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Seán Moncrieff

@seanmoncrieff.bsky.social
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Unvetted male Funkateer. Elevated neutrino readings. Talky stuff on @newstalkFM @IrishTimes columnist. He/Him. 🇮🇪

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 15h
On the show today: Emma Howard on the friend income gap; Henry McKean on keeping grey hair; Aidan Kane on the history of national budgets; Declan Buckley & Édaein O’Connell wonder when it went wrong for you; Andre Zlattinger the €400 million art collection; Tomas Kenny on men reading romance
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On the show today: John O’Brennan on the possible un-Brexit; Cassie Delaney with the murder club; hans Donner on base jumping; Shaughn McGrath on the U2 coin; Joanna Fortune with parenting; Brian Lloyd on Woody Harrelson’s real father
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Seán Moncrieff: Our daughter has barely started fifth class and the secondary school chat has intensified
Out of her four siblings, only one of them has a job connected to what she studied at university
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On the show today: Harriet Alexander on the Cornell rape case; Kirsty Blake-Knox on kids begging for a dog; Kevin Hollinsworth on snag lists; Ger Herbert on blinding car headlamps; Patrick Kirwin on green schools; Jonathan DeBurca Butler with world news; The U2 coin.
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On the show today: Scott Lucas on Trump TV; Donal O’Donoghue & Maia Dunphy answer four questions; Nick Squires on women in long dresses; Kate Ryan on all the blood we consume; Dee Reddy reviews ‘East of Eden’ & classic show ‘Spaced’; Michael Houghton on living like a Mexican fisherman
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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Halas Hanina left Gaza to complete her PhD a few days before Oct 7th. From the UK she watched her 4 storey family home in Rafah be gradually erased by the Israelis. Each time she’d call her Dad. Please listen to her describe this experience. Full episode out you know where. #StopTheGame
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
On the show today: Why do people queue?; How car names are chosen; Fergus McGinn on the row over the Galway ‘G’; Fancy Toilets of Instagram; Fionnuala Jones with showbiz news; Leslie Williams with Italian wine; Brian Lloyd reviews ‘Heart Of The Beast’ & ‘Sense & Sensibility’
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
On the show today: Brian Crowley on Grace Gifford; Henry McKean on migrant cuisine in Ireland; Niamh O’Reilly on letting kids have their own music; Declan Buckley & Jen Hogan blush for you; John Banville on the Write By The Sea festival; Paddy Comyn on weird car names.
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Mahoganygaspipes @mahoganygaspipes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#Liveline @rteradio1.bsky.social Listening to A Shatter whining on about the ' nonsense' and false narrative in the west bank/gaza has made me physically sick. Pig ignorant bigot. Turn off Tune in to @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
On the show today: Savannah Nguyen on escaping homelessness; Cassie Delaney with the murder club; Does everyone like Tom Cruise?; Shannon Hughes Spence on female risk-management on nights out; Joanna Fortune with parenting; Jane Casey on the origins of Club Soda
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Seán Moncrieff: As men march through life, hair begins to appear in a wild range of locations
Certainly, as men march through life, hair begins to appear in a wild range of locations
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
On the show today: Alex Croxford on surviving guilt after an affair; Sarah Madden on joyless jobs; David Moore on the Autumn equinox; Noel Cunningham on the death of the tie; Davina Devine on karaoke for the people; Jonathan DeBurca Butler with world news; John Cleary on Footgolf
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On the show today: Henry McKean on risk investments; Donal O’Donoghue & Maia Dunphy answer 4 questions; Hazel McCarthy on adults playing with toys; Buried in an avalanche; Dee Reddy reviews ‘Tall Tales & Murder’ & classic show ‘M*A*S*H’; Jen Sheehan on the death of the dining room
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
On the show today: Brian Lloyd on the AI sitcom; Centenarians in Japan; Colin Lawton on the new species of cat; Marcus O’Laoire on Irish glory at the World Steak Challenge; Fionnuala Jones with showbiz news; Lynda Coogan with Spanish wine; Chris Wasser reviews ‘Bad Apples’ & ‘Resident Evil’
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
On the show today: Joanna Tuffy on expenses & maternity leave for politicians; Amanda Dunsmore on art in Long Kesh; Henry McKean on house sharing; Declan Buckley & Barbara Scully sigh loudly; Caitriona Ryan on ‘double-cleansing’…
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Documents on Irish Foreign Policy @difp-ria.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Its the last day of the National Ploughing Championships; listen back to our own @melissabaird.bsky.social speaking to @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social on @newstalkfm.bsky.social about the controversy over Rhodesian entrants to the 1973 instalment www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig... @ria.ie
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The controversy of the 1973 Ploughing Championships | Newstalk
The Ploughing Championships are on this week, and while that is usually a celebrated event, there...
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
On the show today: Sara Kennedy on the paperwork for a church wedding; Cassie Delaney with the murder club; Melissa Baird on the 1973 Ploughing controversy; Eoghan Kenny on living with epilepsy; Joanna Fortune with parenting; Luca Di Marzio on phones in restaurants
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Fiona Murphy @fcemurphy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
She should watch Retirement Plan www.rte.ie/player/movie...
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Retirement Plan
Academy Award–nominated short film telling the story of Ray (Domhnall Gleeson) as he fantasises about everything he’d love to do in retirement—once he finally has the time. Watch Retirement Plan on RT...
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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‘What am I for?’ Katie Taylor faces the same retirement question we all do, just sooner
Many retired people find themselves having to start all over again
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
On the show today: Graham Finlay on Canadian-EU relations; Robert Thomas on avoiding cancer; John Wilson on hyper-decanting; Stephen Treacy on Linkedin job scams; Nadia Adan on Sydney Sweeney’s boobs; Jonathan DeBurca Butler with world news; St.John Burkett on climate change and conkers.
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
On the show today: Brendan Guildea on maths being easier; Donal O’Donoghue & Maia Dunphy answer 4 questions; Anja Shortland on stolen art; Henry McKean on trauma dumpers Dee Reddy reviews ‘The Drop: A Snowfall Saga’ & classic show ‘My So-Called Life’; Jennifer Horgan on self-care September
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Love the Irish🇮🇪
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
On the show today: Rich Cross on visiting every service station in Britain; Advising for the film ‘Pressure’; Colm O’Regan on the death of printing; The balloon championships; Fionnuala Jones with showbiz news; Dean McGuinness with Beer; Olivia Fahey reviews ‘Pressure’ & ‘Practical Magic 2’
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
On the show today: Henry McKean on getting up early; Emily Hourican on British royals trapped in an Irish house; Sarah Keogh on unhealthy baby food; Declan Buckley & Barbara Scully polish their fingernails; Rick Reilly on Trump’s golfing skills; Bob Hendrikx on the coffin made from mushrooms
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
On the show today: Michael O’Dwyer on Donagh O’Malley; Cassie Delaney with the murder club; Henry McKean on Haircuts4Homeless; Kevin rafter on Magill & Vincent Browne; Joanna Fortune with parenting; National Teddy Bear Day…
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Seán Moncrieff: ‘You look lovely,’ a woman in the cafe told me, but I couldn’t quite place her
I’ve never forgotten a face, but I am atrocious at names. More precisely, they don’t come back to me quickly
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
On the show today: Kelly Earley on walking etiquette; Abdallah Aljazzar on getting out of Gaza; Eoin McGee on drunk shopping; Ian Smith on moving back to Ireland; Jonathan DeBurca Butler with world news; Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards on the end of Ski Sunday…
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
On the show today: Daniel Mulhall on what should we do about Trump’s visit?; Donal O’Donoghue & Maia Dunphy answer four questions; Pádraig ó Macháin on the Annals of Inisfallen; Ellen Coyne on falling fertility rates; Dee Reddy reviews ‘Last Seen’ & classic ‘30 Rock’; Patsy McGarry on the hip pope.
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
On the show today: Leona Forde on reading with kids; Roisin Murphy on choosing colours for rooms; John Belton on ‘skinny fat’; Patsy McGarry on Pope Leo being hip; Sarina Bellisimo with showbiz news; Jean Smullen with wine; Zara Hedderman reviews ‘Celtic Utopia’ & ‘The Death of Robin Hood’
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
On the show today: Ciara Glynn on the Solace Café; Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh on naming kids; Henry McKean on the secretive Irish; Declan Buckley & Barbara Scully wearily shake their heads; Rían Gill on the solar-power racing car; Patricia Devlin on skunks in Kildare.
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
On the show today: Neil Bruton on proposed new rules for citizenship; Cassie Delaney with the Murder Club; Sonia Twigg on jewels on the tennis court; Mairead Loughman on age-gap relationships; Joanna Fortune with parenting; Niall Hatch on the song of the Blackbird
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Kate Bielinski @katebielinski.eurosky.social · 02/09/2026
When I was in primary school we went on a school trip to Howth. Couldn’t tell you a single thing about the day except that Shane O’Byrne’s hat fell into the harbour. I wouldn’t know SOB in a line up but I remember the hat. #speirgorm
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Seán Moncrieff: Parents try to create memorable experiences, but there is no guarantee these will lodge in the child’s mind
Memory is a slippery thing, and it’s almost impossible to control what will lodge in the foreground or fade into the dark storage area at the back
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
On the show today: Conor Hanratty on Judy Garland; Conor Gallagher on British warships defending Ireland; Liz Maguire on writing letters; JP McMahon on induction vs gas hobs; Jonathan DeBurca Butler with world news; The World Gravy Wrestling Championship…
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We’re not changing it.
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
On the show today: Olivia Fahy on the growth of theme parks; Regina Sexton on picking blackberries; Agnes Boucher-Hayes on toilet paper etiquette; Shani Williams on being a Drag King; Fionnuala Jones with showbiz news; Lynda Coogan with wine Brian Lloyd reviews ‘I want Your Sex’ & ‘One Night Only’
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
On the show today: Henry McKean on being late; Steve Guerin on 13 years in Australia; Niamh O’Reilly on getting of school uniforms; Declan Buckley & Barbara Scully talk about the weather; Judy Gilroy on the return of the bandana; Frank McNally on the art TikTok sensation
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Seán Moncrieff: There is more than one way for me to answer to ‘Where are you from?’
There are now few parts of Ireland that do not contain first- or second-generation migrants
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
On the show today: Sean O’Grady on young men in cars; Alan O’Reilly on surviving EP weather; Declan Power on ICE’s electric gloves; Jess Kelly on the ethical smartphone; Paul Whitington on Paw Patrol and neoliberalism; Jonathan DeBurca Butler with world news; Katie Glass on the return of boobs
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
On the show today: Brenda Power on closing down on Sunday; Susan Daly & Maia Dunphy answer four questions; Using all your brain; Sinead McCauley Lambe on cursive handwriting; Henry McKean on having a side of the bed; Noeleen McManus on 40 years since Hurricane Charley; The German swingers politician
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
On the show today: Jessica Riches on climate change & Onlyfans; James Stannard on the Owl on a boat; Bill Nelson on the Girl Guides plane crash; Sarah Madden on supermarket tourism; Shannon Keenan with showbiz news; Michelle Lalor with wine Chris Wasser reviews ‘&Sons’ & ‘Stop!That!Train!’
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
On the show today: Norma Sheahan on women being funny; Chloe Dinneen on alopecia; Donna Cooney on how to get a plaque; Ciara O’Brien on porn at Stormont; Declan Buckley & Barbara Scully stare out the window; Sarah Madden on supermarket tourism; 30 years since Michael Collins (the movie).
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The Beer Nut @thebeernut.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
On the other side of the equation, a friend, a writer by trade, runs a B&B and was hugely annoyed to find that Booking won't allow him to write his own description of his property. All copy for the site has to be produced by their AI.
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Seán Moncrieff: Talking to a bot about a damage deposit felt dystopian and creepy
I resented the pretence of dealing with a human before our trip, and it spoke after as if it were a friend
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
On the show today: Pepe Santoro on how to change your name; Bairbre Holmes on Inchstones; Sabina Brennan on the Doorway Effect; Aidan O’Hanlon on Roger Casement and animals; Katie Glass on having an older parent; Jonathan DeBurca Butler with world news; Colm Moore on fruit flies
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
On the show today: The no-touch Irish; Donal O’Donoghue & Maia Dunphy answer four questions; Paul Cuffe on the world’s fastest train; Máire Uí Choilm on life as a Bean an tí; James Dempsey reviews ‘Lanterns’ ‘My Brilliant Career’ & ‘Reacher’ S4; Kelly Fitzgerald on Black Cat Appreciation
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Seán Moncrieff - I was given short but specific instructions: Be nice to the dog; fix the table
Erasing history – the physical evidence of all the life that has been lived around it – can cause pangs of regret
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
On the show today: Laura Mullet on M&S crotchless knickers; Brian Lloyd on declining cinema etiquette; Brendan Kelly on Identity-reputation asymmetry; Zoe Stroud on the model village streaker; Fionnuala Jones with showbiz news; James Donnelly with beer; Zara Hedderman reviews Ice Cream Man & Lady
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