Something For The Weekend With Trina Mara
Something for the Weekend with Trina Mara is a lifestyle podcast covering health, fitness, beauty, entertainment, parenting & lots more. Presented by Trina Mara from Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio, the podcast will tell you everything you need to know for your lifestyle, mental health and general wellbeing. Listen via the Classic Hits app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Episodes
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The Ollie Hughes Band
Friday, 3 November 2023
Trina Mara has an incredible story to share about how a tragedy turned to inspiration. It's the story of The Ollie Hughes Band. She goes into the rehearsal studio with a group of men, in their early 40's, from Griffith Avenue who always dreamed of ...
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Dr.Lisa Hynes on health psychology
Friday, 3 November 2023
Dr. Lisa Hynes is Head of Health Programmes at Croí and a health psychologist. She talks to Trina Mara about how to go from wanting to get healthy to actually doing it as we continue our campaign to know your number and get your cholesterol tested w...
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The latest in beauty technology & trends for a fresher look
Friday, 3 November 2023
Trina Mara chats to Brendan Molloy from South William Clinic about the latest in beauty technology and trends that offer a fresher look rather than turning back the clock www.southwilliamspa.com
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Natasha Rocca Devine on staging your home For Sale
Friday, 3 November 2023
Award winning interior designer Natasha Rocca-Devine chats to Trina Mara with tips on how to stage your home for sale
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QR Codes are now available for memorials
Friday, 3 November 2023
Alannah Pardy from www.recaptureone.ie tells Trina Mara about the memorial plaques that are now available for graves and memorial spots like benches. You scan a QR code and memories of the deceased in the form of videos and photos can be viewed. Th...
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Dr.Caoimhe Hartley talks Menopause Myths
Friday, 3 November 2023
Dr.Caoimhe Hartley is clinical lead at the Rotunda Hospital Menopause Clinic and founder & CEO of Menopause Health. She helps us dispel some menopause myths.
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Comedian Phill Jupitus on why he’s gone back to college!
Friday, 3 November 2023
Comedian Phill Jupitus chats to Trina Mara about why he's gone back to college to study art and how he has "found" the weight he "lost" again!!!
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Croí’s Caroline Dermody on reducing your risk of heart disease and stroke
Friday, 3 November 2023
Caroline Dermody is the community nurse lead with Croí and she chats to Trina Mara about how important it is to get your blood pressure and cholesterol checked. Benecol products contain plant stanol ester which is proven to lower cholesterol.
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Former Fair City actress Ciara O’Callaghan on life at the Gaiety
Friday, 3 November 2023
It's been an entire decade since Ciara O'Callaghan left her role as "Yvonne Doyle" in "Fair City". She'll be starring in "The Valley of the Squinting Windows" at the Gaiety Theatre from the 7th to the 11th of November 2023.
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Comedian Omid Djalili on making the Queen laugh!
Friday, 3 November 2023
Comedian Omid Djalili chats to Trina Mara about allegedly being the last person to make the Queen laugh before her death, his time spent living in Ireland and how nobody can ever pronounce his name !
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Dublin Zoo’s Gerry Creighton on how elephants never forget
Friday, 3 November 2023
Gerry Creighton was a zookeeper in Dublin Zoo for 37 years as was his dad before him. His new book "Raised by the Zoo" shares some incredible stories of his career and childhood spent in the Phoenix Park when animals were often brought home at the e...
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How Benecol’s ”Know your number” campaign changed this listener’s health
Friday, 3 November 2023
Gabrielle Jordan chats to Trina Mara about how Benecol's "Know your Number" campaign last year urged her to get her cholesterol checked and she was shocked to discover she was at risk of stroke or heart attack
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Aisling O’Sullivan on ”Hangmen” and being mistaken for Nicole Kidman
Friday, 3 November 2023
Kerry actress Aisling O'Sullivan has had an amazing career on the stage and screen. She starred in "Raw" and "The Clinic" and is starring in "Hangmen" at The Gaiety until November 4th 2023. She chats to Trina Mara about her career and how she was m...
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Comedian Jimeoin in studio
Friday, 3 November 2023
Comedian Jimeoin, who usually resides in Australia, is home in Ireland and he has popped into studio with Trina to give his tips for remembering people's names and how he should never have doubted his late mother when she insisted she personally knew...
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Dietician Aisling Harris on ”Knowing your Number” with Benecol
Friday, 3 November 2023
Aisling Harris is a CORU-registered dietician working for Croí Heart and Stroke charity. She chats to Trina Mara about the importance of knowing your number and cholesterol levels with Benecol
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The Tax Nerd talks us through the Budget
Friday, 3 November 2023
Mairead O'Driscoll who is @thetaxnerd_ on Instagram chats to Trina Mara about how the budget will impact us
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Criminologist Dr. Honor Doro Townshend
Friday, 3 November 2023
Criminologist Dr.Honor Doro Townshend chats to Trina Mara about the Crime & Investigation Channel's series
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Catherine O’Keefe from the Menopause Success Summit
Friday, 3 November 2023
Catherine O'Keefe from the Menopause Success Summit chats to Trina Mara
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Actress Sophie Vavasseur in studio with Trina Mara
Friday, 3 November 2023
Sophie Vavasseur is in studio with Trina Mara talking about her latest film "The Hurler" and how it all started for her when she played the lead role in the movie "Evelyn" opposite Pierce Brosnan when she was just a child.
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Susie Clarke & Tom Chambers pop into studio
Friday, 3 November 2023
Susie Clarke ("Coronation Street" & "Mrs.Browne's Boys") and Tom Chambers ("Holby City") pop in to see Trina in the studio as they star in "Murder in the Dark" at the Gaiety
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Holly Johnson from Frankie Goes to Hollywood chats to Trina Mara
Friday, 3 November 2023
Holly Johnson from "Frankie Goes to Hollywood" chats to Trina Mara ahead of playing the National Concert Hall in Dublin on the 23rd of November 2023.
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Dublin actor Brian Gilligan from The Lion King
Friday, 3 November 2023
"The Lion King" is running at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre until the 11th of November. Trina Mara chats to Dublin actor who is starring in the production
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Pet Bereavement & why your grief is real
Friday, 3 November 2023
Beth Fitzpatrick chats to Trina Mara about the grief of losing a pet
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John Lowe from The Money Doctors on why you need a pension
Friday, 3 November 2023
John Lowe from The Money Doctors chats to Trina Mara about why you need a pension
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Comedian Nurse Georgie Carroll
Friday, 3 November 2023
Nurse turned comedian Georgie Carroll chats to Trina Mara about the different types of medical staff you'll meet and the best way to get off work when the roster has already been done for New Year's Eve!
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Holby City actor Bob Barrett gives Trina an alarming diagnosis
Saturday, 16 September 2023
Holby City actor Bob Barrett who played Dr.Sacha Levy for 12 years chats to Trina Mara about the medical drama, he gives Trina a very alarming diagnosis and tells us all about his part in Agatha Christie's play "And then there were none" at the Gaiet...
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Pearl Slattery talks Women’s Football & Cadbury support
Saturday, 16 September 2023
Pearl Slattery, FAI programme co-ordinator chats to Trina Mara about the support given by Cadbury at both national and grass roots level for women's football and gives details on the Cadbury Kick Fit Programme in 29 counties. https://www.fai.ie/domes...
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Peter Smith on making Netflix hit show ”Who is Erin Carter?”
Saturday, 16 September 2023
Peter Smith appeared on the ITV talent show "Popstars The Rivals" over 20 years ago - the show that created a boyband called "One True Voice" and a girlband "Girls Aloud". However, he made a big announcement during the live show and stepped away fro...
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Vogue Williams chats to Trina Mara
Saturday, 16 September 2023
Vogue Williams chats to Trina Mara about working with Barnardos, her crazy podcast "My therapist ghosted me" with Joanne McNally and baby fake tan!
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How to stop bindweed taking over your garden
Saturday, 16 September 2023
Expert Paraic Horkan chats to Trina Mara about how to tackle bindweed and stop it from taking over your garden. www.horkans.ie