We posted a photograph of Keeva and asked any listeners interested in going on a date with her to fill out a short application form.  Our three finalists were;

Damien from Blackrock

 

Johnny from Louth

And the man finally chosen by Keeva, Jamie from Dublin

Jamie says his mam thinks he looks like the vampire guy in Twilight!

Screen legends Brendan Gleeson and Cillian Murphy dropped into studio today to talk about their new movie 'Perrier's Bounty'. 

Written by Mark O'Rowe (who scripted 'Intermisiion') and directed by Ian Fitzgibbon (who also made 'Adam & Paul'), it's an Dublin-based crime thriller  which opens in Ireland on 26th March.

This morning we were joined in studio by Jenny and Eamon, two of our listeners who've had plastic surgery.

Jenny has had breast augmentation (9 years ago) and has had fillers and botox in the last two months.

Eamon had eye-bag removal when he was 37 years old (in driver's licence photo).  He's now 44.

Following our recent run of match-making form, we're now going to try and find lovely Keeva (pictured) a 'Ken'. If you're interested, click here

Dear Ray and gang, 

My wife and I, back in our days when we were just boyfriend and girlfriend, regularly used to go to an Italian restaurant called Bucci`s on Camden St in Dublin.   It was our place.  The food was to die for and the atmosphere was brilliant, very chilled out and relaxed. 

Unfortunately it closed down on new years eve in 2005. On that night though, the owner told us he was going to try and re-open the restaurant in another location.  So basically I'm wondering does anyone know if the owner ever did open a new restaurant and if he did where is it? Because I'd love to be able to surprise my wife by bringing her to it.  

I have one more request; if the restaurant hasn't re-opened could anyone connected to Bucci's give me the recipe for Bucci's signature dish, Canneloni Bucci as I would score unbelievable brownie points if I could make it myself! 

Thanking you in advance 

Derek       

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Unfortunately Bucci’s didn’t re-open. But thanks to the help of our listeners we managed to track down the man who owned it, Eoin Doyle. Eoin now runs a printing business, Ink Plus, on Wexford Street in Dublin.   Eoin got in touch with his old chef and together they have pieced together the old recipe for Cannelloni Bucci.  Here it is….  

Filling

16-18 cannelloni tubes (can be replaced by rolled up softened lasagne sheets)

450g fresh white crabmeat

225g fresh spinach

3 tbsp fresh chopped basil

Salt and pepper to season

 

Sauce

1 spanish onion

1 carrot

1 stick of celery

4 cloves garlic

Generous splash extra virgin olive oil

3 x 400g tins plum tomatoes

3 tbsp port

Pinch each fresh chopped thyme, parsley and basil

Salt and pepper

 

Garnish

75g fresh Parmesan

Fresh basil

 

1.      To make sauce: Heat olive oil in saucepan. Peel and finely chop onion, carrot and celery. Crush garlic. Saute in olive oil until soft.

2.      Add tomatoes, port and herbs to pan. Bring to the boil and then leave to simmer for 15 mins. Add salt and pepper to taste. Allow to cool 5 mins, then blend the mixture and put aside.

3.      To make filling: Flake crab using a fork.

4.      Blanch spinach in a saucepan. Drain and add to crab. Add basil and mix thoroughly. Season with salt and pepper.

5.      Divide filling equally between the cannelloni tubes and spoon in. Pour half the sauce into a large rectangular dish. Place the filled tubes on top and cover with remaining sauce.

6.      Bake in preheated oven at 190 (Gas Mark 5) for 30 mins. Remove from oven and sprinkle grated Parmesan over the baked sauce. Return to oven and bake for a further 10 mins.

7.      Garnish with fresh basil and Parmesan shavings to serve

 

A new TV3 show which will start this summer is Style Wars. Ten aspiring fashionistas will battle it out each week with different challenges.

It’s open to all men and women over 18 but you have to have a real obsession with fashion. (e.g. aspiring stylist, designer, fashion addict).  Caprice (pictured with Ray) will be one of the judges.

If you'd like to enter, application forms for Style Wars can be downloaded from www.tv3.ie/stylewars.  The closing date is tomorrow week (Friday 12th March)

Her health was deteriorating daily and, last October, Joy’s mother Gemma contacted Ray in frustration to see if anyone could help her daughter and other children in the same plight.

A website was set up – www.savejoy.org – to petition to reduce the waiting list for all children needing critical surgery in Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin.  

We are delighted to report that Joy had her operation last December and is making an excellent recovery.   Her family has raised nearly €5,000 and her mother announced on air yesterday that they are using it to support the Extra Corporeal Life Support at OLHSC, as a result of Lars Nolke’s request.

Find out how our search to Find Shane A Dame went... click here

Check out the photos from yesterdays Shave or Dye broadcast in our photo blog...

 

We had four finalists in studio today to see who was the Fastest Shaver In The Land.  The winner will go on to become the head shaver in our attempt at breaking the Guinness World Record for Most Heads Shaved In One Hour which will be live on the show tomorrow.

 

We had Justin Burke from 'Justins' in Oldcastle shaving Keith Howard. 

Justin came in with a time of 67.2 seconds.

 

We also had Jonathan Keegan of the Style Club (where Today FM's big Shave Or Dye happens tomorrow) who was shaving Andrew Brady. 

 

Jonathan achieved a time of 54.5 seconds

Next up was Lynda Finnegan from The Waldorf Barber who was shaving James Lyons

Lynda came in at a time of 53.5 seconds.

 

But the winner was John McGuire aka Fat Tony from 'Fat Tony's Barbers' who shaved the head of Kevin Redmond

John clocked in at an impressive 42.3 seconds!  So John will be the man going for the World Record live on the Ray D'Arcy Show tomorrow morning.

Lyons have kindly given us €2,000 to give away on-air every day this week.  Check out the great new Lyons Tea ad.

• 2 cups of flour (that’s 8 oz)
• 2 eggs
• Pinch of either salt or sugar (depending on what sort of panckae you like)
• Pint of liquid broken down as follows; two thirds milk, one third water

Method:

Sift the flour.  Whisk the eggs and add them to the flour.  Now add the liquid slowly.  Leave to stand for half an hour.  Gently whisk before using.

That’s it!

We’re attempting a Guinness World Record this Thursday in aid of the Irish Cancer Society.

“The most heads shaved in an hour by one person.”  

The current record holder is Anne Armstrong in Co Down, who shaved 44 heads in one hour, so we need to beat that!  

If you are over 18, have a full head of hair (in other words, you are not receding), and you are up for getting it shaved on The Ray D’Arcy Show in Dublin, we want to hear from you. You can email: shave@todayfm.com  

It’s taking place this Thursday morning (18th February) at the Style Club, 12 South William Street, Dublin 2.   You would also need to bring along a cheque or bank draft made out to the Irish Cancer Society for €100 (or proof that you have raised €100 for them for the record attempt).

 

All this week we're giving away €2,000 a day with thanks to Lyons Tea.  

All you have to do is figure out what Ray and Mairead are talking about over their cup of tea each day and the first person to guess correctly gets €1,000 with two runners up prizes of €500. 

And if that wasn't enough, everybody who enters throughout the week gets entered into a draw for a big prize on Friday.

So tune in each day for your chance to win

And why not check out Lyons Tea on Facebook where you can see their new television commercial.

Lyons puts the talk into tea!

Today on the show we gave Jennifer the choice of three lucky men for a birthday & valentine date. We had a number of rounds to help Jennifer in her decision. These included an introduction round, a picture of their favourite body part, their favourite song, and a sniff test!!

Contestant Number 1 was Michael:

Contestant Number 2 was David:

Contestant Number 3 was Shane:

 

After careful deliberation, Jennifer chose contestant number two, David.