Sunday with Miriam

The comedian/presenter explains why he wants to spread a bit of Christmas joy in the Galway Hospice, together with some musician friends, why he is now pescatarian and his hopes to expand the Traveller oral history project Further details: https://galwayhospice.ieSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The actor Fiadhnait and writer/director Anna talk about their new short film ‘Grace’ (part of the RTÉ Storyland series), centred on a young woman with Down's Syndrome, navigating the complexities of adulthood, independence and first loveSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The screenwriter and director talks about celebrating the release of his movie, the rom-com ‘Eternity’, at the same time as undergoing life-saving treatment for an aggressively benign brain tumourSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The award-winning author chats about a concert tonight in Dublin’s Unitarian church, with his friend Colm Mac Con Iomaire, to raise funds for Narrative 4 - a student programme on empathy, which he co-founded. He also talks about the Israel/ Palestine conflict (which he addressed in his novel ‘Apeirogon’)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The film-maker and producer was a guest on the programme back in February, with his dad Dermod, to talk about their book ‘Desert Bonds’. On that very day Denis received the news that he had cancer, which was only caught because his father gave him a present of a health checkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.