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Festival season is well and truly underway with Sea Sessions and Beyond the pale both taking place this weekend. But what actually makes a festival experience great? Today FM’s Ed Smith tell us.

Donald Sutherland, star of films including The Hunger Games and Don't Look Now, has died at 88 after a long illness.  Hollywood journalist Jeanne Wolf joined Ciara this morning to reflect on the life of the legendary actor.

“Two to put her down. Two to put her out.” Irish soldier Cathal Crotty bragged on social media after brutally beating Natasha O’Brien unconscious. 
Yesterday he walked free after receiving a 3 year suspended sentence. We get reaction to this sentence from Anne Clarke, CEO of Offaly Domestic Violence Support Services.

Aer Lingus will cancel up to one in five flights from next Wednesday as members of the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association =plan a strict work to rule in their pursuit of a near 24 per cent pay increase.  
Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Donal Moriarty is Chief Corporate Affairs Officer for Aer Lingus.

Young teenagers are less likely to smoke or drink than a decade ago but they are twice as likely to be at risk of depressive symptoms. That’s according to the latest Growing Up In Ireland Study. We get reaction to these findings from Sheila O’Malley, Parenting Expert and Keynote Speaker in all aspects of wellbeing for the corporate sector.

The son of Athletics Legend, Johnny Fox is calling for a meeting with An Taoiseach, Simon Harris as screws and bolts were found among his father’s cremated remains. Sean Fox spoke to Newstalk Breakfast to explain why his calling for this meeting.