Weekend Breakfast with Alison Curtis

It's nearly time to jump around...but it needn't be a house of pain!! It's Sunday evening and you have the feet up and the telly is on to the new boxset.. then suddenly you remember..."Aaaarrrgghhh!! School lunches!!" Well fear not. Here to help us gear up for the marathon ahead… best selling author and owner of a cookery school - Jolene Cox aka One Yummy Mummy She has all the best tips oneyummymummy.com On Instagram too @oneyummymummy View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jolene + Lil's Cox (@oneyummymummy1)

Finally, a show to rival The Rose Of Tralee! Weekend Breakfast scoured every county in Ireland to find the best man or "Bros(e)" to come on air and display their greatest talent! Alison welcomed John in Limerick ( a truck driver by day and as silky voiced as Celine Dion by night!) and another John in Cork (a Lab Manager who is very well respected in his field...literally) He really mooved us to tears.

Aine Duffy is one of the most creative self-starting musicians in Ireland. She created her Duffbox (a converted Donkey Box) during the pandemic while searching for a way to continue gigging safely. She also built her own passive home for 12k! The Duffbox is still on tour, it’s been great fun, to see the people’s faces alone with the happiness and the craic. Áine Duffy will play for hundreds of children in direct provision centres around Cork in the coming weeks. The Duffbox Children’s Project is funded by Cork County Council and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. She is now considering expanding her Duffbox idea by renovating a campervan which can be used by visiting musicians for both accommodation and transport when coming to Ireland to tour. It also turns out herself and Billie Eilish are closely related and she is trying to find a way to get her family tree book to her! Follow her many adventures @aineduffymusic

The most important part of Weekend Breakfast is you guys! We LOVE engagement with our listeners whether they are on the way to sports practice, or music event, or sitting at home with a cup of tea. Wherever you are we love to hear from you. And sometimes you guys are listening in the strangest places - and this has to be the most unique ever! This week we got a slimey email or I should say Snail Mail from Kieran Corley in Monaghan. • Bragan Skincare is a family business – Kerri and Donal his kids help out!! • Kieran has over 500,000 snails!! • Fed with Vegs and fruit • No offence but they don’t have any ears! • It is particularly effective against skin conditions such as eczema, scar tissue, nappy rash and many other painful skin conditions... It has proven to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. There’s even a skateboarding snail called Derek!! Check Kieran and his snails out and support Irish here: Bragan Skincare - braganskincare.com @braganskincare on Insta, Facebook and Tik-Tok SNAIL FACTS: • In 500 BC the Roman Empire recognised snail balm • as a natural skin treatment • Snails are Hermaphrodites (they have both male and female sexual organs). • A snail has 22,000 teeth. • Each snail will lay approximately 100 eggs. In the wild only 3% will survive. • If conditions are not perfect, a snail can curl up in its shell and remain dormant for 3 years before emerging unscathed (but probably a little hungry). • A snail has no ears and very poor eyesight. • Like big cats do by urinating, a snail leaves lots of information about itself for other snails in it's slime.

"CHEEEEEESE!" Aardman Animation has embedded itself into popular movie culture with memorable characters like Wallace & Gromit, Shaun The Sheep, and many more. George Watson is one of the genius minds behind Aardman. He is a model maker responsible for many of their best works including Chicken Run 2 which he has just finished working on!

Ever heard of the new game graveyard? If you haven't Emma Doran tells Alison all about it in today's show. For the full chat click the play button above

Dublin Bus and its employees have a new community partnership with LGBT Ireland for Pride 2022. It features a diverse group of LGBTQ+ community members, including Dublin Bus employees with the person who has always been there for them and who has grown alongside their journey - somebody who’s been there through the good times, the bad times and all the times in-between providing unrelenting support. Jim strongly believes that everyone should be able to love who they want to love and that is something that he has taught his 4 children. His home is a ‘safe house’ and his family treat everyone equally and everyone is welcome. Adrian agrees that their relationship is like any normal relationship. They talk straight from the heart and Adrian trusts Jim. They mutually support each other. Adrian also gives Jim advice – because one of Jim’s children is a member of the LGBT community - and this made them even closer. Drivers for 24 years, Jim and Aidan spoke to Alison Curtis and Weekend Breakfast all about the 'By Your Side' initiative.

He is 'All Fired Up' with his new show on RTE on Tuesdays. Nico spoke to Alison Curtis on Weekend Breakfast about his Roscommon and Jamaican heritage and his travels which have inspired his life as one of the country's best barbecue chefs. "I grew up with the meat and potatoes but my Mam would always throw on a little something special like the Jamaican hot sauce and I then spent time in South America and that inspired another twist to my food."

Tọlá Okogwu is beyond excited about the news that her new book has already been acquired by Netflix. It will be produced by Will Smith and David Oyelowo and it is only published THIS MONTH! Wow. The book' Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun' has been described as Black Panther Meets Percy Jackson Meets The X-Men (with a little bit of Umbrella Academy thrown in!) and is gripping, thrilling, unexpected and empowering. Alison Curtis and Weekend Breakfast sat down with Tola and asked her about her inspiring new book.

We spotted this heart warming and inspiring Tweet about a Limerick Dad going back to school! Weekend Breakfast with Alison Curtis spoke to son Shane and Dad Peter about this courageous return to do his Leaving Cert again. A very proud son on Father's Day: Please send good wishes out to the powers that be that my Dad, Peter, flies through his #LeavingCert2022 Art History exam at 2.00pm! 🍀So crazy proud of him for going back to do his Leaving in his 60s 🙌❤️(Fun fact: he dropped me to my Art History exam 12 years ago today!) pic.twitter.com/DEFvuRit7X— Shane Hickey-O'Mara 🌻 (@ShaneSHOM) June 16, 2022