The 11-1 Show

Sinéad is fed up hearing about Adele and Rebel Wilson's weight loss, she feels that there is too much focus on how these women look and not enough focus on their creative talents. She is also disturbed by the use of the words 'shrinking' and 'unrecognisable' which are being used as compliments when it comes to reporting on the weight loss of these women. Plus size model and body positive advocate Rhian Thompson from Drogheda had a lot to say about this issue and she revealled she is excited to once again walk a more diverse catwalk as part of next year's London Fashion week.

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Each month Image consultant Maria Macklin from house of colour discusses style, fashion trends and issues around clothing and the fashion industry. Today Maria discussed our new more casual style as a result of covid 19,how to make a new work wardrobe work for you and how clothing should reflect your identity and personal brand.

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Pipe down and clear the deck I'm coming through! Ever wonder how these maritime phrases ended up in everyday use? Author and blogger Grace Tierney from Stamullen shared her fascination into the stories and history around certain words with Sinéad on today's 11-1. Grace has written a book 'Words the sea gave us' she shared some really interesting and humorous stories about learning the ropes, booby traps, pipe down and more.

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Tired of reading his daughter Jade stories about princesses needing rescuing from towers Gavin Leonard decided a change was needed and created his own series of adventure books featuring his daughter Jade in a variety of different roles. The series Not just a princess sees Jade take on the role of detective, pilot, fire-fighter and everything in between. Gavin told Sinéad that we shouldn't be limiting our children let them believe they can be anything.

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Whilst the rest of us have been enjoying our staycations visiting various places around Ireland Simon Mullen and Christopher Kenny from Dublin are travelling around the Irish coastline for a very different reason. They took on a challenge cycling 3,000km to raise money for Unicef. They told Sinead that despite battling through two storms, sleeping rough in tents they are enjoying the experience. The lads arrive in Meath in the coming days.

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Adrian Mc Cusker was fed up of feeling bad every time he opened his postbox until one day a postcard from a good friend who was on holiday in France changed his mood and gave him a great idea for a business. He told Sinéad how he is sending smiles all over the world via his post a selfie app.

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Is there something strange in your neighbourhood, well who you gonna call? Today on 11-1 Sinéad met real life ghost buster Tina Barcoe who is a complete sceptic when it comes to the afterlife but it led her to setting up paranormal researchers Ireland who willingly spend the night in some of Ireland's most haunted locations all in the hopes of finding concrete evidence of the supernatural.

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Like many artists and musicians Covid 19 has had a profound effect on Luan Parle, she released her fourth studio album earlier this year and was about to embark on a tour before lockdown was enforced. She told Sinéad how she had to adapt to the challenges the pandemic presented and how she is determined to keep going and is writing new material.

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Face masks have become part of our lives now for the foreseeable and some people like to go all out with really colourful ones however, Ballivor based Textile artist Anita Reynolds has come up with a way of merging her art and love of nature into a range of masks. She joined Sinéad for a chat about the work involved in creating the masks, her work in ceramics and how she knew she would be a professional artist when she was in 6th class!

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As we are all wearing masks to protect us and others from covid 19 skincare experts are noticing an increase in maskne, a form of acne flaring up around the chin and mouth. As government and HSE guidelines are very much still in place around mask wearing how can we prevent and treat bad acne? Eavanna Breen skincare specialist to the stars director of Akina beauty and laser clinic in Dublin shared some helpful advice.

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