Dr. Ed Gilbert is a postdoctoral researcher based at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in Dublin, Ireland. He has a PhD in population genetics and genomics from the RCSI, University of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Dr. James Ryan is a writer and publisher who has been active in Irish genealogy for the past 35 years. He founded Flyleaf Press in 1987 and this has now been merged with Ancestor Network.

Kyla Ubbink is a professionally accredited book and paper conservator, Mrs. Ubbink owns and operates Ubbink Book and Paper Conservation and has been a practising conservator for the past 20 years.

Gena Philibert-Ortega is an author, researcher and instructor whose focus is genealogy, social history and women·s history. She holds a master·s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Psychology and Women·s Studies) and a master·s degree in Religion.

Maurice Gleeson is a psychiatrist and pharmaceutical physician as well as a genetic genealogist. He is administrator of several surname DNA projects, including the Gleason, Spearin, Farrell, Ryan, and O·Malley projects.

Ray Blackwell - The Clonakilty International Guitar Festival returns this September 10th – 19th for its 17th iteration,

Dylan Smyth & Chris Boldt of 24_7

Colin Kotin-Hogan talks about the Heritage Council of Ireland to engage with the Irish diaspora and establish an Irish Towns Diaspora Network.

Former Irish Ambassador to Canada, Dr Ray Bassett, has published a book about Dublin's Phoenix Park and its environs. It is redolent with history, as well as containing a rich variety of wildlife.

Rosemarie Smyth updates of the museum at the Bridewell in Tarbert Co Kerry