The 11-1 Show

He has charmed us with his delightful series of children's books featuring our own President Michael D Higgins, now Peter Donnelly is back with a book we could all do with after lockdown. It's called 'Up on the mountain'. In discussion with Sinéad Brassil

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Niamh Walsh journalist with the Irish mail on Sunday wrote an article mocking and ridiculing politicians clothing choice at the recent Fianna Fáil think in one of whom was local Senator Erin Mc Greehan, Sinéad invited image consultant Maria Macklin from House of colour to discuss the hurtful comments made in the article and how this could impact on self esteem when it comes to dressing confidently.

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Sinéad caught up with actor/writer and director Baz Black from Drogheda who is in Cannes hoping to drum up support for his feature length film debut 'Dublin Crust' which he hopes to start production on next March, his short film 'Merrow' has picked up a string of awards and is screening on the film festival circuit. As well as this Baz has been busy acting in RTE drama Kin, Pulcinella with Jamie Winstone.

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In 2018 the inspirational Fr Tony Coote embarked on a journey walking from Donegal to Cork despite the fact that he had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease and his condition was deteriorating Tony decided to do the walk to raise funds and awareness of the Irish motor neurone disease association. This weekend marks the IMNDA walk while you can fundraising challenge and Tony's brother Ciaran Coote told Sinéad how important it is for us to support this amazing walk Tony started.

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Stephen Hand keyboard player with Dundalk based wedding band the urge was a personal friend of the late Liam Reilly of Bagatelle and he along with guitarist Denver Rafferty and Eurovision singer Eamon Toal wrote a beautiful song in tribute to a man whose legacy as one of Ireland's most gifted singer/songwriters will live on. The song is called Avenue Man, Eamonn and Stephen told Sinéad what inspired them to write this tribute.

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Ham Sandwich are back doing what they do best performing incredible live shows, Sinéad caught up with front woman of the band Niamh Farrell to chat about being back on stage, making new music and being part of the Irish women in Harmony collaboration and of course she answered a few silly questions!

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September marks recovery month a month long campaign to highlight the importance of support and understanding for those going through addiction. Joanne O Dwyer from the Red Door project in Drogheda told Sinéad about the services they offer and the need for more understanding less judgement when dealing with people who are recovering from addiction.

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It is tough enough embarking on a weight loss journey but imagine starting one with a TV crew in tow! That's exactly what Caroline Kavanagh from Drogheda did last year, she had a goal to be bikini body ready before a trip to Australia but lockdown happened. Did she stay motivated? Caroline is one of 6 participants in a new TG4 series Na Slimmers airing tonight.

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This month marks see change green ribbon month a month long campaign dedicated to removing stigma surrounding mental health issues, Barbara Brennan from see change had a lot to say about research they commissioned which shows that 50% of people say they would not ask a loved one for help with a mental health issue, the importance of listening to someone who may need help and how mental health issues need to be discussed more often without shame.

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Sinéad made a startling discovery over the summer holidays, her teenage daughter is not able to do simple tasks like put on a wash or start preparing a dinner, do parents nowadays do too much for children? Are children leaving home with little or no life skills. Laura Erskine from the Parenting experts joined Sinéad to discuss.

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