What our accent says about us
Donal Fallon investigates what our accent say about us with Maíread Moriarity and Elaine Vaughan
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What our accent says about us
Donal Fallon investigates what our accent say about us with Maíread Moriarity and Elaine Vaughan
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Loyle Carner at Vicar Street, Dublin, 2023
The crowd sing 'Ole Ole Ole' (what else?) at Loyle Carner's show at Dublin's Vicar Street
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David Bowie's Irish links: music, art, literature and Tipperary
Eoin Devereux on Ireland's influence on Bowie's life and art
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4 tricks from Irish folklore to predict love & marriage
Marion McGarry on how our ancestors dealt with love and marriage
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How selfies show what it means to be human in the 21st century
Mary McGill on the links between selfies and major changes in society
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Oh Danny Boy, oh boy, oh boy
Aileen Dillane on 'Danny Boy', that most loved and loathed of songs
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Why do women feel the cold more than men?
Leona Donaghy on the factors which mean women feel colder than men in the same room.
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Where does the term 'West Brit' come from?
Where does the term 'West Brit' come from?
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What should a GAA player eat and drink?
Chicken pasta, banana bread, fruit salad pots, Haribo jellies, fruit smoothies, caffeine & beetroot supplements should be on the menu
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The science of a hangover
Understanding how food and drink affect our body can help us with the next day's hangover
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The Leaving Cert past and present
A look at the evolution of the most famous exam in the land
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How your bilingual baby's brain handles two languages
Babies are wired to acquire more than one language and tend to do so without too much bother
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The story of ladies' Gaelic football
How ladies' Gaelic football went from a carnival sideshow to filling Croke Park
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What's it like to be colour blind?
Joel Walmsley on why it's difficult for colour blind people to accurately describe how the world looks to them
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What is the hidden history in Nursery Rhymes?
Donal Fallon talks to Aashima Rana from Dublin City University about the history of nursery rhymes
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What's the impact of postcodes on Dublin house prices?
Donal Fallon talks to mathematicians Aoife Hurley and James Sweeney from the University of Limerick
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Is it ok to colourise historical photographs?
Donal Fallon talks to Rob Cross and historian Emily Mark-Fitzgerald
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The History of the mobile phone
Cornelia Connolly in NUI Galway talks to Donal Fallon about the history of mobile phones
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Why did Irish people eat half raw potatoes?
Regina Sexton on the half cooked and half raw spuds of 19th century Ireland
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Why is rhythm so important?
Ronan Guilfoyle from DCU on why we live to move it (move it)
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