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The Trina Mara Podcast
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The Trina Mara Podcast is a lifestyle show covering health, fitness, beauty, entertainment, parenting & lots more.
Episodes
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America's Got Talent Comedian Maureen Langan....with the Irish mammy!
Comedian Maureen Langan plays Dublin's Craic Den and the International tonight before 5 performances at the Galway Comedy Festival October 22nd to 24th. www.maureenlangton.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcjDTREWc0c
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Our Maternity Choice
"Our Maternity Choice Ireland" are a group of mothers campaigning for the retention of private maternity care until an equivalent model of care can be provided within the public maternity system. Trina Mara chats to Heather Roland about the campaign....
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Steve Wall from The Stunning
Steve Wall from The Stunning chats to Trina Mara about their upcoming shows, how the songs still sound "fine" lol and why he always gets cast as the "gaunt" fella!! www.thestunning.net
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Brian McFadden searching for new boyband
Trina Mara chats to Brian McFadden about the hunt for Ireland's newest boyband. Aspiring singers aged 17 to 19 who believe they have what it takes to become part of the new group are being encouraged to apply online via https://eu.castitreach.com/a/mmm/irishboyband/audition. Applications will…
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Jack Dee: "No job too small leaflets are a lie!"
Comedian Jack Dee chats to Trina Mara about the awful jobs he did before comedy, any regrets about this autobiography and workman woes!! He is coming to Ireland with his tour "Jack's Joe Show" playing Cork, Wexford, Limerick and the Galway Comedy Festival www.jackdeecomedy.com...
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Fair City's George McMahon and Johnny Ward's Halloween Panto
Fair City's George McMahon and Johnny Ward star in the upcoming Halloween Panto "Little Red & the Big Bad Wolf" at Dublin's Ambassador Theatre from October 24th.
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Harry Enfield chats to Trina Mara
Harry Enfield is coming to the Bord Gais Energy Theatre with the show "Harry Enfield and No Chums" on November 29th. He'll take us behind the scenes with his famous characters including Wayne and Waynetta, Loadsamoney, Smashie and Nicey and many more
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Understanding Wills: Cork Solicitor Jacqueline Dunne
Cork-based solicitor Jacqueline Dunne speaks with Trina Mara about the key considerations and legal implications involved in making a will. www.thejourney.ie www.dunnesolicitors.ie Instagram: thejourney.ie
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Gina London's "Amplify You" - how being human is crucial in a world of AI
Former CNN correspondent and anchor Gina London's new book "Amplify You" explores the need to being human in this AI world.
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Comedian Emma Doran's "Emmaculate" at Vicar Street
Comedian Emma Doran chats to Trina Mara about "Emmaculate" at Vicar Street on November 14th and the Galway Comedy Festival www.emmadorancomedy.com
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The Solo Mama Journey: Laura's IVF story
Laura Stanley is in studio with Trina Mara talking about her decision to have a baby as a single woman with the help of IVF. Instagram: the_solo_mama_journey
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Jarlath Regan talks Craic Pot
Jarlath Regan is in studio with Trina Mara to announce his 4th show at Dublin's 3Olympia
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Special Needs Education: "My son was refused by 19 schools"
Trina Mara chats to parents attempting to avail of special needs education for their children including Alison Field who had 19 rejection letters when trying to find a place for her son James who is non-verbal and autistic. Eric Roberts: Crisis in the Classroom airs on Virgin Media One and Virgin...
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Special Needs Assistant: "I'm unemployed this school year and now on the dole"
Trina Mara speaks to Special Needs Assistant Sophie who has found herself unemployed this school year despite re-applying for the SNA role she has had for the previous 2 school years. She speaks candidly about the uncertainty facing many SNAs due to temporary contracts and low pay. Eric Roberts:...
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Standup Comic John Colleary's Mighty Quack
Stand-up comic John Colleary is on tour!! His latest show "Mighty Quack" is travelling all over the country. www.johncolleary.ie
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Autism & ADHD: Project DMSH - Different Minds, Same Heart
Trina Mara chats to engaged couple Cathal Cully and Rebecca Wilson about their Project DMSH: Different Minds, Same Heart. Cathal is autistic and didn't speak until he was 4 years old whilst Rebecca is more recently diagnosed with autism and ADHD. They are advocates for autism and ADHD and are...
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Lone Parents: Doras Buí
Lydia Smyth, Programme Coordinator with Doras Buí, a community-based resource supporting parents alone in Ireland. Lydia looks back at the organisation's beginnings in 1980's Ireland, when being a single parent carried significant stigma and was often seen as outside the traditional idea of…
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Caring for someone with Dementia
Eamonn Casey chats about caring for her mother Deirdre, who in her 70's, is living with dementia. We discuss the changes he first noticed that prompted a diagnosis and the difficult decisions that lay ahead. Dementia is currently being explored in a Coronation Street storyline involving the...
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The Dublin teens who blagged interview with Oprah
Trina Mara chats to Ben and Glen, two teenagers from the northside of Dublin who host the Back of the Class Podcast and chanced their arm hanging around a Dublin hotel to try and nab an interview with their dream guest Oprah.....and it worked as Glen got talking to Oprah's best friend Gayle King....
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Menopause Wingman with Michelle Hardwick
This is a book written for the partners of women navigating menopause! www.menopausewingman.com
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Senior Nutritionist Dr. Sarah-Elizabeth Bennett on children's eating habits
Almost half of parents who joined a weight management programme said their children began eating more healthily, while more than a quarter reported their children had become more physically active. The independent study, published in BMJ Paediatrics Open, found that 48% of parents reported...
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Author Emily Hourican on "A House in Winter"
Emily Hourican's new novel "A House in Winter" is set in 1965, telling the story of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon's visit to his sister's home in Abbeyleix, Ireland, when they faced local opposition and IRA petrol bomb attacks that confined them, without electricity, for 48 fraught hours.
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Rory's Miles to Mayo supporting Cancer Fund for Children
Bernadette McGarvey from Cancer Fund for Children chats to Trina Mara about their fundraising efforts which includes the latest "Rory's Miles to Mayo" campaign with Irish rugby legend Rory Best with the help of business leaders including Arachas Insurance brokers. www.cancerfundforchildren.com
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Danny O'Brien reveals Galway Comedy Festival line-up
Comedian Danny O'Brien chats to Trina Mara about the line-up for the Galway Comedy Festival . Tickets go on sale Tues 15th of September on www.galwaycomedyfestival.ie
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Forensic Scientist Jo Millington talks True Crime series
"UK Forensic Breakthroughs" airs on the True Crime channel starting 22nd September. It will air Tuesdays at 10pm. Trina chats to forensic scientist and host of the show Jo Millington
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Rent your spare room to a student
Student accommodation is so scarce in Ireland, students are being forced to commute for hours every day missing lectures or can't accept their college places. Trina Mara speaks to Seán de Búrca, President of the Student's Union at the University of Galway
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Katie Taylor's Final Fight
Katie Taylor takes on Flora Pili tonight at Croke Park in her final fight in front of 80,000 people
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Humanist Ceremonies - from weddings to funerals and End-of-life Doulas
Emma Sides is a Humanist Celebrant who covers weddings, funerals, naming ceremonies, memorials and is even an End-of-Life Doula www.emmasides.com
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National Cinema Weekend - see a movie for €4
Paul Wren from Odeon Cinemas talks to Trina Mara about National Cinema Weekend where you can see a movie for just €4!!
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Loose Woman and comedian Judi Love
Loose Woman and comedian Judi Love brings her show to Dublin's Ambassador on Friday 4th September. She catches up with Trina Mara www.judilove.co.uk
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"He thought it was indigestion": Pancreatic Cancer fundraiser
Ray McElhinney chats to Trina Mara about losing his brother to pancreatic cancer at the age of 54. He thought he had indigestion. They are now on a mission to raise funds for pancreatic cancer research at St.Vincents Hospital in Dublin with the annual PanCan Gold Classic and are also looking for...
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Vogue Williams' baby name and why you need to get some Heinz Beanz
Trina Mara runs through some potential baby names with the very heavily pregnant Vogue Williams and why you should buy some Heinz Beanz to support Barnardos
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Chris Connolly on M9 crash: "Young people have choices in life"
Christopher Connolly from "Get Better with Chris" talks about the reckless behaviour and M9 crash and how young people have choices in life - they don't have to give in to peer pressure. https://www.instagram.com/getbetterwithchris/?hl=en
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Ruby Wax on memorable encounter with Trump
Ruby Wax has extended her "Absolutely Famous" tour into 2027 (Vicar Street 23rd May) and chats to Trina Mara about her "memorable" encounters with Donald Trump and Bill Cosby. www.rubywax.net
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Motsi Mabuse from Strictly & Disney's Princess Ambassador
Motsi Mabuse is a professional dancer and judge on "Strictly Come Dancing" and also a Disney Princess Ambassador. World Princess Week runs from 16th-22nd August. The Walt Disney Company's "Once a Princess, Always a Princess”, celebrates the lasting impact Disney Princess stories have across...
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Content Creator by_catriona on ADHD & double mastectomy
Content creator by_catriona chats to Trina Mara about her ADHD and planned double mastectomy after testing positive for the PALB2 gene.
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The Wolfe Tone's Brian Warfield on "retirement" and Celtic Exodus
Celtic Exodus – The Musical is on for a limited run in Dublin’s Mansion House. Written by Brian Warfield of The Wolfe Tones, it’s a story of unfaltering bravery, resilience and true Irish spirit, with a forbidden romance at its heart. With an ensemble cast of 20 led by emerging stars Leah...
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Solar Eclipse Lights Up the Sky Tonight
Sadhbh Leahy from DIAS (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies)/Dunsink Observatory chats to Trina Mara ahead of this evening's solar eclipse - the do's and the dont's plus how to make your own viewer
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How to stay calm in a crisis with John Finnerty
Retired Garda John Finnerty chats to Trina Mara about the importance of staying calm in a crisis and how anyone can overcome a fear of public speaking. https://ie.linkedin.com/in/johnfinnerty1
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Billy Ocean on crying when the going gets tough!!
Billy Ocean chats to Trina Mara ahead of his Irish shows this September
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Joe McGucken could win an Oscar!
He's a TV personality - actor, comedian, writer, podcaster and could soon be adding Oscar winner to that list. Known for his sharp Dublin wit and storytelling, Joe McGucken is a familiar face from the hit RTÉ Player series "Darren & Joe’s Free Gaff". Aswell as hosting the "Stall it" podcast with...
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Are Dating Apps on the way out?
Are the dating apps on the way out? App fatique is a real thing with users saying they are tired of swiping every day and still not finding themselves in a relationship. Fergal Harrington from Intro Matchmaking chats to Trina about their tried and tested method instead www.intro.ie or call...
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Belfast's Paddy McDonnell on losing finger & becoming a comic!
Did you know the most Googled question about gout in Ireland is "can you still drink with gout?". Belfast Comedian Paddy McDonnell chats to Trina about having his finger bitten off and his start in comedy. In his hilarious new show, Paddy takes a brutally funny look at getting older, battling…
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Your side hustles and tax bill explained with The Tax Nerd
The Tax Nerd, Mairead O'Driscoll chats to Trina Mara about tax implications of your side hustles and how preparation and being organized is key! Her course is available on her Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thetaxnerd_/
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Comedian & hilarious viral backing dancer Christopher Hall
Comedian Christopher Hall chats to Trina Mara about "Pizazz" live at The Sugar Club in Dublin on 8th of October 2026 and his viral backing dancing. https://www.instagram.com/chrxstopher.hall/ Image Credit: Rachel Sherlock
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Conor Moore impersonates EVERYONE
Conor Moore, comedian and impressionist, will perform at Dublin's 3Olympia on the 14th of May 2026 and the TF Royal, Castlebar on the 18th of September 2026. https://www.instagram.com/conor_sketches/
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Ryan Tubridy's surprise on The Trina Mara Show
Ryan Tubridy popped into studio to chat all about The Bookshelf Live touring the country.....seeing as he LOVES to review books, Trina had a surprise for Ryan ! He will be at Cork Opera House April 30th, Lime Tree Theatre in Limerick on May 7th and the 3Olympia in Dublin on the 8th of June 2026....
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Bob Barrett talks "Death on the Nile"
Bob Barrett chats to Trina Mara about "Death on the Nile" coming to the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin 21st-25th April. They chat about Bob's former role as Dr.Sacha Levy on "Holby City".
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A braless Trina interviews popstar Anastacia!!
Trina Mara has somehow ended up braless as she interviewed popstar Anastacia!! Anastacia performs at Dublin's 3Olympia Theatre on 15th and 18th of September 2026
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The Booby Physio
Siobhan O'Donovan is "The Booby Physio"! The West Cork founder of www.posturefittingphysio.com, offers a physio-led services that helps women struggling with the sheer weight of their breasts, through all stages of life. She chats to Trina Mara.
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