The 11-1 Show

Sinéad heard that Iceland celebrated their 50th anniversary recently by launching a chicken nugget into space so she tracked down the company behind the marketing stunt. Alex Keen head of communications from Sent into space told Sinead all about how the company launch different items into space and take the most breath taking photos!

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A brand new monthly feature on 11-1 Word foolery Wednesday's with Stamullan based author Grace Tierney. Each month Grace introduces us to new and old words, explaining the origins behind them, how they came into use and plenty of funny anecdotes behind them. This month Doom scrolling, covidiots, feckless words that are being used to describe life with covid. Plus as it's Halloween at the end of the month, macabre, eldritch and a very gruesome story behind the phrase to 'run amok'

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What do Ellen De Generes, JK Rowling, Kevin Hart and so many other famous celebrities have in common? They are all victims of cancel culture! Psychotherapist Stella O Malley joined Sinéad to discuss what cancel culture is, why it is so prevalent now and the long lasting effect this can have on someone psychologically.

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Meath actress Helen Behan joined Sinead for a lively chat about living the dream as an actress, working with Lily Rose Depp and Aidan Gillen and getting dolled up for a virtual IFTA awards ceremony this weekend.

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Sinéad doesn't normally discuss politics on her show but during last week's US vice presidential election debate between Senator Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence something women experience time and again reared it's ugly head. Yemi Adenuga Fine Gael Counsellor in Meath discussed the fact that women are constantly spoken over or interrupted by men

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This month Maria Macklin discussed how the fashion industry is responding to covid dress with mask built in anyone? From return of retro 70's style, fashion inspired by nature and the worrying trend of over 30% of women using filters on images to the increase in cosmetic surgery as women don't like how they look are all discussed in this month's feature

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In light of model and tv presenter Chrissy Teigen posting the heart-breaking images of her miscarriage on instagram, Sinéad invited Deirdre Pierce Mc Donnell chairperson of the miscarriage association of Ireland on the show to discuss miscarriage the grief parents feel and why there is so much silence around the issue. We also heard from women and men who shared their personal experiences of loss.

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Rick Rossiter knows all too well how damaging the stigma attached to having a mental health condition can be. He was diagnosed with Bi-Polar Disorder at 26 and was later found to also experience Borderline Personality Disorder. He has experienced the highs and lows of his mental health difficulties and shared some of his experiences living with mental illness and the stigma that goes along with this

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According to the first ever National healthy eating guidelines for 1-4 year olds laid out by the department of health children in this age group are only allowed 1 square of chocolate, 3 crisps, 3 jellies per week as a treat! This has shocked a lot of parents, as obesity is affecting 1 in 4 of our children it's important to instill healthy eating practices but is this a little OTT? Laura Erskine our parenting expert from Baby Doc Club discusses the new guidelines.

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We all need a bit of positive thinking and no better woman to give it to us then empowering motivational speaker life coach Nicola Connolly Byrne she discusses steps to positive thinking, how to appreciate the small things in life, self care and how we should allow ourselves to feel down on the off days and she shared some of her tools to getting back on track. Positive mental well being for these challenging times.

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