A new sculpture of Gerry Adams is currently on exhibit at the Kilkenny Portrait Show. But, how do you go about creating the likeness of a living person in clay? It turns out the process of making a bust of someone is almost as interesting as the product itself!Joining Tom Dunne to discuss is Sculptor Aidan Harte…Image: @HarteAidan on Twitter
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Exploring the strange borders of Europe
In this country we are only too familiar with the problems that can occur when someone draws a new line on the map between two nations, but ours is far from the only complicated border in Europe.Lewis Baston has walked many of them for his book ‘Borderlines: A History of Europe in 29 Borders’ and joins Tom Dunne to discuss.Image: Hodder & Stoughton
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What it takes to have a champion cat
What makes a winning cat?Over one hundred cats took part in the GCCFI Supreme Cat Show on Sunday, but only one cat was crowned the overall winner and that was five and a half year old Quevaga, a Maine Coon cat.Her owner, Claudia Wagner, joins Tom Dunne to tell more.Image: Friendly Ghosts
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Why we can’t stop scrolling
Do you find conversations boring to the point that you are constantly reaching for your phone?Research shows that within two minutes of chatting Gen Z are bored and turning to their phones for entertainment.But are we all as bad as each other?Journalist with the Irish Independent, Saoirse Hanley, joins us now…
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Why the EU should shut down content algorithms
As European nations rearm at a rate not seen since the Cold War, one commentator believes that a more insidious actor needs to be addressed first: the algorithms pushing egregious content on social media platforms.Joining guest host Tom Dunne to discuss this is Dr Johnny Ryan, Director of Enforce, a unit of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties.
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