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Last week we celebrated 10 years of The Ray D'Arcy Show live on air and here are some of the photos from the big day.

WHERE IN THE WORLD...


Theresa Lowe was in studio on Tuesday. Her husband Frank McNamara and
their talented children - JJ, Charlotte, Frankie and Quincy - are
touring the country.

JJ (11) impressed Ray by playing Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in the
piano.

You can catch Frank & Family here:

Frank Mc Namara and Family

Sep 4th 2000-Sep 4th 2010

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Whenever we speak about weight loss we get a huge reaction on the show. Whether its stories of people who’ve tried and failed to lose weight or diet fads or whatever … it seems that it is a preoccupation for a lot of people out there.

So we wanted to speak to some of our listeners who have lost weight this year – to see how they did it and how they have managed to keep it off … just what are the secrets t o weight loss … if they can do it then maybe you can too?

Last Tuesday we were joined in studio by Cormac, Rachel and Eugene

Between the three of them they have lost 10 stone since the beginning of this year

Eugene from Dublin

April this year he weighed 16 stone 10 pounds – he now weighs 13 stone 10 pounds. ...

Top 10 Irish Things we love

1 Our unique Sense of humour and ability to slag

2 Tea … with lovely full fat milk

3 Beautiful Irish scenery … and its free!

4 GAA

5 The weather – you can have 4 seasons in just one day!

6 That wave you get on backroads around the country when you pass someone in a car

7 Pubs and the craic you will always have

8 Aul fellas wearing jackets and caps whatever the weather

9 Cooked breakfasts

10 Irish Mammys

Today we were joined by Margarita from Margarita Beauty Salon in Sutton Co Dublin (www.margaritabeautysalon.com) who came in to give Mairead a Fish Pedicure.

What happens: Fish Pedicures involve a client submerging their feet in warm water while tiny fish called Doctor Fish, eat the dead skin. This pedicure method has become very popular in Asian countries and Turkey, and is now made its way to Ireland!  Some people say it's the best pedicure they've ever had because the fish soften the feet by eat away dead skin. 

The usual procedure is: wash feet, have normal pedicure, then put your feet in the tank.  The fish then nibble at your feet for 15-20 minutes. 

(UPDATED)

Ray has been promising to post this for a while so finally, here is the setlist he compiled for a friend's 40th birthday party recently.

• California - Soul Marlena Shaw
• Movin' - On Up Primal Scream
• Fans - Kings Of Leon
• Hard to Handle - The Black Crowes
• Walk This Way - Bobby Brown
• Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang
• One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic
• Respect - Aretha Franklin
• I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown
• Rock The Casbah - The Clash
• This Charming Man - The Smiths
• Let's spend the night together - The Rolling Stones
• Desire - U2
• You Really Got Me - The Kinks
• One Way Or Another - Blondie
• Hey Ya! [Radio Edit] - Outkast 
• OPP - Naughty By Nature
• I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
• Crazy in Love (No Rap Version) - Beyoncé
• Unbelievable - EMF
• Step On - Happy ...

Frank, recovered from his concussion and freshly fueled with porridge oats, makes an angry break for freedom...

Anton found this bird outside Today FM's Marconi House building this morning. Can you help us identify what kind of bird it is?

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Fergal O'Brien (Today FM Newsroom)

Neil Delamare (Irish Comedian)

Neil & Fergal

Dan Mooney set himself the challenge of experiencing one new thing every day for a year - starting on one birthday and ending on the following one.  He's keeping a blog of all his actions and today he came into study for Thing #115 - a Male Brazilian Wax!

We had the Today FM video camera on hand to capture the action - you can see the video on the Today FM Facebook Page or watch it below...

Fresh from her record-breaking run in the final of the 100 metres hurdle at the.European Championships in Barcelona, Corkonian and Irish athlete supreme Derval O'Rourke called into the studio to show us her silver medal.

Ray decided to chip in with his own recipe having seen all our celebrity chefs work their magic over the course of our Happy Days Tour.  Here's the D'Arcy Special...

• Angus Burger
• Knockranny’s own Homemade Relish
• Crispy Kelly’s Black Pudding
• Crispy Bacon
• The Hoban Family’s free range egg
• Homemade caramelized onion & sesame seed bun

Listen to Ray describe how it's done here.