Late Lunch Best Bits & Features

With Denise Dunne from the Herb Garden.

With Denise Dunne from the Herb Garden.

With Denise Dunne from the Herb Garden.

With Denise Dunne from the Herb Garden.

Michael Flynn aka Mattress Mick joined Gerry Kelly on Late Lunch to talk about his fascinating life & times which he has written about in his memoir "Bouncing Back".

On July 31st 1975 the Miami Showband were making their way back to Dublin from a a gig in Banbridge when they were stopped at what they believed to be a British Army checkpoint at Buskhill. It was a bogus checkpoint manned by loyalist terrorists members of the UVF who attempted to plant a bomb on the band's minibus. What followed was one of the worst atrocities of the troubles. The bomb prematurely exploded killing two terrorists before three band members were shot to pieces in the mayhem that followed. Incredibly Stephen Travers and Des Lee somehow survived. To coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Miami Showband Massacre, Des Lee joined Gerry Kelly on his Late Lunch Show on the publication of his life story "My Saxophone Saved My Life".

At the height of Summer, what a joy it is to take a wander through the most wonderful garden with its creator and minder, the Insomniac Gardener Rosie May!

David Hosie had the world at his feet. A talented soccer and gaelic footballer, his safe space was on the pitch. However, there was David the man and his alter ego "Hosie" and entirely different person who need alcohol and drugs to escape from reality. This is David's story told by the man himself, recalling his darkest days, before a phone call to a friend saved his life...