Episodios

  • S6 Ep6: Getting the Most from Your Energy Upgrade, with Kieran McCarthy and Deirdre De Burca

    S6 Ep6: Getting the Most from Your Energy Upgrade, with Kieran McCarthy and Deirdre De Burca
    Nov 4 2025
    On this week’s episode Kim is back chatting to building engineer and fountain of energy upgrade knowledge, Kieran McCarthy. He gives his advice on how to get the best value for money on your energy upgrades, as well as sharing his thoughts on sustainable living and what the home of the future will look like.

    Kim then heads out to Cabinteely, in Dublin, to have a chat in Deirdre De Burca’s home. She took on a big renovation project to upgrade her mother’s former house, transforming it into a warm, comfy and energy efficient home.

    SEAI’s One Stop Shop service offers homeowners all that’s required for a complete home energy upgrade. These registered private operators will manage the entire process for you, from the initial assessment of your home, through to the final BER.

    Find out more here: https://www.seai.ie/grants/home-energy-grants
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  • S6 Ep5: Homes of the Year, with Kate O’Driscoll and Jenny Sheahan

    S6 Ep5: Homes of the Year, with Kate O’Driscoll and Jenny Sheahan
    Oct 28 2025
    On this episode of House Warming, host Kim Buckley sits down with interior designers and podcasters Kate O’Driscoll and Jenny Sheahan. Kate and Jenny were both competitors on RTE’s Home of the Year, but they went from competitors to collaborators and now co-host the interiors podcast Rip It Up.

    Kim gets the full story of how they both ended up working in interior design, despite starting out on very different career paths. They give us an insight into their award-winning homes, and what they’ve been up to since, and have plenty of great tips for anyone upgrading their home.

    SEAI’s One Stop Shop service offers homeowners all that’s required for a complete home energy upgrade. These registered private operators will manage the entire process for you, from the initial assessment of your home, through to the final BER.

    Find out more here: https://www.seai.ie/grants/home-energy-grants
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  • S6 Ep3: Home Comforts and Expert Advice, with Ryan Baird and Kieran McCarthy

    S6 Ep3: Home Comforts and Expert Advice, with Ryan Baird and Kieran McCarthy
    Oct 14 2025
    On this episode of House Warming, Kim Buckley sits down with Leinster and Ireland rugby star Ryan Baird, and Kieran McCarthy, building engineer and regular on TV and radio.

    Ryan has just bought a new house by the sea in Dublin, and has big plans for the design and energy upgrade of his home. He tells Kim about his vision for a house where he can cook and entertain, but can also switch off, connect with nature, and take a break from busy training schedules.

    Meanwhile, Kieran has carried out extensive energy upgrades to his own house, as well as providing his expert advice to his clients and to the public on TV and radio. He chats to Kim about some of the common challenges and misconceptions around getting an energy upgrade. There is plenty of practical information for anyone interested in sustainable living and home renovation!

    SEAI’s One Stop Shop service offers homeowners all that’s required for a complete home energy upgrade. These registered private operators will manage the entire process for you, from the initial assessment of your home, through to the final BER.

    Find out more here: https://www.seai.ie/grants/home-energy-grants
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    48 m
  • S6 Ep2: Warm and Cozy with Fionnuala Jay and Niamh Kent

    S6 Ep2: Warm and Cozy with Fionnuala Jay and Niamh Kent
    Oct 7 2025
    Welcome back to House Warming, where Kim Buckley is getting an inside look at two Irish homes. Fionnuala Jones, or Fionnuala Jay to her online followers, is a podcaster, broadcaster and sustainability influencer. Tired of living in a series of cold and draughty apartments, she’s bought a house in Dublin and has been renovating it to create a warm, cozy, and energy efficient home .

    Meanwhile, in Cork, Niamh Kent had also been renting and looking to buy. So, when she and her husband got the chance to buy the house they had been living in, they jumped at the chance to start on their own renovation project and home energy upgrade.

    SEAI’s One Stop Shop service offers homeowners all that’s required for a complete home energy upgrade. These registered private operators will manage the entire process for you, from the initial assessment of your home, through to the final BER.

    Find out more here: https://www.seai.ie/grants/home-energy-grants

    Niamh's One Stop Shop was Envirobead
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    37 m
  • S6: Bonus Episode – How to Finance a Home Energy Upgrade

    S6: Bonus Episode – How to Finance a Home Energy Upgrade
    Oct 6 2025
    We all know a home energy upgrade isn’t cheap and is one of the main barriers to homeowners carrying out retrofit work. The Home Energy Upgrade Loan Scheme has been introduced to make a home energy upgrade more accessible and affordable for homeowners. The purpose of the government backed loan is to carry out home energy upgrade works that are also grant-aided through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). You can borrow from €5,000 to €75,000 for a term of up to 10 years.

    Kim sat down with SEAI’s Roisin Mulligan and SBCI’s Orla Ní Cholmáin about how this loan helps to finance a home energy upgrade.

    Find out more about the Home Energy Upgrade Loan Scheme from the SEAI and SBCI.
    Find out more about SEAI’s home grants here.
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  • S6 Ep1: Country Life with James Kavanagh & Ellie Hagenau

    S6 Ep1: Country Life with James Kavanagh & Ellie Hagenau
    Sep 30 2025
    On this, the first episode of House Warming, host Kim Buckley sits down with two homeowners who’ve moved out of the city to renovate a house in the countryside. James Kavanagh – social media personality, entrepreneur, television presenter, and podcaster – is currently renovating his house in Kilkenny. If you’ve been following him online, you’ll have heard all about his renovation project, and he chats about what inspired the move out of Dublin, how he and his partner found the perfect house, and what their renovation plans are.

    Kim also chats to Ellie Hagenau in her stunning cottage in rural Cork. They sit down in her living room, with views out over the fields, to talk about pink bedrooms, “cow TV” and transforming an old house it into a beautiful, energy efficient home.

    You can check out Ellie's house and renovation journey on Youtube here. Ellie's One Stop Shop was Insulex

    SEAI’s One Stop Shop service offers homeowners all that’s required for a complete home energy upgrade. These registered private operators will manage the entire process for you, from the initial assessment of your home, through to the final BER.

    Find out more here: https://www.seai.ie/grants/home-energy-grants
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    55 m
  • S6: House Warming Trailer

    S6: House Warming Trailer
    Sep 25 2025
    Welcome to Housewarming, a brand new series, brought to you by SEAI, all about helping you to make your home a warmer, more energy efficient, and beautiful place to live.

    We travelled across Ireland to chat with homeowners about their energy upgrades, interiors and sustainable habits. And we have design tips from Home of the Year winners and expert builders, advice on grants, finance and planning, and renovation stories from the likes of James Kavanagh, Fionnuala Jay, Ryan Baird, and Dermot Bannon.
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  • S5 Ep23: Does Ireland really care about the climate?

    S5 Ep23: Does Ireland really care about the climate?
    Apr 11 2024
    The evidence is clear. Climate change is happening. We need to pick up the pace and take further action to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions before it’s too late.
    In January this year, the EPA launched Ireland's Climate Change Assessment report (ICCA). The report provides a comprehensive assessment of our understanding of climate change in Ireland and our response to this global crisis - the first report of its kind for Ireland's climate.
    The EPA also published a second report on ‘Climate in the Irish Mind’, a national survey on climate attitudes in Ireland.
    In this episode, Dr Eimear Cotter, Director of the Office of Evidence and Assessment at the EPA, talks to Sinead about the reports’ key findings and the scale of the challenge ahead for Ireland and how there is still opportunity to reduce the impact of climate change, while also preparing to become climate resilient.

    To access Ireland's Climate Change Assessment report from the EPA, click here: Ireland’s Climate Change Assessment (ICCA) | Environmental Protection Agency (epa.ie)

    To access the 'Climate in the Irish Mind' report, click here: Climate Change in the Irish Mind | Environmental Protection Agency (epa.ie)
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    35 m