Sunday with Miriam

A selection of some of the many interesting guests who came through the studio during the past year - Brendan Gleeson, Rosie O'Donnell, Julian Benson, Fr Paul Murphy, Joanne McNally, Donie O'Sullivan, Eunice Power, Adele King and Penny Lancaster

A selection of some of the many musical acts featured on the show during the past year - Ryan McMullan, Beoga, Ye Vagabonds, Cormac Begley & Liam O'Connor, Derek Ryan, Zoe Basha, Mick Flannery and Dani Larkin (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during these interviews cannot be podcast)

Some top tips from the chef for how to stay in control in the kitchen at Christmas. Eunice's latest book, 'My Kitchen Table', also contains some lovely seasonal recipes

Sister Stanislaus Kennedy – known to us all as Sister Stan – passed away in November. Her final book was ‘Sacred Stillness: A Book of Meditations from the Sanctuary’. Two people who teach there regularly are Brother Richard Hendrick and Jane Negrych and they remember their friend and colleague, and the legacy she left

The married comedians explain how they'll be spending Christmas, as they prepare for the festive season in An Daingean in Kerry

Over 300 members of the 127th Infantry Battalion are on deployment with UNIFIL in Lebanon this Christmas and some members of the battalion recorded greetings to send to their families back home....

Chat with the two women who are being honoured this year by Dublin’s North East inner city for their community work, an award that is presented every Nollaig na mBan/January 6th (pic: Bernie on left beside Miriam, Paula on right beside Miriam) Official website: https://nollaignamban.ie Paula's photography: www.paulatnolanphotography.com

Live music and chat with Liam Ó Maonlaí, Fiachna Ó Braonáin and Peter O’Toole, who this year are celebrating 40 years together as a band. Official site: https://hothouseflowers.com (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be podcast)

Chat with the actor/presenter about juggling a very busy career: he’s currently on the big screen alongside Ethan Hawke and Andrew Scott in ‘Blue Moon’, presenting every weekend on Lyric fm, and his busy home life as a father of four

The comedian/presenter explains why he wants to spread a bit of Christmas joy in the Galway Hospice, together with some musician friends, why he is now pescatarian and his hopes to expand the Traveller oral history project Further details: https://galwayhospice.ie

The actor Fiadhnait and writer/director Anna talk about their new short film ‘Grace’ (part of the RTÉ Storyland series), centred on a young woman with Down's Syndrome, navigating the complexities of adulthood, independence and first love

The screenwriter and director talks about celebrating the release of his movie, the rom-com ‘Eternity’, at the same time as undergoing life-saving treatment for an aggressively benign brain tumour

The film-maker and producer was a guest on the programme back in February, with his dad Dermod, to talk about their book ‘Desert Bonds’. On that very day Denis received the news that he had cancer, which was only caught because his father gave him a present of a health check

Live music and chat with the modern country singer from Armagh about the other musicians in her family tree, how American country music has been developed and changed in Ireland and writing her own music Instagram: @sionan_music (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be podcast)

The award-winning author chats about a concert tonight in Dublin’s Unitarian church, with his friend Colm Mac Con Iomaire, to raise funds for Narrative 4 - a student programme on empathy, which he co-founded. He also talks about the Israel/ Palestine conflict (which he addressed in his novel ‘Apeirogon’)

Chat with the Irish-language presenter (and co-host of the ‘How To Gael’ podcast) about her new podcast mini-series on a topic that is uppermost in her mind at the moment - pregnancy and childbirth. 'Labour of Love' will be available from 3rd of December

Longtime friends Brian Crosby and Paul Noonan are collaborating once again, as a duo Pilgrims. They chat about early days of forming bands with Damien Rice, then Bell X1 and alternative careers in music therapy. www.facebook.com/pilgrimsmusicofficial (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be podcast)

Chat with the legendary radio DJ, from his childhood days to a hugely successful career in radio, some of the music icons he's met along the way and continuing to immerse himself in the Irish music scene with a new series of 'Fanning at Whelan's' on Virgin Media TV in December

The writer/broadcaster explains why, in her sixties, she has been taking to the stage as a stand-up comedian/storyteller in her shows ‘Older, Bolder, Wiser’ and now her new show ‘Because I’m Worth It’ Official website: https://barbarascully.com

Live music and chat with the Irish country music stars Jimmy Buckley, Robert Mizzell and Patrick Feeney about their very successful working relationship and friendship Tour dates: www.ticketmaster.ie (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview are not available in the podcast)

After losing her husband Brian O’Callaghan Westropp seven years ago in a devastating wild fire in Greece while on honeymoon, Zoe talks about grief, survivor guilt, recovery, finding love again and the amazing burns unit at St James’s Hospital Foundation

Live music from Una and Luke Thomas, as they chat about their upcoming shows together

Eunice talks about her new cookbook and looks at her career, how her mother inspired her cooking and she talks about the heartbreaking loss of her son who died in May.

Bill talks about his career accomplishments while celebrating his 75th birthday. He looks back at his upbringing and how it impacted his drive

Talks about his career as a fashion designer, his life after Gaelic football. How he started his fashion career in Dunnes and having a clothing brand that his about storytelling