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What the frogurt is frogurt, you ask? It's not the latest Game of Thrones character to be murdered, alas it is the latest abbreviation from the world of gastronomy. ' Frogurt ' is a term used to describe frozen yogurt, an ice-cream equivalent that is the latest food phenomenon. What irritates me about frogurt is not the stupid name, but moreso the way the treat has been marketed as a healthy option. Yes I'm sure it is the 'low-fat', healthier alternative to ice cream. I'm not here to argue the science of this trend, but I just feel that people are somehow under the illusion that because what they are eating is 'yogurt', it is magically good for them. Please don't tell me that you think chocolate flavoured frozen yogurt is healthy - it's a desert, plain and simple. On any given weekend in Dundrum shopping centre, swarms of teens are to be seen Instagramming* their mountains of frogurt, scattered with a wide variety of unhealthy confectione...

That's it: I've had my fun on the radio. Now I better go back to learning Irish irregular verbs. Though it scares me to say it, the commitments of the Leaving Cert will take up most of my time over the next year. I have ambitious plans to study from the crack of dawn on Sunday mornings. If I stick to my plans, I'm going to need to be full of beans and enthusiasm when I wake up. Currently on Sunday mornings I am mentally and physically at my weakest - think of the guy who says ' YARP ' in the film Hot Fuzz (that's before I have eaten my Weetabix*). Therefore, it would make sense that I would put my radio interest on pause for the next year to focus on academia. I suppose one could say that I'm going on ' hiatus '. However I always feel a bit cautious around using that term. It's most often associated with bands who've washed up and been dropped by their record label. Usually these groups don't survive the hiatus and become regulars on re...

Cherrywood is a suburb in Dublin 18 - wait: do we even use those postcodes anymore? Nevermind. It's an area that sprung up in the late 90s/early 00s centered around a business park which is home to Dell and a number of other large corporations. There is currently a vast swathe of green land next to the office park all reared and ready for development. In fact, the media have reported this as the creation of a new Dublin suburb. Sounds great, eh? Roughly the location of the proposed suburb. And I stress the word 'roughly'! Here's the site outlining the plans:  http://www.cherrywooddublin.com/ Some of the lines from the site are quite poetic, to say the least: "This will be modern urban living at its best, a positive synergy of work, rest and play, " "Cherrywood will redefine quality of life in Dublin, integrating homes and shops, work and transport, schools and parks in a positive, sustainable society like nowhere else in the capital....