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She has been compared to Tracey Chapman and Dolores O Riordan but there's nobody quite like singer/songwriter Grainne Hunt, she joined Sinéad for a chat as she prepares to take to the stage over Christmas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christmas is a time for family fun and festivities and lets face it booze galore, it can be challenging not to over do it when it comes to enjoying a few drinks at this time of year and for those in recovery for addiction its extremely difficult to avoid alcohol. Luckily psychotherapist Keith Cassidy from Smarmore Castle Clinic in Ardee was on hand with great tips for enjoying a more sober Christm...

Forget Superman the students at Ratoath College are the real heroes, they are hosting a superhero themed fundraiser for a very sick little boy Tommy Grant from the local area. Students Lauren Clancy and James Healy told us all the details. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week vet Hazel Mullins was back to discuss proper care of cows during winter months and drying off periods Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A former League of Ireland player from Swords is teaming up with his former teammate embarking on an ambitious crossbar challenge this weekend to raise funds for a children’s charity. Shelbourne legends Conan Byrne and goal keeper Brendan Clarke will be travelling around the country visiting all 20 league of Ireland  grounds from 2021 including Oriel Park Dundalk and Head in the game par...

The Old Moore almanac is on the go 258 years and has become famous for the scarily accurate predictions of what the future holds. Old Moore predicted Kayne West mental health breakdown, that the barrier reef was dying and of course the health pandemic a year before it happened. So what does the future hold for 2022? Editor of the almanac Nicole Buckler joined Sinéad for a chat Hosted on Acast. See...

It’s Christmas which means sequins, sparkle and of course the Christmas jumper, those garish bright jumpers with Santa snowmen and reindeers emblazoned on them have sky rocketed in popularity and is no longer a novelty knit more a holiday must have, but this is something we only wear a few times during December and more often than not these jumpers are being discarded in the January clean out and...

Today on the show Storm Barra not too bad? Writer, actor, theatre maker Will Guppy discussed his magical winter family show featuring silhouettes, shadows and puppets coming to An Tain arts centre, the first story of Dolores O Riordan and the Cranberries documented as it happened is released by Hot Press magazine, deputy editor and curator of the book Stuart Clarke joined Sinéad and he had great s...

Today, Eddie Napier director of Loughcrew Estate joined us as they are welcoming visitors to their spectacular light scape show at their enchanted gardens at Loughcrew, Niall O Brien was with us for Reel Reviews today biopic King Richard and Jane Campion's first directorial film in 10 years The Power of the Dog were up for discussion, we had another listener play the Christmas movie quiz to win €1...

Daryl Noonan co founder of the Wolf Academy an education programme running well being courses in schools have teamed up with Eoghan Connaughton founder of the Gaelic Woodland project to complete an epic endurance challenge to raise funds to create a new native woodland in Ireland Sinéad heard from both men as they gear up to take on a 30hr non stop hike, we had our regular vets and their pets seri...

We all know playing our favourite music releases happy endorphins but imagine Drogheda woman Marie Matthews surprise when her 6 year old son Kaleb who is non verbal and has intellectual disabilities started bopping along to Ed Sheeran's songs. Marie is trying to get Ed Sheeran to record a message for Kaleb she made a special appeal. Women are great care givers to others but are severely lacking wh...

Today Sinéad braved the elements to meet Drogheda soroptimists as they launched their support of the white ribbon 16 days of activism to end violence against women, president of the group Margaret Geraghty, Noirin Coughlan of Louth Leader partnership and Barbara Carr from St Olivers school were at Millmount monument to launch the event, we had our regular check in with Fiona Conroy from Navan Citi...

How do you meet new people be it friends or potential partners in the midst of a pandemic? Sinéad met two like minded women from Meath who came up with a great way for people to make new friends and reconnect with their new company Social life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today Sinéad opened up about finally trying meditation, we heard from Éanna Byrne primary school teacher from Duleek one half of the duo behind a great board game GAA fans will love, we heard from vet Hazel Mullins in our regular vets and their pets series in association with Highfield Veterinary clinic and Sinéad had a new netflix recommendation for those missing squid game. Hosted on Acast. See...

Today, Sinead discussed why we are obsessed with watching ''I'm a celeb', we heard from Sean Cooke CEO of Men's development network who have kickstarted 16 days of activism creating awareness of and helping prevent violence towards women. Sean gave us a lot to think about when it comes to inviting men into the conversation on how we can make the lives of women and girls better. The Irish cancer so...

Actor Packy Lee aka Johnny Dogs right hand man of Tommy Shelby joined Sinéad to discuss a gripping new short film Free Fall he is starring in that is getting a lot of Oscar attention, his road into acting professionally plus he gave us an insight into what's to come in season 6 of Peaky Blinders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Dirty harry to Johnny Dogs today as Sinéad asked listeners to send in their best dirty harry impression for a chance to win a complete 40 disc Clint Eastwood boxset, plus actor Packy Lee aka Johnny Dogs from Peaky Blinders chatted about his brilliant new short film Free Fall and gave us an insight into season 6 of Peaky Blinders. Historian Brendan Matthews joined Sinéad for a chat about the b...

He is Drogheda's most famous photographer rarely seen without a camera slung over his shoulder Jimmy Weldon has released his 5th photography book but this time we get more of an insight into the man behind the lens. Jimmy Weldon spoke to Sinéad about life behind the camera. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week expert vet Niamh Fagan joined us to discuss the importance of dental hygiene in household pets Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sensi Anderson Santos has been practicing judo since the tender age of eight in his home country of Brazil, after a few years not practicing the sport here in Ireland he decided to do something about it, he moved to Navan and in early 2020 set up a dojo in Johnstown in Navan at the feel fit gym. Just three short weeks after opening the world faced the covid pandemic however his passion to continue...

How would you like to win a feckin fortune? The organisers behind the win a feckin house fundraiser are back with a monster raffle with a top prize of a whopping €300,000 up for grabs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every month Author Grace Tierney from Stamullan entertains and informs us with her exploration into the meanings and origin stories behind well known and unusual words. This month we discovered the fascinating history behind tartan, jumbo has a really sad story behind it and we had some hilarious texts in about the mystery word slangwhanger Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

It's that time of year, when the nights are darker, weather is bad and all you want is comfort food! Ireland's favourite TV chef Donal Skehan joined Sinéad to discuss the best comfort food bacon and cabbage pasta anyone? (Trust us it's gorgeous) his new tv series Donal's family kitchen and he had some great ideas for festive food. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In December 1900 a lighthouse mysteriously goes dark, on investigation by a crew on board a supply ship the building is secure but three keepers are missing! Based on true events the Irish national opera presents 'The Lighthouse' a spooky musical theatre show coming to Louth and Meath this month. Renowned Tenor Gavan Ring joined Sinéad for a chat Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

Is there anything more frustrating than shopping around for insurance? Paul Walsh CEO of Peopl insurance joined Sinéad with some great advice on how to get the most out of your insurance policy, what common mistakes people make when it comes to taking out a policy and do we really need add ons? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.