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05 Oct 2025

Limerick’s Natasha O’Brien joins cast of new Virgin Media debate series

She is to feature in Dinner with the Enemy, a show exploring division, dialogue, and human connection

Limerick’s Natasha O’Brien joins cast of new Virgin Media debate series

Behavioural experts and psychotherapists, Dr. Richard Hogan and Daniella Moyles, will set challenges designed to test group dynamics at the table

LIMERICK activist Natasha O’Brien is among the cast of ‘Dinner with the Enemy’, a bold new Virgin Media television series set to air this October.

The six week series, described as a daring social experiment, brings together people with opposing beliefs and values for a week of intense conversation, challenges, and reflection, all around the dinner table. 

O’Brien, a prominent voice in advocacy and social justice, will be taking part in the show and in these high-stakes discussions.

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A spin-off of the original Irish format ‘Eating with the Enemy', the show aims to explore the real dynamics of conflict, prejudice, and power in a divided society. 

Over dinner, participants are faced not only with food, but also with provocative moral dilemmas, divisive social issues, and deeply personal questions.

Psychotherapists Daniella Moyles and Dr. Richard Hogan observes the interactions throughout, offering professional insight into the behaviours, reactions, and biases at play.

‘Dinner with the Enemy’ is supported by Coimisiún na Meán’s Sound and Vision Scheme, and begins on Monday, October 6, airing weekly at 9pm on Virgin Media One and Virgin Media Player.

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