What should we be watching, reading and listening to? Find out on the Great Irish Summer Podcast

What should we be watching, reading and listening to? Find out on the Great Irish Summer Podcast

Eoghan O'Sullivan is joined by Des O'Driscoll, Marjorie Brennan and Esther McCarthy to talk music, books, podcasts and streaming for your holiday season

Sun, 01 Aug, 2021

baby girl playing at summer beach

Where do travel editors holiday? Find out on the Great Irish Summer Podcast: Holidays At Home

From Barleycove to Bundoran, Esther McCarthy quizzes Thom Breathnach and Melanie Mullen about where to stay, how much to spend and the hidden gems that nobody knows about

Sun, 11 Jul, 2021

‘I hate people who have notions’: Mary Kennedy on why false people won’t find success

‘I hate people who have notions’: Mary Kennedy on why false people won’t find success

The former Nationwide presenter spoke candidly about her role as a mother and grandmother, her experience of menopause, and the valuable career advice she received from Late Late Show host Gay Byrne

Fri, 28 May, 2021

Bernard O’Shea and Dr Colman Noctor: Easy sustainability and life lessons from young people

Bernard O’Shea and Dr Colman Noctor: Easy sustainability and life lessons from young people

To mark the Irish Examiner’s annual Sustainability Month, columnists Bernard O’Shea and Dr Colman Noctor chat about their environmental habits and how their families have cut down on waste

Sat, 15 May, 2021

Anne and Linda Nolan: Our shared cancer experience has deepened our bond as sisters

Anne and Linda Nolan: Our shared cancer experience has deepened our bond as sisters

The sisters talk about love, loss and their extraordinary life

Sun, 02 May, 2021

Mario Rosenstock: 'I wouldn't have a career if I hadn't gone to that interview'

Mario Rosenstock: 'I wouldn't have a career if I hadn't gone to that interview'

Mario Rosenstock on love at first sight, his affection for Cork city, and how an interview for a flat-share changed his career path

Mon, 19 Apr, 2021

Sarah McInerney: 'It’s important to let yourself get emotionally involved'

Sarah McInerney: 'It’s important to let yourself get emotionally involved'

The new co-host of Prime Time on life lessons, a love of reading and how a misread syllabus led her to a life in journalism

Mon, 05 Apr, 2021

Alison Curtis: 'She just fell apart after he died. That's the reality'

Alison Curtis: 'She just fell apart after he died. That's the reality'

Radio broadcaster Alison Curtis speaks candidly about her career on the airwaves, the loss of her parents when she was young, and the indescribable love she feels for her own daughter

Sat, 03 Apr, 2021

Listen: What does Dáithí's son want for his birthday? A vaccine for nana

Listen: What does Dáithí's son want for his birthday? A vaccine for nana

Television presenter Dáithí O'Sé tells Esther N McCarthy about three defining moments in his life from becoming a father, to getting the Rose of Tralee gig and repeating his Leaving Cert when he was 18

Sat, 20 Mar, 2021

Watch & listen: The women who inspired us at our International Women’s Day event

Watch & listen: The women who inspired us at our International Women’s Day event

Powerful moments from Vicky Phelan, Derval O’Rourke, Clodagh Finn, Aoife Moore and Alison O’Connor

Wed, 10 Mar, 2021

Hugh Wallace podcast: I danced with Freddie Mercury in Studio 54

Hugh Wallace podcast: I danced with Freddie Mercury in Studio 54

Home of the Year judge Hugh Wallace opens up about his dyslexia diagnosis at 18, giving up alcohol and the impact of his father’s drinking on his childhood and meeting the love of his life 34 years ago in The George

Fri, 19 Feb, 2021

Maeve Higgins: 'I’m Irish over there and I can see how different my experience is'

Maeve Higgins: 'I’m Irish over there and I can see how different my experience is'

Cobh-born Maeve Higgins discusses her life as an Irish person in America in the latest Weekend podcast

Fri, 05 Feb, 2021

‘It was a relief when she died’: Mairead Ronan on motherhood and mourning her mam

‘It was a relief when she died’: Mairead Ronan on motherhood and mourning her mam

The Ireland's Fittest Family host speaks candidly about the lost of her mother and how she struggled with her grief after her first child was born

Sat, 09 Jan, 2021

The devastating car crash that prepared Vicky Phelan to take on a health system decades later

The devastating car crash that prepared Vicky Phelan to take on a health system decades later

A crash in France in the early 1990s claimed the lives of Vicky Phelan's boyfriend and friend and gave her a first glimpse in two very different healthcare systems

Sat, 19 Dec, 2020

Louise O’Neill: The lockdown brain drain and pandemic ‘strain’ on long-distance relationship

Louise O’Neill: The lockdown brain drain and pandemic ‘strain’ on long-distance relationship

Cork-based author and columnist Louise O'Neill speaks openly, honestly and from the heart about surviving lockdown and being apart from her partner, Richard Chambers, for most of the year

Fri, 04 Dec, 2020

Listen to our new Weekend podcast, with our guest, Derval O'Rourke

Listen to our new Weekend podcast, with our guest, Derval O'Rourke

Olympian Derval O'Rourke talks frankly about the reality of parenting two young kids and working from home during lockdown. In our latest Weekend podcast, she also speaks about the negative impact Covid-19 has had on women.

Sat, 28 Nov, 2020

The Moments That Made Me: Listen to Louise O’Neill on our new Weekend podcast

The Moments That Made Me: Listen to Louise O’Neill on our new Weekend podcast

Our new Weekend podcast is back, and for our second interview, we chat to Louise O'Neill about 'the moments that made her'.

Sun, 15 Nov, 2020

The Moments That Made Me: New Weekend podcast with special guest, Sonya Lennon

The Moments That Made Me: New Weekend podcast with special guest, Sonya Lennon

This is a podcast that asks people not where they are now, but rather how they got there.

Sat, 31 Oct, 2020

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