Rté - Colm Hayes Show

From cooking your turkey under a J cloth to cooking the marrowfats in some tights

Colm is chatting to listeners with some tales about the cheapest people they've ever met!

Colm chats to David and Steven, two Irish college students who applied to Spurs for the position of manager, through a spoof letter in which they highlighted their vast experience in the video game FIFA 14.

Colm chats with John O’Keefe, Criminologist at City Colleges and Trinity College. John is on the line explaining why patters of crime tend to be slightly different around Christmas time.

On Ear to the Ground tonight, Ella McSweeney will be shown killing a turkey. Animal rights groups have spoken out, asking for the clip to be pulled from tonight's programme. Colm is chatting to listeners to get their opinions on the matter.

Colm chats with Irish Author Don Mullan, who is in the in the process of writing a book in which he has scammed a number of scammers who have emailed him. Don is also just back from Nelson Mandela’s funeral, and he shares his experience with Colm on this as well.

The weather is due to change tomorrow in Ireland with a Cold Snap due in the early hours of the morning. So Colm has asked listeners, where are the coldest places they've ever been?

A recent report in America has suggested that taking vitamin suppliments are of no benefit to our health. Colm is joined by dietician Sarah Keogh who disagrees with this report.

A study this week revealed the most popular "how to" and "what is" searches on the internet. Colm is chatting to listeners who are revealing all the useful things they have found out using Google and YouTube.

Can you tell which country's version of 'Last Christmas' Colm played? We went through a loads of guesses on air

Also it seems that laughing is not in fact the best medicine – A new report shows the 15 unfortunate side effects from laughing – Colm read the list and asked if anyone would come on air and admit that they had laughed so much they wet themselves

Siobhan Harvey is East Regional Advocacy Officer with the ISPCC. The ISPCC Leanbh service is asking Dubliners to be vigilant this winter and if they spot a child begging on the streets

Are you judged by your accent? In England Ben Fogle has said that he is judged by his accent and people think that he is just ‘that posh bloke’. Do you think as a nation we judge people because of the way they speak?

Angie Bailey teaches Chinese to children in Clogher National School Co Kerry. Last year they treated us to a performance of Jingle Bells in Chinese, this year they have increased their repertoire and performed ‘Joy to the World’ and ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’

Colm called the number provided on a letter that was addressed to the winner of the Spanish lottery

Gavin Duffy has said that he thinks that electronic tablets have affected the popularity of board-games. What do you think? Do you still play board-games?

This Club, The Hot Sprokits, Clodagh McKenna, Keith McGaheran and Lottie Ryan joined Colm in Studio 8 for Thank Feck It’s Friday.

Kelly spoke to Colm about how the residents of Sandy Hook are doing a year on from the school shooting that took place there.

Ciara O’Callaghan ‘Yvonne’ from Fair City spoke to Colm about the disturbing rape scene she recently filmed for Fair City.

Author of the 'Know Your Rights' series and consumer advocate Andrew McCann joined Colm in studio to discuss Christmas Shopping Consumer Rights.