A Car without a Driver for Learner Drivers

This epsiode tells of a new car designed by General Motors with lots of new, exciting technology.  The car will be able to do the work of the driving instructor.  The car will be able to tell the learner driver if he/she makes mistakes.  It will be able to decide if the learner driver is good enough to pass their test.  The car has the ability to send information to the driving licence office.  Listen for more.
Access vocabulary here.

This piece tells the story of a medical doctor from Co.Mayo in Ireland who organised a convoy of vans to go to Ukraine to help victims of war.  Dr.Conor Farrell was helping a lady by the name of Lily Luzan who has been doing fantastic work with the Candle of Grace charity to help the people of Chernobyl for a number of years now.  Her further work now involves helping Ukrainian people who are suffering in the war by sending them much needed supplies.

Medical Supplies for Ukraine - Vocabulary

Zara Rutherford was the youngest person to have completed a solo trip around the world in an aeroplane recently.  Listen to find out more.

Vocabulary and pronounciations

Parrots really are clever birds.  This mischievious kea stole a GoPro and filmed what he did.  Listen to hear more. 

Vocabulary with audio pronounciations.

This news story is about a recent heart transplant that has taken place in America.  It was no ordinary heart transplant.  An pig's heart was used to replace the sick human's heart. Listen to find out more and learn Irish while you're at it.
The link to the vocabulary from this news piece is here.

This episode talks you through doing a homemade science experiment with spaghetti, water, breadsoda and vinegar and learn a bit of Irish while you're at it. 
You will need:-
uncooked spaghetti
a cup of water
a teaspoon
2 teaspoons of bread soda
5 teaspoons of vinegar
tall transparent glass

Link to the vocabulary from this episode here.

This episode tells the news story about a woman doing her shopping in a supermarket in Australia when a python snake pops out from behind the spice jars....listen to find out more and learn a little Irish at the same time.  The list of vocabulary is in the link.

This episode  reads and translates from Irish to English the news piece about koalas.  Koalas are listed as potentially vulnerable and are becoming under threat for many reasons, one of which is wildfires.  Wombats have been known to seek out koalas who have been in danger of bushfires and bring them deep into their burrows to protect them and keep them from harm.  Ecologists now believe that they can protect koalas with solar panel tags.  They will use the tags to identify the animals and keep them safe from bushfires.  The solar panel tags act as tracking devices for the animals. 

The vocabulary from this episode may be found here.

Listen to this podcast to carry out a simple experiment with an egg.  It literally only takes a few seconds until you see a breathing egg!...and guess what you're learning a little Irish too. 

To get all the vocabulary from this podcast click on the link.

An Ubh a Bhíonn ag Análú - Vocabulary

This episode translated from the Irish Eipic news magazine of September 2021 reports on nations world peace rankings following the Covid 19 pandemic. 
Síocháin Domhanda - Vocabulary