The Ryan Tubridy Show is a fast paced entertaining and informative sixty minutes of morning radio.
Emma Dennis on life as a carer, Eoghan Connaughton's Gaelic Woodland Project is a charity initiative which is restoring our Irish woodlands, the ACORNS programme supports rural women in business, performance coach Andy Ramage on supporting alcohol-free living and the Sanctuary runners goes from strength to strength in the community.
Since 2018 Sanctuary Runners has over 12,000 people attending their events. CEO Graham Clifford and asylum seeker Patience join Brendan in studio.
Mark is perhaps one of the best placed people to discuss the picturesque Castletownshend. His family have lived in the West Cork village since the 1600s.
Brendan spoke about the power of saying hello to your neighbour and how it can improve your day. Charlie McGettigan got in touch to share his song which shares the very same sentiment.
Andy Ramage is a performance coach and the the co-founder of the Dryy App which is an alcohol-free community for people looking to take a break from alcohol.
Conor Spacey has written "Wasted” an unofficial guide to controlling kitchen waste.
Caroline Reid and Joan McCann discuss the ACORNS programme. The initiative supports women living in rural Ireland, who want to start a new business or have recently started a venture.
Tennis player Stuart Haxell will represent Ireland at the Blind Sports World Games in the UK on Monday. The Irish blind and visually impaired tennis team are sponsored by Progressive Vision and Thea pharma, along with GoFundme support.
Eoghan Connaughton is the founder of the Gaelic Woodland Project, which is reviving Irish woodlands by removing invasive plant species, fundraising to buy land and planting.
Siobhan De Paor is one of the founders of Wild Irish Retreats, an initiative to help people connect with their heritage in a natural setting.
Emma Dennis worked as a carer after leaving school and is now the general manager of Bluebird Care. She recently went on a ‘Virtual Dementia Bus'to experience firsthand what it might be like to have dementia.
Sharon Huggard is a woman on a mission and that mission is for people, mostly women to make themselves seen in photos. The “#get in the picture” campaign will run on national Photography Day, August 19th.
Sinead Crowther is the CEO of Soothing Solutions, her idea became successful product, Noel O'Regan on his debut novel 'Though the Bodies Fall', Dr Mark Rowe chats about forest bathing and enjoying the simple things in life, Irish tenor Emmet Cahill has already topped the US billboard charts and will play the National Concert Hall in September.
Emmet Cahill is one of Ireland's most exciting young tenors. His album topped the US billboard charts. The Mullingar man's upcoming show, 'The Sound of Rodgers & Hammerstein' is on at the National Concert Hall on September 6th.
Brendan played Whitney Houston's ‘I Get So Emotional' on Wednesday's show. This set Denise Mullins on a trip down memory lane and back a time when she was a student at Brendan's aerobic classes.
Brussels based photographer, Barbara Iweins, took the step of photographing every item she owns. All 12,795 of them.
Dr Mark Rowe chats about forest therapy and enjoying the simple things in life. The annual Restival Festival takes place in Mount Congreve Gardens August 19-20th.
Noel O'Regan's debut novel is set in the West of Ireland. 'Though the Bodies Fall' follows Micheál Burns who lives alone in his family's bungalow at the end of Kerry Head.
Hugh Tinney is a concert pianist. His mother Sheila Power was a world renowned Mathematical Physicist. Oppenheimer invited her to be a fellow at Princeton in 1948. She created the first mathematical course in Quantum Phyiscs in UCD.
Sinead Crowther is the CEO and co-founder of Soothing Solutions. Her idea became a product which was snapped up not just here but across the water.
Lorna Anne Tierney decided to take action and make a difference. The Earthy Market is Ireland's first All-Ireland Resource Hub for Conscious Consumerism & Beyond. Further details theearthymarketplace.com/
C.J. MacCarthy's humorous book The Devil Wears Farah, Zoe Mulvey on overcoming health challenges to pursue her passion in life, The Valley of the Squinting Windows comes to the Gaiety Theatre in November, the bestselling author Catherine Ryan Howard on her new book The Trap and Baz Black's debut feature film, Dublin Crust.
Baz Black has written, directed and acted in a number of his own short films. His debut feature Dublin Crust hits the cinemas on September 1st.
Catherine Ryan Howard is the international bestselling author of '56 Days' and 'The Nothing Man'. 'The Trap' is a disturbing psychological thriller focusing on a series of unsolved disappearances in 1990s Ireland.
‘The Valley of the Squinting Windows' is an adaptation of Brinsley MacNamara's book that was banned in 1918. Director Michael Scott and Mary Wheldon, the daughter-in-law of MacNamara join Oliver in studio. The play comes to the Gaiety Theatre from November 7-11th.
Mother and daughter, Emma and Zoe Mulvey join Oliver in studio. Zoe was born with hydrocephalus and had to overcome many health challenges throughout her life. However, that hasn't stopped her from pursuing her current passion, powerboating.
Rachel Ní Bhraonáin is the Dance Artist in Residence at Garter Lane Arts Centre in Waterford. Her new show Mosh has humour, heart and a whole lot of headbanging. Mosh will be at Dublin Fringe Festival, September 13-17th in Project Arts Centre.
The new book of C.J. MacCarthy, The Devil Wears Farah, is a humorous look back at Ireland in the 1970s. C.J. sets the story in his native Limerick, and reflects on growing up, his parents' heroic generation, and how non-geographic Irish childhood was.