It’s the first of December marking the annual arrival to our airwaves of the classic Christmas song. Journalist Dave Hanratty joins Brendan in studio.

Kevin Herm Connolly has written a Christmas song called As Long as it's with you (Christmas Eve).

Gordon Hogan is a former guide at the Dachau concentration camp. He always wanted to be an artist. "Exploding View" is his first solo show in Ireland and opens on Saturday at the Source Arts centre in Thurles.

Rebecca Hegarty talks to Brendan about the inspiration to become a horticulturist from a young age.

Kevin Quaid talks openly about what it's like for him and his family living with Lewy Body Dementia. He is the founder of Lewy Body Ireland and has been awarded an honorary doctorate for his outstanding contribution to the field of dementia.

The Dress -Three Centuries of Weddings runs from Friday until Sunday in Atkins Hall, Dunmanway in West Cork. Michelle O'Mahony and Gwen McGuirk's exhibition celebrates 300 years of the wedding dress.

Little did Fran Fogarty know that when she redesigned her own wedding dress for a family wedding that she would rediscover her passion for fashion design. Lily Mais is her sustainable fashion boutique in Dingle.

Since Ireland first felt the devastating impact of AIDS and HIV, Tonie Walsh has campaigned for awareness and progress. ‘Embraced Loop’ in the Phoenix Park will be a permanent monument to the lives lost through the AIDS epidemic.

Last week Brendan spoke to historian Dr Paul O’Brien about an abandoned pub that he documented. Una Heffernan's family have kept the Wren’s Nest pub in their family for five generations.

On this week's show Brendan Courtney guests were Geri Halliwell Horner, Clare Dunne who stars in Roddy Doyle’s adaptation of Peter Pan, comedian Adrian Edmonson, Albert Perris on his local history book, 'A Ramble about Tallaght and Dundalk woman Maria Doyle Cuche on receiving the presidential distinguished service award for the Irish abroad.