We want you to dress up your Dog - With a fantastic prize up for grabs - All in aid of Barnardos
And Colm is of course taking part with his own dog Rocky -
"This is our dog, Rocky (Hayes).He's part of the family, cheeky, crazy and Holly's best friend. For the 2FM Dress up for Barnardos Campaign ,here on the Colm Hayes Show we want to dress Rocky up but he doesn't know what to dress up as!(I think he looks like Cheryl Cole!.)
What would you like to see him dressed up as ?
Give us your suggestions - we'll look at them all and dress him up on Monday 24th October and raise lots of money for Barnardos ''
Show reporter was outside the Aviva waiting for any news of the potential redundancies following the meeting which was held this morning
In a paper today there are tips on how to stay safe from Burglars - Do you have anything that you do that you think helps to stave off robberies in your home?
Also on one of the 'Problem Pages' there was a letter from a man who said that his girlfriend cries at the drop of a hat - Even if he contradicts her on the slightest thing. Do you think that people cry too easily? Or indeed do you think that some people use crying as a form of manipulation? Or are you a 'cry-baby'? Do you cry at everything from soaps to X-Factor?
Preventing Burglaries
Colm asked the question of people what they do to keep their homes safe. He listened to lots of callers with different suggestions as to way they would do, or currently do to stop burglars entering their homes... you can hear all about what they had to say from the Podcasts after the Colm Hayes Show...
Dress-Up your Dog for Barnardos
Johanna Collins from 'All Creatures Great and Small' dog grooming service spoke to Colm about the kind of dog costumes that are available and how she is really looking forward to our dog fashion show next Monday. You can take part by downloading your sponsorship form for Barnardos at www.2fm.ie/dressup and then mailing us at colm@rte.ie to either let us know that you wish to come to our fashion show here in RTE, or sending us a picture of your own event or dressed-up dog and we will put the picture on our web-page and enter them into the competition for the best dressed dog in Ireland....You can listen back to Podcasts after the show or check out the website for all the details ....
Colm was joined in studio by Andrew McCann author of 'Know Your Rights'. This week Andrew was talking about wills. A recent survey has shown that a whopping one third of pensioners have not made a will at all. Drawing up a will is much simpler than you might think and Andrew talked through the whole process
Colm then spoke to an anonymous staff member at Aviva who was with Amanda Fennelly ...