James Patrice: ‘Drama school helped me overcome my shyness – I was painfully quiet.’

Mario Rosenstock – ‘We all need a champion – someone who really believes in you’

Emma Doran: “I loved my grandma so much that I went to Knock with her.”

Broadcaster Claire Byrne – “In Ireland people do a double-take when they hear my voice, but I rarely get asked for selfies.”

Peter McGann: “Irish comedy has come a long way since bad jokes about the drunk Irishman.”

Nicola Tallant – “Criminals do love oysters or maybe fine-dining. The Monk dined on a haloumi burger on our first real face to face’

Sex therapist Grace Alice O'Se – ‘Kids are exposed to porn from as young as 10 and It is giving them a warped idea of sex’

Dr Eva Orsmond – ‘I’d love to meet a nice Irish man. I think the Irish mentality is so much fun’

Niamh Kavanagh: 'I was constantly pulled out of class to sing Ave Maria for some nun’s funeral’

Influencer Carol Byrne: 'My parents raised us on coddle - the best way to feed us all!'

Singer Camille O’Sullivan: ‘I recorded Shane MacGowan’s final duet with him before he died’

Oliver Callan - 'The first sign I was gay was I didn't drive the tractor until I was 11'

Katherine Lynch - 'I got stoned in Amsterdam and thought the salt was parmesan'

Billy McGuinness - ‘I left the turkey and ham on the train – on Christmas Eve’

Victoria Mary Clarke – ‘Shane is very much with me’

Jenny Greene - 'The day I got married, my dad chose my wedding dress'

Mary Coughlan - 'Eating good food saved my life'

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