From drowning in debt with numerous creditors to one monthly payment, a man named Tom described his experience of personal insolvency to Pat. 

A snap general election will take place on January 25th in Greece. Anti Austerity party Syriza, lead by Alexis TSipras is being touted to win the majority but as an unknown quantity, are the Greeks taking a big risk? Meneloas Tzafalias joined Pat from Greece  

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has that the "On the Run" letters were absolutely critical to the Peace Process. Democratic Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson joined Pat to discuss

The political wheels are most certainly back in motion after the break, with the first cabinet meeting of the year taking place this morning. Minister Simon Coveney’s portfolio is kicking off the year with some good news – Bord Bia’s “export performance and prospects” report shows a 4% increase in exports for 2014 – reaching a high of almost €10.5billion. The minister joined Pat on the line before this morning's meeting.

Peter Sellers was one of the most loved British comics. John Fardy takes us through his comedic archive. 

They have been around since the time of the dinosaur but are birds on the way out? Professor Luke O'Neill joined Pat in studio for our weekly look at the science world