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The 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

The 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.

The 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)

Live music and chat with the musicians and long-time collaborators, who are about to release their third album, called ‘Mise Tusa’. (for coyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be podcast)

The former Kerry football captain explains how finding a book in a skip led him to trace the story of Patrick M. Foley, a writer from Dingle, who went to the United States in 1909, where he died mysteriously. The documentary ‘Rian na Fola' will air on RTÉ One on Monday 4 May.

The radio & tv presenter and children’s author has just written her first novel for adults. Called ‘The Mini Breakers’, she admits it is very loosely based on her own group of friends. She also chats about her own very varied broadcasting career.

Chat with the former politician who is one of the ambassadors of the Bealtaine festival this year. The discussion ranges from positive ageing, writing, family background and being a grandparent, studying for a PhD and why the concept of ‘fading away’ should be outlawed

The author and UL Emeritus Professor explains the story behind her novel ‘Something Bigger’ - the death of Jimmy Coyle, an Irish priest in 1920’s America who had stood up to and spoken out against the Ku Klux Klan in Birmingham, Alabama

The Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross retired this week. Ordained in 1984, he’s been a Bishop since 1999 - the same year he officiated at the marriage of the Beckhams. He discusses being a true Corkonian, family support and the challenges and future for the Church of Ireland

In a wide-ranging interview the solicitor discusses living with alopecia universalis, which initially started in a small way in college. For her, it's not the worst thing that could have happened and she explains how she has chosen to accept it. Support information: www.alopeciaireland.ie