LISTEN: Here's how Sean Moncrieff introduced the #MarRef moratorium live on air at 2pm

At 2pm this afternoon, all Irish radio and television broadcasters were issued with a moratorium on reporting on the issues relating to both upcoming referendums this Friday May 22nd. As this legally-binding edict happened as Sean Moncrieff was live on air, the onus fell on him to sensitively and, with all things being equal, carefully introduce the ban on any discussion of the pros and cons of same-sex marriage on the radio until after the polls close on Friday. 

And here's how he did it...

Look inside Seán Dunne’s €7m Shrewsbury Road former-home

Built in 2002, Ouragh on Shrewsbury Road in south-Dublin was the home to property developer Seán Dunne through the boom-years.

Mr Dunne moved out in 2007 as the Irish property market went south and subsequently filed for bankruptcy. The premise recently housed the South African embassy in Dublin - it's on the market again with an asking price of €7m.

Limerick boy becomes Ireland's youngest member of Mensa

A boy from Limerick has become Ireland's youngest member of Mensa.

John Fitzgerald (6) from Kildimo was officially told he had made the cut two days ago.

His parents say they are not surprised.

John was memorising the alphabet and reading the newspaper long before he started school.

WATCH: BBC's Newsnight asked the Rubberbandits about the referendum

A report on the referendum spoke to several Irish people, including the inimitable Blindboy

BBC’s Newsnight last night covered Ireland’s same-sex marriage referendum. In the interests of covering it for an outside audience the report was focused on not only the competing arguments of the last few weeks, but also on what it represents for Ireland in a broader, historical sense – as a battle of the present versus Ireland’s Catholic past.

They turned to a range of talking heads, including Bishop of Limerick Brendan Leavy, rural parishioners and Senator David Norris.

And to understand the views of the younger generation they spoke to Blindboy of The Rubberbandits, adn he explained how the vote was in some ways on more than a specific change to the Constitution.

Trevor Hogan: In my hometown, being gay was not fully accepted ... it was a shaming and popular term of abuse

The former Ireland international and trainee teacher welcomes how far Ireland has come and hopes this will be reflected at the ballot box