Sunday with Miriam

Sophia Murphy and Marie Keenan, Emeritus Professor of Criminal and Restorative Justice, UCD talk to Miriam about the Restorative Justice process, a process that brought them both to Brussels this week to address the European Parliament. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nigel Tierney, originally from Kilkenny, is an LA-based director whose new short animated film is up for consideration for an Oscar shortlist.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Actor, director and photographer Hugh O'Conor has the talent and the luck to be good at them all. From starring roles in ‘Lamb’ with Liam Neeson and ‘My Left Foot’ with Brenda Fricker and Daniel Day Lewis, to more recent work with director Werner Herzog, he has also continued to work on stage regularly, and this Winter he will be taking on the role of Gabriel in ‘The Dead’ by James Joyce in MOLI....

The visual artist, who is being honoured with the inaugural Francis Bacon Lifetime Achievement Award for Irish Visual Arts, chats about his relationship with his parents growing up in Mullingar, the presence of art in his life, the burgeoning Dublin arts scene in the 1960s, dealing with his alcoholism, religious faith and his happiness now  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chat with Victoria Warwick and Filip Klubička of the Irish a-cappella vocal group, who've just had an extraordinary adventure on The Voice UK. Their new album 'Irish Rock 'n' Roll Museum' is released later this month Official website: https://www.ardumusic.com/ (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be podcast) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...

The comedian chats about growing up in Kinvara, Galway; her life changed at 23 when her mother died and she became head of the household, but in a shot of inspiration (she believes sent by her mother) on holiday in Tenerife she found the courage to finally pursue her dream of being a performer and created her show 'Good Grief' Official website: https://aoifedunnecomedy.com/    See omnyst...

Chat with the coach on the RTÉ tv show 'Ireland's Fittest Family', which returns next week for a new series. She discusses how being a mother impacts her coaching approach, the importance of the GAA club game to local communities and the LGFA/GAA integration discussions currently underway See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chat and live performance from the singer who is steadily making a name for herself. She chats about being from a musical background (both her grandfather and her dad Richie Buckley played sax), her own songwriting, working with producer John Reynolds and the artists that inspire her  (For copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be podcast) See omnystudio.com/...

A wide-ranging chat with the singer, who is getting ready for a nationwide tour with ‘Raised on Songs and Stories’. She chats about the music of her childhood, moving back to Ireland, the loss of family and musician friends like Glen Hansard, her attitude to death and the importance of artistic activism See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A catch-up with the broadcaster/journalist who spoke to us earlier this year about the devastating effects of her alcohol addiction and beginning a new chapter in life; having addressed an Oireachtas committee about women and addiction, she starts a new column today in the Sunday Independent See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The folk legend from Co Down will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's RTÉ Radio1 Folk Awards . He chats about growing up in a very religiously and socially-divided northern Ireland, touring as The Sands Family, performing in the US, the tragic death of his brother Eugene and playing outside Stormont on the week of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 See omnystudio.com/listen...

Seán Finegan (Foil) and Conor McKenna (Arms), two members of the comedy trio Foil, Arms and Hog chat about their origins in the UCD Dramsoc, the huge success of their online sketches, how their comedy translates abroad and using Dolly Parton's tour bus in the US. They are preparing to bring their new show ‘Smithereens’ around the country later this month. Full details: https://www.foilarmsandhog.i...

Chat with the broadcaster which ranges from first coming to public prominence by being a relative of Joe Biden, co-presenting the very popular podcast with Tommy Tiernan and Hector Ó hEochagáin, life changes, this year's Mayo GAA victory and her support for the Mayo/Roscommon Hospice  Further details: https://www.hospice.ie/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chat and live music from the musician who this year is marking  the twentieth anniversary of his album 'Songs from a Deep Forest'. He also chats about combining music with teaching at the music school BIMM and the vibrant scene in Belfast  Official website: https://www.dukespecial.com/ (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be podcast) See omnystudi...

The author of 'Lessons in Chemistry' talks about her new book 'Peck & Peck' which is centred in the world of poetry publishing, and both the building in New York and the cast of owners and editors who run it See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

80 years ago a poem by Patrick Kavanagh was published, called ‘Dark Haired Miriam Ran Away’. It subsequently became the song ‘Raglan Road’ and Lise has been looking at the story of the poem/song and the woman who inspired it – beautiful medical student Hilda Moriarty - and she wonders why there aren't more statues of the great women of Ireland, past and present See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

Chat with Nicola Joyce, Noriana Kennedy and Noelie McDonnell about the life events that surround the making of their new album ‘When You Are Falling’ (accompanied by Eimhín Craddock and Sam Wright they perform 'When You Are Falling' and 'Calling' - for copyright reasons the full performance of these tracks cannot be podcast) Official website: www.thewhileawaysmusic.com See omnystudio.com/listener...

The former tv presenter chats about being in her 70's and the life lessons about relationships, parenting, faith and celebrating older age that she wanted to share in her book 'Now You Are Wonderful: A Celebration of Age, Freedom and Wisdom' (published by Hachette) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The powerlifter and motivational speaker from Limerick talks about how, when he was just 18, an injury to his legs changed his life and motivated him to become a world record-holding athlete and disability advocate. Official website: liambeville.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The founder of the legendary vegetarian Dublin restaurant has written ‘The Cornucopia Story’, which chronicles her life with her husband Neil in the mid-1980s, being vegetarian pioneers at the time, losing Neil at a very young age and her life since, which has seen the restaurant grow and thrive for a new generation  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The broadcaster has a new documentary coming to Virgin Media TV called ‘Deepfake Ireland’ and she explains the personal and professional motivation behind the making of it (her 2024 experience of running for political office and the online reaction that resulted) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The former Supreme Court Justice and now the Chair of An Coimisiún Toghcháin/the Electoral Commission will be back in a courtroom during the Kilkenny Law Festival, this time passing judgement on a machine in a session titled 'Judge, My Lawyer is a Chatbot!' Also included will be a discussion with Sir Nicholas Mostyn and Charlie Falconer about the legality of incarceration in the Magdalene Laundrie...

Chat with the American lawyer who, alongside her husband Michael J Kennedy, represented some of the most anti-establishment, radical, high-profile groups that came before the courts in the US, including the Black Panthers, the IRA and they also handled Ivana Trump's divorce from Donald. She discusses those experiences and her new life as a racehorse owner and life in Ireland See omnystudio.com/lis...

The former Minister chats about his book 'The Game of Life & How to Win it', which draws on the many ups and downs in his own life, the lessons he has learned and the advice he feels he has to offer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A catch-up with the broadcaster about her latest challenge - a fundraising swim of 750m in Killary Fjord, Connemara with her friend Mark. She is now working on getting her weight down further so she can get a hip replacement Fundraiser: donorbox.org/killary-fjord-swim Instagram: @teenagates See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.