The 11-1 Show

One of the greatest Irish bands of all time may not have hit worldwide fame had it not been for some advice imparted by Louis Walsh he shared the story with Sinéad, Meath businesswoman Fiona Sherlock wants to help people kickstart an online business and Ireland's leading transformation coach Niamh Ennis imparts more great advice to help us 'Get Unstuck' in 2023.

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In a move that shocked some people producers of Love Island are banning upcoming contestants from using social media. Entertainment reporter and social media influencer Thomas Crosse (Crossy) from Navan has his say on this. Chair of the Deirdre Gogarty Legacy Committee Ciarán Mc Ivor has found an artist to work on the statue of Drogheda's trailblazing boxing star plus the search for a Basil Fawlty type for a new TV series.

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No new year's resolutions or diet plans here! Did you know that audience members hearts beat in time during a theatre performance? Mind blown! just 1 of the many things we learned from Maria Fleming CEO of mental health festival First Fortnight. What is in a number quite a lot actually as numerologist Gráinne Tyndall told us how our birth date can tell us a lot about what life path we are on.

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Sinéad's last show of the year and she goes out with a bang, she has a special song for Niall who joined us to talk some not so festive movies in Reel Reviews, a heartwarming musical collaboration between Ukrainian and Irish students from St Olivers Secondary school Drogheda brought lots of Christmas cheer.

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They are off to a great start Eugene Mohan from Dundalk and the crew have set off on the ultimate race across the Atlantic in the Talisker whiskey Atlantic challenge Sinéád caught up with Eugene who is day 9 into the toughest endurance row live from the boat. From An Post walking in the air snowman to dreaming of a white Christmas Guinness ad what makes the best Christmas ads Vaunnie Mc Dermot from Connolly partners ad agency joined us . Plus another chance to win a family pass to the Game of Thrones studio tour

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Last week 9 men from Ireland including twin brothers from Dundalk set off from San Sebastáin De La Gomera Canarias Spain to take on the world's toughest rowing endurance race all to raise money for two worthy charities the RNLI and the Laura Lynn foundation. The Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge is a premium event in ocean rowing that typically takes 35-40 days for the top rowers to complete, covering more than 3000 miles, requiring them to row for 12 hours a day, they face exposure to the elements, dehydration, seasickness, drastic weather conditions, inability to consume enough calories. Sinéad rang the satellite phone on the boat to check in with Dundalk man Eugene Mohan to see how things were going...

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He’s front man of 1 of the biggest Irish bands from the 90’s and he has a starring role in the English alongside Emily Blunt Steve Wall of the stunning joined Sinead for a chat and had a great story behind the band's name. Irish whiskey has experienced serious growth around the world Alex Conyngham co founder of Slane Irish Whiskey reflects on a successful year plus he ultimate prize for game of thrones fans all this week

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The Christmas dinner the most anticipated meal of the year but it doesnt always go to plan listeners share their Christmas dinner stories, the BT Young Scientist and technology exhibition is back in person Mari Cahalane had all the details plus the importance of detoxing from social media at Christmas.

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This week Author Grace Tierney supplies the merriment, gingerbread and port for a festive themed wordfoolery. Grace told us the fascinating origin stories behind these Christmassy words plus we had great fun guessing the mystery word.

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With the alarming increase in scarlet fever and strep A in children our pharmacist Sheena Mitchell from Enfield has published a guide to support with everything you need to know she joined us for a chat, , , Festive wordfoolery with author Grace Tierney and her wacky sounding mystery word caused the usual havoc

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