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April 2 2024: The Pleasure and The Pain

January 16 2024 The Pleasure and The Pain

The Pleasure and The Pain presented by Vanda Brady features a wide range of people in our region from different nationalities and backgrounds sharing moments from their respective lives which gave them their greatest pleasure and most difficult pain. It…

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March 26 2024: The Pleasure and The Pain

January 16 2024 The Pleasure and The Pain

This week Vanda is joined by Indu Thomas from India who is now living in Cavan. The Pleasure and The Pain presented by Vanda Brady features a wide range of people in our region from different nationalities and backgrounds sharing…

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March 5 2024: The Pleasure and The Pain

January 16 2024 The Pleasure and The Pain

In this weeks edition Vanda is joined by Lola Gonzalez Farrell from Panama who is now living in Leitrim. The Pleasure and The Pain presented by Vanda Brady features a wide range of people in our region from different nationalities…

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February 27 2024: The Pleasure and The Pain

January 16 2024 The Pleasure and The Pain

In this weeks edition Vanda is joined by Halyna Budilova from Ukraine now living in Longford. Halyna Budilova from Ukraine now living in Longford describes how trauma of losing her home, the danger of being killed, and having to leave…

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February 20 2024: The Pleasure and The Pain

January 16 2024 The Pleasure and The Pain

In this weeks edition Vanda is joined by Anna Wiercioch from Poland. Anna is now living in Cavan. The Pleasure and The Pain presented by Vanda Brady features a wide range of people in our region from different nationalities and…

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February 13 2024: The Pleasure and The Pain

January 16 2024 The Pleasure and The Pain

This week Vanda is joined by Ega Vaitkiene from Lithuania. Ega is now living in Monaghan. Ega’s happiest moment was when she published her first book and her saddest was when a loved-one passed away and she cannot be there…

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February 6 2024: The Pleasure and The Pain

January 16 2024 The Pleasure and The Pain

Emanuel Laranjeira from Portugal who now lives in Longford considers three things as the happiest moments of his life; when he proposed and married his wife, when his children were born and when he first performed live as a musician.…

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January 30 2024: The Pleasure and The Pain

January 16 2024 The Pleasure and The Pain

Jana Sheridan from Czech Republic now living in Arva since 1996 joined Vanda for this weeks edition of The Pleasure and The Pain. Jana felt her happiest was the safe arrival of her children and when Arva won the Club…

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January 23 2024: The Pleasure and The Pain

January 16 2024 The Pleasure and The Pain

Uruemu Adejinmi joined Vanda for this weeks edition of The Pleasure and The Pain. Uruemu says her happiest moment was when she became the first female African mayor in Ireland, and her saddest was when she lost her close friends to…

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January 16 2024: The Pleasure and The Pain

January 16 2024 The Pleasure and The Pain

Stephanie Igoe from Canada who is now living in Longford says her happiest moment is not limited to one but many points in her life that made her feel full and content. She delves into her saddest moment which was when…

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