Seo eagrán de Glórtha Ciotacha a rinne Glór na Móna ar Zoom in Aibreán 2021 agus is é seo ceann de na chéad eagrán de chuid an podchraoladh seo, ach an fáth a bhfuil an eagrán seo chomh speisialta ná gurb é Fergus Ó hÍr an aoichainteoir. Is gníomhaí cearta daonna agus feachtasóir iomráiteach ar son ceartas sóisialta é Fergus as Iarthar Bhéal Feirste a bhfuil 50 bliain taithí aige le gluaiseachtaí agus i bhfeachtais éagsúla. Bhí sé lárnach san fheachtas ar son Chearta Sibhialta agus sa ghluaiseacht in éadan na Blocanna H. Toghadh é mar chomhairleoir le Halla na Cathrach ar son Daonlathas an Phobail in 1981 agus lean sé ar aghaidh chun ról lárnach a imirt in athbheochan na Gaeilge ina phríomhoide le Meánscoil Feirste sna 90idí agus ina bhainisteoir ar Raidió Fáilte i mBéal Feirste. Chur an gníomhaí cearta daonna fadbhunaithe Deirdre McAliskey, a bhí ina Leas-Stiúrthóir ar an National Children’s Bureau NI ag an am, an t-agallamh ar Fergus. Bainigí sult

Is gníomhaí teanga fadbhunaithe den eite chlé é Ben Ó Ceallaigh a bhfuil neart taighde agus obair déanta ar cheist na Gaeilge agus an Caipitleachas, ach go háirithe an PhD s’aige Neoliberalism and language shift: The Great Recession and the sociolinguistic vitality of Ireland's Gaeltacht, 2008-18’ a chríochnaigh sé in 2019 mar mhac léinn in Ollscoil Dhún Éideann.  Bhain Ben duais Joshua A. Fishman as an taighde PhD a rinne sé agus tá neart cainteanna déanta aige ar an ábhar.

This episode features the guest speaker of Scoil Gheimhridh Uí Chadhain 2024, Mansoor Adayfi. Mansoor  was born in Yemen and at 18 years of age he was detained in Guantanamo Bay, the infamous US military prison. Mansoor was tortured during the 14 years he spent there without ever being charged. He published a book Don’t Forget Us Here: Lost and Found at Guantanamo and he now campaigns to close Guantanmo Bay down.  At the Scoil Gheimhridh he was in conversation with Clare Daly, the Independent MEP for Dublin. Bainigí sult!

This episode features a panel discussion as part of Scoil Gheimhridh Uí Chadhain 2024 with Clare Daly (Independent MEP), Bríd Smith (PBP TD) and Chris Hazzard (Sinn Féin MP) with community and human rights activist Dessie Donnelly chairing the discussion titled ‘A New Ireland: For What Class?’

Thug an craoltóir Raidió Fáilte, an t-údar, agus laoch mór na Gaeilge, Eoghan Ó Neill, léacht ar a thaighde ar stair na Gaeilge i mBéal Feirste darbh ainm “Abrasive Gaels” mar chuid d’Fhéile na Carraige 2023. Thug Eoghan léargas iontach spreagúil ar ghníomhartha radacacha a rinne Gaeilgeoirí Bhéal Feirste ar son na Gaeilge ó na 1980í ar aghaidh chomh maith leis an dóigh ar chaith an stát ó thuaidh leis an Ghaeilge sa tréimhse chéanna. Go raibh maith agaibh as éisteacht agus bainigí sult.

In this episode our cara and comrade Seán Byers of Trademark Belfast chaired a discussion with Eoin Ó Broin under the title  Envisioning a transformative housing agenda in a New Ireland for the Harry Holland Lecture as part of Féile na Carraige 2023, Glór na Móna’s annual community festival in October. Eoin has been TD for Dublin Mid-West since 2016 and is widely tipped to be the next Housing Minister in a predicted Sinn Féin led government after the next election. He was a  City Councillor for North Belfast between 2001 and 2004 and has published 6 books on topics such as Left Republicanism, Youth Movements in the Basque Country and Housing Crisis in Ireland. Thanks for listening and Bainigí sult.

Seo eagrán ar leith in ómós do Matt Lundy atá imithe ar shlí na fírinne.  Rinneadh an t-agallamh seo le Matt in 2019 mar chuid den togra oidhreachta ‘Faoi Scáth an tSléibhe - Connecting People and Place in the Upper Springfield Area’. Rugadh agus tógadh Matt in Ard Eoin ansin Loiste na Móna agus gabhadh é agus é ina dhéagóir in 1976 agus chaith sé tréimhse shaoil i bpríosún na Céise, áit ar fhoghlaim sé Gaeilge sular scaoileadh saor é in 1990.  Theagasc Matt Gaeilge sa phobal agus bhí sé bainte le forbairt pobail sa cheantar ó shin. Bhí sé i measc bunaitheoirí Naíscoil agus Gaelscoil na Móna in Loiste na Móna agus theagasc sé ranganna oíche le Glór na Móna ar feadh na mblianta. Suaimhneas síoraí air.

*This interview is available with English subtitles on Glór na Móna’s Youtube channel*

Hazar Azzeh and Mohammad Alazzah from Palestine, and Ainle Ó Cairealláin from Belfast are three activists working in the Lajee Centre in Bethlehem, Palestine, who were kind enough to give their time for a special conversation on Awkward Voices during their visit to Ireland in June 2023.

Support their projects here https://lajee.org/ and https://www.aclai.ie/aclai-palestine 

Bainigí sult - Free Palestine! 

Mary and Sue were interviewed on a panel as part of International Women’s Day 2023 by Gearóidín Mhic Mhathúna, Glór na Móna Operations Manager.

Mary Enright was born and raised in the New Lodge Road in Belfast before marrying and settling in Dermot Hill in West Belfast. Mary was a founding member of the Relatives Action Committees which led the campaign against the H-Blocks, the radical republican feminist group, Women Against Imperialism and she later helped establish the Falls Women’s Centre in 1984. Mary is a long-standing trade union, feminist and socialist activist who has worked with a range groups such as UNISON, PPR and CAJ.

Sue Pentel was born and raised in London before moving and throwing herself into politics here in Ireland. She was a member of People’s Democracy who also helped found Women Against Imperialism. Sue is a trade union, feminist and socialist activist who has been an outspoken critic of the Israeli occupation of Palestine. She is also an Irish language activist who helped found Gaelscoil na bhFál and Ionad Uíbh Each.

Joe Guinan is Vice President at The Democracy Collaborative and Executive Director of the Next System Project and Martin O’Neill is a Senior lecturer in political philosophy at the University of York.

Joe and Martin published a book together in 2020 called The Case for Community Wealth Building which can be bought online.

Both men are from England who were visiting Ireland recently and meeting community groups as well as government bodies here to discuss the model of community wealth building which we talk about in this episode as well as the influence of James Connolly, the importance of co-operatives, and some of the lessons from the Jeremy Corbyn moment and the attack on the left in the British Labour Party. 

Bainigí sult, enjoy our conversation.