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Sunday with Miriam
Hosted by RTÉ Radio 1 · EN
Miriam O'Callaghan presents an all-talking, all-singing, all-human-life-is-here show. Listen live every Sunday at 10am on RTÉ Radio 1.
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Risteárd Cooper
5d ago00:20:10Tap to summarizeThe actor/mimic/comedian chats about discovering mimicry, a talent for singing inherited from both parents, his father who developed dementia, the death of his brother Fiachra and the Aprés Match glory days. His new solo comedy show is called ‘Out of His Head' Tour details: risteardcooper.com
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Keith Duffy
5d ago00:26:51Tap to summarizeKeith and his son Jay feature in this season of ‘Uncharted with Ray Goggins’, which for them meant climbing Mount Stanley in Uganda. He chats about the physical and mental toll of it, reinventing himself from singer to actor, his daughter Mia and performing again with Boyzone in their farewell gig in London
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Colin and Eithne Bell
2w ago00:16:32Tap to summarizeThe founders of the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust (helping bereaved families bring the bodies of their loved-ones home from abroad), explain the impact on their lives of losing their son, how their world has opened up and securing the charity into the future Kevin Bell Trust: https://kbrtrust.com
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Marie Gleeson
2w ago00:17:48Tap to summarizeThe former Irish Navy captain explains what she learned from her years in service, losing her son Ciarán a week after his birth and life after leaving the forces. She tells her story in her memoir ‘Be Like The Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership From An Irish Navy Captain’
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Elma Walsh
2w ago00:15:13Tap to summarizeChat with the mother of Donal Walsh, who had a terminal cancer diagnosis but made such an impact when he appealed to teenagers to value life and find alternatives to suicide. The book ‘I Am Me: The Donal Walsh Story’ is a mixture of Elma’s thoughts, Donal’s own writings and the testimonials of people who've been touched by what he had to say.
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Johnny Logan
3w ago00:29:43Tap to summarizeIn a wide-ranging conversation the three-time Eurovision winner chats about family background, his early start in music business, Eurovision success, career trajectory and life abroad. He plays Vicar Street on Saturday August 22 (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be podcast)
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Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen
3w ago00:14:29Tap to summarizeChat with the two authors who have just published their new novel 'Our Deadly Summer', featuring a pair of friends and their adventures on a J1 summer in Long Island. They also chat about their working partnership, their own J1 summer experiences and Emer explains how her recent ADHD diagnosis has impacted her life.
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Donal Skehan
4w ago00:17:40Tap to summarizeThe chef chats about his life-long love of art, his sculptor grandparents and being one of the ‘Incognito Art’ artists, the fundraising online art auction for the Jack & Jill Foundation To view the collection: www.incognito.ie
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Kathleen MacMahon
4w ago00:16:42Tap to summarizeThe author chats about her previous career and her latest novel ‘Other People’s Lives’, where she turns her gaze on marriage and other people’s relationships. She also talks about the writings of her grandmother Mary Lavin, and support in the writing world.
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Susan Bennett
4w ago00:16:17Tap to summarizeThe author chats about the lives she and her Church of Ireland minister husband were having in Belfast in their thirties, when incredibly they were both diagnosed with MS. They spent a year travelling Europe in a camper van, which she chronicles in her book ‘One Year’ (published by Gill)
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