Chat with the Irish actor about his varied career on tv screens and on stage but how Ballycastle in Antrim will always be home; he is currently preparing to play the lead role as King Lear at the Gate Theatre Further details: www.gatetheatre.ie

The businessman Dermod Dwyer and his son Denis (a producer and documentary-maker) discuss their visit last year to the five countries that make up The Levant – Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel and Palestine. They explain why they went there, and what they saw and learned is featured in their book ‘Desert Bonds: A Father and Son’s Middle East Odyssey’

The entertainer, mentalist and keynote speaker explains why recently he posted a some very personal videos on Instagram, relating to his grief over the death of his father

The author chats about her new book ‘We All Live Here’ - a chaotic tale of a family home in London, with multi-generational drama, bad plumbing, and a dog (published by Michael Joseph)

The singer/songwriter performs live and chats about growing up on the Armagh/Monaghan border and taking her music to audiences at home and abroad Official website: www.danilarkin.com (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be made available in the podcast)

The young actor from Laytown, Meath (with family roots in Nigeria), who has starred in HBO’s ‘House of the Dragon’, is one of the nominees for this year’s IFTA Rising Star Award. He also explains what led him to a career in acting, natural positivity, his strong faith and future ambitions

In in her book ‘Raising Resilience the wife, mother and businesswoman explains the challenge her family faced when their twins were delivered prematurely in 2021. One son – Freddie - had Downs Syndrome and spent the first year of his life in hospital which she found very difficult to cope with mentally.

The Clare fiddler chats about his musical relationship with the late Dennis Cahill, pushing the boundaries of traditional music and performing soon with the National Symphony Orchestra for ‘Peggy’s Dream’, in tribute to his mother Peggy and Dennis Cahill (accompanied by Kate Ellis on cello) Concert details: www.nch.ie

Cáit O’Riordan remembers the woman and extraordinary artist she knew, beyond the microphone/cameras

Chat with the singer/presenter about a new 3-part Sky tv documentary - ‘Boyzone: No Matter What’, which features candid interviews with all the surviving band members, Louis Walsh, the highs and lows from the early days, tensions over lead singers, tabloid stories, the band break-up and the death of Stephen Gately