The Trina Mara Podcast

After the very sad passing of Olympian athlete Ciara McGageean at the age of 34, we discuss the signs of bowel cancer with Brendan Donlon

www.bowelcancer.ie

"Cooper" is a 9 year old much-loved family dog missing from Bellewstown in Co.Meath since 1pm on Saturday (Halloween). He is Golden Retriever (more of a Golden/Brown colour) and quite big (37kg). Cooper is also micro-chipped so a vet can scan him but wasn't wearing a collar when he went missing! Trina chats to his owner Chloe Molloy who is desperately trying to find him.

Dr Clare Kiely of The Skin Diary is from Co. Mayo and is a renowned consultant dermatologist, dermatological and laser surgeon and expert in aesthetic dermatology, practising from her clinic in Chelsea. Renowned for combining cutting-edge science with practical skincare advice, she specialises in everything from healthy ageing and skin health to acne, acne scarring, skin cancer, photodamage and Mohs micrographic surgery. This week, she launches her Pro-Helix C Serum.

She chats to Trina Mara about skincare at all ages.

Keith Cullen's memoir "Dear Future Me" is a story about letting go, starting again and discovering that sometimes the life you lose is the one that finally sets you free. Now a holistic practitioner after a career in business and the music industry, Keith is the founder of The Green Room.

www.dearfuturemebook.com

Comedian Maureen Langan plays Dublin's Craic Den and the International tonight before 5 performances at the Galway Comedy Festival October 22nd to 24th.

www.maureenlangton.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcjDTREWc0c

"Our Maternity Choice Ireland" are a group of mothers campaigning for the retention of private maternity care until an equivalent model of care can be provided within the public maternity system.

Trina Mara chats to Heather Roland about the campaign.

https://www.instagram.com/ourmaternitychoiceireland?stkn=bzFxOW12eTBkeGt2

Steve Wall from The Stunning chats to Trina Mara about their upcoming shows, how the songs still sound "fine" lol and why he always gets cast as the "gaunt" fella!!

www.thestunning.net

Trina Mara chats to Brian McFadden about the hunt for Ireland's newest boyband.

Aspiring singers aged 17 to 19 who believe they have what it takes to become part of the
new group are being encouraged to apply online via
https://eu.castitreach.com/a/mmm/irishboyband/audition. Applications will close on
Sunday, 25th of October at 5pm.

Applicants will be contacted with details of an in-person
audition in Dublin, with further information to be provided in due course.

Comedian Jack Dee chats to Trina Mara about the awful jobs he did before comedy, any regrets about this autobiography and workman woes!! He is coming to Ireland with his tour "Jack's Joe Show" playing Cork, Wexford, Limerick and the Galway Comedy Festival

www.jackdeecomedy.com

www.galwaycomedyfestival.ie

Fair City's George McMahon and Johnny Ward star in the upcoming Halloween Panto "Little Red & the Big Bad Wolf" at Dublin's Ambassador Theatre from October 24th.

Harry Enfield is coming to the Bord Gais Energy Theatre with the show "Harry Enfield and No Chums" on November 29th. He'll take us behind the scenes with his famous characters including Wayne and Waynetta, Loadsamoney, Smashie and Nicey and many more

Cork-based solicitor Jacqueline Dunne speaks with Trina Mara about the key considerations and legal implications involved in making a will.

www.thejourney.ie

www.dunnesolicitors.ie

Instagram: thejourney.ie

Former CNN correspondent and anchor Gina London's new book "Amplify You" explores the need to being human in this AI world.

Comedian Emma Doran chats to Trina Mara about "Emmaculate" at Vicar Street on November 14th and the Galway Comedy Festival

www.emmadorancomedy.com

Laura Stanley is in studio with Trina Mara talking about her decision to have a baby as a single woman with the help of IVF.

Instagram: the_solo_mama_journey

Jarlath Regan is in studio with Trina Mara to announce his 4th show at Dublin's 3Olympia

Trina Mara chats to parents attempting to avail of special needs education for their children including Alison Field who had 19 rejection letters when trying to find a place for her son James who is non-verbal and autistic.

Eric Roberts: Crisis in the Classroom airs on Virgin Media One and Virgin Media Play tonight at 9pm

Trina Mara speaks to Special Needs Assistant Sophie who has found herself unemployed this school year despite re-applying for the SNA role she has had for the previous 2 school years. She speaks candidly about the uncertainty facing many SNAs due to temporary contracts and low pay.

Eric Roberts: Classroom in Crisis airs on Virgin Media One and Virgin Media Play tonight at 9pm.

Stand-up comic John Colleary is on tour!! His latest show "Mighty Quack" is travelling all over the country.

www.johncolleary.ie

Lydia Smyth, Programme Coordinator with Doras Buí, a community-based resource supporting parents alone in Ireland.  Lydia looks back at the organisation's beginnings in 1980's Ireland, when being a single parent carried significant stigma and was often seen as outside the traditional idea of family.  While attitudes have changed, lone parents continue to face many challenges, including childcare, co-parenting after separation, financial pressures and housing insecurity. 

Doras Buí supports a diverse range of families, including parents who, because of the housing crisis, may still be living under the same roof as an ex-partner.  They also work with very young...

Eamonn Casey chats about caring for her mother Deirdre, who in her 70's, is living with dementia. We discuss the changes he first noticed that prompted a diagnosis and the difficult decisions that lay ahead. Dementia is currently being explored in a Coronation Street storyline involving the character Debbie Webster

Image Credit:ITV

www.alzheimer.ie

Trina Mara chats to engaged couple Cathal Cully and Rebecca Wilson about their Project DMSH: Different Minds, Same Heart. Cathal is autistic and didn't speak until he was 4 years old whilst Rebecca is more recently diagnosed with autism and ADHD. They are advocates for autism and ADHD and are currently planning their neurodiverse friendly wedding.

https://linktr.ee/projectdmsh

@projectdmsh

Trina Mara chats to Ben and Glen, two teenagers from the northside of Dublin who host the Back of the Class Podcast and chanced their arm hanging around a Dublin hotel to try and nab an interview with their dream guest Oprah.....and it worked as Glen got talking to Oprah's best friend Gayle King.

https://www.instagram.com/backoftheclasspodcast_1/

This is a book written for the partners of women navigating menopause!

www.menopausewingman.com

Almost half of parents who joined a weight management programme said their children began eating more healthily, while more than a quarter reported their children had become more physically active.  The independent study, published in BMJ Paediatrics Open, found that 48% of parents reported improvements in their child’s diet after joining the programme, while 27% said their child had become more physically active.

Among parents who were concerned about their child’s weight, 67% said addressing their own weight made them more motivated to support their child.

The findings come from a survey of Slimming World members with child...

Comedian Danny O'Brien chats to Trina Mara about the line-up for the Galway Comedy Festival . Tickets go on sale Tues 15th of September on www.galwaycomedyfestival.ie

Bernadette McGarvey from Cancer Fund for Children chats to Trina Mara about their fundraising efforts which includes the latest "Rory's Miles to Mayo" campaign with Irish rugby legend Rory Best with the help of business leaders including Arachas Insurance brokers.

www.cancerfundforchildren.com

Emily Hourican's new novel "A House in Winter" is set in 1965, telling the story of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon's visit to his sister's home in Abbeyleix, Ireland, when they faced local opposition and IRA petrol bomb attacks that confined them, without electricity, for 48 fraught hours.

"UK Forensic Breakthroughs" airs on the True Crime channel starting 22nd September. It will air Tuesdays at 10pm. Trina chats to forensic scientist and host of the show Jo Millington

Student accommodation is so scarce in Ireland, students are being forced to commute for hours every day missing lectures or can't accept their college places. Trina Mara speaks to Seán de Búrca, President of the Student's Union at the University of Galway

Emma Sides is a Humanist Celebrant who covers weddings, funerals, naming ceremonies, memorials and is even an End-of-Life Doula

www.emmasides.com

Katie Taylor takes on Flora Pili tonight at Croke Park in her final fight in front of 80,000 people

Paul Wren from Odeon Cinemas talks to Trina Mara about National Cinema Weekend where you can see a movie for just €4!!

Loose Woman and comedian Judi Love brings her show to Dublin's Ambassador on Friday 4th September. She catches up with Trina Mara

www.judilove.co.uk

Ray McElhinney chats to Trina Mara about losing his brother to pancreatic cancer at the age of 54. He thought he had indigestion. They are now on a mission to raise funds for pancreatic cancer research at St.Vincents Hospital in Dublin with the annual PanCan Gold Classic and are also looking for donations - no amount is too small.

Email : [email protected] for bank details

Trina Mara runs through some potential baby names with the very heavily pregnant Vogue Williams and why you should buy some Heinz Beanz to support Barnardos

Christopher Connolly from "Get Better with Chris" talks about the reckless behaviour and M9 crash and how young people have choices in life - they don't have to give in to peer pressure.

https://www.instagram.com/getbetterwithchris/?hl=en

Ruby Wax has extended her "Absolutely Famous" tour into 2027 (Vicar Street 23rd May) and chats to Trina Mara about her "memorable" encounters with Donald Trump and Bill Cosby.

www.rubywax.net

Motsi Mabuse is a professional dancer and judge on "Strictly Come Dancing" and also a Disney Princess Ambassador. World Princess Week runs from 16th-22nd August.

The Walt Disney Company's "Once a Princess, Always a Princess”, celebrates the lasting impact Disney Princess stories have across generations, from the characters and music we grew up with to the values and memories we pass on today. It is supported by a new brand film and research commissioned by Disney exploring the qualities women want to pass on to daughters and granddaughters. 

Content creator by_catriona chats to Trina Mara about her ADHD and planned double mastectomy after testing positive for the PALB2 gene.