Dave & Fionnuala on iRadio

Joey from Ballybofey starts the week on a high note, he doesn't even have to think about naming 5 NFL teams in under 10 seconds... The standards are high this week!

iRadio listener Anthony Healy was in the car with his partner Kathleen when the cash machine call came in. Kathleen has recently been through breast cancer and had just received good news. Dave and Fionnuala chatted to them after they digested the news.Anthony is the only cash machine winner from Longford!

Dave fitted a new toilet seat (while cooking dinner) so now he's getting cocky and thinks he can fit a new dimmer switch in his house. He needs some electrical advice before he starts...

Producer Leah was on the train home from Dublin, she was kept entertained by passengers coming from the ploughing. She decided to keep note of 'things you'd hear on the train...' . Dave is determined to take his own trip soon to do some eavesdropping!

Diarmuid in Westport is a radiographer, he reveals you can't legally x-ray yourself... Other than that he names 3 TV or Movie awards ceremonies making 3 the score to beat for the week!

Davy Fitz is bringing Ireland's Fittest Farmer and Ireland's Fittest Sports Team to the Ploughing Championships this year. You can find him at the Zurich Insurance stand and test your own fitness with his hang tough challenge...

Dave and Fionnuala were feeling extremely generous, and thanks to Disney + they had a pair of airpods to give away. Regina from Westport correctly identified Hillary Duff as the mystery celebrity - but seemed to forget the reason for the call when asked!

You may have thought festival season was over.. but it's not! The Taste of Sligo Food Festival is back next weekend, it brings the cream of top chefs and food producers to the town on Friday, 19th, Saturday, 20th and Sunday, 21st of September 2025. Anthony Gray who runs the festival lets Dave and Fionnuala in on how they could open their own food truck some day...

Eamon from Traitors Ireland opens up about his time in the castle, admitting he would like to meet Paudie for a pint and rocket launch him!

Can Dave the 'water boy' tell the difference between different types of white bread? We have him 5 circles with a slither of the crust and here are the results...

Clayton is on a chain sawing course in Cavan, licking his lips for the next storm to hit so he'll be rolling in the money... Unfortunately Clayton could only name 3 styles of socks!

Westport GAA we have made you an advertisement for your club fundraisers... You buy a patch of the pitch and they let a cow loose on it. If they poo on your patch, you win that cash.

Ciarán from Crossmolina has unfortunately ended up with a Knockmore woman because she eyed him up for so long... so he says. Ciarán couldn't think of any things you'd need to make an appointment for!

If you've been keeping up with our Titkok series of cutting out celebrities from each county, you would know Daniel O Donnell has been crowned as our champion. Dave stated that Daniel doesn't eat Freddo bars.. Daniel's team have been in touch with a video of Daniel eating a Freddo, just to prove Dave wrong! He's also delighted to take the title...

We only carry out important research on this show... This week we are carrying out a sausage census - how many sausages are you eating per month? Quorn, Turkey or Chicken sausages do not count.Why are we carrying out such research? Because a BBC report is showing the downfall on the buffet breakfast.

Dave claims he can taste the difference between different types of water bottles, so we put him to the test... 5 bottles of water poured into glasses, no names or hints. How many will we guess correctly?

Gavin in Monaghan tops this weeks leaderboard when he names 6 services you need a subscription for.. Will he be bet?

Andy Gleeks form Antrim has been announced as the winner of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival's 'funniest joke' competition with "I had to visit the trauma unit last weekend. He prefers the term dad.” We asked our listeners could they do better than that...

A new survey today revealed trades people working in homes are offered an average of 3 cups of tea each a day 61 per cent would offer workers a cuppa while on the job, but make their decision based on the weather, how long the job will take to finish and if the worker is friendly. What do our listeners feed their tradies?

A previous champion lost his crown, Liam from Mayo failed to name any Taylor Swift albums! He was given a chance at redemption, and then just named 1 Taylor Swift song!

Car dashboard temperatures are BACK! You know it's coming once we have any temperature over 25 degrees... Today's hottest car was in Cavan - 71 DEGREES!!!

An American Tiktoker named 'Gort' in County Galway as the best place name in Ireland??!! We've put together a few that could top that list instead!

Abby the scientist from Wicklow names 6 emojis in 10 seconds, but is she fast enough to be this weeks winner?

Hugh give us 5 traditional Irish instruments in under 10 seconds, he's had plenty of practice as it's his 3rd time playing!

Waterford has been named as the best place to live in Ireland according to Ireland's livabililty poll... Dave thinks its all made up and encourages listeners to send in their own made up facts!

Shane who's a plumbing apprentice in Longford and a loyal listener names 5 creatures that live in water... He got deducted of 1 with his answer 'giraffe'?!

English DJ and Producer Jax Jones joins Dave and Fionnuala just off the back of playing one of the world's biggest festivals - Tomorrowland. He's gigging in Wexford and Letterkenny very soon...

Last Friday, we were live from The Abbey Hotel in Donegal Town to soak up 'the craic before Croker', here are some of the highlights!We'd like to say thank you to all the staff in The Abbey Hotel, in particular to Ava who went above and beyond for us! A huge thank you to all of our special guests and of course to all of you who showed up on the day to show your support. It was really special.

Lisa in Ballinasloe gave us 5 jobs that are not based in an office listener in 5.32 seconds! It'll be tough to beat!

Daniel O Donnell shares his well wishes for the Donegal Team on Sunday...He's willing to hand over his title as Donegals most loved man if Jim and Michael can bring home Sam !

We've been looking for Donegal's biggest fans on the run up to the All Ireland Final this weekend! Sinead and Cathal McCloskey from Killygordon came to our attention.They had a DONEGAL GAA THEME for their wedding! The venue had ambient lighting in green & gold, they had place names in the style of Donegal jerseys & the table plan in the hotel was set out like a GAA team...

Sara from Sligo is this weeks leader as she names more than 5 types of coffee orders in under 10 seconds.. She's also looking for All Ireland Tickets!

Ava from the Abbey Hotel in Donegal joins Dave and Fionnuala to share some fantastic news...The Abbey Hotel in Donegal Town are giving us 2 tickets for the All Ireland Football Final for one of you! How do you win? Listen to Dave and Fionnuala between 3-6pm to figure out the code, and on Friday we might be calling you!

The Abbey Hotel on the Diamond in Donegal Town have kindly invited us to host the show from their lobby next Friday 25th July. Dave and Fionnuala are looking to meet Donegal GAA's craziest fans and they be hopping on the bandwagon themselves... Eabha from The Abbey has even arranged a jiving lesson for us!We might take a stop somewhere else too! Where should we go?

One of Donegal's finest exports Mr Eric Roberts chats to Dave and Fionnuala ahead of the All Ireland Finals. He gives them a go ahead to become bandwagoners for the week leading up to Donegal v Kerry. A trip to Donegal is in the making....

Mr O'Donoghue challenges Dave and Fionnuala to one of his famous 6th class quizzes. Dave won the first round, so it was about time Fionnuala gets her redemption.

Eoghan classifies Fair City, Mrs Browns Boy's and Corination Street as Irish reality TV?

Elaine from Kerry who's driving from Donegal to Cork names just 1 goalkeeper from any sport, setting the standard low for the week...

Dave and Fionnuala share stories from times they've been stereotyped and listener Elisha was asked if we speak American in Ireland!

Hugh Grant conked at Wimbledon, so Dave asked the listeners where they have fallen asleep when they probably shouldn't have! Anne in Longford admits she fell asleep during a Nathan Carter concert...

Dave gives Niamh from Sligo a difficult question- 5 things you'd need a physical key for. She names just 2!

Jenny from Athlone sets the standard for the week low, naming 0 movies set in Ireland in 10 seconds

Robbie jumps out of the van in the middle of Gimme 5, so he only manages to name 1 Miley Cyrus song!

Today's Gimme 5 contestant Alanna had things way too easy, she was asked to name 5 airlines - turns out she works in the airport! She bagged herself a Longford jersey.

Dave's organising a bop bop bus to North Korea- will you be attending? It seems like a popular dream destination among male listeners...

Kellie names 5 comedy movies in under 10 seconds, but can her sister Emma beat her tomorrow? The sister battle is on!

Saoirse who's a chef in Athlone starts the week off strong, naming 5 types of footwear in under 8.2 seconds. This question was inspired by the painful cowboy boots wore by many to Zach Bryan at the weekend

Kieran fails to give us 5 childhood games, on his second attempt of playing gimme 5!

Emmet couldn't hear us on the phone line so we decided to come up with a DIY version of Gimme 5....

Emma from Donegal is dreading the Donegal rally! She's started this weeks Gimme 5 with a decent 4. She named 4 Spanish cities in 10 seconds!

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