Granny Flats, Pubs, Lessons from Korea
With guest host Anna Daly! This week's guests: Ross Kavanagh from Haughton’s Pub. Lee Ryan - Owner of GrannyFlat.ie Jennifer Sheahan - @JennySheahan.
Nov 23, 2024•43 min
The Home Show with Sinead Ryan
Sinead Ryan covers all areas of the home from interiors and accessories, to design and architecture, maintenance and renovation - along with expert advice on various aspects of home improvement.
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Episodes
Irish Wine & Ireland's Oldest Home
Could Cobh or Innisowen produce the new Côtes du Rhône? We’ll be asking an Irish wine maker. The Ukrainian woman immortalising Ireland’s native dog breeds / on canvas Something or someone suddenly has Americans on the hunt to move to Ireland. What could it be? AND Ghostbusters - We’ll be talking about Ireland’s oldest continuously lived in home with its very own spooky guests.
Nov 16, 2024•43 min
Posh Christmas, Houses that Don't Burn, Writer's Room
This week's guests: Edel Coffey - Journalist, Broadcast and Author of In Her Place & Breaking Point @edelcoffey Lisa Morey - Founder and Owner of Colorado Earth & Melanie Glover - Earth Home Owner Kim MacKenzie-Doyle - CEO of The B!G Idea @KimMacDoy @TheBigIdea_IRL Arlene McIntyre
Nov 09, 2024•42 min
London’s Lost Interiors, Kitchen Wooden Floors, Loft Beds
This week’s guests: Steven Brindle - Historian with English Heritage and Author of London: Lost Interiors @StevenPBrindle Ronan O’Dailaigh - Presenter of RTE One’s “Heated” @RonanODalaigh Cian Mulvey - Owner of Mulveys Niamh Maher @Niamh_Maher
Nov 02, 2024•45 min
Halloween Traditions, Protecting Pets, Kitchen Upgrades
This week’s guests: Kelly Fitzgerald - Head of the School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore in UCD @CeallaighnicG @UCDScoilGLCB @ucddublin Tom Lawlor - Director of the Bram Stoker Festival @TomMLawlor @bramstokerdub Pete Wedderburn - @petethevet Paul Kinsella - The Real Housewife of Drumcondra @lifeatno_2
Oct 26, 2024•40 min
Open House, Portrait Miniatures, Garden Room
This week's guests: Sibil Archer - Interior Designer Emmet Scanlon - Director of the Irish Architecture Foundation @Emmett_Scanlon @IAFarchitecture Donough Cahill - Executive Director of The Irish Georgian Society @IrishGeorgian Natasha Rocca Devine
Oct 19, 2024•43 min
Ideal Home Show, Retro Trends, Guinness Family Mansion
This week's guests: Interior Stylist and author, Pippa Jameson Archaeologist James Kyle Jennifer Sheahan Artist Lee Flanagan Wayne Stanley, Executive Director, Simon Community
Oct 12, 20240
The Budget, Bomb Shelters, First Home Decorating
This week's guests: Ron Hubbard - Owner of Atlas Survival Shelters Sean Defoe - Newstalk’s Political Correspondent Denise Donnelly - Owner of the Doorway Gallery Niamh Maher
Oct 05, 2024•45 min
Making a Will, Vacant Property Grant, Design Choices
This week’s guests: Architect and TV personality Hugh Wallace. Iveta Bowe of Pond Beach Resort in Co. Laois. Financial Advisor John Lowe, aka 'The Money Doctor'. Interior Designer, Anne Tuohy.
Sep 28, 2024•49 min
Mementos, Inheritance Tax, Decluttering
On this week's show: In our Writer’s Room series, Author Catherine Dunne will be stopping by to chat about her writing space and how a wall of mementos and memories helps keep her focused. Inheritance tax is flagged for change in the budget. The Money Doctor, John Lowe will be here to warn about what could happen the family home when someone passes away. Decluttering and reorganizing a room can look like a big task. Sarah Reynolds, founder of Organised Chaos has some helpful tips. Natasha Rocha ...
Sep 21, 2024•43 min
The Guest Loo, Public Housing Schemes, Irish Room in London
Sinead Moriarty - Author @sinead_moriarty Ruth McManus - Associate Professor in Geography in DCU and co-author of Building Healthy Homes: Dublin Corporation’s First Housing Schemes @RMcMnow Danniele Patten - Director of creative programmes and collections at Museum of the Home @MuseumoftheHome Denise O’Connor @OptimiseDesign
Sep 14, 2024•48 min
Dublin Pubs, Bike Shelters, Styling for Autumn
This week's guests: Donal Fallon - Historian and Presenter of the Three Castles Burning Podcast @fallon_donal. Orla Hegarty - Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy at UCD @Orla_Hegarty. Tom Considine - Managing Director of Safety Storage Systems. Paul Kinsella - The Real Housewife of Drumcondra @lifeatno_2.
Sep 07, 2024•43 min
Hotel Resort Homes, Writing Spaces, Celtic Tiger Mortgages
This week's guests: Financial Analyst, Karl Deeter Award-winning Children's Author and Events Manager at Halfway Up the Stairs in Greystones, Sarah Webb Director of Lisney Sotheby's International Realty, Louise Kenny Creative Director at thejournal ie, Niamh Maher.
Aug 31, 2024•47 min
Why Ireland is Lonely, Choosing Art, Study Spaces
In this week’s episode: Psychotherapist Stephanie Regan on why Ireland is the loneliest place to live in Europe (despite being considered so friendly). Choosing art for your home, even if you’re a rookie, with Stephen Martin, Managing Director of Merrion Gallery. Picking the right furniture with Claire Callinan, Founder of In The Space Interiors. Making the perfect study space for any students in the home with Denise O’Connor of Optimise Design....
Aug 24, 2024•47 min
Household Maintenance, Designer Picnic Baskets, One Weekend Room Makeover
This week's guests: Peter Finn - Pete The Builder @builder_pete Russell Alford - Producer with 98FM and Sunday Times Ireland Restaurant Co-Critic @russellalford_ Paul Kinsella - Real Housewife of Drumcondra @lifeatno_2
Aug 17, 2024•44 min
Summer Movie Houses and A World Without Airbnb
In this week's show: The most fabulous movie beach houses you wish you could spend the summer in. What would a world without Airbnb be like? It might come sooner than you think... It’s been 6 months since the Deposit Return Scheme was introduced. Are you using it? We chat to its CEO. Jennifer Sheahan has been shopping deck chairs to die for.
Aug 10, 2024•49 min
Living on the Moon, Smart Bathrooms and Olympic Design
Ever thought of living far, far away? Well scientists have discovered the perfect spot … on the moon. We'll be finding out all about it from space expert Leo Enright. Buying Celtic Tiger apartments, a bargain or a risk? Putting the tech in your toilet, we’ll talk smart bathrooms and Natasha Rocca Devine will be bringing the Olympic spirit to your interiors
Aug 03, 2024•56 min
The Healthy Age Friendly Home Programme & What Not To Throw Out
On this week's show, The government scheme helping older people to rightsize, Why are millionaires still getting write offs on debts accrued during the Celtic Tiger? Protecting your house from summer burglars and, what not to throw out when you’re decluttering.
Aug 02, 2024•50 min
3D Printed Houses, Outdoor Offices, Interiors for Kids
In this week's show: 3D printed houses with Justin Kinsella - @ltd_harcourt The outdoor office with Shane Cradock, Performance Coach - @shanecradock RTB annual report with Pat Davitt - Chief Executive, IPAV (Institute of Professional Auctioneers & Valuers) @IPAVireland Interiors for kids with Jennifer Sheahan - @JennySheahan
Jul 20, 2024•50 min
Think Before You Flush, Interiors for Kids, Why do People Name Their Houses?
In this week's show: Why do people name their houses? With Anna McHugh - Head of Corporate Communications with An Post @AnnaQ121. A home for all seasons, with Kay Prestney and Becca Cherry - Co-Authors of 'A Home for All Seasons'. Thinking before you flush, with Patrick Cross - Campaigns Manager at Clean Coasts @CleanCoasts. Interiors for kids, with Natasha Rocca Devine.
Jul 13, 2024•47 min
Living in a Tiny Home, Mortgages for Pensioners, Lifesize Plans
In this week’s show: Smaller houses are more affordable, but when is small too small? We ask the owner of a tiny home. Taking a life sized tour of your new house, before it’s been built. The new mortgage providers offering loans up to the age of 80. @doddl_ie Jennifer Sheahan on sprucing up your mobile home. @JennySheahan
Jul 06, 2024•52 min
Making a Taylor Swift Shrine, Using Airbnb, Being a Bad Cook
In this week’s show: How to be a bad cook with Ruth Finnegan Buying a sculpture for your back garden with Frits Potgieter @PotgieterFrits @MontenotteH Doing airbnb the old fashioned way with Aidan McKelvey @AidanMcKelvey How to turn your house into a shrine to Tay Tay with Super Swifty @Niamh_Maher
Jun 29, 2024•43 min
Global Citizenship, Luxury Bedroom Gadgets, Overhead Lighting
In this week's show: •Could Global Citizenship be the answer to the cost of living crisis here in Ireland? With Andrew Henderson, CEO & Founder of Nomad Capitalist @nomadcapitalist •Can luxury sleep accessories actually help you sleep? With Fiona Brennan, CEO of The Positive Habit and author of 'Sleep Well: 8 Habits to Help You Fall Asleep, Stay Asleep and Wake Up Refreshed' @FionaBrennan19 •The rug makers turned alpaca farmers! Martina Navrátilová and Colm Kenny, co-Directors of Ceadogán @C...
Jun 22, 2024•49 min
18th Century Food, Bridgerton Living, Maximum Comfort
In this week's show, with guest host Ciara Kelly: What’s it like to live the Bridgerton life? With Laura Bowe. Designing your bedroom for maximum comfort, with Maria Fenlon. Dining in Ireland’s Regency era, with John O’Driscoll. How celebrities influence interior design, with Arlene McIntyre.
Jun 15, 2024•44 min
Timber Houses, Room by Room Makeover, Small Living Rooms
In this week's show: TV personality Paul Kinsella on how to make loads of colour pops work in your house. Blogger Catherine Carton on giving your house a DIY and craft makeover room by room. Why aren’t there more timber houses in Ireland when they’re the obvious answer in other countries? Natasha Rocca Devine on getting the most out of petite living rooms.
Jun 08, 2024•45 min
Would you Get a Portrait? Keeping Plants Alive, The Olympic Village
In this week's show: King Charles’ very Red portrait made the headlines, but would you get a portrait painted to hang in your sitting room? With Dr. Brendan Rooney. Why are most of us so hopeless at keeping house plants alive? With Erin Thomas. What will life be like for the 14,000 people in the Olympic Village in Paris? With Nancy Gillen. Niamh Maher tells us about the best kitchen gadgets.
Jun 01, 2024•49 min
Castle for Sale, Turning your Balcony into a Garden, Communal Living
In this week's show: Neal Morrison tells us about the castle on sale in Fermanagh. Could communal living be the way of the future? With Rosie Kellett. Turning your balcony into a garden with Gavin Saunders. Arlene McIntyre on why we should have two master bedrooms.
May 25, 2024•46 min
Milion Pound Idea from a Skip, Summer Garden Renovation, Interiors Trade Show
In this week's show: It’s time to get working on your summer garden before the sun reconsiders! There's a luxury villa that Berlin’s government can’t give away... The million pound idea that began in a skip. Jennifer Sheahan has been to the Interiors Trade Show, Salone del Mobile in Milan. She’ll be filling us in on the latest styles and trends.
May 18, 2024•41 min
Home Shows, Fussy Eaters & Free Wills
Sinead talks to James Dempsey, TV Reviewer, about the best home improvement shows. Samantha Forest, Founder of Fussy Food Plates, provides tips on encouraging kids to eat their greens. Kieran Lawlor, Partner of Lawlor O'Reilly Solicitors, and Mark Gannon, Owner of Courtmacsherry Angling Limited, explain the importance of free wills for those over 55. And finally, Natasha Rocca Devine rounds things off with her top summer styling tips.
May 11, 2024•50 min
Redesigning for Accessibility, Cat Furniture, Writing a Will & Bar Carts
Artist Orla Walsh speaks to us about re-designing her home for accessiblity after her husband’s horrific life altering accident. Not content with destroying your furniture, cats now want their own. We’ll be finding out about the booming industry of cat furniture. May is RNLI’s Free Wills Month. We’ll talk through the process and the pitfalls of writing a will. AND Niamh Maher will be settling one of life’s great debates, to bar cart or not to bar cart. That is the question....
May 04, 2024•42 min
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