Joan Burton

The newly elected Labour Leader Joan Burton, the first female leader of the Labour Party in Ireland - comes into studio for an in-depth interview with Áine Lawlor

Alice Taylor

Alice speaks to Áine about her life and her passionate interest in gardening.

Alice Taylor will be taking part in the West Cork Literary Festival in Bantry from 6^th - 12^th July. She will be at the Maritime Hotel on Monday, 7^th July, at 2.30pm talking about The Gift of a Garden... For more information you can consult -West Cork Literary Festival

Sleep Difficulties

Now, we’re spoiled with all the long hours of day light in the summer time. However, there is a flip side – and that can be getting a good night’s sleep. Sleep technologist Deirdre McSwiney of the Mater Private Sleep Clinic is in studio with some helpful tips for adults and children.

Mairéad Farrell - A Documentary

Mairéad Farrell: An Unfinished Conversation is a new documentary exploring the life of IRA woman, Mairéad Farrell, who died aged 31 in 1988… The documentary will premiere in the Galway Film Fleadh later this week and the woman behind it, Briona Nic Dhiarmada, is a film-maker and professor of Irish Studies at Notre Dame University in the United States.

Mary Beard

Mary Beard is a Professor of Classics at Cambridge University. Her latest book is called Laughter in Ancient Rome, published by University of California Press. It explores one of the most intriguing, but also trickiest, of historical subject drawing on a wide range of Roman writing from essays on rhetoric to a surviving Roman joke book.

She spoke to Áine Lawlor earlier this week.