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Adekunle Gomez founding member and director of African Cultural project and African Institute  talks to Mary Oyediran about this initiative.

Myra Gleeson spoke to Deirdre O’Raw who shared her story of Ovarian Cancer and raising awareness for Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer.

Ciara Hyland, Documentary Director & Producer, Writer chats to Myra Gleeson about the TG4 Two Part Documentary on past Epidemic: smallpox, typhus,cholera tuberculosis and polio.

 

Myra Glesson spoke to Professor Seamus O’Reilly, Consultant Medical Oncologist and Vice Clinical Lead for cancer trials Ireland.

Rosin Lonergan Artistic Director Five Lamps Festival joins Donie Tarrant to chat about their latest play Cloudspotter about the love between a grandmother and her grandson. The show opened at the end of April in the Sean O’Casey Theatre and then moves to the AXIS for a few days and then back to the Sean O’Casey for two weeks in May. 

Web Link: https://fivelampsarts.ie/contact-us/

Regular contributor Alan Tuffery joins Donie Tarrant to discuss apologies. What should be in an apology

What makes a bad apology?

Why is it so hard to apologise?

Tony Power President of the Irish Prison Officers Association joins Donie Tarrant to discuss some of the items which arose at the recent conference in Sligo such as increased attacks on prison officers.

 

Web Link: https://poa.ie/

Katie Cluskey, Senior Speech & Language Therapist with Preparing for Life Early Years Education, at the Northside Partnership joins Donie Tarrant to talk about Small Talkers.

Web Link: https://www.northsidepartnership.ie/

Fergus Carroll is joined on the Saturday sports show by twin brothers Matt and Adrian Darcy from Clontarf rugby club. Matt of course captained Clontarf in their recent victory in the Energia All-Ireland League final against Terenure at the Aviva Stadium

Want to know more about coming-of-age novels and films and how they continue to inspire and motivate us today? Join Berni Dwan, and her intergenerational guests, on a brand new eight-part series – Growing up Between the Dustjackets – to discover how these universally loved stories are relevant to people of all ages facing their own social challenges today. Learn about young people – in fiction, memoir, and real life – succeeding beyond all expectations despite being challenged by misogyny, racism, indoctrination, fundamentalism, homophobia, prejudice, war and poverty.

Episode 3: Being a Witness: I Was a Boy in Belsen, The Kite Runner and Empire of the Sun – Soldier Poet, Michael J Whelan and TCD English Lit students – Abby Connolly and Ceola Daly.

Series is produced and presented by Berni Dwan. Sound by Ed Grannell. Dramatic readings by Tara Power and Alan O’Brien. Music by Hannah Cogan. Supported by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Sound and Vision scheme through the Television Licence Fee