We're closing out our first season of Untold with an incredible conversation with Irish drag icon Davina Devine. Davina joined us during a hectic and busy Pride month, to talk to us about her almost 3 decades in the industry, the highs and lows of building a career in drag, and what Pride means to her today.

Davina opens up about her very first Pride, how the community has changed since she started, and why she believes Pride is about celebrating everyone's differences.

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That's a wrap on Season 1! Thank you for joining us on this journey, we'll be back soon with more untold stories from some of Ireland's most well-known faces.

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In this episode, Niamh sits down with Irish stylist Lara Casey, who's spent 25 years dressing everyone from Boyzone to Katie Price. She opens up about starting out on Grafton Street as a teenager who "hated school but loved drawing," working her way up through some of Dublin's most iconic boutiques, and eventually opening her own store in a former record shop on Dame Lane.

From the glamour of running multiple stores across Ireland and the UK, to the toll of juggling three shops in two countries while raising kids, to deliberately stepping back and rebuilding her business around what actually works for her now, Lara offers us a transparent insight into her incredible life and career so far. She also gets candid about being pulled toward media and styling work while resisting the pressure to chase publicity, and about finding steadier ground in a new relationship and business partnership.

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In this episode, Niamh sits down with Irish 400m sprinter Sophie Becker, fresh from the gym mid-season. Sophie opens up about the constant uncertainty of life as a professional athlete, injuries, funding, qualification, and how she's learned to hold that uncertainty while still fully committing to the sport.

Sophie also gets candid about the toughest stretch of her career, and how she used discipline and passion to push through and get back out on the track.

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In this episode, Niamh sits down with musician Daithí Ó Dronai. He opens up about his roots in County Clare's traditional music scene, his teenage rebellion into rock and bass guitar, and how discovering loop stations led him back to the fiddle in a whole new way.

He traces his path through a viral talent show appearance, gritty open-mic "boot camp" gigs in Galway, and the explosive success of his breakout track "Mary Keane's Introduction".

Danny shares his evolution from touring dance musician to founder of the band Houseplants, to composer scoring acclaimed film and TV projects.

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In this episode, Niamh sits down with Audrey O'Connor, Reiki master, sound bath facilitator, and breathwork practitioner, to talk about her unlikely career path from quantity surveying into the wellness world.

Audrey opens up about burnout, trusting your body's signals before your brain catches up, the fear of judgment that comes with a big career pivot, and what she's learned facilitating sound healing sessions for clients working through stress, grief, and life transitions.

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Welcome to Untold with Niamh Buffini!

In this podcast, we sit down with some of the nation’s most well-known faces, and dive deep into their journey to where they are now and what is next for them. We get to grips with some of the untold stories they’ve never shared before. You heard it here first!

In this week’s episode, Niamh sits down with Irish TV personality and social media star Alan McGarry for a candid conversation about their journey through reality TV, self-acceptance, and life behind the scenes.

From their early days chasing casting directors to appearing on the US show Plastic Surgery Rewind alongside Kim Zolciak, Alan opens up about the highs and lows of building a career in entertainment, their identity as a non-binary person, and the very private reality of caring for their mother, the untold side of their life.

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Welcome to Untold with Niamh Buffini!

In this podcast, we sit down with some of the nation’s most well-known faces, and dive deep into their journey to where they are now and what is next for them. We get to grips with some of the untold stories they’ve never shared before. You heard it here first!

In this week’s episode, Niamh sits down with Norma-Jean O’ Reilly, one of Ireland's most sought-after hairdressers and a familiar face behind the scenes of some of the country's biggest TV productions. Norma-Jean opens up about a career built on graft, honesty, and a lifelong love of transforming how women feel about themselves.

She shares the story of becoming a mother at 16, the defining moment that launched her career, the media storm that became a masterclass in resilience, and the devastating loss of her sister and how she looked to being busy for comfort. This is a raw, honest, and uplifting conversation about rebuilding yourself, and falling in love with your life again.

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Careers and the future

Welcome to Untold with Niamh Buffini!

In this podcast, we sit down with some of the nation’s most well-known faces, and dive deep into their journey to where they are now and what is next for them. We get to grips with some of the untold stories they’ve never shared before. You heard it here first!

Our very first guest is TV personality, broadcaster, and fitness entrepreneur Ray Shah. Ray opens up about growing up mixed-race in Ireland and how embracing what makes you different can become your greatest strength.

From navigating identity and belonging, to learning hard lessons in public and rediscovering passion after burnout, Ray's story is a reminder that our careers are rarely linear, and that the curveballs life throws at us are often what shape us most.

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This podcast is a deep dive into the lives of genuine trailblazers—the people who didn’t just meet the norms, but completely reshaped them to create lasting greatness and fundamentally alter how we view the world. If you are someone driven to maximize your success, both professionally in your chosen career and socially, these are the blueprints you need. Each episode offers actionable lessons from their remarkable journeys, showing you how to study their path and adopt their strategies to achieve your own goals faster and with greater efficiency.