'This Is My Sea' by Author Miriam Mulcahy

'This Is My Sea' by Author Miriam Mulcahy

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Barra Fitzgibbon on his new play 'Patient: Soldier’

Irishman, Barra Fitzgibbon, came very close to dying during the first weeks of the covid pandemic. He has since turned his experience into a darkly comic play, ‘Patient: Soldier’, that is soon to tour Ireland. He joins Pat to discuss. 

What could a World Cup hosted by Donald Trump look like?

The country is bracing itself for two games in the next ten days that could see the Irish men's soccer team qualify for June’s World Cup in Canada, Mexico, and the USA. If the team does make it, what would a tournament hosted by Donald Trump look like? Joining Pat to discuss is J ...  Show more

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