Roisin and her family are heading to Dublin for the traditional December 8th Christmas shopping trip.

The Back for Business programme supports entrepreneurial activity among Irish emigrants returning to Ireland. Brendan is joined by Paula Fitzsimons, the programme co-ordinator, Ronan Purcell of Fort Energy and Sarah Fliessbach of Shareclub.

Are you a couple that read together? Mary and her husband started reading to each other on holiday while Emer and her husband read the same books on kindle. They liked it so much, they kept it up.

Fiona Kelly is passionate about hiking and climbing mountains. She is also a volunteer with the Dublin & Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team. Further information can be found at www.dwmrt.ie/

"Quake Shake" is a new outreach programme looking for people of all ages across Ireland to observe and study local and global earthquakes. Laura Reilly is a geophysicist with the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Further details at quakeshake.ie

Cork Cycle for All is a cycling group for people of all abilities and disabilities. Mark O’Donoghue set up the initiative to get rid of social isolation in the community.

Have you a few words as Gaeilge? Or maybe you want to reconnect with the Irish language. Deirdre recommends a weekly conversation group, Ciorcal Comhrá. While Noel is reconnecting with the Irish language in Strasbourg.

Joanna Ciezha intended only to visit Ireland for a short trip. Sixteen years on she calls Galway home, speaks the Irish language and is the co-owner of Irish Socksciety, a bi-lingual sock company.

Lean Brady runs a local charity shop in Cavan town. She tells Brendan why charity shops are as popular as ever.

On this week's show Brendan was joined by Tonie Walsh ahead of World Aid’s Day, Michelle O'Mahony and Gwen McGuirk celebrate 300 years of the wedding dress, Kevin Quaid talks openly about what it's like living with dementia, Gordon Hogan on the life of an artist and classic Christmas number one songs with journalist Dave Hanratty.