Weekend Breakfast with Alison Curtis

Husband and wife Gina and Karol Daly - more commonly known as the Daly Dish - are all about good food and big flavours. Their most recent book was crowned Cookbook at the Year of the An Post Irish Book Awards 2022. This week they spoke to Weekend Breakfast about fakeaways, the perfect Sunday dinner and eating well without sacrificing the wow factor.

To fight the January Blues, many are dreaming of sunnier summer days. With holidays on the brain, Alison caught up with travel expert Pól Ó Conghaile. They chatted about the best holiday deals for families and couples and the Irish Independent Reader Travel Awards 2023.

Dr Coleman Noctor joined Weekend Breakfast with his top three parenting tips for 2023. He chatted about improving your child’s social skillset, learning to take a backseat and embracing the average. Catch the full chat by pressing the 'Play' button on this page.

We caught up with Eoin Reardon, 21-year old from Cork who blew up on TikTok after sharing videos of his traditional woodworking skills. What started as a lockdown hobby for Eoin has become a regular source of entertainment for his 2.5 million followers worldwide. He chatted to Alison about TikTok, traditional tool, building his platform (and his curragh).

As the first week in 2023 draws to a close, many of us are attempting to stick to our resolutions and lead healthier lives. We caught up with dietitian Orla Walsh to discuss forging healthy habits and the dos and don'ts of eating well.

As season six of The Great Pottery Throwdown returns to our screens tonight, Alison caught up with master potter Keith Brymer Jones. They chatted about the art of ceramics, creativity, patience and Keith's unlikely friendship with a certain A-lister...

Bressie joined Alison in studio and shared some great tips to help keep mindful during the Christmas break. It can be a time of high stress for a lot of people, but the popular singer and podcaster has some excellent tips. Plus, he gives more details of the relaunch of his hugely popular podcast "Where Is My Mind". There will be a live podcast recording on April 28th at the 3Olympia Theatre too.

Neven Maguire joined Alison on Weekend Breakfast to talk all things Christmas dinner. Neven had our mouths watering with his special twists on Christmas classics but also gave us some tips on how to avoid a big stress over the cooking. We can't wait to try his harissa turkey and soy sauce brussels sprouts!

Mario Rosenstock joined Alison on Weekend Breakfast and had us laughing from start to finish! Straight off the back of his Late Late Show appearance he let us in on his backstage secrets and gave us a taste of a new sketch featuring Matt Cooper, Frank Greaney and our very own Alison.

The fabulous Sarah Breen joined us in studio on Weekend Breakfast. She spoke to Alison Curtis about being an only child and now have her own kids, why she is a 10 bauble Christmas lover! And of course what happens next for her famous Irish heroine Aisling.