Ahead of his concert in Kilmainham Dublin next month, chat with Rod Stewart about the significant songs in his long career, the causes close to his heart and what keeps him wanting to keep rocking.

In his autobiography ‘Peace Comes Dropping Slow: My Life in the Troubles’ Denis Bradley recalls his years as a street priest and clandestine peacemaker in his adopted city of Derry. He talks about the terrible violence he has witnessed, but also the sense of fulfilment he has felt from making a difference to the lives of others

The former President and tv presenter are great friends, they’re walking buddies and they have recently begun hosting a podcast together called ‘Changing Times: The Allenwood Conversations’

Chat with the English singer about growing up in Leeds, telling black stories through music and personal relationship tragedy. She will be in Dublin in May for ‘Rock Against Homelessness’ in aid of Focus Ireland Details: https://www.3olympia.ie/whats-on/rock-against-homelessness/

The actors chat about working together in the new Irish film, directed by Pat Collins, from the John McGahern novel ‘That They May Face The Rising Sun’

Chat with the great actor about his career highlights on screen and stage and receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award this year from the Irish Film and Television Academy awards

Chat with Sharon Corr about life in Madrid, being part of the phenomenally-successful band The Corrs and now being a skin ambassador for No 7 skincare

The Kerry fashion designer chats about dressing clients likes Oprah Winfrey, Meghan Markle and Taylor Swift during his time as creative director at Theia, the intensity of life in New York, returning to live in Ballyheigue and writing a memoir

The amazing story of how an Irish mother (Cathy) rescued the Ukrainian woman Ivana who was a surrogate to her twins; it is now the subject of a Netflix documentary ‘Two Mothers’ (by film-maker Zlata) (pic: l to r: Zlata, Miriam and Cathy in studio)

Chat and live music with singer/songwriter U.M.A.N. (aka Brian Flanagan). He chats about his blend of crossover pop and his inspirations. (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be made available in the podcast)

Chat with the widely-respected Irish writer whose debut novel ‘Hagstone’ has just been published to rave reviews (published by 4th Estate)

Chat with the award-winning author from Longford (also a documentary maker, a motivational speaker, co-founder of the Granard Booktown Festival and sheep farmer). He explains why sheep are at the heart of his new book ‘Twelve Sheep: Life Lessons from a Lambing Season’ (published by Allen and Unwin)

Chat with Roma Downey, one of the most influential women in TV production in the US (and now back in front of the camera in a new series on Prime called ‘The Baxters’). But she is an original Derry Girl, growing up there during the Troubles

Chat with songwriter Oisín Leech - known as one half of The Lost Brothers - who has just released his much-acclaimed debut solo album ‘Cold Sea’; he explains the inspiration and why he chose to record it in Donegal (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be made available in the podcast)

Live music and chat with Alfie Hudson-Taylor about embarking on a solo career, financial difficulties despite great success and exploring that in his podcast series ‘How To Break An Artist’ (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be made available in the podcast)

Chat with Liam Cunningham about having a 30-year career before hitting the big time with Game Of Thrones, his ordinary background and starring in the new Netflix sci-fi series ‘3 Body Problem’.

The 2fm DJ shares her experience of endometriosis, the often-painful condition that can affect a woman’s fertility. Further info: https://www.endometriosis.ie/

Iain Dale (LBC Radio broadcaster and former Tory parliamentary advisor) and Jacqui Smith (a former Labour Party MP/ Home Secretary) who together host the podcast ‘For The Many’ which is coming to the Laugher Lounge in Dublin next week Full details: https://laughterlounge.com/

Live music and chat with the 6-piece ensemble of Notify and acclaimed trad performers, brother and sister Séamus and Caoimhe Ó Flatharta (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be made available in the podcast)

Describing himself as the “proudest man in Ireland”, Patrick Kielty is Grand Marshall of Dublin’s St Patrick’s Day parade and he's live in Dublin city centre, preparing for the start of the big parade

The great trainer is still celebrating his spectacular success at this year’s Cheltenham, setting a record with 100 wins on the second day of the festival and also winning the Gold Cup for the second time.

Tamara Kearns, Debbie Lee Byrne and Abosede Grace Ogunsanya explain why they each decided to pursue adult learning through An Cosán, an organisation that supports people through life-long learning, from basic literacy up to BA degrees. Official website: www.ancosan.ie (pic: Miriam and Tamara Kearns)

Chat with the TV presenter, author, playwright and travel writer about his new series for TG4 called ‘Ag Triall Ar An Tobar: Journeying To The Well’, a series about the Holy Wells of Ireland

Tom Vaughan Lawlor chats about his two new films - ‘Baltimore’ (about English heiress Rose Dugdale who masterminded the Russborough House art heist in 1974) and ‘The Beautiful Game’ for Netflix. He also chats about the success of Barry Keoghan and Cillian Murphy, Marvel movies and Robert Downey Jnr and living in Ireland again.