The Two Norries Podcast

Graham talks with James and Timmy about how he nearly ended it all. He thought he would amount to nothing ending up in prison and drink and drugs ruled his life and now he is a Pro Boxer.

This is the remarkable story of Celtic middleweight champion Graham McCormack and how he has turned his life around and how he is doing now.

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Dr. Sinead Kane is a keynote speaker on the topics of: resilience, mindset and teamwork.

Sinead talks with James and Timmy about her condition and challenges she has faced and how she has never stopped to overcoming adversity to achieve great things.

Sinead only has 5% vision and is registered as legally blind. She has two PhD’s, is a qualified lawyer and lectures on the topics of disability law and policy.

She is also an athlete who has competed and represented Ireland at ultra-distances and is a double Guinness World Record holder.

In January 2017, Sinead achieved the Guinness World Record for the first blind person to run 7 marathons on 7 continents within 7 days.

Sinead also is the first Irish female to compete in the World Marathon Challenge.

In February 2018, Sinead achieved the Guinness World Record for furthest distance for a female on a treadmill in 12 hours.

Listen to her story now on the Two Norries Podcast.

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Brian sits down and talks with James and Timmy about how Addiction nearly killed him. How he turned it all around.

With a newfound love of learning, he embraced a second chance at life and went to university to study the complexities of human behaviour.

More information on Brian at

https://www.brianpennie.com/

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Laura Dowling CEO & founder of fabuwellness, a Pharmacist, and public figure.

Laura is a Pharmacist who loves to talk to interesting people about their unique life and work experiences. She sits down with James and Timmy to talk about her life, being a pharmacist and shares her knowledge on how prescription medication works and the pros and cons.

Also an insight into the Pharmacists view on addiction.

See @fabulouspharmacist on instagram for more information.

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Roslyn O'Callaghan talks to Timmy and James about being raped as a 21-year-old private by a senior NCO.

Roslyn also talks about how it was handled after in what she described as a "flawed" investigation, how her mental health suffered and not knowing she was diagnosed with PTSD among so much more.

She has some inspiring words throughout the podcast.

Roslyn O’Callaghan, a member of the Women of Honour campaign to find out more visit the links below.

Twitter

https://twitter.com/womenofhonour

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/irishwomenofhonour

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John Connors talks to James and Timmy about his earlier years as a child growing up in Darndale Estate in Dublin, his family life and earlier memories of his father. 

John Connors is an Irish Traveller actor, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker and playwright best known for his role as Patrick Ward in the Irish crime drama series Love/Hate, for which he was nominated for best-supporting actor at the 2016 Irish film and television awards, and for Cardboard Gangsters, for which he won Best Actor at the 2018 Irish film and television awards. 

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Terrence Power who is one half of the Talking Bollox Podcast where two lads sit around and do what they do best and 'Talk Bollox' 

This time with us Terrence is on the other side of the table being interviewed about his early childhood growing up in the flats of North Inner City Dublin.

The loss of his father, hunger, poverty and addiction. He tells how he is coping through recovery now and how he got away from that life of addiction. 

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Gary who is from Toxteth, was one of the first British born people to be affected by the Thalidomide medical disaster of the 1950s and 60s.

Thalidomide was a medication given to women to treat morning sickness, that resulted in thousands of children across the world being born with disabilities; many dying soon after birth or early in life.

Gary, now aged 62, was told he would be lucky to live until he was 30.

Listen to Gary tell James and Timmy his story and also how he has overcome unimaginable challenges to get where he is today.

Check out Gary online - https://www.garyskyner.co.uk

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We speak to Nicola Tallant who speaks openly about being a Journalist in the world of crime.

Tallant is Investigations Editor at the Sunday World specialising in organised crime.

She has also been awarded Irish Crime Journalist of the Year three times.

Listen to what she has to say about her career to date and the stories she's investigated.

Recorded live in 2021 at Elizabeth Forth on Barrack Street, Cork City with the Everyman Palace as part of their outdoor events. 

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Olivia Harte a friend of ours opens up to us about her teen pregnancy, her battles with addiction and how she overcame them. Olivia also talks about her 3 year court battle for her daughter Jane.

This story is a real honest 'Harte to Harte'

A huge thank you to Olivia for joining us this week to tell her story!

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