Brendan O'Connor

Suzanne Lynch, Washington Correspondent with The Irish Times, gives us an update on the economic mood after her visit to the US this week.

Earlier this week the singer Justin Bieber opened up about his struggles with drugs and depression which he puts down to being a child star. Joining Brendan in studio producer Eoin Sweeney discussing some child stars who suffered or survived their childhood stardom.

Chatting to Brendan O'Connor this morning is a woman who knows all about how tough family business can be. Marian O’Gorman, CEO of Kilkenny Design Group was live in studio.

Henry McDonald senior National Reporter for the Guardian, well known for his decades of coverage of The Troubles from his home in Belfast, joins Breandan this morning to discuss his new book Two Souls

Jenny Branigan physiotherapist chats to Brendan about the impact of a sedentary or inactive lifestyle has on our health.

Joining Brendan on the line from the UK Cerys Matthews chats about her new cookbook called, Where the Wild Cooks Go. Join Cerys on 24th September at Liberty Hall for some music and chat about her new cookbook Where The Wild Cooks Go.

This week there were a number of stories in the papers about the privacy practices of multinational tech firms Johnny Ryan, Chief Policy Officer at Brave is live in studio with Brendan taking about data sharing.

Today's panel included Eoghan O'Neachtain, Director of Heneghan PR, Jackie Healy Rae, Independent Kerry County Councillor, Alison Cowzer, Co-founder of East Coast Bakehouse, Dan O'Brien, Chief Economist at the Institute of International & European Affairs and Grace Williams, Forsa Trade Union. Brendan also spoke to Andrew Bridgen, Conservative MP.

Des Cahill joined Brendan in studio ahead of the big match between Dublin and Kerry!

Fiona Flynn, TV Editor for entertainment.ie, joined Brendan in studio to take a look at what’s on in movies and television in the coming weeks.