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EPISODE · May 23, 2026 · 26 MIN

“I was a very shy kid and suffered from shyness right up until my 40s”

from Brendan O'Connor · host RTÉ Radio 1

Garden designer and TV presenter, Diarmuid Gavin joins Dearbhail to talk through the songs that bring him back to moments and milestones through his life. He talks about tragic death of his brother as a child, the love he felt in his childhood home and how it took him until his 40s to overcome his profound shyness and social anxiety.

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