Why brack is not just for Halloween

Travel expert Lisa Regan, fresh from a trip to Amsterdam with friends to see Harry Styles, joins Dearbhail to talk about group holidays and why groups of women are the largest growth area in travel. They discuss what makes a group holiday work - from avoiding rows over the kitty, to accommodation options and top tips for activities.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garden designer and TV presenter, Diarmuid Gavin joins Dearbhail to talk through the songs that bring him back to moments and milestones through his life. He talks about tragic death of his brother as a child, the love he felt in his childhood home and how it took him until his 40s to overcome his profound shyness and social anxiety.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joining Dearbhail to discuss the big stories in Sunday’s newspapers, are disability advocate and mother of the late Harvey Morrisson Sherratt, Gillian Sherratt; Irish Times columnist and public affairs consultant, Gerard Howlin; Former Irish Ambassador, Dan Mulhall; and political reporter with the Irish Independent, Aisling Moloney.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joining Dearbhail to discuss the week’s film and TV highlights are Director of the Dublin International Film Festival, Grainne Humphries and Movies Editor with the RTE Guide, Michael Doherty. They discuss Irish films Power Ballad (starring Paul Rudd) and 500 Miles (starring Bill Nighy). Fresh from Cannes, Grainne identifies the big winners.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Playwright Deirdre Kinahan joins Dearbhail to talk about her latest play ‘Refuge’ which explores Ireland’s complex history with migration, through the experience of an 18th Century German Palatine family and a more recent arrival from Afghanistan. She talks about her long career and why cancer made her more optimistic.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Professor Robert Byrne, Director of Cardiology at the Mater Private talks to Dearbhail through the difference between good and bad cholesterol, why your cholesterol number matters, what it means for your health now and into the future and he gives his strategies to manageSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Author Doireann Ní Ghríofa joins Dearbhail to discuss her haunting new book ‘Said The Dead’, which explores the archive, history and lives lived in Cork’s Victorian asylum. The book blends medical notes from the time, the life story of the extraordinary physician, Dr Lucia Fitzgerald, and Ní Ghríofa’s own empathetic quest to understand their world – which led her to trespassing and posing as a millionaire.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Cupcake Guy Graham Herterich gives Dearbhail baking ideas that include nuts and dried fruit - from a coffee and peacan brack to the ultimate bread-and-butter pudding with raisins. He also gives recipes for indulgent flavoured butters that add depth and zing to all kinds of dishes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Author Doireann Ní Ghríofa joins Dearbhail to discuss her haunting new book ‘Said The Dead’, which explores the archive, history and lives lived in Cork’s Victorian asylum. The book blends medical notes from the time, the life story of the extraordinary physician, Dr Lucia Fitzgerald, and Ní Ghríofa’s own empathetic quest to understand their world – which led her to trespassing and posing as a millionaire.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Cupcake Guy Graham Herterich gives Dearbhail baking ideas that include nuts and dried fruit - from a coffee and peacan brack to the ultimate bread-and-butter pudding with raisins. He also gives recipes for indulgent flavoured butters that add depth and zing to all kinds of dishes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.