If you've been to a giant Manor house such as Johnstown House in Wexford or Strokestown House in Roscommon, you’ll see a wonderful slice of Irish history. Good and bad but you’ll also be at one of the many properties not owned by the State but by wealthy individuals which are part of the Irish Heritage Trust.

Joe was joined on the show by Anne O’Donoghue Chief Executive of the Irish Heritage Trust and began by asking how these huge houses avoid losing money.