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When in Rome, Right Place Right Time & Experimental Cello 

John chats to multi-instrumentalist Naomi Berrill, inspirational hockey player/coach Matthew Bell and artists behind an Irish cultural centre in Rome. 

Florence based multi-instrumentalist Naomi Berrill tells John about experimenting with the cello & writing songs about island life and the Irish pirate queen, Grace O’Malley. Matthew Bell was playing professional hockey in Germany when he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. After emergency surgery and treatment, Matthew is back on the field playing & has ambitions to coach Ireland at the Olympics one day. He has also written a book, Second Chances, about his experience with proceeds going to Friends of the Cancer Centre at Belfast City Hospital. Eve Parnell explains what’s involved in the launch of a new Irish cultural centre in Rome. Paula cooks bacon chop traybake with parsnips, pears and cider 

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