Members of Atheist Ireland (Dublin & Cork), parents who are bringing up their children outside religion; and an ex-Muslim, ex-Hindu, and ex-Catholic speak frankly about their experiences. We talk to some of the many people who’ve decided their lives are better outside of formal religion – and look at the development of Ireland as a more secular country, and the benefits of this.
Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) under the Sound & Vision Scheme, and broadcast on UCC98.3FM
‘Against The Wire’ from Moria refugee camp, meets Mustapha, an interpreter with Medical Volunteers International; Jameela, a mother trying to bring up her children in the camp; Adrianna, a medic with Boat Refugee Foundation; Ahmad, a photographer with ReFocus Media Labs, and Baqir, a teenager seeking a new life of safety. We follow Irish nurse Elena Lydon who took a career break from her...
Producer Bairbre Flood talks to students and teachers and examines what the education system can learn from the success of this iconic Cork school.
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\ \ ATHENS / / Created by participants during podcast workshops at the One Happy Family community centre, Athens – this piece on the theme of compassion. In English and Farsi.
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The beauty, power and wonder of the sea as told by ex-fishermen, marine ecologists and environmental activists. In ‘Blue Carbon: A Sea Story’ Bairbre Flood takes to the sea with Colin Barnes, Cork Whale Watch, on an ethical whale and wildlife tour, and meets with marine biologist Shazia Waheed, lobster fisherman Kieran O’Shea, and volunteers with the Bantry Bay Protect Our Native Kelp...
In Ireland we’re more familiar with thinking of ourselves as the victims of history – which we were – than as active participants in colonialism. But it’s an uncomfortable fact that the Irish were also slave owners, slave traders, overseers and agents. We helped build the slave empire on behalf of Britain, France and other countries, and shared in the profits of this horrendous system over the...
An exploration of Jewish Irish history and culture – from Deli 613, to the Irish Jewish Museum: historians, musicians and Jewish groups and individuals share different aspects of modern Jewish culture in Ireland. ‘Jews have been here since the time of the Normans. Jews are not strangers here, but they remain to be othered in a lot of ways. And that, to me, is very interesting. Why, after a...