Spirit Radio Podcasts

Anthony Dwyer shared his powerful personal testimony with Kieran — a story of change, restoration and faith.

Mark Fennell — a life coach, bestselling author, motivational speaker and expert in mindset and human behaviour chatted to Kieran about ‘people pleasing’  – where it comes from, and how to break free from it.

Professor Donal O’Shea talked to Kieran about the drug Ozempic, it’s development to treat Type 2 diabetes and how it has now become widely used for weight loss.

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Alex Cooney, CEO of CyberSafeKids, the national organisation dedicated to protecting children and young people online.

CyberSafeKids has issued a stark warning calling for the urgent and total ban of so-called “nudify,” “pornify,” and AI girlfriend apps, which they say have no legitimate purpose and pose serious and irreparable harm to children. 

The organisation has also announced it is leaving the platform X, citing recent failures around AI-generated sexualised content involving women and minors.Alex joins us now to explain why CyberSafeKids believes regulation has failed, what must change immediately, and what parents and policymakers need to understand...

Danny Fitzpatrick and his partner Shoba are co-founders and coaches behind AllWays Able – an inclusive online fitness and wellness platform built on one powerful belief: movement should be accessible to everyone, especially for people with disabilities. 

AllWays Able isn’t your typical fitness service. Danny and Shoba design their classes and one-to-one coaching specifically for people with disabilities and anyone who has ever felt excluded, overlooked, or intimidated by traditional fitness spaces. 

They’re building a supportive community where the message is simple and consistent: you are capable – always. 

We’re used to thinking of grief as something that happens after a death. But many people are carrying a quieter, more confusing kind of grief — mourning someone who is still alive. 

 It might be a parent lost to dementia, a partner changed by addiction or illness, or a relationship that no longer exists in the way it once did. And because no one has died, this grief often goes unspoken and unsupported. 

Liz Gleeson, grief therapist and founder of Shapes of Grief, talks about what it really means to grieve someone who...

In our weekly ‘Life in Five’ interview, we get to talk to someone about their life, its ups and downs, and how they might have seen God at work in it all. 

They do it by answering five questions that they choose from a short list. 

Today, I’m joined by Gerard Martin from Longsplace, Dublin 8.  

His hobbies are walking, swimming & going to the gym.  

Gerard is an outreach worker working with people whose lives have been torn apart by drugs. 

Galway Cathedral is preparing to host one of its most significant annual events — the Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, now in its 42nd year. Taking place from the 2nd to the 10th of February, this year’s Novena focuses on hope, healing, and faith in everyday life, with speakers drawn from medicine, mission work, and lived experiences of loss and forgiveness. 

To tell us more about this year’s theme and what people can expect, Helena O’Shea, Media Relations for Galway Cathedral. 

Joanna Fortune is an accredited clinical psychotherapist and attachment specialist. She is the founder of the Solamh Parent–Child Relationship Clinic in Dublin, which she established in 2010.  

Joanna works extensively with children, adolescents, and families, particularly around anxiety, emotional regulation, and the parent–child relationship.  

She is widely known for helping parents reframe challenging behaviour as communication, and for her compassionate, practical guidance on issues like school refusal, separation anxiety, and emotional overwhelm in children. 

As winter settles in, many of us assume nature has gone quiet — but new findings suggest otherwise. 

The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland has just completed its fifteenth New Year Plant Hunt, a citizen science project tracking which wildflowers are still in bloom in midwinter — and what that tells us about a warming climate. 

Hundreds of volunteers took part across Ireland, recording everything from daisies to dandelions flowering far earlier than we might expect. Joining us now to explain what they found, and why it matters, is Bridget Keehan, Ireland Officer with the Botanical Society of...

Eating disorders are often misunderstood as an illness that primarily affects women — but in Ireland, men make up around a quarter of those living with conditions like anorexia and bulimia.  

Despite this, men are far less likely to seek help, often due to stigma, shame, and a lack of awareness — meaning many only come forward when they’re seriously unwell. 

Sean Blake, in Recovery from anorexia nervousa, shares his experience and helps challenge the myths surrounding eating disorders in men.