The 11-1 Show

Who knew Author Grace Tierney was a Steven Seagal fan! Glimmerman, and a host of other great words discussed this month in Wordfoolery plus you know that iconic scene from Friends where Joey puts on all Chandlers clothes turns out there's a word for that!

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Lusk born author Maeve Devoy's fascination with real people and their stories provided the inspiration behind her new book 'A city of Symphony' which features 13 ordinary people living their lives in Dublin.

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Monaghan Theatre maker Declan Gorman spoke to Sinéad about how his love of James Joyce' classic short story The Dead inspired him to create a 1 man show weaving memoir and his love of Joyce's story together. Falling through the Universe is on in An Tain on Saturday 22nd January.

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In light of the tragic death of Ashling murphy it is our responsibility as parents to break down gender stereotypes, educate our sons about the importance of treating everyone equally and ensuring they learn the importance of respecting girls and women. Ollwyn Moran child development expert, founder of Cogni Kids - a company that creates products that help small children develop their fine motor skills had a lot to say about this and had some great advice for parents.

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Vigils are taking place around the North East to remember Aishling Murphy Sinéad shared her thoughts, students from Ashbourne Community School Co. Meath and St Vincents Secondary school Dundalk are presenting their projects in the BT Young scientist and technology exhibition they shared details of their projects which ranged from a smoke detector to prevent forest fires and an interesting investigation into people's attitudes towards vaccines plus Niall O Brien discussed Kenneth Brannagh's new semi autobiographical film 'Belfast' and Ricky Gervais new season of 'After Life'

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We all put it off but it's so important to make a will but how do we go about it where do we start? Due to popular demand we invited solicitor Elaine Byrne back to discuss everything you need to know about making a will plus she had exciting news of her own to share.

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The brutal murder of Aisling Murphy from Tullamore has sent shockwaves through the country Sinéad has had enough of hearing about violent acts against women and has a lot to say about it. She's back due to popular demand solicitor Elaine Byrne was with us discussing making a will and answering listeners queries plus she had big news to share. Hazel Mullins our vet from Highfield Veterinary clinic had lots of great advice for farmers preparing for calving season in our vets and their pets series.

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January can be a dark bleak month but writer, activist and probably the most colourful woman in Ireland Taryn De Vere is brightening our day with her unusual fashion challenge. She decided for a bit of fun to dress as a household object every day so far she has chosen items that are inspired by everyday items and people are loving it. So much so she has ended up on TV in Australia, Germany, and even Sky news has picked up on it. She told Sinéad how overwhelmed she is by people's reactions.

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We all have that inner voice that tells us things like you are not good enough, you can't do that. Instead of silencing this voice life and mindset coach Jacqui Taaffe from Killineer Co. Louth wants us to embrace it she told Sinéad how by recognising what this voice is saying you can work with it and achieve your goals. Jacqui is giving a live workshop on Monday aiming to empower people to work on their mindset and help them move past mental obstacles.

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We could all do with some fun in January the most dreary of months and Taryn de Vere aka the most colourful woman in Ireland is bringing us lots of it. She told Sinéad all about her unusual fashion challenge which sees her dressing as household items every day for the month, do you have a negative inner voice? That voice that says you can't or you're not good enough' life and mindset coach Jacqui Taaffe wants to teach us to embrace that inner critic she believes that by knowing why this voice is there we can work with it to improve our lives. She is running a workshop on this next week. It's official men are more vain than women and Sinéad has found a study to back it up.

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