Dearbhla Mescal Joins Us For A Very Special Mother's Day Podcast

In a specially extended chat, Dearbhla Mescal reveals some of the magical moments of being a Mother.

This engaging, warm and revealing interview - Mother of Paul, Donnacha and Nell she speaks lovingly about their incredible bond growing up together, how having a "sweary house" allowed them their self expression, along with the slamming doors as teens! Her own journey from the freeing joy of showing vulnerability, her own cancer journey, her son Paul's current Beatles journey and much more

 Dearbhla’s book ‘Finding Joy’ — a beautiful collection of poems, musings and reflections to help you find joy in everyday life is out now

Sky Sports and BBC Match Of The Day Anchor – Kelly Cates is an award winning presenter, podcaster, and all round icon!

Kelly joined Weekend Breakfast and Alison to chat about the excitement of live shows, parenting teenagers, young women in sport and creaking doors and much more!! This is a special uncut extended interview.

Stars of the Overlap – featuring Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher, Wayne Rooney and hosted by Kelly Cates – Audiences can expect honest conversations, behind-the-scenes stories, and plenty of friendly banter as these football greats take the stage to share their journeys from the pitch to punditry and beyond.

 LIVE @ The 3 Arena - 25th March     ticketmaster.ie

Follow Kelly on social: @kellycates_ 

Alison is joined by Cathal and Ciaran to try to help her get ready to embrace As Gaeilge this March.

Gaylinn, is the bilingual comedy podcast hosted by Cian Griffin, Cathal O’Sullivan, and Ciarán Murphy, - Each week they discuss the Worst, Weird & Wonderful of a broad range of topics: Dating, School, Renting, and more.

Gaylinn release new weekly episodes every Wednesday.

@gaylinnpodcast on Instagram or TikTok

Following their sold-out tour in 2025, I’m Grand Mam return to the live arena in 2026 with their brand-new show Happy Campers.  

If you don't know already! I’m Grand Mam is the wildly popular Irish comedy duo made up of best friends Kevin Twomey and PJ Kirby.

Two Cork boys that can't stop chatting and now they've made a career out of it! Alison caught with our two favourite fellas and they chatted about sexy spectacles, very rude and loud WhatsApp groups, selling put the Olympia (adding more dates!), and PJ reveals the HILARIOUS title for a youth group musical he was in !

@imgrandmam on Instagram

Meet ‘Indiana Bones’, who is also known as Indy and was recently named Ireland’s Top Agility Dog for the fourth year in a row, and is set to represent the country at Crufts next month!!

Not only that but she is a little silver screen superstar starring in several production including movies starring Barry Keoghan and Colm Meaney and more.

Alison on Weekend Breakfast spoke to Laura Murphy aka The waggy Mama and we literally spoke to Indy too!

Her back story is a Hollywood movie in itself - she was dumped in a shopping bag as a pup.

Follow them @thewaggymama on Instagram  and waggymamasagility.com

Hannah is the owner of Réaltaí Readings - a tarot reader, reiki master, reflexologist and massage therapist based in Dublin.

As a young tarot reader – SHE IS ONLY 25.

She works at many events from pottery painting, hotel openings, fashion events, etc. Also - baby showers, cafés, hens, birthdays, girls night in and festivals – like All Together Now, Electric Picnic, Beyond the pale, Another love story and this year- Wellfest! 

Hannah has also featured on Ireland AM - she demystifies Tarot and explains why so many millennials are turning to it.

@realtaireadings on socials

Luke Owens is Dad to Snooker's latest super snooker prodigy...He is the world’s youngest snooker player and he's just turned 3 years old!

Luke and Jude joined Alison on Weekend Breakfast to chat about his TWO Guinness World Records!

And Luke and Jude have Cork roots - Grandad left Cork to move to Manchester!

What is even crazier is he performed the tricks at two years of age. Dad tells Alison the pride he feels and awe at what skills Jude is showing at such a young age but he also tells her that his welfare is the MOST important thing and when he got offered a life changing offer of America's Got Talent he turned it down.

Jude has clocked up close to 60k followers across his socials

 @ judey147 -  Instagram, Tik Tok, YouTube

One of our favourite people in the world Adam King and his dad David popped in to say hello and chat about the brand new series of Adam's brilliant animated show Adam Loves Adventure! (and it's awesome intro tune!)

Adam also fills us in on his busy busy schedule - his charity book Farren’s Adventure, debating wins, tennis, and a big 20-year anniversary dance show in Cork Opera House!

Adam Loves Adventure is a science-fiction adventure comedy for pre-schoolers starring The Late Late Toy Show’s Adam King. Adam’s character is a problem-solving space-explorer whose prime-directive is to explore the galaxy, using his big heart and space smarts to make new friends and learn new things!  

Adam Loves Adventure is back on Saturday February 14th on RTÉ2 and RTE Junior--- and the full series will available will be on RTÉ Player

Sophie Bell from Cavan and Carina Roseingrave from Burren View Farm in Clare join Alison on Weekend Breakfast to discuss the premiere of their new documentary, and theatre experience "Voices of Irish Farmers," as part of the Scene and Heard Festival.

February 15th at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin, this event promises an afternoon filled with heartwarming stories from Irish farmers, live music, and delicious tastings.

Both share their farming lives online (one video fixing a Tractor Tire got 30 million views!!) Both share their insights on the realities of farming life, the passion that drives them, and the importance of showcasing the hard work behind Ireland’s food production.

SOCIALS:  SOPHIE: @sophie_bell__   CARINA : @burrenviewfarm

"I was in the kitchen... the glamour!" John Kelly tells Alison on Weekend Breakfast where he was when he heard his incredible little movie 'Retirement Plan' was nominated for an Academy Award.

The self-effacing (and lovely bloke) is a Director from Dublin who has made an animated short that feels like a full movie in seven minutes. The story follows the character Ray, who is dissatisfied with life, and dreams of everything he’ll be able to do in retirement, once he finally has the time! The film is narrated by Domhnall Gleeson.

Follow John on Insta @johjnkelly_jnr

It is a fantastic piece of work. You can watch it now on Disney + and RTE Player.