style="text-align: center;">Welcome to this weeks Star Studded weekender!  It’s been a full week so let’s dive straight in…..

style="text-align: center;">Mischa & Madge meet Sean

style="text-align: center;">Mischa Barton and Anne Charleston, aka Madge from Neightbours joined Moncrieff for a chat that covered Connemara, Bogs, and Steel Magnolias. While many associate Barton as a Hollywood star, she was actually born in London.  Her mother is from Ireland and Barton often refers to herself as an “English-Irish girl”, despite being raised in America. Their play, Steel Magnolias will open at the Gaiety in Dublin in September and will then go on to tour with the play around the rest of the country.

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style="text-align: center;">He’s unbelievable

style="text-align: center;">Pat Shortt bounded into breakfast this week so here is the result.

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style="text-align: center;"> style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"> style="font-weight: bold;">Are we racist?

style="text-align: center;"> style="font-weight: bold;"> England and Chelsea footballer John Terry is on trial accused of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand. Terry is in court for saying ‘f-ing black c-u-next-Tuesday’ at QPR defender last October. But how widespread is racism in Ireland?  Henry McKean spoke to Irish people who openly admit to being racist.

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style="text-align: center;">Karen Underwood sings Nina Simone

style="text-align: center;">Karen brings the spirit of Nina Simone to life in the Pavilion Theatre in Dun Laoghaire this evening. In ‘Singing Nina’ Karen tells  the engrossing life story of the great legend Nina Simone, from her struggle against racism and exile from her homeland to her flamboyant and troubled relationships and her poignant later years. She came in to the studio this morning to give Tom a few of the songs she’ll be wowing the audience with tonight.

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