The Trina Mara Podcast

Professor Philip Nolan, Director General of Science Foundation Ireland chats to Trina Mara about Science Week 2023

We all know Ricky Tomlinson is a legend.....so what an experience it was for Trina Mara getting a lift to work with him!  

Darina Allen chats to Trina Mara in studio about her book "The New Ballymaloe Bread Book" and why she has started a new business venture at the age of 75

Dr. Alma Creaven from the Galway Dental Group chats to Trina Mara about the latest in dentistry

Trina Mara has an incredible story to share about how a tragedy turned to inspiration.  It's the story of The Ollie Hughes Band.  She goes into the rehearsal studio with a group of men, in their early 40's, from Griffith Avenue who always dreamed of making music but as can happen, real life gets in the way.  However, when Ollie Hughes was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, music turned out to b...

Dr. Lisa Hynes is Head of Health Programmes at Croí and a health psychologist.  She talks to Trina Mara about how to go from wanting to get healthy to actually doing it as we continue our campaign to know your number and get your cholesterol tested with Benecol       

Trina Mara chats to Brendan Molloy from South William Clinic about the latest in beauty technology and trends that offer a fresher look rather than turning back the clock www.southwilliamspa.com

Award winning interior designer Natasha Rocca-Devine chats to Trina Mara with tips on how to stage your home for sale 

Alannah Pardy from www.recaptureone.ie tells Trina Mara about the memorial plaques that are now available for graves and memorial spots like benches.  You scan a QR code and memories of the deceased in the form of videos and photos can be viewed.  They also offer this for beloved pets or even as a way of storing photos from your wedding day.  

Dr. Caoimhe Hartley is clinical lead at the Rotunda Hospital Menopause Clinic and founder & CEO of Menopause Health.  She helps us dispel some menopause myths.     

Comedian Phill Jupitus chats to Trina Mara about why he's gone back to college to study art and how he has "found" the weight he "lost" again!!!  

Caroline Dermody is the community nurse lead with Croí and she chats to Trina Mara about how important it is to get your blood pressure and cholesterol checked.  Benecol products contain plant stanol ester which is proven to lower cholesterol. 

It's been an entire decade since Ciara O'Callaghan left her role as "Yvonne Doyle" in "Fair City".  She'll be starring in "The Valley of the Squinting Windows" at the Gaiety Theatre from the 7th to the 11th of November 2023. 

Comedian Omid Djalili chats to Trina Mara about allegedly being the last person to make the Queen laugh before her death, his time spent living in Ireland and how nobody can ever pronounce his name !

Gerry Creighton was a zookeeper in Dublin Zoo for 37 years as was his dad before him.  His new book "Raised by the Zoo" shares some incredible stories of his career and childhood spent in the Phoenix Park when animals were often brought home at the end of the time for hand-rearing.  He tells us an incredible story too about how elephants never forget.  

Gabrielle Jordan chats to Trina Mara about how Benecol's "Know your Number" campaign last year urged her to get her cholesterol checked and she was shocked to discover she was at risk of stroke or heart attack

Kerry actress Aisling O'Sullivan has had an amazing career on the stage and screen.  She starred in "Raw" and "The Clinic" and is starring in "Hangmen" at The Gaiety until November 4th 2023.  She chats to Trina Mara about her career and how she was mistaken for Nicole Kidman in Hollywood.  

Comedian Jimeoin, who usually resides in Australia, is home in Ireland and he has popped into studio with Trina to give his tips for remembering people's names and how he should never have doubted his late mother when she insisted she personally knew another high-profile comedian off the telly!

Aisling Harris is a CORU-registered dietician working for Croí Heart and Stroke charity.  She chats to Trina Mara about the importance of knowing your number and cholesterol levels with Benecol 

Mairead O'Driscoll who is @thetaxnerd_ on Instagram chats to Trina Mara about how the budget will impact us 

Criminologist Dr. Honor Doro Townshend chats to Trina Mara about the Crime & Investigation Channel's series 

Catherine O'Keefe from the Menopause Success Summit chats to Trina Mara 

Sophie Vavasseur is in studio with Trina Mara talking about her latest film "The Hurler" and how it all started for her when she played the lead role in the movie "Evelyn" opposite Pierce Brosnan when she was just a child.  

Susie Clarke ("Coronation Street" & "Mrs. Browne's Boys") and Tom Chambers ("Holby City") pop in to see Trina in the studio as they star in "Murder in the Dark" at the Gaiety 

Holly Johnson from "Frankie Goes to Hollywood" chats to Trina Mara ahead of playing the National Concert Hall in Dublin on the 23rd of November 2023.