The 11-1 Show

Nigerian Irish poet and spoken word artist Dagogo Hart is featured in this week's Solo at home series in association with Droichead Arts Centre, here he speaks to Sinéad about leaving Nigeria aged just 16 to study here, the inspiration around his work Metal which was about modern masculinity and how it feels to stand on stage and hear a pin drop when performing as a spoken word artist.

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Looking for inspiration for your summer staycation this year? Travel expert Sarah Slattery selects her top Irish road trips for staycation fun this summer.

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This month in our regular style feature Image Consultant Maria Macklin from House of Colour gives us the lowdown on the history of shorts the summer fashion staple plus she talks us through how to create a capsule wardrobe and what key pieces she recommends should be in the capsule and how to make it work for you.

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Co creator of Sofft nights Natasha Duffy joined Sinéad for a chat about creating a great covid compliant music and wellness festival in the grounds of Dunderry Park. Natasha outlined how they are making the event completely safe for 100 people to enjoy live music and a festival atmosphere.

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Although boxing wasn’t legal in Ireland for women as recent as the late 80's, one remarkable woman from Mornington was determined to become a champion of the world. Today because of her impressive boxing career and unwavering desire to take her place in a world that didn’t accept women Deirdre Gogarty paved the way for many young boxers including Katie Taylor who names Deirdre as one of her heroes. Deirdre’s story is one of true grit and this month marks the anniversary of her first female boxing bout in Ireland where she won 6 rounds against Ann-Marie Griffin, Ciaran Mc Ivor who is co -founder of boxing bants Irelands boxing social media broadcaster joined Sinéad to discuss Deirdre's impressive career and to highlight his campaign to have a statute erected in the town in her honour.

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This week in our Solo at home series in association with Droichead Arts Centre we focus on fiddle player and singer/songwriter Roisin Ward Morrow who started off playing fiddle aged just 6, she is a Leinster Fleadh winner, has toured to places as far flung as Shanghai with the cross border orchestra has played for President Barack Obama. She released her debut album By the light of the Moon in 2019 and teaches students privately and via the Oriel orchestra.

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He made a name for himself producing the multi BAFTA and Academy award winning movie The Kings Speech but producer Gareth Ellis Unwin's career is a rich and varied one. He spoke to Sinéad about how he got his start in the movie business, what it was like working on the Kings Speech his new passion project which is seeking crowd funding support The Cheetah and he had some great advice for those thinking of starting out in the industry.

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One of Ireland's most prolific singer/songwriters and actors who has a career spanning over 30 years Maria Doyle Kennedy in conversation with Sinéad discussing everything from her new album, her film work, writing an album in lockdown and performing as part of this years' Drogheda Arts Festival.

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Author and historian Turtle Bunbury has spent 20 years interviewing older people in Ireland documenting forgotten trades, now the series is being developed into a podcast and producers are looking for older participants.

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After 14 long months off stage Quintessence theatre company have adapted and are ready to premiere their digital debut production 'Behind locked doors' this Friday as part of the Drogheda arts festival. The series will feature 2 stories of domestic abuse and parental alienation set against the backdrop of the pandemic. Anna Simpson director of Quintessence theatre company told SInéad how important it was they respond to issues of abuse that increased during lockdown.

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