Cork's 96fm Opinion Line

PJ hears about a vicious racist attack on a hard working dad, hears what it's like to do the Fastnet Swim from Ruth who did it to raise funds for Eimear McAuley, talks to Ann Marie whose brother is buried in Bessboro but she does not know where. And more...

PJ talks to local citizen Syed who after 24 years of building a life after moving from Bangladesh and raising a family in Cork tells him the heartbreaking reality of a racist attack witnessed by his children featured in today's Cork Beo article by Sara Rountree here

Silent reading hours, pop-up Irish chats, lawn yoga and Ian Rankin are just a part of what's on offer at the West Cork Literary Festival, Eimear O’Herlihy tells PJ Coogan

Battling jellyfish stings, chatty seals and 13-degree temperatures Ruth from Fuller Marketing did the swim to help Eimear McAuley. You can read more about Eimear here

Joanne Tynan Dawson tells PJ how she became a fitness queen

Michael Collins TD speaks with PJ about the exam room ambush that shattered the confidence of straight-A students and worsened the country's critical shortage of electricians.

PJ talks to Damien Sreenan about the penalty levied on Ringmahon Rangers for withdrawing from their upcoming second round tie with Bohemians.

Constituency TD Seamus McGrath and listeners on the planning decision for the former Bessboro Mother & Baby Home