Herself & Herself

More personal pickles to unpack on Herself Help and this week Mary-Claire and Dympna answer the call from someone trapped in a caffeine prison with their local barista and also from a west of Ireland Walter Mitty whose attempts at fooling her international colleagues has gone too far. We also get some updates from previous Helpers including one from 'The Gagger'. If you have an issue that you woul...

Welcome to episode 21 of Herself & Herself where Dympna is feeling very predidential and has decreed some no nonsense laws if/when she is elected in as our leader. Our advice? Learn to walk quickly on the pavement. Mary-Claire tries to follow a recipe and all that follows is utter chaos and we get to imagine her and her husband trying not to be creepy at Jumpzone. And in a random twist of fate...

Thanks to everyone who has sent in their life issues to the Herselves and this week's Herself Help throws up some real head scratchers. When in life do you transition to having a funeral coat? What to do if your boyfriend sings a jingle every time you take off your bra? And who the hell is Aunty Nuala???? If you have an issue that you would like solving get them into the gals @herselfandherself on...

Fair warning! This episode of Herself & Herself contains some very heavy name-dropping as we get to hear about some of the stellar followers Dympna and Mary-Claire have. MC has been to the musicals and she breaks down the rather disturbing plotline of an absolute classic and we get to hear about her adventures in Slovenia. Dympna recalls an encounter with a Home & Away icon and they both c...

Your problems dealt with inadvisably yet again by Dympna and Mary-Claire in another edition of Hersef Help. This week we hear from a teacher who is having look a gift horse in the mouth, speaking of which we have a lady who wishes she hadn't her own big mouth and what to do with serious case of imposter sydrome. If you have an issue that you would like solving get them into the gals @herselfandher...

Dympna and Mary-Claire are back and they have to make way for a royal visit by none other than Claire Byrne and needless to say Mary-Claire hits her with an awkward greeting. Dympna describes a few random encounters including a visit to a useless hypnotherapist and a potential serial killer in Australia. They both get to describe their worst job experiences ever and MC introduces to the art of 'Ha...

The two, Mary-Claire and Dympna are back to sort out some lives and this week we hear about a Speedo loving Dad who can't help giving people an eyeful in SuperValu. We have a sham of a quiz team member and when is it time to recognise that a friendship is over. If you have an issue that you would like solving get them into the gals @herselfandherself on insta and Tik Tok or give them a ping direct...

Happy 18th birthday to the Herself & Herself podcast and to celebrate both Dymona AND Mary-Claire have some big news for us. MC is off to Europe and Dympna has an exclusive announcement to make about an exciting new career path. We also get to hear about a hitch-hiking pest in a high vis vest and we start the campaign to bring Romantica back to its previous glory. We hope you enjoy episode 18...

Mo listeners mo problems but don't worry Mary-Claire and Dymona are back to solve them 3 at a time. This week we have another Tinder disaster involving Carvery vouchers, a tupperware vendetta is bewing in Galway and a worried Mam asks advice on how to handle her daughter's desire to be an influencer. If you have an issue that you would like solving get them into the gals @herselfandherself on inst...

Welcome to the 17th edition of Herself & Herself and this week with exams hanging in the air we take a look back on some grim Leaving cert memories as well as what Mary-Claire got up to with her get up for the Debs. Dympna has a crack at some potentially death inducing DIY and Mary-Claire has somehow allowed Candy Crush to question the existence of God. We hope you enjoy episode 17 of Herself...

Mary-Claire and Dympna are back back with a bonus bang and a sackful of your worries and strifes to sort. This week we encounter a a particulary specific and cutlery based ick whilst another listener witnesses a lad get up close and personal with Mr Brennan on a train. The gals also hear from someone who is struggling to grieve for her late father and Dympna has some excellent words of comfort. If...

Sweet 16th episode of Herself & Herself here to brighten up your lives and this week Mary-Claire and Dympna drop some serious knowledge. Did you know about an extra organ we all have? Where the expression 'Daylight Robbery' came from? Well you're about to find out. We alse learn you can't wear red to a wedding, that MC is a hughly successful gambler and Dympna has the perfect life hack if you'...

Mary-Claire and Dympna are back to bring some sense to this crazy world one listener problem at a time. This week we have a lady who is facing deconstructed salads, a strict dress code and NO BOOZE for a notions wedding. We hear about a date from hell with potential life changing twist at the end and one listener has been dreaming about the two and they try to work out what it all means. If you ha...

Ep 15 would you believe it and this week Mary-Claire and Dympna are back to fill us all in on what's what in their weird and wonderful worlds. Dympna has been busy taking to the stage in Castlebar with none other than Doireann Garrihy and she almost causes a Croc related incident. We get to hear MC's proposal story which is worthy of Shakespeare himself and if you're a White Van Man, you may want...

Welcome to the very first bonus edition of Herself & Herself, 'Herself Help' which allows Mary-Claire and Dympna the chance to joing the collective forces of their life experiences to help you ghet through yours. In the fiirst episode we hear about a Communion spread that is pure notions, an interfering nan from beyond the grave and a lad who has HAD IT with the bread slicer in Lidl. If you ha...

The Herselves are back in your earholes with episode 14 and this week Mary-Claire has had a D.I.Y disaster at home involving a dream, a door and a heat gun. We also get to hear about an outrageous DM she got after a recent TV appearance and Dympna is back with another trademark Train Tale. Poor Dympna had an upsetting week with the loss of family group chats with her Mam but she got to experience...

Lucky for you lot, it's Episode 13 of Herself & Herself and this week Mary-Claire has brought in a stress busting prop and well, it does NOT end well. Dympna recalls getting mistaken for a homeless person and we hear about MC's fraudulent start in showbiz at the shockingly young age of just 3. Dympna has some Petty Grievances to get off her chest and we wonder...where have all the flies gone?...

Episode 12 is here and this week we’re dealing with family bombshells after the 1926 census reveals Mary-Claire may have been living a lie. Dympna marks her birthday in the most normal way possible involving regifted flowers, while both Herselves spiral into genealogy, psychic grannies and mysterious family lore. Plus: star sign investigations, (Dympna is the most Aries woman alive, Mary-Claire is...

Episode 11 is here to bring some chaos to your lives and this week Mary-Claire ends up in Saggart by accident whilst Dympna strikes it rich with some dirty money (literally) but her luck soon spirals into paranoia. We get to hear about the time Mary-Claire's intense devotion to Michael Jackson ended up being immortalised forever on children's television and Dympna gets approached by a stranger in...

Episode 10 is here and we somehow open with necrophilia, morticians… and the very important legal question: is human taxidermy allowed? (Spoiler: absolutely not) Dympna takes us on a truly unhinged grief spiral involving her mam, coffins, and the idea of turning Lily into a lamp, while Mary-Claire tries to keep it between the ditches and ends up in belly-button phobia territory (yes, it has a name...

Episode 9 is here and it’s… fallopian tubes, apparently. Mary Claire rocks up officially tanned for the first time this year because she’s out on tour hosting Caleb Cooper (yes, that Caleb from Clarkson’s Farm). Dympna spends the week deep-diving the Fair Deal scheme, trying to protect her dad’s house, before getting fully distracted by the absolute tragedy of pigeon nests. Plus: Getting up close...

Welcome back for another installment of Herself & Herself with Mary-Claire and Dympna and another rollercoaster ride through their respective worlds and world views. This week Dympna has an ingenious financial plan including a 'pay pig' and some strict companionship. Mary-Claire is wearing a conversation starter jumper that ends up in the eye opening way crows murder lambs. We also get to the...

Mary-Claire and Dympna are back to discuss their respective week's in the world and this time Dympns has brought 'the fanny biscuits'. We get her review of the Longford train and Mary-Claire goes into a spiral after a typo into the Whatsapp group. A story about Meghan Markle offering a retreat sparks Dymona into a quite INCREDIBLE tale about her own brush with one that has all the hallm arks of ha...

The Herselves are coming into your world a day early this week because of St. Paddy's Day so what better way to celebrate than spending it with your two favorite pod pals. This week a joke for International Women's Day backfire spectacularly on poor Dympna when she gets mistaken for a notorious serial killer. Mary-Claire reveals ashocking dark chapter in her Richie Kavanagh inspired delinquent you...

We are BACK for another installment of Herself & Herself with Mary-Claire and Dympna and as regular listeners can expect...it's quite a journey. If you're new, you are welcome but buckle up! Speaking of journeys, Dympna has another excellent train tale, this time involving an angry knitter. They both spot an ACTUAL real life celebrity outside the studio and neither are the better for it and th...