She gave up a "proper job" as an engineer to pursue her first love - the stage and screen. Sinéad is an accomplished actor & producer, and operates her own independent production company. Speaking from the heart, however, she admits that what keeps many performers going and drives them on is their sheer love of the craft & the endless pursuit of that "dream" role..

Brónagh McAtasney grew up in Newry, Co Down, just inside the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic. Her schooldays were also some of the most fraught days of the "Troubles", but like any other teenager of the time, Brónagh was obsessed with music, fashion and just having fun. She kept a diary, which was probably her first venture into writing. Her latest work has been published in a new book of border based authors.. and that 1980's diary.. well you'd never believe who makes an appearance!

Emergency Medicine has been Chris Luke's life. Although now "semi retired" for medical reasons, he continues to teach, lecture and campaign for change in the Health Service. He also returned to the frontline in 2020, however, when Covid-19 hit Ireland, bringing his extensive experience to the pandemic battlefield. We met as his autobiography "A Life in Trauma" was released.

Tipperary man, Joe Byrne runs a small hairdressing salon in the Cork suburb of Glasheen. He's also one of the best known charity suppprters in the City. Joe set up the salon after deciding to make Cork his home in the 1980's. An immensely popular character on Leeside, Joe has never revealed in public why he does so much for charity - until today - and it's a deeply personal story..

A Dubliner, Niall Conroy leads a Public Health team, battling Covid 19 in Queensland, Australia. What I didn't know about, however, was his passion for saving the lives of the tiniest of babies. It's a passion that drove Niall to develop & open a neonatal unit in Africa. His life as a doctor has taken him to many parts of the World, but he now plans to return to Ireland in 2022.

Carol Rice is an activist and a writer. Her second book is due soon. Carol lives with a condition called Pseudo Achondroplasia. It means that she's pretty much in constant pain, but she's determined to live life to the full, and that's exactly what she does. I spoke with Carol to mark Dwarfism Awareness Month, this October. She's passionate about teaching us that the World isn't always a comfortable place for Little People, but that the rest of us can very easily help with that..

In the 1980's, Fiona Kennedy burst onto the Irish music scene, and more than 30 years later, she's still writing, recording and doing what she loves best - playing live. Her career and her personal life have had their ups and downs, but her passion to make and play great music is still as strong as ever..

I knew that Mick Barry, Solidarity TD for Cork North Central was born in America. I knew he was a lifelong socialist and activist for a long list of causes, that he's a Manchester United fan & music lover - but his punk rock background - now that was news to me! 

She came to Cork as a 20 year old, at the start of a "World Tour".. and never left. Kate Durrant lives in Blarney and is involved in numerous charity organisations & good causes. She believes she's been dealt a very generous hand in the card game of life, and that it's her responsibility to give thanks for that... oh, and she has a very precious gift that she got from, of all people, Michael Jackson...

John "The Concierge" Coleman is at the top of his game. Recently installed as Concierge Manager at the plush 5-Star Fota Island Resort, he's also been named as "Clef d"Or" - a member of an elite group of concierges, considered to be the very best at what they do. From Killeagh, in East Cork, he's been dealing with the public since he was a schoolboy...