Ant McPartlin's admission of his addiction issues led to a lively discussion about the pressures of showbusiness on this weeks 'Back Chat With Maria McCann.

Stage Schools, and the pressures on young performers are under the microscope with guests Richie Hayes, Vicki Graham & Ger O Byrne.

Jason Murphy & Brendan McCarthy were my guests on this week's Back Chat. Special thanks to Brendan who answered the call as a last minute replacement panellist! A great discussion of Dads, Dogs, Discipline and Conor McGregor! Unfortunately you'll only hear the Dads and Dogs part due to an unavoidable technical issue so apologies for that and the slightly abrupt ending!

On a week of Exams for Irish students, this week's Back Chat focuses on Education, Anxious Children and that controversial ISPCC ad. My guests this week are Katherine Cahill & Maria Doyle

Education, the Irish language and how much thought goes into Baby Names are just some of the topics we covered in this week's episode of Back Chat With Maria McCann. This week's panellists are Anne Corcoran Brown, Brianna Connaughton & Orla Shanaghy

On this week's episode events in Manchester meant that the usually upbeat Back Chat took on a more sombre note then usual as my panellists Rita Lacey , Mark Power and I talked through some of the many questions raised by bombing. But there was still time to talk about Irish people's reaction to a bit of sun. and an appreciation of the late Roger Moore!

This week's Episode covers a lot of ground! The 90's, Blasphemy, Children's TV, and Holidays - and that's just some of it. Panel is John Keane and Kieran Doyle - who comes up with a pretty genius idea to deal with stressful car journeys!

On this week's edition of Back Chat With Maria McCann Trish Archer, Catherine Keighery & Libby Shanahan discuss the Instragram Generation, the rights and wrongs of the Madeline McCann case, and Prince Phillp amongst other things.

It's time for episode 4! Up for discussion this week on Back Chat - Food, Eurovision, Perfectionism & THAT Titanic Theory. This week's Back Chat features Nutritionist Jemma Kehoe, Yvonne Dillon of the Nutrilicious Food Company and Digital Marketing Ninja and Creator of Drag Queen Joanna Ryde, Kolyn Byrne.

Another varied and wide ranging discussion on this week's edition of Back Chat With Maria McCann with Feminism, The Simpsons, Melania Trump & Gender Neutral Toilets all in the mix.

Featuring Thomas Atkins, Lynda Lawton & Seneiva Magill

Episode 2 of Back Chat with Maria McCann. Up for discussion on this week's episode is the Netflix Series 13 Reasons Why, Cyclists, Body Hair and much more. The panel this week is Gary Wallace of Team Ryano, Blogger Sandra Power aka Prossecco Powered Mum and Singer Brendan McCarthy. Just a heads up - there is some swearing in this episode - so maybe listen when your little ones aren't in earshot! Off you go to ITunes and hit that subscribe button, then you can listen whenever you like!