Tanya Sweeney on her nostalgia for Smash Hits magazine
Tanya Sweeney, Columnist for the Irish Independent, joins Seán to discuss her fond childhood memories of Smash Hits magazine, and how it gave a girl from the West Dublin suburbs access to the world of pop…
Have communions and confirmation parties gotten out of control?
“Selfie mirrors, goodie bags, chocolate fountains – Communion costs are out of control and so is the one-upmanship between parents” - so says Tanya Sweeney in her Irish Independent article this week.
Joining Ciara and Shane to discuss this is Events Planner, Tara O’Connor.
The World Cup starts tonight - what you need to know!
While Ireland might have missed out on the World Cup dream, the tournament starts tonight, but what do you actually need to know to bluff our way through and sound like a football expert?
Joining Andrea to discuss is Tanya Sweeney, Columnist for the Irish Independent and Off the Ball’s Phil Egan.
Are your 40s the best decade?
Does life get better as you age, and what’s been your favourite decade?
Tanya Sweeney, writing in the Irish Independent today, agrees that her 40s have been the best decade of her life...
She joins Andrea, as well as Brendan Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, to discuss.
Gaeltacht: rite of passage for young Irish teens
Mac Dara Ó Conaola, Traditional Singer & Irish Language advocate, Tanya Sweeney, Journalist and author and Maighread Mhic Grianna, Bean An Tí at Coláiste Bhríde, Ranafast / Rann Na Feirste, Dun na nGall.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Is it too early to get excited for Christmas?
When you hear someone say the ‘C’ word at this time of year, does it fill you with excitement or dread?
Irish Independent journalist Tanya Sweeney has been getting trolled by Christmas emails already, and joins Andrea to discuss!
Nikita Hand: ‘Not the Perfect Victim’ and life after Conor McGregor
Two years after winning her civil case against Conor McGregor, Nikita Hand is telling her story in her own words. In her memoir Not the Perfect Victim, she writes about the assault, her battle for justice and the personal cost of becoming one of the most recognisable women in Ireland. Irish Indepen…
Going Gray Gracefully
Tanya Sweeney, Journalist and Author.
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The weird world of literary scams
Most of us like to think we are superior to the person who falls for the ‘you’ve won the Spanish lottery’ scam, or any scam for that matter but as Tanya Sweeney recently found out, a desire for affirmation and a bit of flattery can pull the wool over the eyes of even the most ‘scam-proof’.
Joining…
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