The Trina Mara Podcast

Roisin Baggott is the Egg Donation Lead at SIMS IVF and talks us through the various options for those wanting to avail of egg donation.   www.sims.ie 

Feargal Harrington from Intro Matchmaking on why dating outside of your usual types can often lead to relationship success. www.intro.ie 

Filmmaker Simon Chambers finds his life drastically interrupted when he is called back to London from India to care for his single, gay Uncle David, who had been an actor before he retired.  He refuses to go into a care home and despite not knowing where he left his false teeth, he can recite all the lines of the Shakespeare plays.   Simon has won the award for Best Directing, International Compet...

Travel journalist Ed Finn and The Travel Expert Sarah Slattery have just returned from Los Angeles - they tell us everything you need to know about the City of Angels www.edfinntravels.com www.thetravelexpert.ie www.shannonairport.ie www.tropicalsky.ie Winner will be called on Tuesday 21st and must be available to take the phonecall Terms and conditions for the competition are as follows: Shannon...

SIMS IVF Specialist Fertility Counsellor Helga Behan chats about looking after yourself before and during fertility treatment. www.sims.ie 

Ed Finn and Sarah Slattery are exploring South Africa today plus giving you a chance to win return flights to New York with thanks to Shannon Airport and Tropical Sky www.shannonairport.ie www.tropicalsky.ie www.edfinntravels.com www.thetravelexpert.ie   Winner will be called on Tuesday 14th May and must be available to take the phonecall Terms and conditions for the competition are as follows: Sh...

Paul Harrington joins Trina Mara in studio to look back 30 years after his Eurovision win with Charlie McGettigan and the song, "Rock n Roll Kids"

Strictly Come Dancing's Craig Revel Horwood chats to Trina Mara about his TV persona and playing the Wicked Witch of the West in "The Wizard of Oz" at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre from May 28th-June 8th

Registered Dietician and Physiologist Orla Walsh, who is working on an osteoporosis awareness campaign in association with the Irish Osteoporosis Society and organised by Amgen, talks us through meal plans to protect your bone health.  

Kate O'Neill chats to Trina Mara about the Big Bounce Challenge happening on Saturday 1st June and Sunday 2nd June at Palmerstown House Estate in Co. Kildare.   It's Ireland's largest inflatable 5km obstacle course for individuals and groups that will test your skills and endurance.  Adults and children aged 7 and over can participate.  There'll also be food stalls and music with spectators who ar...

Pharmacist Sheena Mitchell shares some remedies if the vomiting bug has hit your household.  She also has the Wondercare Podcast Instagram - @Wondercare_Irl 

Ed Finn and Sarah Slattery are back in studio with Trina with your guide to Catalonia plus giving you a chance to win return Aer Lingus flights to Boston with thanks to Shannon Airport and Tropical Sky www.shannonairport.ie www.tropicalsky.ie www.edfinntravels.com www.thetravelexpert.ie Winner will be called on Tuesday 7th May and must be available to take the phonecall Terms and conditions for th...

Deirdre O'Keefe is here from www.burdy.ie to enlighten us about Parent's Leave, not to be confused with "Parental Leave".  Each parent can take 7 weeks off work up until your child is age (and in August, this will be extended to 9 weeks per parent) and receive a weekly payment from the Department of Social Protection  Instagram - @cleverburdy

Brian Dawson from the impartial public body An Coimisúin Toghacháin chats to Trina Mara about how to ensure you're on the voting register and why your vote is so important.  www.electoralcommission.ie www.checktheregister.ie

Registered Dietician and Physiologist Orla Walsh is working on a new osteoporosis awareness campaign in association with the Irish Osteoporosis Society and organised by Amgen.  She shares a number of fast facts around bone health to debunk myths and shed some light on how we can look after our bone health. For more information, please talk to your local GP and check out www.irishosteoporosis.ie

SIMS IVF Embryology Lab Manager Mandy Leslie chats to Trina Mara about Fertility Preservation for both social and oncology reasons and what the process involves. www.sims.ie

The Travel Expert Sarah Slattery and travel journalist Ed Finn are exploring Porto in Portugal for us this week plus your chance to win return flights to Chicago with thanks to Shannon Airport and Tropical Sky www.tropicalsky.ie www.shannonairport.ie   www.thetravelexpert.ie  

Peter Finn, the builder from RTE's Home Rescue chats to Trina Mara about the new series on RTE2 Thursday nights at 9.35pm 

Registered Dietician and Physiologist Orla Walsh and campaign ambassador working on a new osteoporosis awareness campaign in association with the Irish Osteoporosis Society, organized by Amgen, chats to Trina Mara about eating for bone health  For more information, visit your local GP or see  www.irishosteoporosis.ie

Mikey O'Brien, Group Clinic Director at SIMS IVF talks us through the criteria for publicly funded fertility treatment. www.sims.ie

Lorraine Keane chats to Trina Mara about her DEXA scan experience which checks your bone density.  She decided to have the DEXA scan after fracturing her foot and also because our bone health declines as we age.   Instagram - @lorrainekeaneofficial

Registered Dietician and Physiologist Orla Walsh and campaign ambassador working on a new osteoporosis awareness campaign in association with the Irish Osteoporosis Society, organized by Amgen, chats to Trina Mara about looking after your bone health and preventing osteoporosis. For more information, visit your local GP or see www.irishosteoporosis.ie    

Lyra (the Beyonce of Bandon) has beaten Beyonce to the top of the Irish album charts with her debut album "Lyra".  She chats to Trina Mara 

Travel journalist Ed Finn and "The Travel Expert" Sarah Slattery  are in studio with Trina looking at the wide range of flights available out of Shannon Airport plus giving you a chance to win return Delta flights with thanks to Shannon Airport and Tropical Sky www.shannonairport.ie www.thetravelexpert.ie www.tropicalsky.ie Winner will be called on Tuesday 23rd April and must be available to take...

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