Twenty Minutes With..

A Dubliner, Niall Conroy leads a Public Health team, battling Covid 19 in Queensland, Australia. What I didn't know about, however, was his passion for saving the lives of the tiniest of babies. It's a passion that drove Niall to develop & open a neonatal unit in Africa. His life as a doctor has taken him to many parts of the World, but he now plans to return to Ireland in 2022.

Carol Rice is an activist and a writer. Her second book is due soon. Carol lives with a condition called Pseudo Achondroplasia. It means that she's pretty much in constant pain, but she's determined to live life to the full, and that's exactly what she does. I spoke with Carol to mark Dwarfism Awareness Month, this October. She's passionate about teaching us that the World isn't always a comfortable place for Little People, but that the rest of us can very easily help with that..

In the 1980's, Fiona Kennedy burst onto the Irish music scene, and more than 30 years later, she's still writing, recording and doing what she loves best - playing live. Her career and her personal life have had their ups and downs, but her passion to make and play great music is still as strong as ever..

I knew that Mick Barry, Solidarity TD for Cork North Central was born in America. I knew he was a lifelong socialist and activist for a long list of causes, that he's a Manchester United fan & music lover - but his punk rock background - now that was news to me!