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Is gift giving a waste?

It's that time of year where you begin to question how much your loved ones really know you with ...

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17.09 15 Dec 2025


Is gift giving a waste?


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17.09 15 Dec 2025


It's that time of year where you begin to question how much your loved ones really know you with the gifts that you receive… The whole ordeal of buying, wrapping and giving the gift.

But, how much of it do we remember? How many of the presents you gave and received last year do you actually remember? And, how much of it did you just throw out or ‘re-gift’?

Joining Ciara to discuss the whole psychology of gift giving is Climate and Environmental Researcher Sadhbh O’Neill and Architect Lecturer and Artist Róisín Murphy.


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