Plus: Fine Gael’s summer of fun, a bad year for trout and a good opportunity for the ríomhaire

Plus: a Leeds MP’s chatbot struggles with our Irish-themed questions; Pope Leo’s Duolingo streak; and a US TikTok star discovers Kerry GAA

Plus: Fungus inspired by octopus; and what hens behind bars tell us about Mountjoy Prison

Plus Catherine Connolly’s limo life, national anthem lessons and a recession-busting ruse in waiting

Plus: Papal knights, Conor McGregor’s involuntary retirement and a welcome to the golfing ambassador

Plus Rex Ryan, son of the late Gerry Ryan, plays the Monk, the new Beanie Babies and a grass-cutting row

Plus Joe Biden causes concern, who runs Ireland and did Leopold Bloom shoot JFK?

Plus: Bloomsday hits Tehran (despite Ulysses ban); a great gig for tunnelling experts; and Norman naysayer Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Plus: former Mary Lavin home back on market; John Collison’s castle life; and Declan Ganley’s conservative Roman party

Plus: Big moves for Irish abroad, and the shadowy boffins taking over League of Ireland fantasy football

Dublin’s archive material is focused on 1994 - ‘a pivotal year for politicians, the Catholic Church and Anglo-Irish affairs’

Novelists Ayobami Adebayo and Kiley Reid join critic Chris Power to decide prestigious prizewinner

Plus: Dave Grohl’s Kerry drive in 1994; rhododendron set for ban; and some interesting local government ethics declarations

Plus: Kneecap film flummoxes and impresses US critics; the falling rate for Fair City photos; and Helen McEntee promises to drain the swamp

Overheard: 2FM seeks replacements for departed stars; O’Malley clan’s new pirate queen; cricket club on a sticky wicket; OPW advertises for art collectors