Christmas

The Christmas party for members of the Irish Writers centre in Dublin was a delight. I am a big fan of wine and nibbles, but also of evenings full of excellent writing, not to mention the opportunity to read my own work. There was nothing…

The Dubland Christmas Party was an enormously fun affair. Suzanne and PJ (and the audience) talked about Christmas movies, Christmas ads, animal facts (with a vet in toe), dogs, a sneaky hotel conspiracy and there is a special guest star of…

Dave, David and the returning Norma Howard take on gloomy iconic animation The Nightmare Before Christmas as the festive season kicks in. This is NO POPCORN. ? ACT ONE: A bumper 'what we've been watching' round-up including both fair…

Denny Murphy sat firmly into his spot on the bench-seating that lined the Luas carriage and curled his head towards the glass of the window. He didn’t care that the tram was packed and that there were probably older people and women…

It's the final episode of season two! Irish Times writer Patrick Freyne joins Alan and Jeanne to talk about Netflix's big 2018 Christmas film, The Princess Switch. Netflix ran the Hallmark formula through their magic algorithms and made a…

Whether you love it or hate it, the office holiday party inevitably occupies an important slot on your seasonal festivity to-do list. As a total introvert, yours truly looks forward to the annual office party with as much enthusiasm as I…

Jeanne and Alan go guestless to talk about 2017's hotel renovation/dance recital Christmas combo Enchanted Christmas. Project manager Laura returns to her hometown to fix up The Enchanted Lodge, an abandoned hotel which used to host the big…

It's the Christmas episode of your favourite podcast in the whole world - Dubland! PJ still hates Christmas, Suzanne loves it. There's a lot of talk about sweaty meat, some more woke-talk, a story about a football team who faked the death…

This week's topic of the week is 'Christmas disasters'. Dave talks to Caroline who ruined the Christmas dinner; Mikey who had a run in at Midnight Mass; Bethany who gave a Christmas gift that backfired; and Bernie who had a nightmare before…

It has been quite a year for the Motherfoclóir project - there's been online and offline mayhem of many categories in multiple languages. In this week's episode, Darach, Peadar and Gearóidín take a look back at the highlights of Bliain na…