

Jo;Burger, Castlemarket, Dublin 2

For the #IrishCoffeeDay that’s in it.

Sinead writes:

TWO Irish Coffees for €10 right now on the terrace of Jo’Burger in Castlemarket, until 6pm.

All proceeds to Movember.

It’s freeeeeezing today in Dublin, and it’s Friday. What more of an excuse do you need?

Hic.

Update:

Stop that.

Pru Leith

On The Ray D’Arcy Show

Via RTE:

Business woman and cancer survivor Majella O’Donnell and rugby analyst Brent Pope will join Ray this week to discuss mental health and talk about their experiences.

…Food writer and broadcaster Pru Leith from Great British Bake Off will be in studio to chat to Ray about filling Mary Berry’s shoes…

Some of RTÉ’s favourite weather presenters Joanna Donnelly, Gerry Murphy and Michelle Dillon will be in studio to chat to Ray about our obsession with the weather…

Stevie the Robot, which was created by a team working out of Trinity College, is a robot designed to assist the elderly and those disabled. Stevie is the first of its kind to be built in Ireland and… Ray will have the first live TV interview with Stevie in studio.

*removes batteries from remote*

The Ray D’Arcy Show on at 10.10pm on RTÉ One.

Pic: Channel 4

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