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Vicky Phelan on her new memoir, Helen Cody on the wonderful Arc Cancer Support Charity which she says saved her life, from our Galway studio Marty Rea & Jane Brennan & there’s live music from The Stunning.

On today's programme: The Boat Boy by John MacKenna; Fact and Fiction in Brontë Weddings by Maebh O’Regan; 33 Revolutions Per Minute by Chris McHallem; Timothy West and Sir Thomas Beecham’s Boxer Shorts by Emer O’Kelly;and The Past is a Foreign Country by Cyril Kelly

This week, John O'Donnell reads his poem Angsana

This morning Marian is joined by a lady who has been steadfast in her support of the American President since his election. Alice Butler Short,Virginia Women for Trump, Founder & President.

This week the narrative of the U.K. politics was sprinkled with Greek mythology. Leo Varadkar as Athena, Boris Johnson’s Hercules and Nigel Farage as the Brexit “Icarus". Dr Martin Brady from UCD School of Classics came in to explain some of the of equivalencies and more examples!

Peter O'Brien is a man who has travelled the world with a career in fashion. He has worked with Givenchy, Dior, and Chloe. These days he's working with Dunnes Stores and has just launched his fifth collection there.

he Beef world with Fran McNulty, Hannah Quinn-Mulligan met with woodland owners who outlined the gravity of a disease called Ash Dieback. 3 local entrepreneurs, Patrice Cooney, Oscar Wilde Water, Kieran Comerford, LEO Carlow & Martina Woods, Harry's Dogs Bakery. Brian Lally meets maestro Bill Whelan & Boxty without Borders with Suzanne Campbell.

Lorna Siggins on 40th Anniversary of Crinniú na mBád in Kinvara, Co. Galway. Mike McCartney reports from Rathlin Island & a dramatic sea rescue of a South Korean cargo vessel The Golden Ray off the southern state of Georgia by the US Coast Guard.

Lemn Sissay talks about his memoir "My Name Is Why" (published by Canongate)

Pilgrim Mike Timms has his feet on the ground as he treads the tarmacadam routes of the medieval traveller