Lochlann Scott of Helplink Mental Health Services talks about the increase in demand for counseling services requested by the Irish Diaspora over the past 12 months and particularly the increase in requests for help during Covid.Lochlann also outlines the improvement in service delivery planned by Helplink

Colm Brophy is a Fine Gael TD representing Dublin South-West. He was first elected to the Dáil in 2016. During the 32nd Dáil he served as Chairman of the Budgetary Oversight Committee which was established in 2016 to enhance the role of the Oireachtas in the budgetary formation process. He was also a Member of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality and the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs. Member of South Dublin County Council 2008 – 2016. Colm is a former member of the Board of the Housing Finance Agency. Colm is also the former President of the Association of Irish Local Government.The Irish Government has approved a new Diaspora Strategy for the period 2020-2025. The Strategy sets out what the Government will do over the next five years to support and engage with our diaspora communities around the world. It takes a broad and inclusive definition of the diaspora, reflecting the diversity of the global Irish community today. The Strategy also reflects the priorities in the Programme for Government, in particular, the commitmentsto ensure that the most vulnerable of our overseas communities are supported;to hold a referendum to extend the right to vote in Presidential elections to Irish citizens, wherever they live;to seek pathways to legal migration to the US and solutions for undocumented Irish citizens;to promote opportunities by the next generation of the Diaspora to work and study in Ireland;to address barriers facing emigrants who are returning home.

Tom Ganly was secretary of the Longford - Westmeath Argentine Association and had visited the Argentine more than 20 times. He talks about hurling in Argentina and the Dresden Affair and the Ganly connection

Frances Black became an award-winning Irish singer, and a pure vocal tone and an energetic stage presence made her one of Ireland’s mos

Columban Fr Liam Carey is originally from the Westmeath and his Grandfather was Argentinian. He worked in Brazil as a Columban missionary priest before journeying onto Peru.

Columban Fr Liam Carey finds a motorcycle to be a godsend when working on the urban fringe of Lima, Peru.The roar of engines, a plume of dust, a mean machine slicing through the desert sands....It all sounds like a scene from the 70s cult classic “Easy Rider” but in fact it is Columban Missionary Fr Liam Carey speeding to his next Mass in the parish of Jicamarca on the eastern edge of Lima, Peru.

Columban Fr Liam Carey is originally from the Westmeath and his Grandfather was Argentinian. He worked in Brazil as a Columban missionary priest before journeying onto Peru.

Columban Fr Liam Carey finds a motorcycle to be a godsend when working on the urban fringe of Lima, Peru.The roar of engines, a plume of dust, a mean machine slicing through the desert sands....It all sounds like a scene from the 70s cult classic “Easy Rider” but in fact it is Columban Missionary Fr Liam Carey speeding to his next Mass in the parish of Jicamarca on the eastern edge of Lima, Peru.

Diego Kaplun Carmody now resides in Ireland and is from the Argentine. His family originated near Kilkee. Co Clare. During political turmoil, Diego's wife wished to relocate to Europe and Diego convinced her to settle in Ireland, which she has grown to love.

Diego Kaplun Carmody now resides in Ireland and is from the Argentine. His family originated near Kilkee. Co Clare. During political turmoil, Diego's wife wished to relocate to Europe and Diego convinced her to settle in Ireland, which she has grown to love.

Bernard Gannon, an accordion player who had been born among the Irish-Argentine diaspora in Argentina in 1881. As a young man, he had inherited a farm in Carrigeen, and moved to Ireland, where he settled down and raised a family. Anne was the seventh of 17 children. (She later became Anne Byrne when she married, and settled in Ardagh, Co. Longford.)

All his life, Bernard Gannon continued to play on his accordion the Argentine music that he’d picked up in his youth and brought with him to Ireland. Later he added Irish tunes to his repertoire; these he picked up from local musicians, particularly from his brother-in-law, the fiddle player Christopher ‘Kit’ Kelly. Of the many recordings that Anne made, perhaps the most fascinating are those of the infectiously happy Argentine polkas and waltzes of her father, who performed with impressive elegance and skill, despite his advancing years. These are the only recordings made in Ireland of the folk music played among the sizeable Irish diaspora in Argentina in the 19th century.

Bernard Gannon, an accordion player who had been born among the Irish-Argentine diaspora in Argentina in 1881. As a young man, he had inherited a farm in Carrigeen, and moved to Ireland, where he settled down and raised a family. Anne was the seventh of 17 children. (She later became Anne Byrne when she married, and settled in Ardagh, Co. Longford.)

All his life, Bernard Gannon continued to play on his accordion the Argentine music that he’d picked up in his youth and brought with him to Ireland. Later he added Irish tunes to his repertoire; these he picked up from local musicians, particularly from his brother-in-law, the fiddle player Christopher ‘Kit’ Kelly. Of the many recordings that Anne made, perhaps the most fascinating are those of the infectiously happy Argentine polkas and waltzes of her father, who performed with impressive elegance and skill, despite his advancing years. These are the only recordings made in Ireland of the folk music played among the sizeable Irish diaspora in Argentina in the 19th century.