The Trina Mara Podcast

Laura Stanley is in studio with Trina Mara talking about her decision to have a baby as a single woman with the help of IVF. Instagram: the_solo_mama_journey

Jarlath Regan is in studio with Trina Mara to announce his 4th show at Dublin's 3Olympia

Trina Mara chats to parents attempting to avail of special needs education for their children including Alison Field who had 19 rejection letters when trying to find a place for her son James who is non-verbal and autistic. Eric Roberts: Crisis in the Classroom airs on Virgin Media One and Virgin Media Play tonight at 9pm

Trina Mara speaks to Special Needs Assistant Sophie who has found herself unemployed this school year despite re-applying for the SNA role she has had for the previous 2 school years. She speaks candidly about the uncertainty facing many SNAs due to temporary contracts and low pay. Eric Roberts: Classroom in Crisis airs on Virgin Media One and Virgin Media Play tonight at 9pm.

Stand-up comic John Colleary is on tour!! His latest show "Mighty Quack" is travelling all over the country. www.johncolleary.ie

Trina Mara chats to engaged couple Cathal Cully and Rebecca Wilson about their Project DMSH: Different Minds, Same Heart. Cathal is autistic and didn't speak until he was 4 years old whilst Rebecca is more recently diagnosed with autism and ADHD. They are advocates for autism and ADHD and are currently planning their neurodiverse friendly wedding. https://linktr.ee/projectdmsh @projectdmsh

Lydia Smyth, Programme Coordinator with Doras Buí, a community-based resource supporting parents alone in Ireland.  Lydia looks back at the organisation's beginnings in 1980's Ireland, when being a single parent carried significant stigma and was often seen as outside the traditional idea of family.  While attitudes have changed, lone parents continue to face many challenges, including c...

Eamonn Casey chats about caring for her mother Deirdre, who in her 70's, is living with dementia. We discuss the changes he first noticed that prompted a diagnosis and the difficult decisions that lay ahead. Dementia is currently being explored in a Coronation Street storyline involving the character Debbie Webster Image Credit:ITV www.alzheimer.ie

Trina Mara chats to Ben and Glen, two teenagers from the northside of Dublin who host the Back of the Class Podcast and chanced their arm hanging around a Dublin hotel to try and nab an interview with their dream guest Oprah.....and it worked as Glen got talking to Oprah's best friend Gayle King. https://www.instagram.com/backoftheclasspodcast_1/

This is a book written for the partners of women navigating menopause! www.menopausewingman.com

Almost half of parents who joined a weight management programme said their children began eating more healthily, while more than a quarter reported their children had become more physically active.  The independent study, published in BMJ Paediatrics Open, found that 48% of parents reported improvements in their child’s diet after joining the programme, while 27% said thei...

Bernadette McGarvey from Cancer Fund for Children chats to Trina Mara about their fundraising efforts which includes the latest "Rory's Miles to Mayo" campaign with Irish rugby legend Rory Best with the help of business leaders including Arachas Insurance brokers. www.cancerfundforchildren.com

Emily Hourican's new novel "A House in Winter" is set in 1965, telling the story of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon's visit to his sister's home in Abbeyleix, Ireland, when they faced local opposition and IRA petrol bomb attacks that confined them, without electricity, for 48 fraught hours.

"UK Forensic Breakthroughs" airs on the True Crime channel starting 22nd September. It will air Tuesdays at 10pm. Trina chats to forensic scientist and host of the show Jo Millington

Comedian Danny O'Brien chats to Trina Mara about the line-up for the Galway Comedy Festival . Tickets go on sale Tues 15th of September on www.galwaycomedyfestival.ie

Student accommodation is so scarce in Ireland, students are being forced to commute for hours every day missing lectures or can't accept their college places. Trina Mara speaks to Seán de Búrca, President of the Student's Union at the University of Galway

Katie Taylor takes on Flora Pili tonight at Croke Park in her final fight in front of 80,000 people

Emma Sides is a Humanist Celebrant who covers weddings, funerals, naming ceremonies, memorials and is even an End-of-Life Doula www.emmasides.com

Paul Wren from Odeon Cinemas talks to Trina Mara about National Cinema Weekend where you can see a movie for just €4!!

Loose Woman and comedian Judi Love brings her show to Dublin's Ambassador on Friday 4th September. She catches up with Trina Mara www.judilove.co.uk

Ray McElhinney chats to Trina Mara about losing his brother to pancreatic cancer at the age of 54. He thought he had indigestion. They are now on a mission to raise funds for pancreatic cancer research at St. Vincents Hospital in Dublin with the annual PanCan Gold Classic and are also looking for donations - no amount is too small. Email : pancanclassic@gmail.com for bank details

Trina Mara runs through some potential baby names with the very heavily pregnant Vogue Williams and why you should buy some Heinz Beanz to support Barnardos

Christopher Connolly from "Get Better with Chris" talks about the reckless behaviour and M9 crash and how young people have choices in life - they don't have to give in to peer pressure. https://www.instagram.com/getbetterwithchris/?hl=en

Ruby Wax has extended her "Absolutely Famous" tour into 2027 (Vicar Street 23rd May) and chats to Trina Mara about her "memorable" encounters with Donald Trump and Bill Cosby. www.rubywax.net

Motsi Mabuse is a professional dancer and judge on "Strictly Come Dancing" and also a Disney Princess Ambassador. World Princess Week runs from 16th-22nd August. The Walt Disney Company's " Once a Princess, Always a Princess” , celebrates the lasting impact Disney Princess stories have across generations, from the characters and music we grew up with to the values and memories we pass on toda...