Dave & Fionnuala on iRadio

A “year's supply” of crisps sounds like the dream… until Lay's in the US reveals what they actually mean: 24 bags. Dave and Fionnuala are horrified, calling it stingy, disgraceful, and basically a forced diet.So they throw it out to listeners: if you won a year's supply, what number are you expecting to land at your door? Is it 365 bags minimum, one a day? Or is a weekly “large packet” enough?

Bachelors have been named the official beans partner of the GAA, and Dave and Fionnuala do what any responsible radio show would do: turn it into a competition.To win a pair of Noah Kahan tickets, listeners have to send in the best sports star, food-based pun going — and it gets fierce quickly. From Roy Bean and Roy Quinoa to Rachel Black-smore, the inbox is absolutely flying.

A Sudanese doctor in Cork hears the patient say “I will, yeah” and thinks he's fully committed to quitting smoking… until the follow-up reveals the very Irish truth: double positive, definite negative.Then there's a Sri Lankan doctor who lands in Mayo and spends two years baffled by all the “Mayo for Sam” signs, convinced Sam is some local legend everyone's rallying behind.Dave and Fionnuala get stuck into the bigger question: what Irish habits, phrases and wedding logic completely melt foreigners' brains? From “small” weddings of 150 people to the chaos of wedding money, they're building the ultimate newcomer's guide to Irish misunderstandings.

It's been a mad week in Ireland, so Dave and Fionnuala decide to create their own ballot: if the whole country had to vote on something, what would it be?First up: consistent sizing across all women's clothing brands - because a 12 is not a 12, and everyone's sick of the guessing game.Then it's airport chaos: scrap the liquid rules altogether, and while we're at it, can every airport please pick the same system?And finally, the one that'll split the nation: if a driver stops to let you cross, do you have to do the little gratitude jog… or can you stroll and just throw a wave?

“That's the Sound” and one story that's absolutely unhinged: a man in England pulls a fake gun on a chicken shop worker… all because he got burger sauce instead of garlic sauce.They break down the CCTV/Ring doorbell footage, how it all escalated on Christmas Eve, and why the police didn't care that the gun was fake.What would you do for a good garlic sauce?

Dylan in Louth names 4 Irish places beginning with D, Dave decides to be generous and send him out a limited edition iRadio Louth jersey. Will Dylan's score be bet this week?

Leah and Fionnuala are cracking up over the National Wax Museum Plus unveiling a brand-new Taylor waxwork, and the internet is not holding back. Is it Taylor Swift, “Trailer Swift”, or “Temu Taylor”?Inspired by the chaos, the gang set a very specific challenge: puns for bad celebrity waxworks that look nothing like the real deal.From Justin Timberfake and Leonardo DiCrap-rio to Louis Crapaldi, Kim Car-crashian and a few very Irish entries, the listeners absolutely show up. Top fives are named, crowns are handed out, and the bar is raised again with Knee-Crap

When a lad says his love language is “physical touch”… how does it end up sounding like “pissing in a church”? From there, Fionnuala and Matthew go deep on the most common mishearings, from on-air mix-ups (“creatures that fly” vs “creatures that slide”) to songs you'll never hear the same way again.Leona Lewis, Beyoncé, Frozen, “Jar of Hearts”, even a childhood theme tune - what have you been hearing wrong all these years?

Dave and Fionnuala are back updating their never-ending “Sounds of Ireland Library” - because if the internet vanished tonight, we'd lose some of the most culturally significant sounds this country has ever produced.Inspired by Australia creating their own official sounds archive (including the iconic “succulent Chinese meal / democracy manifest”), the gang decides it's time to add a few fresh Irish classics for March/April 2026.From Paddy Losty, to the fella furious about the St. Patrick's Day parade, to a long-overdue “Yup ouvvit” - what deserves a spot next?

Arnold Schwarzenegger is in Belfast picking up an honorary degree from Ulster University, and Dave and Fionnuala are absolutely loving it… but it also sparks a bigger question.Are honorary degrees actually a great way to celebrate someone, or are they a bit of a “here, have a pretend one” situation?

A gorilla playing the drums was recently voted the best advert of all time.It got Dave and Fionnuala thinking is it because he is playing the drums?They debate the sexiest instruments...

Dave and Fionnuala catch up with producer Leah who is on the ground in Prague!

T-1 day until the big game!Dave and Fionnuala are very excited but also very nervous.They chat to Republic of Ireland superfan, Seán Carley, who is on the ground in Prague.

Today's Tuesday Challenge proved more difficult than expected.... Can you identify the parrot?

Rachel in Tullamore who works in finance starts the week strong naming 4 comedians...

Dave and Fionnuala are on the ultimate treasure hunt, is there anywhere in the country with diesel under €2 a litre? Listeners send in price-spotting tips from Newbridge to Galway to the border counties, with near-misses, self-service pumps, and the terrifying realisation that checking fuel prices might be the biggest driving distraction of all.

Mark is very disappointed in himself when he only manages to name 3 types of hats in 10 seconds, controversially claiming that men don't wear hats unless their bald.

It's the day after St. Patrick's Day and Dave & Fionnuala are feeling low… but unfortunately, work still exists. So they bring in a “LinkedIn speak” translator to help you say what you really mean, the Irish way, without getting hauled into HR.“I couldn't be arsed” becomes “prioritising my bandwidth for higher impact strategic initiatives.” Dying hungover? You're “recalibrating after a high-engagement networking event.”It gets filthier from there: how do you professionally announce you've just had a massive shite… or that you've left your wife of 15 years for someone younger?

Katie who's a trainer in conflict resolution skills tests her Gimme 5 skills and Dave and Fionnuala turn into two nosy magpies and start testing her with a very specific “over-steamed carrots” family argument.

Morrissey cancels a gig in Spain because he “couldn't sleep”… and Dave & Fionnuala can't get over it. 1,500 people turn up, and he basically says: I'm too tired, go home.So it sparks a brand new obsession on the show: sleep puns. Anything goes - singers, celebs, place names, TV, songs - if it can be turned into a snooze-related wordplay, it's in.Expect Bed Sheeran, Snora the Explorer, Restlife, Snoozy Dent, Snore Patrol, Patrick Quilty and the legendary Barnesmore Nap.

Ireland mightn't have a Rugby World Cup… but Dave and Fionnuala have discovered we're third in the world at something else: long commutes.They dig into the Auto Trader stats (9 days, 14 hours and 10 minutes a year driving to and from work), and the real reason the roads are stressful: 70% of us reckon it's other people's driving. But how many miles are you doing a year?

Tommy Lynch in the UK wakes up, looks in the mirror, and realises his skin has turned blue. Panic stations: straight into A&E, on oxygen, thinking he's losing it.Then someone comes at him with a wipe… and the “medical mystery” literally rubs off. The culprit? Brand new navy bedsheets that were never washed, dyeing him blue after two nights.Dave and Fionnuala spiral into the bigger question: do you wash new clothes and bedclothes before you use them, or do you just chance it?

Dave and Fionnuala are on a mission to find the ultimate “cross-generational famous” person - someone your granny knows, you know, and the kids know too.Michael D. Higgins is the early front-runner, but then it gets messy: Daniel O'Donnell, the Kardashians (as a unit), Katie Taylor, and even Kate Middleton get thrown into the mix.Rules are set: they have to be alive, and they have to be real - so Paddington is out, sorry.

“Herself and Herself” AKA Dympna Little and Mary Clare Fitzpatrick join Dave and Fionnuala for a chat about abandoning the Midlands for Dublin life, famous-people watching in the canteen, and one very specific problem: Dympna being mistaken for Joanne McNally on the regular.They get into how the podcast got its name, the wild episode titles, and the CSO baby-name stats.Plus: the unbelievable origin story of Mary Clare's name… courtesy of a Winning Streak contestant.

The stranger interaction checklist: something in your teeth, tissue on your shoe, red sauce on your face… all fair game.But a sticker on your arse? Absolutely not. Line drawn, you can't point that out.

Fiona struggles to names any songs with place names in the title, but with a little hint she manages one!

After last week's Monaghan coffee-machine bandit sparked a tidal wave of word play , Dave and Fionnuala realise something important: ye have an insatiable hunger for puns.This time, inspiration comes from a Dublin petrol station beside an NCT centre… and a menu item called a “veg-estration”. From there it turns into a full-on pun challenge: take foods and turn them into car, road or manufacturer terms.

Modern cars: are they packed with brilliant upgrades… or are they just a collection of absolute headwrecking features?Dave and Fionnuala get stuck into the most hated “new” car tech going around - touchscreens that take seven taps just to do anything, electronic handbrakes (and the death of the handbrake turn), piano black trims that mark if you look at them, and lane assist that fights you on tight country roads.Listeners pile in with their own pet hates too, from blinding LED headlights to speed sign recognition that beeps at you like you've committed a crime.

It's the 3rd of March, which can only mean one thing: Dave's birthday (33 on the 3rd of the 3rd).Dave shares his theory that in every couple, one person is obsessed with birthdays and the other couldn't care less - and explains how his fiancée Niamh's “birthday week” nearly became a full-blown birthday month.Listeners get involved with their own birthday dynamics, before the iRadio crew crash the studio with a surprise sing-song… and a fruit platter.

Is being fashionably late actually a thing at Irish weddings, or is it a “thundering disgrace”? Dave's not having it (especially with his own wedding coming up), and listeners weigh in with their worst delays—from 3 minutes of guilt to 45-minute “averages” and full hour late arrivals.

Ben in Cavan is tested on his Irish skills to mark Seachtain na Gaeilge, unfortunately he fails to name more than 2 body parts in Irish...

Dave and Fionnuala dig into a new RIP.ie survey that has everyone talking, from Connacht clocking double Dublin's numbers to people in Kerry hitting a staggering 10 funerals in 12 months.What age are you and how many funerals have you been to?

A man in Monaghan stole the same coffee machine three times in five days from Fleming's Department Store, and Dave and Fionnuala genuinely can't get over the cheek of it.Now the story's in court, and the only sensible response is to turn it into a full-on coffee pun challenge, as inspired by Colm O Regan on X. From “spilled the beans” to “serious grounds” and “mugged off”, listeners get involved and the puns get worse (and better) by the minute.

Niall from the Midlands joins Dave and Fionnuala, he's very unhappy about not getting the category of sausages, because he struggles with jerseys

A commercial airline pilot allegedly flew for 20 years without the proper licence, and Dave and Fionnuala can't get over it. Does cop on outweigh qualifications? From pilots and doctors to radio presenters, sales, and even the guards, they argue it out and take your messages.

The RSA have released some of the craziest reasons people are complaining about their driving instructors, between stopping for fish and chips or inappropriate comments learner drivers have to put up with quite a lot!

There was a K-pop tribute show in the SSE in Belfast on Thursday, and loads of parents genuinely thought they'd bought tickets for a “K-pop Demon Hunters” show… but it turns out it was a tribute to K-pop the genre, not the film.Since then, TikTok and social media have been absolutely dominated by the fallout - and Dave and Fionnuala are here with a handy little explainer of what actually happened, they turn it into pure chaos...

Modestas is €250k richer thanks to iRadio's Cash Machine, he's working in a hotel in Galway when he gets the call. He'll be sharing the money with his wife and their triplets.

We may not be getting uber in rural Ireland so we need to get more inventive with ways we get home from a night out... What about a horse and cart?

Lent starts today and Fionnuala doesn't have full faith in Dave that he can give up sweet treats so she's called in some extra help...

It's been a while since Dave and Fionnuala had to launch a full-on “song investigation”, but today's mystery is a proper head-melter -sparked by a TikTok from Caoimhe Ryan (@caoimheryan02) about her mum, a piano teacher, who can't place where a certain piece of music is from.The theories fly in: insurance ads, First Dates, the TV licence, the consent ad, even Pixar.But after a flood of messages and some serious detective work, the gang finally track it down… and yes, it brings them right back to COVID and an unforgettable HSE campaign.

Lent kicks off tomorrow and Dave is preparing to give up something very special to him......Fionnuala doesn't think he can do it!

We're entering Confirmation season! It has us wondering what is your Confirmation name and why did you choose it?

iSPY AKA Ireland's biggest game of hide and seek has its first ever winner… and it's absolute madness.Dave and Fionnuala are live when the call comes in: Melissa has FOUND Micheál, Shane and Ella - and bagged the €5,000. The clues? Festival, Arts and Culture and Wild Atlantic Way… and a whole lot of wrong guesses pointing northwest.So how did she do it? From social stalking to scrolling Booking.com listings, Melissa pieces it all together, spots the yellow cushions, and drives from Tullamore to Galway with a full car of kids.

Dave's debut TED X Athlone talk is tomorrow night and it has us thinking... what would you be able to talk about for 10 minutes?

Donegal Tuesday is back, and so is Charlie Doherty. One year on, Dave and Fionnuala reunite with the legend himself outside Barr and Chaladh, the trends are back!

A squirrel has invaded the pitch… not once, but twice. Dave and Fionnuala can't get over the scenes at Hull City vs Bristol City, where the ground staff were left trying (and failing) to catch it.From there, it turns into a surprisingly passionate debate: what are the hardest things to catch? A coin that's rolling away, a receipt in the wind, loose paper money, chickens, sheep… and, inevitably, children who've decided they're not going anywhere.

The price of haircuts is rising rapidly, so we've decided to open the home hair cut club....

Dave and Fionnuala dive into the hot topic of cursing, triggered by the Irish version of The Traitors making waves across the UK with its bad language. Is Ireland really at the top of the cursing league table? With the Aussies, Poles, and even New Yorkers in the mix, this episode is packed with laughs and surprising insights. Who do you think swears the most? Tune in and find out!

Dave and Fionnuala tackle the sticky subject of family gatherings and how to navigate the pressure that comes with them. They dive into Chloe's dilemma - a woman feeling overwhelmed by her husband Edwin's large family after a chaotic Christmas spent surrounded by screaming kids and loud relatives.Do you feel obligated to attend every family event, or is it acceptable to take a step back?

Join Dave and Fionnuala as they dive into the hot topic of tipping! With new research revealing that two-thirds of people in Ireland feel pressured to tip, the conversation gets lively as they share their own tipping habits - what prompts generosity and what holds them back.From haircuts to taxis, you won't believe what they discover about the social pressures we face when it comes to gratuities. Have you ever tipped more than you intended?