Joining Anton ahead of her show in Dublin next year was Candace Bushnell.

Joining Anton to sing the praises of Ireland was Mary McCarthy, columnist for Mediahuis Ireland.

Joining Anton with the latest on the government formation talks was James Browne, Minister of State for International Law, Law Reform and Youth Justice at Dept of Justice who is also a part of Fianna Fáil's negotiating team.

Joining Anton to recap the Sunday papers was:

• Craig Hughes, Political Editor of the Irish Daily Mail 

• Gabija Gataveckaite, Political Correspondent with the Irish Independent  

• Anna-Marie McHugh, Assistant Managing Director of the National Ploughing Association

Joining Anton with the details from Trump's appointment of new US ambassador to Ireland was Sean Defoe, Group Political Correspondent at Bauer Media.

Anton is joined by Gerald Howlin, Public Affairs consultant and Irish Times columnist, and Siona Cahill, Accountant Director with DHR Communications and member of All Island Women's Forum to go through the big stories in Saturday's papers.

There are 11 days to save Christmas as bids are being made to reroute tonnes of stock from Holyhead, and the latest batch of Gardai make the headlines.

Anton sits down with Donal Ryan, one of Ireland’s foremost writers. After picking up the Eason’s Novel of the Year prize at the An Post Irish Book Awards with Heart, Be At Peace, Donal is on a roll.

Alex Cooney, CEO of CyberSafeKids, and Conor Murphy, an English teacher in Skibbereen sit down with Anton as a new programme on Channel 4 follows a group of Year 8 pupils in school in the UK as they lock their phones in a glass cube for three weeks. They are about 12 years of age. As TV crews track this digital detox, is this the right approach? With kids now looking at countless notifications and even disturbing access to pornography, how can we help our kids reduce their addiction to having a phone in their hand?

Ray O’Donoghue, Nighttime Economy advisor for Dublin city sits down with Anton as a ‘welfare area’ is being set up in Dublin city centre. It will provide help such as first aid to anyone who needs urgent assistance on several busy nights ahead of Christmas.

Jennifer Sheahan, Irish Examiner Columnist and former winner of 'Home of the Year', & Bewley's Managing Director, Cole Campbell joins Anton as this weekend is likely to be one of the busiest of the Christmas period. How can we go about surviving all the madness and making it a more enjoyable experience? And how are retailers faring with the inundation of customers?