Sunshine had gone AWOL in the west this morning as the rain made streaky work of the black gloss gate that Hector painted last night - not to worry, the weather is set to improve later this week so the gate will get another gloss!

Meanwhile from Cork comes a shiny new chocolate bar with a name exclusive to the city - the Langer Bar! Hector chatted to Frank Nixon, co-owner of the Half Door Sweet Shop along with Kate Walsh and asked him How his Langer Bars were this morning? Sold out was the answer, but Frank promised there would be a new batch, fresh and ready, before the shop opened later at 10 am! It was nothing to do with the Chamber of Commerce; the Langer Bar was something dreamed up to capture the taste of pure Cork (which is apparently a bit like a Galaxy bar but a bit creamier). An Irish company makes the Langer Bar for the Half Door Sweet Shop, including the very distinctive red and white wrapper, and the chocolate bar is in such high demand, Frank is thinking of wholesaling it!

Caroline Keogh has been knocked off her perch as Put Your Town on the Map champion! The naming of five things that are sour tripped her up and so the title was passed on to challenger Katrina O'Toole from Courtown Harbour in Co. Wexford! But before she signed off as champion, Caroline told us that Greenhills was once farmland until the expansion of the 1950''s and 1960's which led to the building of the new estate; but Greenhills was settled as early as the 1800's and an urn from that time is on display in the National Museum of  Ireland

However, Katrina told us that Courtown has the fastest growing population in Ireland according to the 2011 Census! KHL Katrina - enjoy the overnight stay in a superior bedroom at the Limerick Strand Hotel!

Its Tuesday so it's Medium Sized Town, Fairly Big Story day and Ronan 'the midlands media mogul' Casey who today brought us a report from Kildare (aka Narnia!) via the Kildare Nationalist because there could be a real-life version of The Shining as the Camelot Property Management Company are looking for five people to live in the now closed Carlton Abbey Hotel in Athy for just €100 per calendar month! The guardians (as they will be known - real Narnia stuff!) will live in the property under a temporary lease agreement as opposed to a rent. As part of the agreement, there will be no parties, no pets, they must notify the company if they are having guest and there are to be no children. (Don't they know that the little boy made the movie?) He also brought us the news from The Corkman of pensioner Margarita Adair who, so sick and tired of waiting for the council to fix a pipe, dug up the road herself to do the job and the report from The Mayo News that 56 Mayo Road signs cost an estimated €450,000 over the last two years! But finally there was the news that the Freedom Tower in New York has been dubbed the Ballybunion Tower because of the amount of Kerry people working on the construction! For more on these stories go to www.ronancasey.ie

AKA Ballybunion Tower!

Another super prize from Breakfast with Hector - this week we have teamed up with Irish Pride and their Bunster Burger Buns to give away at the end of the week a fantastic barbeque party on June 10^th for the Ireland/Croatia game at the Euro 2012 Championships! Congratulations to Tara Quinn from Brittas, Co. Dublin who is today's qualifier for the Friday draw and wins a red Irish Pride Memphis Retro BBQ!

And finally well done to Aoife Finnegan who still reigns as Class Act champion having defeated 15 year old Robert McCormack from Athlone. KHL Aoife and enjoy the overnight stay in a superior bedroom at the Limerick Strand Hotel!

KHL until tomorrow!

Forget about sending Irish rugby teams over to the UK to show them how it's done, what about sending a team of racing hens from Waterford to do the nation proud?

That was the suggestion of James Eccleston, the organiser of Ireland's first ever Irish Hen Racing event in Kill, Co. Waterford on the 11^th August this summer- who believes a qualifying hen team could go to the official world championship Hen Races in Derbyshire for nearly 20 years! Hector asked him How his Chickens were this Morning, - they hadn't laid at that time but they were in training for the games in the summer! James explained that four hens (no roosters) race over a 20 metre track in three minutes (because that is apparently their memory span) - there's no pecking and claws have to on the ground as they go off! If the lucky hens qualify for the championships maybe he could paint little tricolours on their back!

Check out more on www.world-championships-hen-racing.com

BWH then wondered about alternative Irish championships and Tommy in Cabra came up with a very good idea - the Irish National Coughing Championships! Tune in tomorrow for the inaugural wheezing competition!

Greenhills is still on the map thanks to Caroline Keogh who continued her winning streak this morning, taking on Michelle Fraher from Cavan. Caroline told us that all the roads in Greenhills are named after saints and the two schools are St. Peter and St Paul's school.

Michelle trotted out an old familiar fact about Cavan in that it has 365 lakes - we told her to do better and she told Hector that Cavan is the home of the All-Ireland Fleadh once again this year! KHL to Caroline who gets tickets to The Human Body Exhibition and a family pass for Irish Rail!

Chelsea fans were happy after the weekend including Willy from Limerick who has supported the team for 50 years and also Senan from Cavan, who hasn't been supporting them quite as long as he's only 7 years old! Senan was confident of the win although Willy was a bundle of nerves!

Another super prize from Breakfast with Hector - this week we have teamed up with Irish Pride and their Bunster Burger Buns to give away at the end of the week a fantastic barbeque party on June 10^th for the Ireland/Croatia game at the Euro 2012 Championships! Congratulations to Aisling Brien who is today's qualifier for the Friday draw and wins a red Irish Pride Memphis Retro BBQ!

And finally well done to Aoife Finnegan who is once again Class Act champion having defeated 16 year old Jack Keller from Carrick-on-Suir. In spite of erupting like a volcano to answer that honey comes from bees, Jack could not catch up with Aoife, who wins gets tickets to The Human Body Exhibition and a family pass for Irish Rail!

KHL until tomorrow!

It's Friday so BWH dusts off the TDK cassette and plays the music of the bedrooms of yesteryear!

But that wasn't the only music heard on BWH this morning - Hector chatted to Niall Hannigan, a member of the Donegal Youth Orchestra, on a bus with the rest of the orchestra (all 70 of them- two busloads!) to Dublin to do a studio recording in RTE of Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince with narration by Little John Nee on RTEjr Radio. Niall plays first violin and he's been playing it for about 8 years (he's on grade 8 of the violin).  Check out the performance on www.rte.ie/junior

Caroline Keogh once again reigns as Put Your Town on the Map champion as she defeated Marie McDonagh from Ardnacrusha in Co. Clare who was tripped up on the native animals of Australia! Caroline told us the church in Greenhills, the Church of the Holy Spirit is famous for it's roof that is said to be reminiscent of the Sydney Opera House- meanwhile Marie told us that Ardnacrusha has the largest hydroelectric power plant in Ireland and that it was built by Siemens in 1927 - (at that time, it was the largest hydroelectric power station in the world!) KHL to Caroline - enjoy John Bishop at the 02!

The 2FM Roadcaster is gearing up to head to Poznan (as is Breakfast with Hector!). But it's not the only vehicle to travel the road to Poland! Shauna and her Navan man, Nessan, are heading off in two weeks, inter-railing through Europe, first to Amsterdam, then to Bruges, Brussels, to Berlin and then into Poznan and Gdansk. Shauna is using going to use the Roadcaster as a meeting point!  Meanwhile Gary is heading to Poznan via an Irish Rail competition- he won tickets to inter-rail to Poland with tickets to the match and spending money! According to Gary, the craic will be on the trains!

June from Narnia (aka Co. Kildare) wanted a little help with her Spanish student who's visiting for a holiday and wanted to bring her to some other places outside Narnia and the nightclub in Newbridge! Hector suggested possibly Dublin! He also thought of doing something nice for the student, Yasmin, writing a placard with the words 'Hola Yasmin Estoy aqui, tu madre Irlandasa (I am here, your Irish mother!)

And finally Aoife Finnegan once again reigns as Class Act champion defeating a youngster from Loughrea, Gearoid Treacy on a 3-2 lead! KHL Aoife and enjoy the stay at the McWilliam Park hotel in Mayo (http://www.mcwilliampark.ie/)

KHL for the weekend!

We spoke to Emilie in Narnia (what Hector calls Kildare) in her kitchen drawer there was  3 old phones, 2 chargers not for any of the phones, safety pins, ribbons in a variety of colours, drawing pins, medals, paint brush, paper, old birthday cards, torch, candles, 2 odd socks, a Roxette CD, screw driver, menu, communion card,  and a gum shield after she had opened the drawer she could not get it closed so has now headed off to work with the drawer left open .

Hector also spoke to Mary D  who is a real hoarder and in her kitchen drawer therewas neatly packed in a plastic zip lock bag her sons pony tail yes the actual ponytail as well as baby soothers from her now 21 and 16 yrs old boys which she intends to keep to pull out at their wedding!!  So also in the drawer was some holy water and a communion candle 

There are some very strange and unusual things in the drawers of the country

That drawer is like the black hole it's got 3 Swiss army knives, a spirit level, the clasp off a bra, a torch, used batteries , a rake of old VHS tapes and keys hector for doors and locks only god knows where! Darragh Muldoon

Hector,,in my drawer i have cat food(havent got a cat),,al ireland ticket when dublin won,chipper menu,and an old false i.d. When i was about 16 sayin i was 18,,wayne ,

I have a badminton shuttlecock and i havent played for ten years and a childs balloon pump and my baby is twenty years old jackie Kildare

Hi Hector. In my drawers is a jersey belonging to conor mortimer. Blessed candles, every wedding invitation card and thank u card that i have received for the past 34 years, rosary beads and the terrible bank statements and a few condoms. Regards Ann in Salthill.

On Put Your Town on the Map our challenger Kevin Regan from Bettystown in Co. Meath (where a helicopter made an unexpected landing  in The Neptune car park a few years back) was up for a laugh but his gamble on the tie break question didn't pay off. Our Champ Carolinefrom Greenhills in Dublin (whereformer Ireland Manager Brian Kerr now lives) was practically gloating... She is off to The D hotel in Drogheda for a family break.

It is Wednesday so before The Weekly Polski we spoke to Damien Zalewski of the City Promotion Office in Poznan who are getting ready to greet the Irish Fans and have an amazing prize of a trip to Euro 2012 to be won  - All you need to do is make a video of you receiving and passing a ball for all the details check out http://www.comeandjoin.poznan.pl

Meanwhile Hector was trying to confuse Monika on this week's - The Weekly Polski as he asked her to translate some very Irish colloquial expressions into Polish

One to Many - O JEDNEGO ZA DUZO

One for the Road - DAWAJ NA JEDNEGO

He is off his Box  - ON JEST PIJANY (be warned Monkia claims the Polish will not get this saying even in Polish!!)

Never Again - NIGDY WIECEJ

As many of you have been asking what Monika looks like here is a photo

It's all go on Team Hector this week as we are recruiting penalty takers today's lucky winner was Darryl Mason aged 11 from Dunboyne, who wins the chance of a lifetime to put a ball in the back of the net in the Aviva when Ireland play their last friendly before Euro 2012 on May 26^th, as well as 1 nights B&B + dinner for two people at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Blanchardstown!  More chance to win tomorrow!!

It was a close call on Class Act as our new Child Champ Emer Burke from Carrick on Shannon just managed to shout her name in a millisecond ahead of Challenger Mary O'Donnell from Galway to win a family stay at the McWilliam Park Hotel in Claremorris Co. Mayo check out www.mcwilliampark.ie for great deals.

The Breakfast With Hector team are on the road tomorrow as the Roadcaster will be pulling into Heuston station Dublin so if you are around between 7- 9am tomorrow pop by & say hi...

It was a fly themed morning on BWH whether it was holding onto good flies for fishing in Mayo or being scourged by thousands of flies in restaurants in north Kerry!

It's the middle of the May Fly season and trying to hold on to flies is a big problem for the fishermen, but Jeremiah O'Dea has come up with an idea of how to hold onto the flies when fishing - before a timber box was used to contain the flies  (which was a bit awkward and not practical). But Jeremiah had a blinding flash of the obvious (or a BFO as he called it!), made a few drawings on a piece of paper and came up with the Jodea, a pouch, a receptacle that pops open with a netted container to hold the flies! Check out the website on www.thejodea.com

Mohill is off the map and Greenhills in Dublin 12 is on as BWH said goodbye to Leitrim lady Ger Walpole who was defeated by Caroline Keogh, without mercy! Ger gave BWH a bit of Meath/Leitrim history this morning as she told us that Meath man and blind harpist, Turlough O'Carolan married a Mohill lady called Mary Maguire and lived in Mohill for 50 years, and there now is a monument dedicated to him in the town. However, Caroline told us that Olympic boxer, Michael Curruth is from St. Peter's Road in Greenhill and when he returned from the Barcelona Olympics, everyone in the local area turned out to welcome him home and to see the Olympic gold medal! KHL Caroline who gets the tickets to Olly Murs in the O2 in April next year!

A Tuesday and of course it is a Medium Sized Town, Fairly Big Story Tuesday as ever with local newspaper expert Ronan Casey with the stories that are rocking this country. Like for example, the fly infestation of Tralee and surrounding towns - so bad was it that businesses had to be closed down and homes at to be evacuated! And the suspicions are that the huge swarms came from Muingnaminnane landfill site. Thankfully the problem of the flies has been resolved (the cold killed them off, most likely) as has the problem of how to pronounce Muingnaminnane thanks to caller Mary (it's Mwee ni min-ane)  She said the problem of flies was dire in Tralee and they went even as far as Castlegregory where she lives!

Then it was off to the Meath Chronicle, and the story of Michael Brunnock who was picked by Davy Byrne from Talking Heads to sing the tracks from the movie This Must Be the Place. The Kells native has won in the Best Original Song category at this year's David di Donatello awards ceremony, the Italian equivalent of the Academy Awards. David Byrne said he had found Brunnock by searching the internet for a 'good Irish voice'

Making its debut on MST, FBS is the Lurgan Mail with the headline 'No such thing as a free lunch for Craigavon Councillors' - a story about hungry councillors at a meeting of the Voluntary Transitional Committee - designed to unite Armagh Banbridge and Craigavon Councils. The meeting started at 6pm and because of a 'No entertaining' motion passed recently by the council, the members had to break biscuits and drink tea kindly given to them by Sinn Fein councillors! For these and more go to www.ronancasey.ie

 Day two of a competition for a brilliant opportunity to be on Team Hector to take part in a penalty shootout at Ireland's last friendly before Euro 2012 on May 26^th. Not only will the lucky winners get a chance of a lifetime to put a ball in the back of the net in the Aviva, they will also have one night's dinner, B&B for two people at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Blanchardstown! Congratulations to Richard Griffin in Citywest who's always picked last to take a peno - but he wants to prove them wrong and he'll have the kids in goal, practising all week!

There is a new Class Act champion as we say Hello to ten year old Emer Burke from Carrick-on-Shannon and Goodbye to Clonakilty lady, Orla Scully. KHL Emer and enjoy Peppa Pig's Treasure Hunt on the 26^th and 25^th May at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin! And your signed Jedward Green Cape!

Has Ireland got canine talent? Following on Pudsey's win across the Irish Sea on Britain's Got Talent, BWH went on the search for our own clever dogs!

And BWH didn't have to look too far as Karen Kelly is departing with her pooch Shep for the World Agility Championships tomorrow, Tuesday 15^th May on the ferry to Rotterdam and onto Belgium to compete along with 13 other Irish competitors this weekend! As Karen said - Belgium won't know what hit it! Shep is a corgi-mix and he joined Hector on line two - woofing away, because, as Karen said, he is a clever communicator! Shep will have to go through loads of jumps and over and through obstacles and Karen, as a handler, has to be very focused! KHL Karen and Shep and best of luck with the competition!

Athenry will no longer be put on the map by Malachy Conlon as he was defeated by Longford lady, Ger Walpole who certainly put Mohill on the map with her excellent knowledge of the town -telling us that it is home to the majestic Lough Rinn Castle where Brian O'Driscoll got married, and that it is the birthplace of Katherine Lynch. Meanwhile Malachy told us the most famous thing about Athenry is the song The Fields of Athenry - Hector let him away with that one!

KHL to Ger who wins an overnight stay at the Ballsbridge Hotel on Pembroke Road in Dublin!

Today we kicked off a competition for a brilliant opportunity to be on Team Hector to take part in a penalty shootout at Ireland's last friendly before Euro 2012 on May 26^th. There are four places available and not only will the lucky winners get a chance of a lifetime to put a ball in the back of the net in the Aviva, they will also have one night's dinner, B&B for two people at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Blanchardstown! KHL to our first member of the team, Natasha McGrath from Drimnagh, who is already practicing her peno kick at this very moment!

And finally Orla Scully from Clonakilty, Co. Cork is once again Class Act champion as 13 year old George Ryan, on his way to Crumlin Hospital for an MRI scan, could not match her speed at answering the Class Act questions! But not to worry he's going to get a Green Cape signed by Jedward! And KHL to Orla who wins an overnight stay for two adults and two children in the four star D Hotel in Drogheda with one days unlimited access to Funtasia Waterpark!

KHL until tomorrow!

Mix Tape Friday brought a lively mix of topics to the show, from bread becoming toast to toilet talk - do leave the door open or not while on the throne that is the question.

Hector likes to do his No. 1's & 2's with the bathroom door wide open and the kids passing by. Alan was concerned especially as Hector main toilet is in the hall facing the front door!! "There is hardly going to be a European Backpacker walking by my loo" Hector retorts!!

A lot of you seem to agree with Hector about an open door policy both men & women 

Hector neither myself or other half close the bathroom door. Anon

We all definitely use the loo with the door open...as mam does say "if you cant wee(and the other :-p) in front of them what can ya do?" pretty accurate i reckon! Laura, kildare.

Hi Hector i do exactly the same thing im in my own home and my loo is facin the front door tough if someone walks in im not embarrassed by it, margaret carroll, athea

hector your dead right many a chat i had with my kid's with me on the bog and them perched on the side of the bath or me weeing and they calling out where's my t shirt or my socks keep it lit son pauline from dromcollogher county limerick

Hector, both I and my wife  have no bother leaving the door open..it's gets even funnier when our one year old comes at us with the toilet brush.. But remember, it's also important to leave the window open too.. Ciaran..

Love the loo story, some of the best chats i hav with the kids, r on the loo. Martin on the way to work.

Although some of you think the door should be firmly shut...

Hector, no no and NO! gina in trim

Hector hector hector. The longer i've listened to you over the years. The more and more i feel sorry for ur mrs. U say freedom in ur own house i say disrespect for ur family.

Hector that's disgusting  that's not freedom do u seriously think that ur wife and kids want to hear ur crap going plonk plonk down the jacks have respect for them u don't have to lock the door just close it ha ha Karen in Kilkenny

On How's Your County This Morning we caught up with a man we spoke to 8 months ago who decided to buy a camper and travel around the country to festivals Mark G is continuing his year of festivals in Ireland journey.  His latest festival was the Dungarvan Bucket Singing Competition - Yes Bucket Singing Mark explains it's a form of traditional singing that harks back to a time when the bucket was an integral part of rural life. Was the bucket first put over a singer's head out of shyness, to enhance the acoustic or to create a loophole that permitted singers to sing outlawed songs, banned from public performance ("I was the only one in the bucket your honour.")? No one can say for sure. What Mark G neglected to tell us was that according to his column in today's This Times - The Ticket he actually won the event and is now the All-Ireland Bucket Singing Champion to add to his All-Ireland Conker Champion title - Oh Mark G next time you are in Galway we will have you in here with a bucket over your head singing for our listeners mark my words!!! To follow Mark on his journey check out www.ayearoffestivalsinireland.com

On Put Your Town on the Map our challenger Kate Walshe from Tallaght (The home of Shamrock rovers and Rua Red Artists the home for young budding artists) just wasn't alert enough this morning to name 5 things that are sharp? So she made a sharp exit and our Champ Malachy Conlon from Athenry (where Athenry Castle's doors are adorned with ornate stone carvings unique to Ireland called 'the school of the West) wins a stay at the Ross Hotel in Killarney and a VIP trip to Killarney Races this weekend where he may even bump into Hector.

Alan was in agony today after his first Pumped up for Pozan training session yesterday in City Gym in Galway, Hector took him along to his local gym where trainer or arch nemesis as Alan calls him Dave O'Neill is going to get Alan Pumped up for Poszan with a strict diet and fitness regime. Alan will post his audio blog of Day 1 & 2 on twitter @alanswan and on Facebook www.facebook.com/breakfastwithhector later to day if you want to share or laugh at his agony check it out  ( I feel bad slagging him maybe i should offer to make him a cup of tea or one of them protein shakes!!)

  Alan's Before Picture - trainer Dave, Alan & Hector

After yesterdays drama in our Kelloggs GAA Cúl Camps competition it was a lot calmer today as Mum Pauline and son Seamus McCaul from Co. Clare flew through the questions to become today's qualifier and win a Kelloggs GAA Cúl Camp hamper as well as a place in the draw for the overall prize. The draw was made in the presence of our independent observer the Head of 2FM who was down for a visit and the winner of the VIP trip to the 4 provinces of  Ireland including hotel stays, car hire and petrol money was Tuesday's qualifier Martina Geraghty and her son Darren age 11 from Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo!! Have a fab times guys..

For more on the GAA Cúl Camps check out - www.gaa.ie/kelloggsculcamps

It may have been a rematch on Class Act but young Rory from Tullamore was no match for our Adult Champ Orla Scully from Clonakilty as she cruised to a 3 - 0 victory to win tickets to Peppa Pig in the Olympia Theatre in Dublin on 26^th & 27^th of May.

And Finally just before 9am The Riptide Movement stopped by to say hello  (that is very early for a band to be up) they are playing in the Roisin Dubh in Galway tonight, they are in high spirits and had us all rocking into the weekend with their song Hot Tramp

Check them out on - http://www.trm.ie/

If you're a weekend warrior or weekend waster have a good 1 and we will chat to you on Monday at 7am here on 2FM  - KHL

It is National Uniform Day on Breakfast with Hector, celebrating those who don a uniform for work - from nurses, to Gardai, to the prison service to the post people to fireman - even the butchers!

Yes, Hector chatted to Mossie in Dungarvan who runs his own butcher shop in the town for How's the Country This Morning - he puts on a shirt and tie, the white coat, apron and hat for the day's work that starts at 7 in the morning and ends at 6pm! There's four altogether in the shop- and they're changed every day and washed at the end of the week! A smattering of blood on the apron means that they are doing a bit of work! Angus and black white heads are sourced from the field to the plate, and according to Mossie, striploins are the best!

Other mighty uniform people that this country could not be without - what about the lollipop lady (or the more politically correct, lollipop people!) said Helena, who works in Cork city. Her uniform is a long yellow coat that nobody sees and a sign with the letter S-T-O-P that nobody sees! And she's wearing that uniform now for 12 years. Meanwhile, Alex also wears a uniform, one that has been close to him for 40 years - the white overalls of the painter/decorator! His overalls was fresh out of the machine on Monday morning and this morning the white was splatter with all the colours of a.. colour card!

All the way from Naria, aka Kildare, Alison from Athy (deep Narnia!) said she wears a scientist's lab coat, working in the lab in DCU. The coat hangs on a hook on the lab door and she puts it on to study worms and liver fluke, the parasites! In Wicklow, Allen will be wearing a dry suit from Blessington Rescue boats (and he fits this in during transition year) -  at the moment the dry suit is on order for Allen, but when it arrives it will be in the station house!

Athenry man Malachy Conlon is once again PYTOTM champion defeating Phil from Nenagh, a lady who told us that the newly refurbished Nenagh castle will be reopened in the coming weeks by none other than President Michael D. Higgins!

Malachy was not wearing a uniform - he goes to the site office with Sisk in casual gear! And he gave us another Athenry sporting fact - that it is home to Paul Hession, said to be the fastest white man in the world (well, he's definitely the fastest man in Ireland!) KHL Malachy - enjoy the races this Sunday in Killarney!

This morning marked an epic Kellogg's Cul Camps competition - first up was Mary and Darragh in Knocklyon, who were knocked out, next up was Paul and Cathy in Gory who also fell foul, then was the Power family in Carlow (a female fox is not called a hen!!), next it was young Fergus and Dominic who could not name the lanky pop star from Mullingar beginning with 'B'! Finally the Dunne family from Carrick-on-Suir triumphed to become today's qualifier - stay tuned tomorrow for the draw for a prize of a luxury trip around Ireland with luxury car hire with 250 euro petrol money and 1000 euro spending money!

KHL until tomorrow!

There are not many men who would proudly boast the title of King of the Tossers but Kerry man Eugene Farrelly is not afraid to let the world know that he can skim stones with the best of them!

Eugene chatted with Hector for How's the Country this Morning about his attempt to break the world stone-skimming record at the Fenit Seabreeze Festival on 9^th to 10^th June. The slick-wristed man from the Kingdom won the event last year with a massive throw of 55 metres and this year he wants to go beyond 64 metres (or 192 feet!). Eugene told Hector it's all about the distance and he said it's the two lads out in the water measuring the distance that have the toughest job as there are some very crooked throwers around Kerry! Eugene has lived by the sea for about 30 years of his life and he's often got a stone to go 20 bounces (it all depends on the spin and a calm sea!) This year, he wants to impress his new born son, Eoghan, and breaking the record would be the icing on the cake following his birth! The Farrelly family are a long line of tossers, as the old tosser Eugene's dad, Tommy is the over 60s champion in stone-skimming!

Dingle woman, Lisa Kennedy didn't hold on to her PYTOTM champion for too long as Athenry native Malachy Conlon gamely took her on and stole the title from her by clinching the tie-breaker question! Today's Dingle fact was slightly better than yesterdays as Lisa told us that the GAA commentator Micheal O'Muircheartaigh was born east of Dingle in 1930. But Malachy, on the road to Sligo, was very prepared with his Athenry fact telling us that the female Irish record holder for longest distance ran in a 24 hour race, Valerie Glavin is from Athenry! KHL Malachy- enjoy the family stay in the Killarney Park Hotel and tickets to the Killarney races on Sunday 13^th May!

This morning on The Weekly Polski, Monica taught the nation how to sing a song that is very close to our hearts, The Fields of Athenry - in Polish! The lyrics are below:

Pola W Athenry (all together now!)

Nisko Polozone Pola W Athenry

Gdzie Kiedys ogladaslismy jak

Male Wolne Ptaszki lataja

Nasza milosc byla uskrzydlona

Mielsy marzenia I Piosenke do Zaspiewania,

Jest tak samotnie wokol pol w Athenry

All this week Breakfast with Hector has teamed up with Kellogg's GAA Cul Camps to offer a fantastic end of week prize to visit the four provinces in style. Five daily qualifiers go into the draw for a prize that involves luxury car hire with 250 euro petrol money and 1000 euro spending money! KHL to today's qualifier, Lyn Quigg in Gorey, Co. Wexford and her daughter Leah!

And finally, there was a slight controversy with Class Act today as adult Orla Scully initially said there were 26 days in a leap year before quickly changing it to 366 days! After a steward's enquiry, there will be a rematch with 7 year old Rory Lynch from Tullamore - tune in tomorrow!

KHL!

BWH decided to inject a bit of love into this Tuesday morning and Hector chatted to singleton Claire Travers Smith on the challenge she started off on almost one year ago in an attempt to meet Mr. Right!

Claire hatched the plan to go on 52 First Dates in an attempt to remedy her eternal singleton and write about the experience on www.52firstdates.com It started with a friend who challenged her to go on a date a week for a year - he decided to take up that same challenge and by date 10 he had met the love of his life, while Claire is onto 46 dates! The dates ranged from the odd (the guy who wanted to smell her hair) to the pathological (the guy who had stolen someone else's profile on the online dating site!) Her criteria for choosing to date what guys depended on their profile- and date 47 is tomorrow. He is a very distinguished Bulgarian gentleman who runs a pipe appreciation society, so she's quite looking forward to that date. Meanwhile date 39 was the one the got away!

Kileen in Co. Laois will no longer be put on the map by one Deirdre Wall as she was defeated by Dingle native, Lisa Kennedy (who has her own challenge in three weeks time - having her first baby!)  Lisa was a bit unfamiliar with the premise of PYTOTM so all she could tell us about Dingle is that the town has its own resident dolphin, aka Fungi! However Deirdre impressed with the fact that Stephen Carter, one of the Carter Twins, married a Kileen girl, Avril Kelly in 2011! KHL Lisa - chat to you tomorrow and enjoy the 200 euro voucher for Lidl!

BWH was joined in studio by a youngster that made the first record for 100m in the London 2012 Olympic stadium, 17 year old Evan McGuire with a time of 11.38 - not a bad achievement! Evan qualified from the Connacht province, sponsored by Powerade. Evan then qualified after two heats and then won the final - he said the feeling in the stadium gave him complete pride (although there were two false starts!)

It is Tuesday and Ronan Casey joined us via telephone following a busy weekend in Mullingar looking after the Festival of Fires! He brought us the news of the Icelandic mink (that the Chinese find quite tasty apparently!); that George Clooney is sending emails to the Abbey Folk Band of Abbeyleix (although it's not quite clear if Clooney really did send the email!); and Rory McIlroy is definitely not in Ballybunion despite a tip-off on Friday saying that he wanted a private round! Lesson learned if someone purporting to represent McIlroy rings up your golf club looking to play - take it with a pinch of salt!

Once again Breakfast with Hector has teamed up with Kellogg's GAA Cul Camps to offer a fantastic end of week prize to visit the four provinces in style. Five daily qualifiers go into the draw for a prize that involves luxury car hire with 250 euro petrol money and 1000 euro spending money! KHL to today's qualifier, Martina Geraghty from Swinford, Co. Mayo and her son Darren!

And finally, there is a new Class Act champion as Lauren Gray was defeated by challenger, Orla Scully from Clonakilty in Co. Cork - KHL Orla and enjoy the family break to Killarney in The Malton Hotel this Saturday 12^th May and tickets to Killarney Racecourse on Sunday 13^th!

KHL until tomorrow!