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A Qantas aircraft has officially broken the Guinness World Record for the longest commercial airliner flight by distance.
The Project Sunrise Airbus A350-1000ULR departed Melbourne Australia, for Toulouse, France, at 5.27pm local time on July 27th, and has just recently been verified by Guinness World Records.
The flight covered a distance of 12,503 nautical miles, with a flight time of 24 hours and 24 minutes as part of Qantas Airways’ ‘Project Sunrise’.
Joining Tom Dunne to discuss this is Kevin Byrne, retired Lieutenant Colonel of the Irish Air Corps & Airport Safety and Security Auditor.

Today is the last Friday, the 13th of 2026, a year which featured three. That's the maximum number of times the date can occur in any year in the Gregorian calendar, and the only time it will happen in this decade…
But, where did this strange fear originate? And what are some of the common superstitions that can accompany it?
Joining guest host Tom Dunne to discuss is Dr Jenny Butler from the UCC Study of Religions Department.

How many times have you tipped a half-finished bottle of wine down the sink, convinced it had gone off? You're not alone: it's one of the most common wine myths out there, and it means we're often throwing away perfectly good wine, and money along with it. So, how long does opened wine actually last?
Michelle Lawlor from the Nude Wine Company (delivering nationwide!) joins guest host Tom Dunne to discuss.

There were female jazz bands in Ireland during the 1920s, and jazz music and dances were quite popular in the free state. In a dance band competition at the Plaza Ballroom in Dublin in 1929, two of the six band finalists were led by women.
People often think of jazz in this country as something condemned by the church, and while that did happen , it wasn't really until the 1930s when jazz was already well established here.
Dr Elaine Sisson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Culture at IADT joins guest host Tom Dunne to discuss.

Deliveroo has revealed its top delivered orders of 2026. It might be even more random than we all think: the top are the cheeseburger from Bunsen, ‘Xi’an Famous Biang Biang Noodles’ from Xi’an Streetfood and the ‘Lean Green’ from Juice Jar coming in at number 1.
Joining Seán to break it all down is Registered Associate Nutritionist, Aileen Cox Blundell.