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Brothers with guitars record their music. They'd get honey for nothin' and chips for free. 

In this podcast, 'On Raglan Road; Great Irish Love Songs and the Women who Inspired Them' writer and poet Gerard Hanberry explains the inspiration behind well-known Irish songs and ballads.

Recorded on 3 February 2021 as part of our Healthy Ireland at Your Library Online Webinar Series. 

This talk will give you evidence based advise on nutrition and enable you to choose the best dietary pattern for your current and future health.

Dietitian Carisa Sheridan as she discusses if ‘mood boosting’ foods really exist, what role our gut health has, and how what we eat and how we eat can play an important role on our mood, mind and overall well-being.

We all need good health literacy skills to understand health information correctly, ask questions and make informed decisions. This talk looks at what health literacy skills we need to engage fully with health services and tips to make this easier.

Louise Shanagher is a child therapist, a psychology lecturer and a mindfulness teacher.

We’d like to say a huge thank you to all of the authors and organisations who helped make the programme possible, including The Ark, Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin Circus Project, ReCreate, The Rediscovery Centre, Dublin Zoo, Createschool, Dogs Trust, Junior Einsteins Science Club, Sarah Tully, Sarah Bowie, Sadhbh Devlin and Sadhbh Rosenstock.

As the world becomes busier, the podcast format has become incredibly popular. Audio content allows the listener to multitask.

The Central Library Dublin (Dublin City Libraries) in association with The James Joyce Centre presents this online event in celebration of Bloomsday 2021.