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Helen Francis
Rattle & Roller / Production Assistant

+ My music is … "on my iphone. Liz Phair, Suede, AC/DC, Carly Simon, The Boss, Sister Sledge, Las Ketchup..."

+ I like shopping in … "New York, Bologna, London. In Ireland it's Urban Outfitters, Topshop, H&M and Ikea"

+ The last time I was at the dentist I got charged … "not too much in sterling for a lot of work. I share a dentist with actor Adrian Dunbar - true story!"

+ My favorite item of clothing is … "a home made Rolling Stones Tshirt that was gifted to me. With my topshop jeans, a scarf and super, super high wedges."

+ My favorite concert was … "somewhere between Orbital at Féile '95, Interpol in Dublin in 2002 and George Clinton at the Electric Picnic in 2008."

+ I like eating in … "The Spotted Pig in New York. Or Gruel on Dame St for bangers and mash or The Bombay Pantry if ordering in."

+ My favorite website is … "www.jezebel.com/"

+ My dream gig would be … "in Paris, in the Lourve, different themes, bands and DJs in each wing, lots of dancing, lots of cocktails, Guinness on draft, good wine and the vip area would be hosted by Mona Lisa and me. In super, super high heels."

+ I feel happiest when … "giving and receiving hugs from those I love."

+ I smile when … "I've had more than 2 bottles of lite beer"

+ My best night out was … "not a night but a week! Of my 30th birthday. New York to Dublin, Murt bogarting my birthday party, Karaoke, cocktails, dancing to Goats Don't Shave in the Shelbourne, record players, more karaoke, a Lidl bag full of swag..."

+ If I could change one thing in the world … "people saying '110%' "

+ I like being met at the airport

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Martin Thomas
Strictly Handbag DJ + Songs of Praise Karaoke Performer

+ My music is … "80's pop, electro, northern soul, rock."

+ I like shopping in … "clothes shops and Donnybrook Fair!"

+ I'm happiest having a drink in … "The Leeson Lounge, my local. Proper pints of porter with no bullshit attached. A bar where the bar men are professionals and still wear white shirts. I can easily stagger home from here."

+ I like waking up … "beside my son."

+ I like eating in … "at home. I love cooking."

+ My favourite site is … "www.informationclearinghouse.info. Great for objective news stories from around the world. Tells it how it is."

+ Record shopping is fun … "in Sao Paulo. They have millions of 2nd hand record shops."

+ I feel happiest when … "i see my son smile."

+ I smile when … " "

+ I like to boogie … "but I prefer to karaoke.Although I hog the mike."

+ My best night out was … "last Sunday."

+ If I could change one thing in the world … "I'd give Barbara back her manhood."

+ The last time I cried … " "

+ Cooking to me is … "Joy. My favourite form of relaxation. I make mean salads."
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Rory O'Keeffe
Strictly Handbag + Songs Of Praise DJ

+ My music is … "Loud, indie electro, non-shite eighties pop, new wave, noisey guitars a bit of disco if I’m feeling girly."

+ I like shopping in … "Second hand record stores run by grumpy ageing pot heads."

+ I'm happiest having a drink in … "My hand, my hand should be somewhere in New York preferably."

+ I like waking up … "I don’t"

+ I like eating in … "Mash, I take my mash quite seriously."

+ My favourite site is … "It’s not a site as such but I’m quite addicted to google earth at the mo…"

+ Record shopping is fun … "Record shopping is therapy."

+ I feel happiest when … "Playing music, oh and hugging is good too."

+ I smile when … "When people say or do inappropriate things…"

+ I like to boogie … "I aspire to the boogie, but it’s more kind of flailing about."

+ My best night out was … "Hmmmm… we don’t talk about it."

+ If I could change one thing in the world … "Who says I can’t…"

+ The last time I cried … "Got the fear pretty bad right now, it could happen any minute."

+ Cooking to me is … "Only fun when you’re doing it for others."
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Barbara
Hostess at Songs of Praise

+ My music is … "If I like it I'll buy it - so anything really, but mostly house and old school trance."

+ I like shopping in … "I like shopping in Retro, Top Shop, Urban Outfitters, H&M"

+ I'm happiest having a drink in … "I'm happiest having a drink outside somewhere, preferably a really great beergarden - which we don't have in Dublin."

+ I like waking up … "around lunchtime, which I do as much as possible."

+ I like eating in … "my mother's house."

+ My favourite site is … "is www.theelevator.ie."

+ Record shopping is fun … "I buy CDs actually. But I love it."

+ I feel happiest when … "I'm spending money on shoes, having the craic, going on holidays."

+ I smile when … "I smile a lot."

+ I like to boogie … "True!"

+ My best night out was … "electric picnic, world cup, random nights over the years."

+ If I could change one thing in the world … "An infinite amount of hot men."

+ The last time I cried … "Dunno."

+ Cooking to me is … "totally boring."
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Sinead Ni Mhordha
Songs of Praise Regular Guest DJ

+ My music is … "punk, indie, indie-electro, post-punk, disco-punk, ska, old rock 'n' roll and '80's rock."

+ I like shopping in … "Retro - yum clothes."

+ I'm happiest having a drink in … "Hogan's in the early eve, Anseo and Galway's Blue Note."

+ I like waking up … "a little later in the day! Or any time in New York."

+ I like eating in … "at home. I love to cook. I do like Les Freres Jacques and Chez Max. Oh - and Zaytoon. Cannot forget Zaytoon."

+ My favourite site is … "Don't really have one, but, www.youtube.com can be craic."

+ Record shopping is fun … "in New York"

+ I feel happiest when … "Djing! Bestest fun"

+ I smile when … "I smile lots."

+ I like to boogie … "quite a lot. I do have a tendency to attempt old style rock 'n' roll."

+ My best night out was … "seeing Gang of Four at Electric Picnic '06, experiencing Mick Jones joining Brian Eno and Rachid Taha at London's Astoria for 'Rock The Casbah' and the Chicks on Decks nights were quite riotous."

+ If I could change one thing in the world … "I would bring back Dungeons and Dragons."

+ The last time I cried … "was probably watching some naff film."

+ Cooking to me is … "Joy!"
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Eamonn Barrett
Strictly Handbag Resident

+ My music is … "oh so eclectic!"

+ I like shopping in … "comfy shoes."

+ I'm happiest having a drink in … "The Grave Diggers on a sunny day."

+ I like waking up … "beside my wife, as long as my cat isn't trying to shag my arm (yes it's true!)."

+ I like eating in … "a Taste of India, Parliament Street."

+ My favourite site is … "www.truffleshuffle.com"

+ Record shopping is fun … "with money. Otherwise it's just shop lifting."

+ I feel happiest when … "getting off on music."

+ I smile when … "I think about something and then it happens for real (ooh spooky)."

+ I like to boogie … "without the aid of a safety net."

+ My best night out was … "a House/ Frank & Walters in McGonagles, Dublin."

+ If I could change one thing in the world … "the end of The Sopranos."

+ The last time I cried … "watching The Green Mile (man I suck!)."

+ Cooking to me is … "brill when I'm cooking for others."
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Declan Rooney
Songs of Praise Host

+ My music is … "70s funk some 2000"

+ I like shopping in … "New York"

+ The last time I was at the dentist I got charged … "1500 for route canal with Dentist from hell!"

+ My favorite item of clothing is … "My Chalk pin stripe Jacket."

+ My favorite concert was … "Mj 1988 Cork i was very young indeed."

+ I like eating in … "My appt because my darling is a great cook and fab company and i have a choice of were i can sit."

+ My favorite website is … "None in particular"

+ My dream gig would be … "Frank Sinatra in the back garden at folks in Louth and Nina simone as encore"

+ I feel happiest when … "When im in bed with darling feeling very tired and ready to sleep at peace...or in the Leeson on a big match day with the gang."

+ I smile when … "happiness smiles back"

+ My best night out was … "my birthday a few years ago and one or two others."

+ If I could change one thing in the world … "Get rid of rain on the Island of Ireland forever "

+ I like giggling....

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Katie Vanston
- Crew

+ My music is … "Indie bandie boy Rock,to Electro ..bit of Danceie trance.Love the Disco Chesse.."

+ I like shopping in … "Vintage shops in the western Row Glasgow...Urban outfitters ..cake shops..Avoca !!"

+ The last time I was at the dentist I got charged ... "I didn't get charged as my dentist only has one eye...il leave it at that...ouch!!"

+ My favorite item of clothing is … "my 70s polyester tie die crinkle dress..it brings sunshine to my rainy days...It is highly flammable ..but thats a risk I'm willing to take."

+ My favorite concert was … "Rockness 2008 Soul wax into Two Many Djs into Digtalism finished off by Fat boy slim all while looking out over the epic Loch Ness."

+ I like eating in … "My granny's house, Gruel ,Valparaiso,Fern oak ,The Mongolian BBQ place ,Italy"

+ My favorite website is … " www.karaokeplay.com ..hours of fun also www.overheardindublin.com"

+ My dream gig would be … "Hosting the party of parties on a yacht in Sardinia with Bruce Springsteen rocking on a glass pontoon floating on the moon lit ocean , with a backdrop of tanked tropical fish...hummm ..Lets do it....NOW!!!"

+ I feel happiest when … "Bobbing along Dublin bay in my little boat with my toes rippling over the surface of sea"

+ I smile when … "I smile way too much ..I would consider my smiling a disability.."

+ My best night out was … "Was very naughty and Im not going to share ..."

+ If I could change one thing in the world … "It would be greed ..I HATE greedy people!!"

+ I like … "giggling un -controllably for hours and hours.."

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Mark Kelly
Strictly Handbag Resident

+ My music is … "For dancing! Sleezy Soul, Surf, Disco, Funk, 80's electro, deep deep dirty house"

+ I like shopping in … "Paris, the most stylish place on Earth"

+ The last time I was at the dentist I got charged … "with drinking too much coffee!"

+ My favorite item of clothing is … "the hat I found last Friday"

+ My favorite concert was … "Ray Charles in a field somewhere near Wexford, or A House in the old Virgin mega store the night of their album launch when the stage collapsed."

+ I like eating in … "my bare feet. In the sun, at the beach with the sand between my toes."

+ My favorite website is … " fleamarketfunk.wordpress.com / www.belgiumkneewarmers.com"

+ My dream gig would be … "playing in Central Park on a Sunday afternoon for the roller skaters, and Paradise Garage with Larry Lavan that night, with Donny Hataway, Stevie Wonder and the Funk Brothers playing a live set in the middle"

+ I feel happiest when … "the floor is full, my belly's full and the music's load."

+ I smile when … "when I hear a great record for the first time"

+ My best night out was … "with Noddy Holder on a barge in Manchester, free bar and all."

+ If I could change one thing in the world … "it would be bed time in Dublin, 2.30 close and no Sunday night fun. I'm an adult people I choose when to get tucked in"

+ I like …"45's, Belgian bike racing, and people who know how to dance."

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