Broadcaster Louise McSharry sits down with Roísín to talk about why she decided to present the Operation Transformation radio show on RTÉ 2fm, and follow the show’s health and fitness plan herself, despite being “very critical” of the diet industry.

She will be presenting Op Tran with Karl Henry, one of the show’s trainers, on 2fm on Saturday mornings from 9-11am.

Her memoir Fat Chance will be published by Penguin this spring.

Chloe Agnew, the former lead singer of Celtic Woman who joined the show when she was just 15, sits down with Roísín to talk about growing up in the spotlight, her famous parents Twink (Adele King) and oboist David Agnew, and her career as a soloist, songwriter and actor.

She returns to the stage on January 16th for her first major Irish concert at the National Concert Hall.

If you feel the urge up to turn over a new leaf or two on New Years Day, one bad habit you should consider ditching is excessive self-criticism. That's according to counsellor and Irish Times columnist Padraig O'Morain, who speaks with Roísín Ingle about "self compassion" on this week's podcast.

Padraig explains how facing a challenging personal situation helped him realise that his own harsh self-criticism was preventing from taking action.

"It occurred to me that what was making me so nervous was the sense that maybe I will not do this thing right, maybe ill come into criticism," he said. "Then I realised that the critic I was fearing most was myself."

Padraig also leads a short mediatation. Happy New Year from the Roísín Meets team.

Earlier in December Roísín met with the conductor and young singers of the Palestrina Choir who performed a few tunes and chatted about changing voices, their challenging Christmas schedule and how singing is good for the soul.

Happy Christmas from the Roísín Meets team.

Broadcaster Mike Murphy sits down with Roísín to talk about his upbringing, his academic failures and his career trajectory from stage actor to one of the country’s most popular broadcasters. He returns to television screens later this month to present the new quiz show Play It By Year, based on Reeling In The Years.

Play It By Year will premiere on RTÉ on 27th December at 7pm and will air for four consecutive nights.

Friend of the show Mario Rosenstock returns to The Irish Times, dodges Conor Pope and Fintan O'Toole in the elevator and sits down with Roísín to talk about his new live show, his ever-expanding cast of characters and much, much more. PLUS: hear Counsellor Hugh McElvaney's new song.

Mario Rosenstock Live will premiere in Cork Opera House on March 23rd 2016 before touring the country and finishing with five nights in the Gaiety Theatre from April 26th.

Christmas makes it presence felt for the first time this year as comedian, panto star and extremely likeable young man Al Porter visits Roísín in the Irish Times studio.

Later in the show his panto co-star Dustin the Turkey makes an unexpected entrance.

Freezin' - The Story of the Snow Queen is on at The Olympia Theatre from Friday 18th December 2015 to Sunday 10th January 2016.

One year on, Father Peter McVerry returns to Roísín Meets to report on the escalating homelessness crisis.

Derry Clarke has been in the restaurant business for three decades. His restaurant l'Ecrivain has seen boom times and recessions come and go and all things in the business change, from the food to the diners' clothing, from the era of the long business lunch to the scourge of smartphone use at the table.

He has also had his share of tragedy and sadness. On today's podcast he tells Roísín his story of survival over the years.

LauraLynn Children’s Hospice is named for the two daughters of its founder, Jane McKenna. Laura (4) died of a heart defect. Her older sister Lynn (15) developed leukemia while Laura was in hospital and died less than two years later.

On this week’s podcast, Jane talks about the memory of her late daughters, dealing with grief, and how she set up LauraLynn to provide Ireland’s only dedicated palliative care service for children.