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On the show I was joined by football writer Michael Walker who chatted to us about the upturn in form of the North East teams Newcastle, Middlesbrough and Sunderland.

Michael also chatted to us about Liam Whelan and the future of Irish domestic football.

Paula Wiseman chats with David Gedge of the band, The Wedding Present (& Cinerama) about the forthcoming book, “All The Songs Sound The Same”.  Amongst many other things, David speaks about his processes as a songwriter and performer and also about his music festival, ‘At The Edge Of The Sea’ happening in August.

https://scopitones.co.uk/

https://scopitones.co.uk/at-the-edge-of-the-sea

twitter.com/weddingpresent

Padraic Hayes a member of Clare Leadership Forum, Secretariat member of Clare Public Participation  Network and on the National Board of Irish Wheelchair Association joins Mary Oyediran to talk about his role as an activist and advocate for people with disabilities.

Toluwani Akaehomen the newly elected Chairperson of the African

Solidarity Centre(ASC) joins Mary Oyediran to talk about the achievements of the ASC to date and her vision for her tenure.

Bim Oyediran is a leadership Develop Project Coordinator and Volunteer Community Health Champion joins Mary Oyediran to talk about her health challenges with Pelvic  Growth and Tumors.

Michael Sullivan speaks with musician Eddie Sherlock about his invitation over to Fremantle, Perth, Australia

by the Kidogo Arts Centre, as an artist in residency for the “Hand in Hand – Irish Aboriginal Festival” March 2023

where he will play on St Patrick’s Day.

 

https://kidogo.com.au/hand-in-hand-festival/

https://www.albanyadvertiser.com.au/news/regional/descendants-of-spiritual-leader-share-her-story-ng-b88934482z

Evan holds a Master in Education in UCD and she has been teaching Chinese Language and Culture courses to pupils of primary, post-primary schools and the new Taiwan Centre for Mandarin Learning in Ireland. In recent years, she embarked on financial technology and completed a post-grad in Fintech at TUD. Evan works at an IT company called Wigmore as an enablement manager. She will share with us some traditional wisdom and tips on raising multicultura multilingal chidlren in today’s Ireland.

Evan 持有 UCD 嘅教育碩士學位，她亦一直有為本地在為小學同中學生教授中文。最近亦開始為愛爾蘭台灣華語文學習中心嘅學生教授中國語言和文化課程。

近年來，她開始投身金融科技行業，並於 TUD 完成金融科技專業嘅研究生學位。 Evan 在一家名為 Wigmore 嘅 IT公司工作，擔任支持經理。

佢會同我哋分享吓，一啲華人傳統智慧，同如果處理多語言多文化小朋友嘅心得。

Want to learn Mandarin? Find out more here:

想學華語？到以下網址了解更多：

https://www.tcmli.org/

About the show

Asian Talents is a talk programme presented by Alice Chau, that represents the Asian community and featuring Asian people that are contributing to Ireland in their own niche. The programme is bilingual in Cantonese and English.

Asian Talents Social Media:

Facebook page: www.facebook.com/AsianTalents  

Twitter page: www.twitter.com/asia_nearfm

Marian Byrne, a self- employed, Public Speaker, and Writer joins Mary Oyediran to talk about how she overcame devastating adversities to raise her family.

Grace Sullivan and Nithy Kasa are modern day women  Writers/ Authors.They join Mary Oyediran to talk about their new books, grandmothers and love for writing.

Independent Cllr. John Lyons joins Johnny Holmes to discuss the unsuitability  amp;

standard to accommodation been offered to refugees & asylum seekers in Ireland at present and also about the Housing Crisis in general.