Michael Moynihan: Adultery and pregnancies — why we need 'Southside' on our screens

Moira Deady in ‘The Riordans’ (1968), a show that was set in the Midlands. Picture: RTÉ TV Press Office

The other day I was busy with my morning stroll — which coincides with one of the routes in the much-discussed Bus Connects plan, of which more at a later date — and listening to Censored.

This is a terrific podcast run by Aoife Bhreathnach in which she discusses books which were censored or banned at various times in Ireland, often with hilarious results (Walter Macken’s Brown Lord of the Mountain, a truly wild ride, is my nomination for a future episode).