Should an accused person’s identity be protected in court until they’re convicted? This question raised its head today on the back of the NOT GUILTY verdict handed down to Desmond Duffy. Mr Duffy (70) was accused of murdering his partner Desmond Sullivan (59) at their home which they shared. Both men had been in a relationship for over 36 years.Mr Duffy maintained throughout the trial that he acted in self-defence as he described the deceased as abusive and violent. And fought back for the...

Is it ever okay to go through your partner's search history? What do you make of this post from the Ma's Who Drink Facebook group that our trusty mole sent us on today? Should this woman be worried?

A Dublin man was jailed last week for two years after he fractured a teenage boy's skull with a hurl while dispersing a group of youths. Alan Curtis (34) had been at his mother's house when an incident involving about 20 youths occurred outside. Curtis saw someone damage his car and nominated the victim (16) as the culprit. Curtis grabbed the hurl and went out to chase away the boys, who had beenplaying music. The judge accepted that the boy had attempted to strike Curtis first with a plank,...

What do you make of this message from Alan about International Mens Day? "Keith, just wanted to let you know that today is international men’s day. Most people probably don’t know, because as per usual, no one cares about men’s issues. The red carpet was rolled out for women when it was there day, there was special offers, promotions and wall to wall media coverage. But when it’s men’s day, god no. 2018 has been the year of man bashing and I’m sick of it. Women have never had it easier, yet...

You may have seen the results of a “child obesity report” that recommends that schools should ban vending machines and a “no fry zone” should be set up to prevent new takeaways opening up near schools. According to the report “obesity rates amongst school children increase by at least 25% when fast food outlets are located within 400 metres of a school.” It also said one in four kids in this country are obese or overweight. Some though think this is nanny state politics. With many people...

Sinead wants more power to be given to the Luas security and thinks it's more dangerous than it's ever been: "Keith you need to bring up the state of the LUAS and how dangerous it’s become. It has been a running joke ever since it launched about how rough the red line is, but last night, I was pretty much attacked on it. And it’s not the first time something like this has happened. A woman, clearly a junkie, off her head, came on and asked me for money. I politely said I didn’t have anything...

A suspended sentence was handed down to a DCU student Cian Charlton for possession of over €3,000 worth of cocaine, Ketamine, and MDMA which was in his digs on campus. Mr Charlton told gardai that he got the drugs off the “dark web” and had them delivered to his grandmother’s house.Handing down his sentence the Judge said she took into account a number of mitigating factors, including his early guilty plea, his cooperation with gardai, the fact that he had no previous convictions and that he...

Should using a woman's underwear against her in a rape trial be banned? Mike sent this into us: "Kieth, can you please talk about the outrage about underwear being used in rape cases, because people are ignoring something important here. It’s perfectly legal and within the law to use clothing and underwear in rape cases - as uncomfortable as it may sound, your clothing gives an indication to your intentions and your mindset. Clothing takes conscious attention and effort, from what you wear to...

It was in the news today about "local thugs" forcing builders to stop construction of much needed social housing in the St.Cuthbert's area of Clondalkin. We got this message from a listener which wishes to remain anon. "Not only is this a disgrace and the community should band together to chase these scumbags out of the area but I think those who are awaiting social housing should be given other locations to live in. Imagine waiting years for social housing and then find out they want to drop...

Publicans in Dublin have strongly objected to plans for an injection centre to be built near Merchants Quay. Do you have any sympathy for them? Derek sent this into us: "Hi Keith, can you please talk about this. The vintners association are trying to block something that is very much needed in Dublin and that is injection centres for drug addicts. We all know Dublin has a huge drugs problem and it’s only getting worse - so we need a real solution that will help and injection centres are that....

Some people who die on our streets can't be helped. That's according to this message Fergal sent us in today: "Hi Keith, today everyone has come out to shout and blame the government - nobody has come out offering a bed to a rough sleeper might I add, why do something that might help, when you can moan online??  But, sometimes, there are people out there who are beyond help. Who refuse help, who refuse shelter and refuse food. The charities know this too well and so do the all the services...

A sixth person in the UK has been arrested for burning an effigy of the Grenfell tower disaster on Guy Fawkes day over the weekend. The Grenfell tower burned down last year taking the lives of 72 people. In the video you can hear laughing and phrases such as “help me” and “stay in your flat” as they burned the replica with crude drawings of people hanging out of windows. As you can imagine the reaction to this has been sheer anger and disgust. The 6 people now claim their lives are in danger...

Comedian Keith Fox joined Cormac Moore on FM104 to talk about his diagnosis with testicular cancer, what his treatment was like and what happened when he was told it returned. With November being about promoting men's health, Keith shared his story and gave an insight into what it was like and how Movember helps and supports men all over the world through some tough mental and physical challenges.  Follow Keith online here:   

We're live from 9pm tonight with our infamous FM104Phoneshow Halloween special (the location in pic will be revealed). ****WARNING**** to those uncomfortable with practices associated with the occult but we will be conducting a seance and using a ouija board throughout.

Is this the type of attitude that needs to be stamped out from Irish society? A 22 year old Rugby coach recently had his appeal to overturn a charge of sexual assault dismissed. David Poff drunkenly grabbed a woman’s backside at a music concert and made a lewd comment towards her. She pressed charges and he was found guilty of sexual assault and given a fine and suspended sentence. On appealing the decision, his lawyers asked Judge Eoin Garavan to apply the Probation Act, saying a conviction...

In reaction to Peter Casey's surge in popularity last Friday Allison wrote us in this. "I’d like to address the racist cohort of Irish people who gave Peter Casey such a large proportion of votes. I had thought that Ireland was better than this, to resort to bigotry but sadly I was wrong. Imagine being part of the travelling community waking up to the news that 21% of people voted basically against them. Or imagine how the unemployed feel who’s lives are already hard enough as it is who have...

Are you ever too old to be sent to prison? 86 year old John Joe Kiernan today received a suspended sentence after he pleaded guilty to sexually abusing 2 children when they were between the ages of 4 and 10. He received a suspended sentence today based on his age and ill health and many people were outraged over the incident. However, not everyone thought it was worth the state looking after him in prison. Darren sent this into us today: “Why should the state fork over tens of thousands of...

listeners regarding the amount of fireworks in their area and some of the messages have been shocking. One listener who lives alone and is 67 yrs old had a number of bangers thrown into her letter box late one night. Another had a banger thrown at her dog as she walked it on the local green. And we’ll be speaking to Aoife later on who disgustingly had a firework aimed at her child’s buggy with her child inside while she walked outside a shopping centre, thankfully the firework hit the bottom...

Should a school be allowed to expel a student who has special needs and behaviour issues if they feel they cannot accommodate him? Tonight we’ll be speaking to the Father of a 10 year old boy who is being expelled by his school as they claim they are not able to support him. The son has ADHD amongst other issues and his father Ernst, who we’ll be speaking to tonight, has set up an online peition to try and force the school and department of education to reverse their decision. Should...

Many people including traveller rights organisations have called on Presidential candidate Peter Casey to pull himself out of the race for the Aras after his controversial comments on travellers. Casey said on the issue of travellers having their own ethnicity , “That's a load of nonsense. They are not from Romany or whatever." He then went on and said, “Let's call a spade a spade. Your house price doesn't start going through the roof as soon as you get two dozen travellers moving in down the...

Tonight, we'll be speaking to a mother of a child who is fed up with her son constantly getting in trouble for needing to use the bathroom during class. She claims it's hardly something to punish and that many of the teachers nowadays are on power trips and treat students incredibly badly.

There was widespread shock today at a husband who hit his wife twice across the head after dragging her upstairs and removing her jeans by force walked free from court after being given a fully suspended sentence. The judge, addressing her sentencing said “feelings were running high” on the lead up to the incident after the marriage broke up weeks previously. It emerged in court the man had offered money to his wife for sex and became upset when his request was denied. He then grabbed her...

Should people from Britain be banned from purchasing property in Ireland? Gary sent this into us today: "Keith can you please talk about this on the show. I read today that more and more British people are buying up property here because of brexit and outbidding loads of Irish families for homes and apartments. This has to be stopped. British people have made their own mess and have no right to cause any disruption to us here, especially when it comes to housing. If the government knew what...

We were sent this pic & message by a listener yesterday. "Please can this be addressed during the week, I’ve just walked passed a junkie in broad daylight injecting himself on a Sunday afternoon behind the fitzsimons hotel on the quays for the world to see!! How is this allowed to happen, and these people aren’t arrested?They’re obviously breaking the law with no regard for other people!  Surely if they’re going to inject anyway should there not be clinics they can do so in? A place to...

Farmer Michael aka Stevo Timothy has exploded in popularity over the last couple of years after his comedy sketches became a huge hit.  After speaking recently about his struggles with mental health, he decided to pen his first ever single and release it online to help raise awareness and funds for various charities.  He spoke to Keith and Cormac this evening about his ordeal and his single and you can listen back to the interview below.  If you want to support the track you can do so...