Weekend Breakfast with Alison Curtis

Have you heard about Ireland's answer to Love Island? Centred around the quintesential Gaeltacht experience, Grá ar an Trá is all about helping Gaelgóirs and Béarla speakers find love while using their Irish - and the couple with the most focail win! Man an Tí James Kavanagh dropped by Weekend Breakfast to tell Alison all about it. They chatted about Irish reality TV, Canadian Gaeltachts and James's latest food ventures.

Getting diagnosed with autism at the age of 27 changed author and illutrator Aoife Dooley’s life forever. But five years on, she has grown to love and accept herself – and wants to help children do the same. She joined Alison to chat about the second book in the Frankie's World series: Finding My Voice.

Spring has officially sprung and many of us are looking at our not-so-green thumbs wondering what to do with our gardens. This week Alison caught up with the Bon Jovi of the gardening scene, Diarmuid Gavin, and asked his advice on a selection of your plant problems. They also chatted about rewilding, Ed Sheeran and Diarmuid's dodgy tattoo...

Mel McDermott set up her company Galz Gone Wild in 2017 when she found herself looking for a community for women who love making connections and enjoying the outdoors. After becoming a mother in September, she once again went searching for a group of ladies with similar passions and needs – and came up with a sister community – Mamz Gone Wild. She told Alison all about it.

In 2021, after 7 years as a rugby international, Hannah Tyrell traded her Irish jersey for a Dublin one and was back on the GAA pitch just one month after her retirement. She spoke to Weekend Breakfast about her incredible career, achieving sports-work-life balance and what the sporting community means to her.

Fresh off the back of the success of his gorgeous surrogacy documentray, DWTS judge Arthur Gourounlian joined Alison Curtis for the first time! (They are now best friends). They chatted about the series finale, being multilingual and family life with hubby Brain Dowling and their adorable daughter Blake.

You might know Baz Ashmawy from his numerous attempts at killing his mammy or his amazing sense of humour. He is back on our screen tonight with a new series of DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland. He joined Alison to talk about the show, life as a granddad and hosting the Late Late. The two even cooked up a plan to double-head it when Ryan Tubrity finishes... where do we sign up?

After 15 years hosting the Sunday Game and over three decades in the broadcasting game, Des Cahill is one of the most familiar faces and voices in the country. But what you might not know about him is he is a fantastic Irish speaker, as he got to show off in a new RTÉ. He joined Alison to talk about the importance of using your cúpla focail, life after the Sunday Game and our very own Ian Dempsey...

Here at Today FM we have Big Busk on the brain. With less than a week to go, Weekend Breakfast spoke to Catherine Keenan. Catherine spent seven years living in homelessness – but thanks to our charity partner Focus Ireland, she found a home and a second chance to live with her family.

Barry Enderwick loves a sandwich with a story - so much so he's built a social media platfrom celebrating just that. He joined Weeekend Breakfast to chat about the best and worst sandwiches of all time (some of them are truly gross!).