The Irish Times

First Encounters: Patricia Scanlan and Aidan Storey

‘It was as if we’d always known each other’

Sat Apr 25 2015 - 05:00

First Encounters: Aoife Duffin and Ned Dennehey

‘My job is to make her laugh’

Sun Feb 15 2015 - 05:00

First Encounters: John Finn and Frank Shouldice

‘He’s not self-deprecating, just sound’

Sun Dec 21 2014 - 11:00

First Encounters: Fabio Molle and Donal Mc Sharry

‘The best friendships are built on business’

Sun Dec 14 2014 - 11:00

First Encounters: Keith Hanley and Donie Carroll

‘I like Irish country music -- I wouldn’t be saying that to Keith, naturally’

Sun Nov 30 2014 - 10:00

First Encounters: Catherine McGuinness and Margaret Moyse

‘We share a wicked sense of humour’

Sat Nov 15 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: Aisling Franciosi and Aoife Page

`I still have the ticket I bought to her first play'

Sat Nov 08 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: Fergus Sheil and Brian Irvine

‘We connect when it comes to understanding the value of music’

Sat Nov 01 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: Barry Devlin and Jim Lockhart

‘We both know where the bodies are buried’

Sat Oct 18 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: Nick Webb and Mario Rosenstock

‘Mario’s warm but with a touch of sulphur’

Sat Oct 11 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: Eoin Macken and Tim McDonnell

‘We suddenly realised we were best friends’

Sat Oct 04 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: Ciarín Scott and Mary Finnegan

‘We have the same idiotic way of looking at the world’

Sat Sept 27 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: Ruth Davis and Aisling O’Neill

‘She made me feel calm and still does’

Sat Sept 20 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: Camille O’Sullivan and Feargal Murray

'We're like two old slippers'

Sat Sept 06 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: Paul Wallace and Professor John Reynolds

'Sport and rugby are what we have in common'

Sat Aug 30 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: Conor Niland and Síne Lambert

"She didn’t have a clue about tennis"

Sat Aug 23 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: Ross Staunton and Amy Hamilton

‘I’m still a bit shocked we get on so well’

Sat Aug 16 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: Marco Giannantonio and Maurizio Mastrangelo

‘We phone or Skype 10 to 15 times a day’

Sat Aug 09 2014 - 01:00

First encounters: Kevin Godley and Sulinna Ong

"Sulinna is hard-core; she's got a black belt in something'

Sat Aug 02 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: Actors Marion O’Dwyer and Roxanna Nic Liam

‘At some stage, age stops mattering’

Sat Jul 26 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: Pierre Chapeau and John-Paul Turner

‘I immediately felt “here’s a man I can talk with”.’

Thu Jul 17 2014 - 17:38

First Encounters: Michael Colgan and Doug Hughes

‘He’s got an ego but it’s an adjustable ego’

Sat Jul 12 2014 - 01:00

First encounters: ‘She is a lot more tolerant than a sane person would be’

Ray Byrne and Jane English of Wineport Lodge

Sat Jul 05 2014 - 01:00

First encounters: ‘I don’t think we ever did small talk’

Cecilia Ahern and Orla de Brí in conversation with Frances O’Rourke

Sat Jun 28 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: ‘Once you’re off the track, you’re friends’

Danny Mullins and Martin Harley in conversation with Frances O’Rourke

Sat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: ‘My whole family depended on her family’

June Rodgers and Brenda Brooks in conversation with Frances O’Rourke

Fri Jun 13 2014 - 13:04

First encounters: ‘I do get some reflected glory’

Nathan O’Toole and Aron Kehoe in conversation with Frances O’Rourke

Sat May 31 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: ‘I felt really at ease around him’

In conversation with Frances O’Rourke

Sat May 24 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: Neil Delamere and Bernard O’Shea

‘We’re both from the midlands – that’s part of the friendship’

Sat May 17 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: Peter Coonan and Ronan Murdock

‘It’s true, I let him punch me in the head’

Sat May 10 2014 - 00:00

First Encounters: Chi-Chi Nwanoku and Keith Pascoe

‘Ireland brought us back together’

Sat May 03 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: Sonia O’Sullivan and Gerard Hartmann

‘What I value most is his positive outlook’

Sat Apr 26 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: Lynda Booth and Liz Quin

‘She’s always the first person I call to celebrate a moment or to get advice ’

Sat Apr 12 2014 - 01:00

First Encounters: Michael Kelly and Paul Sweetman

‘I’m the vulgar salesman; Mick’s earthy, passionate’

Sat Apr 05 2014 - 00:00