Brendan O'Connor

Community pharmacist, and "Wondercare" podcaster, Sheena Mitchell, talks Dearbhail through the essential first aid supplies to pack for your summer holidays. She advises on the typical scraps and doses that can catch us off guard while travelling.

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Three people of colour who came to Ireland as migrants talk to Dearbhail following the recent spate of racially motivated attacks. Writer, Cauvery Madhavan, Dr Aman De Sondy, Senior Lecturer at UCC and Natasha Maimba, UNICEF Youth Ambassador spoke about their own experiences with racism, their love for Ireland and their hope for the future.

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Chartered Physiotherapist, Aisling Frawley shares her tips for how to avoid the desk slouch, repair "tech neck" and retain muscle and joint strength into the future.

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Eddie Mullins, CEO of Merchants Quay Ireland, tells Dearbhail how attitudes to drug use have changed in Ireland over recent decades. He highlights the disconnect between "recreational" drug users who may see themselves as morally distinct from those who are drug dependent.

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Prof. Luke O’Neill takes Brendan through the brave new world of A.I., the speed of innovation, how we as a society will adapt, how it will affect the future of diagnostics, medical research and immunology.

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Joining Brendan to discuss the Sunday papers this week are Hary McGee, Political Correspondent with the Irish Times, Lisa Chambers, Former Fianna Fáil TD now with business advisory firm Consello, Niamh Hourigan, Sociologist with Mary Immaculate College, Scott Lucas, Professor of U.S. and International Politics at the Clinton Institute, UCD.

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Writer Henrietta McKervey and Brian Lloyd, Freelance Entertainment Journalist, give Brendan their recommendations for the best T.V. and films to watch for the week ahead.

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Writer, Edel Coffey joins Brendan to reveal what’s in the newly released life story of Hollywood A-lister Gwyneth Paltrow. The unauthorised biography includes how she had to teach an unworldly Brad Pitt about caviar, her nepo baby status,the multi-million-dollar wellness empire she built and her evolution as the marmite figure of her generation.

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Pop idol Jason Donovan takes Brendan through his life in five songs, the soundtrack to his days in the Stock Aitken and Waterman ‘Hit Factory’ and his second act as a musical theatre star. He talks about the impact early fame in Neighbours had on his life, his struggles with addiction and finding refuge and revelation on the stage.

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Irish music icon Mary Coughlan draws on all her life experience and the wisdom that comes from getting through the hard times to give Brendan some lessons she lives by.

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