{"id":2431,"date":"2017-05-29T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T13:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/?p=2431"},"modified":"2017-06-06T14:11:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T14:11:06","slug":"banter-at-bloom-2017-166-june-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banter.test\/banter-at-bloom-2017-166-june-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Banter at Bloom 2017 (166, June 2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re very happy to be returing to Bloom<\/a>, the biggest festival in Ireland, which rakes place in\u00a0Dublin’s Phoenix Park next weekend. Bloom kicks off on Thursday and Banter will be in situ in our tent in the Food Village on\u00a0Saturday, Sunday and Monday with a\u00a0clatter of colourful and fascinating characters for you to meet.\u00a0Here’s the line-up.<\/p>\n

SATURDAY JUNE 03<\/strong><\/p>\n

11am \u2013 Nutrionist in the house<\/strong><\/p>\n

Daniel Davey<\/a> is a performance nutrionist with the Dublin senior footballers and Leinster rugby players, a presenter of TV3\u2019s Doctor In the House<\/a> and co-founder of online nutrition site FoodFlicker<\/a>. At Banter, Daniel talks about the role of nutrition on health and well-being and lessons to be learned from the fields of play.<\/p>\n

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Noon \u2013 How do you become the tidiest town in Ireland?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2016, Skerries won the award for tidiest town in the country. Maeve McGann<\/strong> and Anne Doyle<\/strong> from the Skerries Tidy Towns Committee<\/a> tell us about the work, challenges and triumphs which go into running a successful tidy towns\u2019 campaign.<\/p>\n

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1.30pm \u2013 Questions and answers with the Bloom gardeners<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you have a query for the Bloom show gardeners? Here\u2019s your chance to ask them as Maeve O’Neill<\/a> and Alan Rudden<\/a> join us to answer your questions.<\/p>\n

2.30pm \u2013 And now the weather\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ins and outs of the weather business and its impact on the national mood with Head of Forecasting at Met Eireann\u00a0Gerald Fleming<\/a> and presenter\u00a0Karina Buckley.<\/a><\/p>\n

3.30pm \u2013 The humans of Bloom<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are thousands and thousands of people at Bloom and is one of them. We get the lowdown on life and everything else from Irish Country Living editor Mairead Lavery<\/a><\/p>\n

4.30pm \u2013 Meet the boss<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bloom would not exist with Bord Bia<\/a>. The\u00a0new head of the state agency promoting Irish food, drink and horticulture is Tara McCarthy<\/a>\u00a0and she joins us to talk about her job.<\/p>\n

SUNDAY JUNE 04<\/strong><\/p>\n

11am \u2013 Food on the edge<\/strong><\/p>\n

Besides running such great Galway restaurants as Aniar<\/a> and Cava<\/a>, JP McMahon<\/a> is also behind the annual boutique food gathering Food On the Edge<\/a>. He\u2019ll be at Banter to discuss his life, career, restuarants and the growth of Food On the Edge.<\/p>\n

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Noon \u2013 The Irish astronaut<\/strong><\/p>\n

Niamh Shaw<\/a> is an Irish scientist, engineer, performer and artist who also plans to get into space in the next few years. She joins us at Bloom to talk about work around creating interest in science, the need for more youngsters to take up\u00a0STEM subjects and her very own space program.<\/p>\n

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1.30pm \u2013 Questions and answers with the Bloom gardeners<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you have a query for the Bloom show gardeners? Here\u2019s your chance to ask them as Brian Burke<\/a> joins us to answer your questions.<\/p>\n

2.30pm \u2013 Draw With Don<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don Conroy<\/a> is the man who taught the children of Ireland how to draw owls when he was the resident artist on The Den. We hear about his life before and after the Den \u2013 and there may be even a drawing lesson<\/p>\n

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3.30pm \u2013 My Lovely Horse Rescue<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cathy Davey<\/a> may be best known as the singer-songwriter behind a string of hits and albums, but she\u2019s here to talk about My Lovely Horse Rescue<\/a>. Since 2012, Cathy\u2019s charity has helped to recue, retrain and rehome unwanted, abandoned or surrendered horses, donkeys and ponies in Ireland.<\/p>\n

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4.30pm \u2013 Cats vs dogs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why do people love their cats and dogs so much? We\u2019re joined by Roz Evans<\/strong>\u00a0from Phibsboro Cat Rescue<\/a> and Catriona Birt<\/strong> from Dogs Trust<\/a> to talk about their four legged friends<\/p>\n

MONDAY JUNE 5<\/strong><\/p>\n

11am \u2013 Gardening for good<\/strong><\/p>\n

More than 50,000 people in Ireland are living with dementia and Elaine Keane<\/strong>, Director of Clinical Services at TLC Nursing Homes<\/a>,\u00a0and Sinead Grennan<\/a>, CEO of Sonas apc<\/a>, talk about how creating\u00a0a garden which would be a peaceful space for them and their families resulted in the\u00a0Bloom Dementia Friendly Garden<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Noon \u2013 Anyone for spuds?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ireland has had a long and illustrious history with the humble potato. Restaurant critic and food writer Catherine Cleary <\/a>talks us through our relationship with the tuber.<\/p>\n

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1.30pm \u2013 Questions and answers with the Bloom gardeners<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you have a query for the Bloom show gardeners? Here\u2019s your chance to ask them as Niall Maxwell<\/a> and T\u00fcnde Szentesi<\/a> join us to answer your questions.<\/p>\n

2.30pm \u2013 Cavanman of the Year: Neven Maguire<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are very happy to welcome back one of the most popular visitors ever to the Banter stage at Bloom. Neven Maguire<\/a> joins us with more warm tales and sage advice from Blacklion and beyond.<\/p>\n

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3.30pm \u2013 What are you eating?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aoife Hearne<\/a> is the dietician on Operation Transformation<\/a>. She joins with her advice on eating well without resorting to fad diets \u2013 and some insights into why the TV show still pulls in a huge audience.<\/p>\n

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4.30pm \u2013 A guide to gins<\/strong><\/p>\n

We bring together some of the premium gin makers showing their wares at Bloom 2017 to tell us just why the drink is enjoying such a buzz at present. Our ginfluencers: Peter Mulryan <\/a>(Blackwater Distillery<\/a>), James McKenna<\/a> (Listoke Gin<\/a>) and Keith Malone<\/a> (Mor Gin<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Tickets for Bloom are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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We’re very happy to be returing to Bloom, the biggest festival in Ireland, which rakes place in\u00a0Dublin’s Phoenix Park next weekend. Bloom kicks off on Thursday and Banter will be in situ in our tent in the Food Village on\u00a0Saturday, Sunday and Monday with a\u00a0clatter of colourful and fascinating characters for you to meet.\u00a0Here’s the … <\/p>\n

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