Sunday with Miriam

Chat with the RTÉ Lyric fm presenter and the soprano about bringing ‘The Hamilton Scores’ to the National Concert Hall next month, with special guests and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra Further details: https://orchestra.rte.ie/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Irish Times journalist Patrick Freyne and photojournalist Chris Maddaloni talk about their recent trip to war-and-famine-stricken Chad, the many displaced people they met and empathy fatigue in the west Further reading: www.irishtimes.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Remebering Julian Benson, choreographer and ‘Dancing With the Stars’ judge, whose funeral took place yesterday His interview with Miriam on19 Jan 2025 is available on the programme website at https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22483850/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Live music and chat with singer/songwriter Haylar about what influences her unique electronica sound (joined today by Karl Odlum on keyboard/computer) Instagram: @haylarmusicofficial (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be made available in the podcast)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chat with the two Irish dancers who are performing in Matthew Bourne’s ‘Swan Lake’, which returns to the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre at the end of May as part of its 30th anniversary tour Full details: www.bordgaisenergytheatre.ieSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Máiréad Ní Nuadháin (Dublin's Plurabelle Paddlers) and Clodagh Flynn (Medb’s Dragon Warriors, Sligo) explain how a cancer diagnosis was the spark that brought them to the growing sport of Dragon Boat Racing. 'Dragon Hearts', RTÉ1, Easter Monday Further information: www.dragonboat.ieSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The actor/writer talks about suffering a stroke last summer aged 38. He’s now back to full health, with a very busy schedule including the Eugene O’Brien play ‘Falling to Earth: My Summer With Bowie’ and the upcoming movie ‘Saipan’ Tour: https://verdant.ie Irish Heart Foundation: https://irishheart.ie/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The hugely-successful Grammy-nominated Irish songwriter chats about always being focused on a career in music, the success of her song ‘The Vow’, suffering for years with endometriosis and being an ambassador for Darkness Into Light for Pieta House Helpline: www.endometriosis.ie Pieta House: www.darknessintolight.ieSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Live music and chat with the two musicians - and old friends - about their involvement in the ‘Drawing from the Well’ concert at the National Concert Hall in May and collaborating on their new album ‘Into The Loam Cormac: www.facebook.com/cormacbegley/ Drawing from the Well, NCH: www.nch.ieSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The documentary filmmaker and the Vincentian priest chat about collaborating on Alex's new documentary ‘Sins of Ireland’, a look at the Catholic Church in Ireland but told through the lens of the confession boxSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.