This week's Encore features the wonderful bass baritone, Birr's John Molloy ahead of Birr Stage Guild's upcoming Christmas concert. We hear from David Vesey about his debut album, featuring a traditional take on the music of Turlough O'Carolan and the inimitable Lorna Sixsmith introduces us to the heroine of her first work of fiction, home from London after a break-up and ready to roll up her sleeves on the farm. [email protected] is the email - drop a line to presenter Claire O'Brien.