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Declan Geraghty joins Mary Oyediran and chats about the launch of their new book Home Boys Home a collection of stories and poems by Writers supporting the Homeless project Dublin Simon Community.

 

今集的嘉賓是來自廣州的語言學家邱方哲博士，現職都柏林大學愛爾蘭凱爾特研究學院的助理教授。 他畢業於北京大學，持法學和哲學學士學位。 他亦持有牛津大學凱爾特研究碩士學位及科克大學早期和中世紀愛爾蘭文博士。亦曾並於荷蘭阿姆斯特丹大學和烏得勒支大學作交換生。

他致力於將愛爾蘭文化帶給華人。 另外，作為愛爾蘭語專家，以及邊緣語言（粵語和撒拉語）的使用者，他亦熱心捍衛語言權利。 Fangzhe Qui is an assistant professor (Ad Astra Fellow) in the School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore in University College Dublin, Ireland. He has a PhD in Early and Medieval Irish by UCC, a MPhil degree in Celtic Studies from University of Oxford and a bachelor in Law and Philosophy from Peking University, China. He has also studied at the University of Amsterdam and Utrecht University in the Netherlands as an exchange student.

He is an active promoter of Irish culture to the Chinese public. As a learner and admirer of the Irish language, as well as a speaker of marginalized languages (Cantonese and Salar), he is enthusiastic in defending language rights in public life.

Padraig Conlon, editor of the Northside People joins Donie Tarrant to discuss some of this week’s main stories.

Regular contributor Alan Tuffery joins Donie Tarrant to discuss the differences between Education and Intelligence.

Tommy O’Brien joins Donie Tarrant to talk about and explain Calabash Tanks, a unique system designed to store water in Balanta village in coastal Guinee Bissau in West Africa.

 

Luke Smyth from CATU joins Donie Tarrant to discuss and explain the work of CATU a member led organization that takes the fight on housing and community issues directly to who is responsible. They want to build a mass organization rooted in our local areas to build our power as tenants and working-class communities.

Some of their wins include – winning back deposits, rent reductions, physically blocking evictions etc.

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George Mulcahy is joined by Claire Duff, Artistic Director of the Irish Baroque Orchestra where they chat about the work of the orchestra, working through Covid and chat about a concert to be held later in the week.

Michael Sullivan chats with Conall Bolger, CEO of Irish Solar Energy Association, about domestic solar power.

Visit:  www.irishsolarenergy.org

Michael Sullivan interviews Gill Brennan, CEO Coeliac Society of Ireland, about the call for the reintroduction of dietary supplement for Social Welfare recipients.

Visit:  www.coeliac.ie

Barbara Jennings joins Mary Oyediran to review the various Art galleries, Museums and festivals this week.