The Trina Mara Podcast

Trina Mara chats to Brian McFadden about the hunt for Ireland's newest boyband. Aspiring singers aged 17 to 19 who believe they have what it takes to become part of the new group are being encouraged to apply online via https://eu.castitreach.com/a/mmm/irishboyband/audition . Applications will close on Sunday, 25th of October at 5pm. Applicants will be contacted with details of an in-person auditi...

Comedian Jack Dee chats to Trina Mara about the awful jobs he did before comedy, any regrets about this autobiography and workman woes!! He is coming to Ireland with his tour "Jack's Joe Show" playing Cork, Wexford, Limerick and the Galway Comedy Festival www.jackdeecomedy.com www.galwaycomedyfestival.ie

Fair City's George McMahon and Johnny Ward star in the upcoming Halloween Panto "Little Red & the Big Bad Wolf" at Dublin's Ambassador Theatre from October 24th.

Harry Enfield is coming to the Bord Gais Energy Theatre with the show "Harry Enfield and No Chums" on November 29th. He'll take us behind the scenes with his famous characters including Wayne and Waynetta, Loadsamoney, Smashie and Nicey and many more

Cork-based solicitor Jacqueline Dunne speaks with Trina Mara about the key considerations and legal implications involved in making a will. www.thejourney.ie www.dunnesolicitors.ie Instagram: thejourney.ie

Former CNN correspondent and anchor Gina London's new book "Amplify You" explores the need to being human in this AI world.

Comedian Emma Doran chats to Trina Mara about "Emmaculate" at Vicar Street on November 14th and the Galway Comedy Festival www.emmadorancomedy.com

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