Jo Linehan, host of the DFS Interiors Theatre

Journalist and sustainability advocate Jo Linehan is our expert host at the DFS Interiors Theatre this Autumn. Over the three days of the Show, she will be joined by an array of top industry experts, influential creatives and leading interior designers, including Pippa Jameson, bestselling author of The Sensory Home and leading creative director and interiors stylist.

Jo Linehan began her career in journalism as a Junior Editor at IMAGE Magazine in 2011. After five years at the leading fashion and lifestyle publication, she moved to New York to pursue a fashion styling and freelance writing career. On her return in 2016, she co-founded GAFF Interiors, Ireland’s premier online publication, for affordable interior inspiration and advice.

After working with some of the country’s leading fashion, home and lifestyle brands, Jo recognised the incredible waste and disparity the consumer industry perpetuated. Since 2019, Jo has worked extensively to support sustainable brands and initiatives, returning to gain her MSc in Management for Sustainable Development at Dublin City University and launching her independent podcast series, Futurist.

Today, she writes about sustainability for The Sunday Times, Irish Country Magazine and contributes to The Irish Times and Sunday Business Post.

Neven Maguire in the Dunnes Stores Chefs Live Theatre

When all your home improvements have been completed and you finally move into your new kitchen with state-of-the-art appliances and the space and light you always wanted, there is nothing better than having great recipes and cookware to prepare that special meal for family or friends.

Dunnes Stores brought along their Simply Better brand ambassador Neven Maguire to the Spring PTSB Ideal Home Show to demonstrate how easy it is to cook those special meals using ingredients from the Dunnes Stores Simply Better Collection and the COOK with Neven Maguire cookware range.

Donal Skehan in Dunnes Stores Chefs Live Theatre

With ten years under his belt as a TV host and award-winning food writer, Dunnes Stores brand partner Donal Skehan provides his audience with do-able meals that anyone can master. A dad of two, Donal knows a thing or two about juggling parenthood, work and cooking!

Aileen Cox Blundell in the Dunnes Stores Chefs Live Theatre

Mother of three Aileen Cox Blundell started her Baby-Led Feeding website in 2015 and has gone on to publish two best-selling cookbooks. Aileen’s Baby Led Feeding community has grown to over
100,000 parents from all around the world. Aileen has been working with Dunnes Stores for several years and creates new recipes each month for parents with young children.

Diarmuid Gavin in the Dunnes Stores Chefs Live Theatre

Garden designer and TV personality Diarmuid Gavin has won numerous awards for his garden designs. Diarmuid has written several books and gardening columns for newspapers and magazines and in 2018 launched his Outer Spaces range with Dunnes Stores.

Carolyn Donnelly in the Dunnes Stores Chefs Live Theatre

Veteran fashion designer Carolyn Donnelly has been creative director for Dunnes Stores since 2011 and has both a ladies wear fashion line, ‘Carolyn Donnelly The Edit,’ and homeware range ‘Eclectic’ which includes furniture, living room and bedroom accessories and dining.

Paul Costelloe in the Dunnes Stores Chefs Live Theatre

Paul Costelloe is one of the most established names in Irish fashion. The Paul Costelloe ‘Living’ fashion line for Dunnes Stores covers menswear ladies wear, children’s wear and he also has a homeware collection which covers everything from bedrooms to bathrooms and dining.

Helen James in the Dunnes Stores Chefs Live Theatre

Irish designer Helen James launched her first ‘Considered By Helen James’ collection for Dunnes Stores ten years ago. In that time, the collection has grown and now comprises of a range of furniture, kitchen accessories and tableware along with living accessories and candles.

Francis Brennan

In 2016 Francis Brennan released a stunning designer Collection for Dunnes Stores. The Collection offers a hotel lifestyle for private homes and has expanded considerable since its inception due to quality and design of the pieces. Francis Brennan the Collection offers affordable luxury for the savvy shopper. Crisp linens that rustle when they are unfurled, towels that are soft and absorbent, cashmere to cocoon in, bed toppers that will have you floating on cloud nine and scents that waft in the air.

Joanne Mooney in the DFS Interiors Theatre

Joanne Mooney is an Irish interiors & fashion social media content creator, artist, entrepreneur & all round creative.

Known for her creative colour & eclectic take on interior design. From dental nurse to business owner and content creator her path to a creative career was not linear as many aren’t.

Joanne hosted her first solo art exhibition in Hen’s Teeth showcasing her punch needle art. She runs regular punch needle workshops in Dublin and across the country. To inspire others to unleash their creativity.

Patricia Power in the DFS Interiors Theatre

Patricia Power is one of Ireland’s most renowned Quantity Surveyors. She has been a major feature on the much-loved TV Show RTE’s Room to Improve.

She was involved in the show for 5 out of the 10 series, and is best known for her straight-talking, no-nonsense approach, continually delivering projects on budget, whilst always considering and preserving the design aspirations by Dermot and the clients.

Hugh Wallace in the DFS Interiors Theatre

Hugh Wallace is a well-respected, award-winning architect and founding partner of Douglas Wallace Consultants (40 years ago). Hugh has a passion for creative design that engages with its audience to create conversation and comment. He believes that good architecture is essential to create social cohesion and enhance our enjoyment of our landscape and living environment whether in the city or countryside. It’s about creating a smile on our faces – creating a sense of place and belonging.

Hugh’s excitement at being involved as a judge in RTE’s Home of the Year is palpable as he opens the door to the most extraordinary homes in Ireland and seeing the creativity that abounds.  He is also the presenter of RTE’s The Great House Revival, his other passion, the restoration of our architectural heritage from the humble farm buildings to the great houses of Ireland.