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Fan culture has become unhinged in all the wrong ways: obsessive, expensive, insanely well-groomed, sterile and self-monitoring.  So says journalist and author Suzanne Harrington who spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

Holidaymakers can download one simple app to avoid exorbitant data costs abroad. Newstalk's Technology Correspondent Jess Kelly brings us the details.
All with thanks to Bird & Bird.

There has been mass outrage following the suspended sentence handed to soldier Cathal Crotty who beat 24-year-old Natasha O'Brien unconscious on a Limerick Street. 
Diane Byrne, Member of the Women of Honour gave her reaction to the protests over the weekend.

Restricted dog breeds should be banned in Ireland. That's the call from Professor Jack Kelly, President of the Irish Association of Plastic Surgeons who spoke to Ciara this morning.

The Irish Airline Pilots’ Association has warned that all-out strike action by Aer Lingus pilots is a “possibility”.  Speaking to Shane this morning was President of the Irish Airline Pilots Association, Captain Mark Tighe.

The latest survey from the Irish Business Against Litter shows that the Deposit Return Scheme is contributing to lower litter levels nationwide.  
Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Conor Horgan, Spokesperson for IBAL.