Sinéad O’Connor, James Joyce, U2, Oscar Wilde … even Derry Girls 

For such a small population Ireland has provided some real heavy hitters, culturally speaking… 

Some of these could be written off as just pop culture but writer and podcaster Caroline O’Donoghue wants people to embrace the popular, and not just from Ireland.

Her hugely successful podcast Sentimental Garbage takes a deep dive into themes and references from across the pop cultural landscape to find out why they mean so much to us. 

Her latest book The Rachel Incident is set in 2009… a time ripe for these sorts of cultural references.