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Crime WorldEpisode 1207: Suspect in Louth triple murder said 'I'm sorry for the screaming and shouting'The triple murder of a much-loved couple and their son has caused devastation in a Co Louth communityThe bodies of Mark and Louise O’Connor - as well as their autistic son Evan - were found on Monday morning by a care worker.Niall speaks to Eimear Rabbitt about how a 31-year-old man known to the family was arrested close to the scene. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-09-3012 min
Lár Na PáirceBeth Carton, Eimear O'Neill, James O'Connor, Michael RyanBeth Carton, Eimear O'Neill & Mick Boland from the Waterford camogie camp Waterford minor hurling manager James O'Connor Former Déise hurling boss Michael Ryan
2025-05-3130 min
OTB Rugby'THIS IS LEINSTER' | Tania Rosser, Hannah O'Connor, Ruth Campbell & Eimear Corri'This Is Leinster' is a five-part documentary series charting the 2024 Interprovinicial success for Tania Rosser and her squad, featuring exclusive conversations with head coach Rosser, and leading players Hannah O'Connor, Ruth Campbell and Eimear Corri.Cameron Hill caught up with the stars of the documentary at the premiere at the Bank of Ireland branch, College Green.Rugby on Off The Ball, with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting
2025-02-0638 min
New York StandardEpisode 268 – Xmas 2024This year’s Christmas episode is the longest show I think I’ve ever done…clocking in at 6 & a half hours. It’s intended to be enjoyed as you cook, bake, wrap presents, shop for presents or whatever it is you love to do during the holiday season!
Perry Como
Bing Crosby
Perry Como
Nat “King” Cole
Billy Porter
Andy Williams
Doris Day
Ella Fitzgerald
Alvin Stoller
Jimmy McGriff
Ray Anthony
Otis Redding
Pearl Bailey
Capital Studio Orchestra
Les Brown & His Band of Renown
Lou Rawls
Luther Vandross
Olivia Olson
Bessie Smith
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
John Lee Hooker
N...
2024-12-176h 23
2024-08-1434 min
Powering Payments Podcast by Form3Ep 19. Cloudy with a chance of AITaken from the main stage at this year’s Money20/20 in Amsterdam, our very own Eimear O’Connor led the discussion on how cloud and AI is shaping the future of payment innovation. Joined by representatives from Nationwide Building Society, Square and Visa hear how these technologies are reshaping the propositions and approaches banks are taking in order to maximise innovation and meet customer needs.
2024-07-0233 min
The Nerve: An English and Arts PodcastEp 60: Shakespeare SquaredIn this episode, members of Waterford’s newest theatrical company, Shakespeare Squared, join Jenny in the studio to talk about the genesis of the organisation and their recent production of Twelfth Night, an open air promenade piece that used the backdrop of Waterford’s Viking Triangle to bring their interpretation to life. Along with theatre professional Eimear Cheasty, co-directors Joe Meagher and Deirdre Dwyer won the maximum available funding from the Arts Council’s Theatre Project Awards 2023 to stage the production and here, they discuss their creative approach to getting the project off the ground. Performer (and former graduate of Engl...
2023-10-1240 min
The Tonight ShowTuesday 16th May 2023: Clare protest over housing of asylum seekers, Climate plan aims to phase out public sector parking , Domestic violence survivor speaks outClaire Brock is joined by Senator Timmy Dooley, Violet-Anne Wynne TD, Ciara Phelan & Eimear O'Connor while Ciara Doherty speaks to Louise Karadag Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-05-1747 min
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Books mentioned
Lithium - For Medea by Kate Braverman
Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
Gateway books / Authors
Flannery O’Connor - Collected works
Issac Bashevis Singer
Bernard Malamud
Shirley Jackson
Sylvia Plath
Anne Sexton
Thomas Wolfe
Fernando Pessoa
Dylan Thomas
Flann O’Brian
Bruno Shul...
2022-06-0248 min
The Left WingCliodhna Moloney on Ireland's chances for their must-win game against ItalyCliodhna Moloney, the Wasps hooker who was a surprise omission from Ireland’s Six Nations squad, joins Sinéad Kissane and Cian Tracey on the latest episode of the Left Wing to look ahead to Ireland’s must-win game against Italy on Sunday.The big news is that Beibhinn Parsons is back in the first XV, one of six changes to the team. Eimear Considine drops out of the match-day 23 with Lucy Mulhall switching to full-back in a back-three consisting of Parsons and Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe.Kathryn Dane, Christy Haney and Hannah O’Connor have all been pr...
2022-04-0831 min
The Irish Makers PodcastS1E1: Cosplayers - The Irish Makers PodcastWelcome to our first episode of The Irish Makers Podcast! We will be discussing the world of conventions and cosplay, from humble costumes and sewing, to 7 foot behemoth dragons.
Our guests
Marie-Therese a.k.a. Empty Cosplay: She started cosplaying in 2018. Her first cosplay was Maiev Shadowsong (pronounced My-ev) from the online game World of Warcraft, which won the Best Craftsmanship award at Dublin Comic Con: Anime Edition 2018. Since then she has won numerous awards for her cosplays and has been asked to be a guest and judge at conventions throughout Ireland.
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2022-03-0736 min
The Big Red Bench | Cork's RedFMWomen in Sport Podcast | Episode 26On the latest episode of the Women in Sport Podcast with Ger McCarthy0.45 Amy Lee, Cork senior camogie star and All Star Nominee13.06 Mourneabbey boss Shane Ronayne and Eire Og boss Donal Cronin following Mourneabbey's win in the senior county final18.20 Mourneabbey players Ciara and Doireann O'Sullivan, Maire O'Callaghan, Eimear Meaney, Brid O'Sullivan and Laura Fitzgerald 28.41 Interviews with Castlehaven following their epic encounter with Dohenys in the Junior A County Final - an all-time classic. Siobhan Courtney, Grainne O'Sullivan, Mairead O'Driscoll, Aideen Santry, Alice O'Driscoll, Katie Cronin, Noreen O'Sullivan, Rachel O'Driscoll, and winning manager Dinny Cahalane41.08 Noel O'Connor and captain Sarah Harringt...
2021-11-1850 min
Behind The Lines88. Eimear RyanThis week’s guest on Behind the Lines is one of Ireland’s most exciting writers, Eimear Ryan.Eimear is writer-in-residence at UCC, and writes brilliantly on sport every week for the Irish Examiner. Her first novel, Holding Her Breath, was published earlier this year by Penguin Sandycove. Here she offers some great tips for writing and insights into the publishing process. We also discuss sport: do you have to play a sport to offer a true insight into it? Are the demands placed on elite sportspeople by the media wrong? And wi...
2021-10-1254 min
Beyond FintechBeyond Fintech with Eimear O'Connor at Money20/20At Money20/20 this week, Sophie speaks to Eimear O’Connor, Chief Operating Officer at Form3. Eimear has had a fantastic career working at some of the world’s largest banking and payment businesses including Visa, Barclays and most recently Form3. Form3, as recently as last week, announced their huge funding round of $160m led by Goldman Sachs. As part of the announcement they shared that their market share of all Faster Payments has reached double digit and their team has now set their sights on the US market. Today we speak to Eimear - touch...
2021-09-2313 min
...throw them in the river...or a tragic failure of communicationChapter seven - write down your ideasChapter seven - in which Connor, Eimear and Sergei begin reading the old man's notebooks.
2021-08-3013 min
Mens Rea: A true crime podcast95 - Desecration: The murder of Patricia O'ConnorIn the summer of 2017, body parts were discovered strewn across the scenic landscape of the Dublin and Wicklow mountains. Gardai began a wide-scale search and a murder investigation. But only days later a man presented himself at a south Dublin Garda station, confessing to the murder of his 61 year old mother in law, Patricia O'Connor.
But was he telling the whole story?
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Join me at CrimeCon UK on September 25th & 26th 2021. For more information and tickets visit crimecon.co.uk. Use the code MENSREA for 10% off. Purchase a ticket with the code and get in touch to get a free Me...
2021-06-281h 35
Talking History with Patrick GeogheganBest of April Books - Part 2This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for April 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'History of World Trade Maps' with Philip Parker, ‘Art, Ireland, And the Irish Diaspora’ with Eimear O’ Connor, 'The Return' with Harry Sidebottom, 'A Difficult Birth: The Early Years of Northern Ireland, 1920-1925' with Alan Francis Parkinson and 'Walking Backwards to Heaven? Hope and the Catholics of Cloyne Diocese 1700-1830' with Martin Millerick.
2021-04-2548 min
The Kish PodcastEpisode 31 - David O'ConnorEimear chats with Online Fitness & Conditioning Coach David O'Connor.
2021-02-0853 min
The ThinkND PodcastUnderstanding the Body with W.B. Yeats & James Joyce, Part 3: The Body in Irish HistoryEpisode Topic: The Body in Irish HistoryThis week, we consider how the body has been represented in Irish culture and society throughout history. From the Great Famine, through the revolutionary period, and into the censored society of the independent state, the body has been starved, threatened, weaponized, and repressed. We look at how W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, and Eavan Boland reassess the body in Irish history. Professor Declan Kiberd will be joined by art historian Dr. Eimear O’Connor during the live discussion.Featured Speakers: Declan Kiberd, Emeritus Donald and Mari...
2021-01-1453 min
Culture FileThe Culture File Weekly Dec 4th | Eimear O'Connor, Jennie Guy, Marise Gaughan, Rob LongHow the Chicago Word's Fair came to be graced with two "genuine" Irish villages, a long-running plot to bring contemporary art and contemporary schoolkids together, Marise Gaughan on a Spanish style lockdown, and Rob Long on the unpleasantness of getting (left with) the bill.
2020-12-0428 minCulture FileCulture File "Likes" | Éimear O'ConnorArt historian, Éimear O'Connor shares some of her favourite things in music, reading, watching, listening, eating and smelling
2020-12-0406 minCulture FileGenuine Irish Art | Culture FileHistorian, Eimear O'Connor on the sometimes wobbly cultural exchange between Ireland and the US in the early 20th century
2020-12-0307 minThe Big Red Bench | Cork's RedFMSunday 1st NovemberLauren Guilfoyle reports on Limerick's win over Tipperary at a rain sodden Páirc uí Chaoimh. Ronan McCarthy looks ahead to Cork v Kerry, and we hear from the Kingdom's Sean O'Shea. Cork camogie captain Amy O'Connor on their win over Wexford yesterday. Johnny Sexton on Ireland's defeat to France, and Joanne O'Riordan speaks to Eimear Considine.
2020-11-0155 min
FinTech's DEI Discussions – Powered by Harrington StarrNadia's Women of Fintech Podcast - Eimear O'Connor, Chief Operating Officer at Form3The next episode of Nadia's Women of Fintech Podcast is huge. Recorded just prior to the huge announcement that Form3 are partnering with Lloyds Bank, Nadia was joined over Zoom by Eimear O'Connor, Form3's Chief Operating Officer.In what turned out to be a fascinating interview, they covered Eimear's own unique back story, how she came to Form3, and what problems they are solving in the market, as well as her views on oftentimes being the only woman in the room when it comes to board meetings still, and much more.If you'd like...
2020-07-3016 min
Dublin City Libraries & ArchivesA Feast of Female Voices at Cabra LibraryListen back to Dublin: One City, One Book 2018, when we celebrated The Long Gaze Back, and the female voice in Irish literature. This anthology of 30 short stories is edited by Sinead Gleeson.In this episode of the DCLA podcast, authors Susan Stairs, Nuala O’Connor and Eimear Ryan read and discuss their short stories in The Long Gaze Back. Chaired by Sinéad Gleeson.Recorded at Cabra Library on 23 April 2018.Our theme tune is Dream of the forest (jazzy mix) by articom (c) copyright 2020 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. dig.ccmixter.org/files/articom/61177
2020-05-1158 min
Champion ChatterChampion Sports Chat Podcast Friday May 1 2020On a special Champion Sports Chat podcast extra, we hear from two of the Clare ladies football stars who are on the frontline of the fight against Covid-19. Derrick Lynch speaks with Eimear O'Connor and Catriona Callinan to find out how they are working to curb the spread of the virus.
2020-05-0100 min
Dublin City Libraries & ArchivesNatural SelectionListen back to Dublin: One City, One Book 2018, when we celebrated The Long Gaze Back, and the female voice in Irish literature. This anthology of 30 short stories is edited by Sinead Gleeson.In this episode writers and editors talk about anthologies and gender balance, and read from their very favourite short stories. Featuring Sinéad Gleeson, Alan Hayes, Rob Doyle, Eimear Ryan and Philip St John. Chaired by Lia Mills with music by Ciara Sidine, accompanied by Conor Brady. Ciara’s daughters Ava and Romy also feature.For rights reasons you will only hear clips from Ciara’s songs, to hear...
2020-04-151h 28
STAC PodcastEpisode 11 - Stagecraft YT - Little Shop Of HorrorsCurrently in its 21st year, Stagecraft Youth Theatre has grown to be one of the largest youth theatres in the country. Their productions consistently exceed expectations through their constant experimentation and exploration of every piece they take on. This Summers musical is not one to be missed. Set inside an actual greenhouse with just a touch of glitter, ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ will blow you away.This week hear Artistic Director Jack Reardon, and 3 of the principals Leah Cullinan, Mary Condon O’Connor and David O’Donovan who share their experiences of being part of this very special company.
2019-08-1623 min
Kitchen Party CeilidhKPC 2019 07 07 PodcastOur 311th episode, which aired on July 7, 2019.
NEW TO YOU: Arise & Go – Voyage, Meeting Place
Blackthorn – Wayward Daughter, Market Town
Mick Moloney with Eugene O’Donnell – The Kilkenny Races, Mick Moloney with Eugene O’Donnell
Mick Moloney with Eugene O’Donnell – The Irish Maid, Mick Moloney with Eugene O’Donnell
The Drunken Gaugers – Contentment is Wealth, The Drunken Gaugers
Steph Geremia – Martin Wynne’s #3/Martin Wynne’s #4/Bring Her to Shelter, Up She Flew
Gerry O’Connor – O’Connor4, Last Night’s Joy
Christy Moore – St. Brendan’s Voyage, Where I Come From
Eimear Arkins – Glen of Aherlow/Miss Langford’s/Callaghan’s, What’s Next?
Wolfstone –...
2019-07-1558 min
You're Booked22. Sarah Maria GriffinThis week we're travelling to Dublin to meet the wonderful author, poet, journalist and podcaster Sarah Maria Griffin. Sarah's first book, Not Lost was an essay collection concerning a year spent in San Francisco. She then authored the critically acclaimed novels Spare and Found Parts and Other Words for Smoke. We talked to her about pilgrimages, the importance of helping others, video games and the amazing array of Irish women writers currently working.BOOK (CLICK ON TITLES FOR MORE)Daisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodSarah Maria Griffin - Not Lost
2019-04-291h 03
Art and Reality: The Role of Visual Culture in the post-independent stateEimear O'Connor. Sean Keating and the Art of Nation Building.In this podcast, a paper by Dr Eimear O'Connor: Sean Keating and the Art of Nation Building
2018-10-2920 min
The Eighth#10: It Is Done“It always seems impossible until it is done.”- Nelson Mandela
The final episode of the Eighth is a fly on the wall audio journey with Ciara from her hearing the exit poll results through to the final result in Dublin Castle. Featuring a range of voices throughout the day, with special thanks to my sister Evie, my Mam Róisín, Shane, Sharon, Morgan, and Ciara.
Special thanks to Alan and the whole HeadStuff crew for their tireless support, encouragement and help in making this series.
And the biggest thank you of all to my partner in Repeal, Paddy.
We did i...
2018-06-0140 minThe Eighth#09: Reflections, PredictionsThis week, Ciara and Paddy reflect on the journey of making The Eighth, what they have learned, and where they think the chips might fall tomorrow. Ciara speaks to political analyst Johnny Fallon to make predictions about the count, to Elle and Lisa out on the canvass in Dublin, and Ciara's sister Emily speaks to some of her friends on the eve of the vote. Then join Ciara, Paddy, and a cameo from the lovely Karen from Everyday Stories part 2 as they CAST THEIR BALLOTS this morning. Now get out to vote everyone... Your voice matters.
Credits:
Clips from ITV, C...
2018-05-2555 minThe Eighth#08: Difficult ConversationsWe're being asked by campaigners for and against repeal to get out and talk to our family and friends before the 25th of May - to have conversations about why voting is so important, and about which way to vote. Turnout will make or break the campaign for both sides, and given we have so many people who are still somewhere in the middle, conversations with people who they love and respect could be the deciding factor.
In this episode, Ciara and her husband Paddy bring up the _awkward_ subject of abortion with their families, who have a mixed bag...
2018-05-1458 minThe Eighth#07: Everyday Stories - Part 2In this episode, Louise tells the story of having termination following a fatal foetal abnormality diagnosis, and Ciara and her friend Karen share their own abortion stories with each other for the first time.
**Content warning for discussion of abortion, in some detail. **
Credits:
Produced by Ciara O’Connor Walsh
Executive Producer: Alan Bennett, HeadStuff
Production assistance from Paddy Walsh and Brian from HeadStuff
Artwork: Eimear Gavin
Music:
Alvo Noto – Xerrox vol 2
Nils Frahm - Screws - Re
2018-05-0452 minThe Eighth#06: Everyday Stories - Part 1This Episode shares four women's stories of abortion, and is a partnership with Everyday Stories. Content warning for sexual violence, physical abuse, abortion, miscarriage.
[www.everydaystories.org](www.everydaystories.org)
Credits:
Produced by Ciara O’Connor Walsh and Caoimhe Anglin
Executive Producer: Alan Bennett, HeadStuff
Production assistance from Paddy Walsh and Brian from HeadStuff
Artwork: Eimear Gavin
Music:
Bohren and Der Club of Gore - Black Earth - Crimson Ways
Bohren and Der Club of Gore - Dolores - Black Maja
2018-04-2726 minThe Eighth#05: MaternityMaternity
In this Episode, we hear about how the 8th Amendment impacts on every single pregnancy in Ireland, Ciara speaks to Philomena Canning from Midwives for Choice, Dr Anthony McCarthy, Perinatal Psychiatrist in Holles St, Krysia Lynch, Chair of AIMS Ireland, and her friend Clare Anne O'Keefe about her own pregnancy. Ciara also shares footage from before, during and after her 20 week scan from when she was pregnant with her son last year.
CREDITS
Produced by Ciara O’Connor Walsh
Executive Producer: Alan Bennett, HeadStuff
Production assistance from Paddy Walsh and Brian from HeadStuff
Artwork: Eimear Gavin
Music:
Alvo Noto...
2018-04-2058 minThe Eighth#04: The ViolinistThe Violinist.
This Episode delves into the field of ethics, or moral philosophy, to see how it can help clarify a lot of our gut instincts around the issue of abortion. Ciara speaks to world-renowned Professor of Bioethics in Princeton University, Peter Singer; Professor Maureen Junker-Kenny, Head of Religions and Theology in Trinity College Dublin; and Dr Helen Watt, Senior Research Fellow and former Director of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, Oxford, UK.
Credits
Produced by Ciara O’Connor Walsh
Executive Producer: Alan Bennett, HeadStuff
Production assistance from Paddy Walsh and Brian from HeadStuff
Artwork: Eimear Gavin
Music:
Max Richter, The Bl...
2018-04-1359 minThe Eighth#03: In Trouble - Irish Abortions Then And NowIn this Episode of The Eighth, Ciara tells the story of the reality of Irish abortions, and why Ireland will never be an island free of abortion. She speaks with Niall Behan, CEO of the IFPA, who provide counselling to thousands of women who travel every year to the UK for an abortion. She also speaks to Dr Patricia Lohr, Medical Director of BPAS, one of the UK's largest abortion providers. Ciara draws on research by Professor Cara Delay (Fulbright Fellow 2012-2013, UCD Humanities Institute and Associate Professor History Department, The College of Charleston) and her lecture – ’Noxious Things’: Illegal Abortio...
2018-04-0657 minThe Eighth#02: Yes for RepealEpisode 02: Yes for Repeal
In this episode, Yes for Repeal, Ciara meets women who are campaigning to remove the 8th amendment to the constitution. One woman tells her personal story of travelling to the UK for an abortion, another describes how she almost died during her pregnancy. Campaigners talk about what drives them, and a team of women in Waterford talk about ‘fighting the good fight’ in a pro-life city that ‘tends to be forgotten’. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Dympna Reilly.
CREDITS:
Produced by Ciara O’Connor Walsh
Executive Producer: Alan Bennett, HeadStuff
Production assistance from Paddy Walsh...
2018-03-3054 minThe Eighth#01: Against RepealIn this episode, Ciara meets a philosophy student who says he owes his life to the 8th Amendment, a Polish anarchist who hates the term anti-choice, a feminist student who believes 'abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women', and a woman who just couldn't find a pro-choice life ethic she could feel good about. Ciara also goes to the rally for life, deals with graphic abortion images, and talks to some of the more staunchly anti-repeal campaigners.
Credits:
Produced by Ciara O’Connor Walsh
Executive Producer: Alan Bennett, HeadStuff
Production assistance from Paddy Walsh and Brian from HeadStuff
Artwork: Eimear Ga...
2018-03-2354 min
The Eighth#0: Introducing The EighthIntroducing The Eighth, a podcast documenting the upcoming referendum to repeal the 8th in Ireland. This episode, a prequel to the series, outlines the host, Ciara O’Connor’s background and the origin of the series - a safe space to ask honest, hard questions, to listen to people speak freely, honestly, and openly. Ciara talks about the kinds of struggles she has had as a pro choice person - and someone who has had to travel to the UK for an abortion - has had in the making of this series and in meeting and talking to people who are...
2018-03-2011 min
The EighthThe Eighth TrailerWith the referendum on the eighth amendment looming, Ireland is witnessing both sides of the debate battle it out in the media, online, in the streets.
But have you ever wondered why these sides - pro repeal and anti repeal - are so diametrically opposed? Where do they part ways? Can we ever know who is right and wrong with such a complex, nuanced issue? Should the constitution mention abortion at all? And can we know when life truly begins and should be protected?
This month, the HeadStuff Podcast Network presents a new podcast series documenting the upcoming referendum on...
2018-03-1503 minyouredoingitwrong – Gareth Stack – BlogWilliam Morris in Dublin – Culture File
https://garethstack.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/william-morris-finished-4.mp3
Download: ‘William Morris in Dublin’
William Morris, considered the founder of the late Victorian Arts & Crafts movement in architecture and design, twice visited Ireland. He toured the country, delivering lectures on art and socialism. The influence of Morris’s design philosophy, and to a lesser extent his political leanings, can be seen to this day in a number of Arts & Crafts buildings in Dublin, including Clondalkin library, Charlveille Castle Dining Room, and Senior College Rathmines. I visited Whitechurch Library (a 1911 building designed by legendary Irish architect John Byrne), in the...
2015-06-1000 min