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PJ hears local outrage over 10-foot security steel locking families out of Murphy’s Rock, how a Gaza scholar secured a UCC place but was refused a visa, discovers Ireland’s biggest Hobbit house built right in Mid-Cork. And more...

Seán Óg Ó Duinnín joins PJ to chat about a production packed with razor-sharp laughs and an eight-piece live band, An Téalú tells the hilarious, heartfelt story of one defiant resident determined to bust out of care See also here

PJ hears Paul Byrne report on the sponsored ice cream truck putting a massive smile on Cork students' faces and teaching them a bit of money-making

Facing radical surgery 300km from home, Gillian Ryan tells PJ we need to shatter the myth that lung cancer is purely a smoker's disease and start a screening program. Her sister, Dawn, has set up a GoFundMe to help with the financial costs of recovery here

Complete with circular doors, reclaimed stone, and a wisteria tunnel, Dominic Cullinan and artist Marian Spillane join PJ to reveal the enchanting Hobbit House built right in the heart of Ovens

Did Brian Cowen betray the nation, or was he handed an impossible hand PJ asks Gary Murphy. See also “Brian Cowen: Anatomy of a Taoiseach Book” (Eriu)

Trapped in a Gaza café, physiotherapist Zainab tells PJ about getting a scholarship from the Irish government while at the same being denied a visa to take up that scholarship while her solicitor Susan Doyle explains more

PJ talks to David who intervened in a sexual assault on a night out.