Sunday with Miriam

The entertainment journalist with the Irish Independent discusses how she dealt with the shock diagnosis of a colloid brain cyst, which was potentially fatal, and why giving it the name Cyril helped her

Alex Conyngham - the son of Sir Henry Mountcharles - explains why their winter show ‘Enchanted Kingdom’ at Slane Castle was inspired by his young daughter Laragh who has Rett Syndrome https://www.slanecastle.ie/enchanted-kingdom-at-slane-castle/ Rett Syndrome support: https://rettsyndrome.ie/

Chat with the well-known baker, a former baking advisor with Odlums and cookery fixture on Ireland AM for over 20 years, who explains why she’s had to slow down in the past few years because of COPD (caused by smoking) Support website: https://copd.ie/

The wife of the prominent human rights lawyer Pat Finucane, who was murdered in their home by loyalists, reacts to the news that the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Hilary Benn finally announced a full inquiry into Pat’s killing

Members of new folk band The Half Room - Pauline Scanlon, Nicola Joyce and Fabian Joyce - chat about the roots of the band in Galway and where they find their songs Official: https://www.thehalfroom.com/ (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be made available in the podcast)

Chat with Paul Mescal’s mother about the extraordinary career high for her son, from being a drama student at the Lir Academy just a few short years ago to headlining the new major Hollywood blockbuster ‘Gladiator II’ which premiered this weekend

Acclaimed jockey Davy Russell looks back over a career that brought him Cheltenham success, back-to-back Grand Nationals on Tiger Roll, a fair share of injuries and a few clashes along the way. His memoir ‘Davy Russell: My Autobiography’, co-written with racing writer/broadcaster Donn McClean, has just been published

Conor O’Brien of Villagers brings us a new and an old song in a Studio 8 session and chat about creativity and the touring life Official website: https://wearevillagers.com/ (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be made available in the podcast)

Artist and naturalist Don Conroy brings us on a journey of discovery around our own country, helping us to spot the beauty in our wildlife in his new book ‘Drawn to Nature’ (published by Gill)

Chat with the author of ‘This is Happiness’ and ‘Four Letters of Love’, about meeting his American wife Christine in UCD, being Booker-longlisted and an Irish Novel of the Year nominee, moving to Kiltumper, Clare and his new novel ‘Time of the Child’ (published by Bloomsbury