Brendan O'Connor RTÉ

With just a couple of weeks left until the summer Solstice, Fr Simon Sleeman, a Glenstal Abbey monk has been thinking about light, and its meaning in our lives.

Joining Brendan to discuss the Sunday headlines this week were; Gerard Howlin, Public Affairs Consultant & Irish Times Contributor, Elaine Loughlin, Political Editor with The Irish Examiner, Dr Mary McAuliffe, UCD Historian & Lecturer in Gender Studies and Larry Donnelly, columnist with thejournal.ie & lecturer in law at NUI Galway.

Broadcaster and entertainment journalist Sarina Bellissimo and TV and radio producer Eoin Sweeney share their tips on what to watch this week!

As a viral TikTok 'joke' becomes a contender for song of the summer, Arts Journalist Louise Bruton talks to Brendan about this seasonal phenomenon.

Why can some people eat what they want, and still never put on weight? What exactly is metabolism, and what can we do to alter it? Endocrinologist, Professor Mary Ryan, gives us a lay person’s introduction.

With the warm weather, comes talk of water and conservation. Horticultural teacher Hazel Proctor tells Brendan how harvesting domestic, and rainwater can be a small, positive step many of us can take to futureproof our resources.