Over a lunch of crispy duck and turnip cakes, Asia Market commercial director Eva Pau tells Marie Kelly how she built up her parents’ company from a niche Dublin retail outlet to one of the capital’s culinary and cultural touchpoints.

Broadcaster and biologist Liz Bonnin tells Marie Kelly in her own words why she was horrified by Irish cuisine in the eighties, how community is the key to climate change and why she’ll always remain under the spell of the Burren.

Founder and chief executive of Tilting the Lens Sinéad Burke tells Marie Kelly in her own words where she learned to advocate for herself, how Ireland is failing those with disabilities and why there’s nothing better than coming home.

Podcaster and author Blindboy Boatclub tells Marie Kelly in his own words about his early school trauma, adult autism diagnosis and how a plastic bag protects his privacy.

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon tells Marie Kelly in his own words about the after-effects of growing up during the Troubles, why he feels like he never left Ireland and how the Irish language has influenced his work.

Sean-nós singer Iarla Ó Lionaird tells Marie Kelly in his own words about feeling alienated from the trad community in Ireland and creating music 30 years ahead of its time.

Michelin star chef JP McMahon tells Marie Kelly in his own words why contemporary Irish cuisine was such a hard sell, what it takes to build an award-winning restaurant and why he’s much too Irish to acknowledge his achievements.

Writer Cauvery Madhavan arrived in Ireland with a stockpile of condoms or a “suitcase full of sin”. She tells Marie Kelly in her own words what it was like leaving conservative India in the 1980s and moving to ultra-conservative Ireland.

From reinventing Arnotts to retail to lessons from Karl Lagerfeld, fashion industry veteran Eddie Shanahan talks to Marie Kelly about his 40-year career and explains why Ireland has an important role to play in international fashion.

Restaurateurs Marc and Conor Bereen tell Marie Kelly about the dogged determination that has led to the reopening of their much-loved Dublin eatery, Coppinger Row.

Beauty boss Trinny Woodall talks to Marie Kelly about her Irish tribe, trading commodities and her three-minute make-up routine.

Former soccer star Jamie Redknapp is just as proud of his stint on comedy game show A League of Their Own and his new clothing line Sandbanks as he is of anything he did on the pitch, writes Marie Kelly.

Mount Merrion native Gregory Harrington is about to play Carnegie Hall for the fifth time. He tells Marie Kelly why he never believed he was a particularly gifted musician.

Aisling Bea is best known as a comedian but it’s her acting training that won her a role in the TV crime thriller The Fall and now has her co-starring with Sharon Horgan in a new comedy drama that she also wrote. Marie Kelly meets the rising star.

He’s a renowned international fashion critic and the only Irish person ever to edit Vogue Hommes. Marie Kelly meets the inimitable Godfrey Deeny.

Architect and TV star Dermot Bannon welcomes Marie Kelly into his own (admittedly snug) home to talk design, family values and life as an unlikely sex symbol.

From insurance broker to style influencer, the woman behind ‘Lisa’s Lust List’ appears to have life nailed. Yet Lisa McGowan has had to overcome personal tragedy and social media trolling. Even so, it’s her online family that has inspired her next step, she tells Marie Kelly.

A simple but beautiful Stem print has grown Orla Kiely’s business into a multi-million-euro lifestyle emporium. In the build-up to her first retrospective, the Irish designer talks to Marie Kelly about her career milestone.