Rté - Mornings With Dave Fanning

From golf, to rugby, to horse racing – Ireland has enjoyed some top level sporting achievements this year. But we have also beaten the competition in more offbeat fields. Dubliner David O’Caoimh has just taking gold at the European and African Wakeboarding Championships in the Netherlands & he is in studio with Dave this morning.

Crystal Swing have been busy touring and gigging ever since that video went viral five years ago, working nonstop. This weekend is a big weekend for the Burke family as Dervla will be getting married. Joining Dave in studio are Mary, Dervla & Derek Burke.

Dave's next guest can hold his breath for over five minutes & he does it for fun! Feargus Callagy is a freediver, taking a single breath and diving deep into the sea, a sport that has been described as the most peaceful extreme sport.

There is a great development for Liveline as we heard a humour this morning that Joe is taking a Liveline spin-off to RTÉ TV. The show will be called 'Call Back' a follow-up to the stand out moments & stories from over the years. Joe is on the line to Dave to give us a little more information on what our TV viewers can expect.

The recent death of Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of singers Whitney Houston & Bobby Brown drew stark attention to how a parent's drug addiction can often adversely affect a child. The Tiglin Rehab Centre in Wicklow deal with such families& joining Dave in studio are Phil Thompson, Tiglin's CEO & Paul, who has been through Tiglin's programme.

We've all had bad teachers but chances are none of us have had to endure what the pupils of Form K in Abbey Grove have to endure with Alfie Wickers in BBC3's Bad Education. Fans of the show will be interested to hear that The Bad Education Movie is out this month. Dave is joined by Alfie Vickers himself, Jack Whitehall.

Over the next few hours many young people & their parents all over the country will be getting the big news they have all been waiting for. Joining Dave from our Galway studio is Dave O'Connell, Editor of the Connacht Tribune & parent. In studio with Dave also we have Psychotherapist Stella O'Malley.

If you haven't heard of Irish fasion designer Danielle Romeril yet, it won't be long before you do. London Based Danielle has worked for the likes of Alberta Ferretti and is about to show for the fourth season in a row at London Fashion week next month. Danielle dropped into studio this morning.

Belfast born Award winning writer, director and actor Marie Jones joined Dave in studio this morning to talk about growing up in Belfast, her disipline of writing, and her hugely succesful comedy 'Fly Me To The Moon' to Dublin next month.

Next Monday and Tuesday night, Irish people at home and abroad will be tuning into RTE ONE television to watch the annual Rose of Tralee 2015. Daithi O'Sé joined Dave in studio this morning giving us an insight into the festival.

We spoke to Sean Lowry, Shane Lowry’s uncle after his great win yesterday, as putted a final round 66 for 11 under par 269 to fend off a host of Major champions to lift the WGC Bridgestown Invitational at Firestone Country Club.

Deirdre Courtney who worked for the genius Brian Wilson for four years as a chef joined Dave today on the programme.

The thoughts of owning a luxury yacht is a thought for most, but we're still allowed to dream and Dave did just that when he spotted a Sunday Times article about undocumented Mediterranean yacht-cruising season, the journalist that wrote that article Kate Spicer joined Dave from London about the piece.

Joining Colm O'Regan, Evelyn Cusack, Chrissie Russell & Dave is Stephen O'Leary from Olytico, the social media monitoring & analysis company with what's trending this week.

Writer Chrissie Russell wrote an article for the Irish Independent yesterday saying that she is breastfeeding her child even though he’s nearly 1 year old. She says she feels socially awkward about the fact that “we” are still breastfeeding.

In studio this week with her choice of music from her iPod is weather presenter Evelyn Cusack. As you can hear, Evelyn has a very eclectic selection

Comedy and writer Colm O’Regan was in studio to tell us what he learned this past week

David has appeared in the likes of Vikings, Phantom of the Opera, Sweeney Todd and Romeo & Juliet and can be seen here in both the Abbey and National Concert Hall over the coming weeks. He has just released his debut album called "Til I Hear Your Sing" and is in studio to sing the title track.

Four weeks ago we spoke with Irishman Eanna Coughlin who was detained at an airport in the Philippines, charged with the possession of 0.38 grams of cannabis and received an incredibly harsh sentence of 12 years in prison. Fr Shay Cullen has been working with Eanna and campaigning for his release.

You may remember that we spoke previously with life coach Kevin Kinahan about how every unemployed person in the country can greatly increase their chances of finding work by following a few simple steps. He set himself the challenge of finding three unemployed listeners work in a month. And this morning we’re going to reveal how they got on.