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Cluineann muid de shíor faoin cheangailt idir aclaíocht agus an mheabharshláinte ach cad é an bunús leighis atá leis sin? Cluineann muid tuairimí oilte Mháire Treasa, atá ina siceolaí spóirt cáilithe agus ina dochtúir leighis. Tá Príomh-Aire na Breataine Keir Starmer ag smaoineamh faoi chosc ar na meáin shóisialta dóibh siúd atá faoi bhun sé bliana déag d’aois, mar atá i bhfeidhm cheana féin san Astráil, ach an é seo an bealach is fearr le daoine óga a chosaint ó chontúirtí? Tá Áine Ní Dhonnaile, Ruadhán Ó Deasmhúnaigh agus Joe Mac Aoidh linn leis an scéal a phlé. Tá leabhar úr filíochta foilsithe ag Éire Ní Fhaoláin, cluineann muid níos mó faoi sin. We are forever hearing about the link between exercise and mental health but what is the medical basis for this? We hear the educated opinion of Máire Treasa, who is a qualified sports psychologist as well as a medical doctor. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has not ruled out a social media ban for those under sixteen, to mirror the ban already in place in Australia, but is this the best way to protect young people from potential harms? Áine Ní Dhonnaile, Ruadhán Ó Deasmhúnaigh and Joe Mac Aoidh join us to discuss. Éire Ní Fhaolaoin has just published a new poetry collection, we hear more about that.

Tá Ciarán Mac Giolla Bhéin linn le níos mó a insint dúinn faoin Mheitheal Meantóireachta, scéim atá dírithe ar ghníomhaí Gaeilge agus orthu siúd ar mian leo a bheith ag obair in earnáil na Gaeilge. Tá Storm Eaton-Kilgallen agus Eimear McGovern linn mar phainéal léirmheastóireachta ar na scannáin nua-eisithe Hamnet, Marty Supreme agus The Voice Of Hind Rajab Ciarán Mac Giolla Bhéin joins us to talk about the Meitheal Meantóireachta, a scheme for Irish language activists and those who wish to work in the Irish language sector. Storm Eaton-Kilgallen and Eimear McGovern join us to review the new releases Hamnet, Marty Supreme and The Voice Of Hind Rajab.

An féidir aighneas teaghlaigh a réiteach nuair a thiocfaidh Aoife i láthair a leasiníne Fionnuala? Scéal 900 bliain inar léir nach n-aithníonn ealaí, gan trácht ar chiaróga, a chéile. An ceann nuair a fhaigheann Clann Lir amach nach dtagann ciall le haois, fiú 900 bliain d’aois! Can a family feud be settled when Aoife is finally confronted by her stepdaughter, Fionnuala? The one where Clann Lir find out that wisdom doesn't come with age, even 900 years of age! Comhlacht léiriúcháin/Production: Company Moondog Productions do BBC Gaeilge Scríbhneoir/Writer: Julie Jay Aisteoirí/Actors: Nuala Ní Néill, Tony Devlin ┐Diona Doherty.

Feicimid Úna Ní Chearnaigh gan d'arm aici ach clóscríobhán agus í ag teacht ar an tuiscint go bhféadfaí saibhreas a dhéanamh as Forógra an Phiarsaigh agus í i bhfolach in Ard-Oifig an Phoist in 1916. We join Real War Wife Úna as she and the men of 1916 take over the GPO in Dublin. Armed with nothing more than a typewriter Úna’s task is to take notes and write the diary. However, she sees the money spinning potential of Pádraig Pearse's Proclamation. An ceann nuair a fhaigheann Una Ní Chearnaigh amach gur treise an clóscríobhan ná an claíomh. The one where Winifred Carney finds out that the typewriter is mightier than the sword. Comhlacht léiriúcháin/Production: Company Moondog Productions do BBC Gaeilge Scríbhneoir/Writer: Julie Jay Aisteoirí/Actors: Nuala Ní Néill,Tony Devlin ┐Francis Mezza

Glacann Maud páirt i seó Jerry McSpringer le bualadh leis an fhear a bhfuil nóisean aige di ach is mór an díoma di nuair a a fhaigheann sí amach cé atá i gceist. An ceann nuair nach bhfuil aon leigheas ar an ghrá ach pósadh, nó an t-óipiam, dar le Maud Gonne. Maud takes part in the Jerry McSpringer show to meet the man who has a notion of her but she's very disappointed when she finds out who it is. The one where Maud Gonne suggests that the only cure for love is marriage, or opium! Comhlacht léiriúcháin/Production: Company Moondog Productions do BBC Gaeilge Scríbhneoir/Writer: Julie Jay Aisteoirí/Actors: Diona Doherty, Tony Devlin, Francis Mezza ┐Nuala Ní Néill

Caithfidh Banríon na bhFoghlaithe Mara, Gráinne Mhaol (Gráinne Ní Mháille) feidhm a bhaint as cumhachtaí uile na meán sóisialta nuair a ordaítear di dul os comhair na Banríona Eilís lena cuid éachtaí i gCúige Chonnacht a chosaint. An ceann nuair is léir do Ghráinne Ní Mháille nach bhfuil ní níos géire ná teanga mná - go háirithe nuair is bean rua í! The Pirate Queen, Gráinne Ní Mháille (Grace O'Malley) has to use all the power of social media when she is summoned to the court of Queen Elizabeth I to account for her activities in the Province of Connacht. the one where Gráinne Ní Mháille realises there's nothing sharper than a woman's tongue, especially when she's a redhead! Comhlacht léiriúcháin/Production: Company Moondog Productions do BBC Gaeilge Scríbhneoir/Writer: Julie Jay Aisteoirí/Actors: Diona Doherty, Nuala Ní Néill ┐Tony Devlin.