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Official Chesterfield FC PodcastsOfficial Chesterfield FC PodcastsWeekend Warm-up: Paddy ByrnePhil & Ellie chat to Spireites first team coach Paddy Byrne, who outlines his great journey from being a young coach in Belfast to achieving his objective of working in the EFL. A great example of hard work, devotion and love of the game. 2024-10-031h 01Life UncutLife UncutWhat Actually Goes On Inside the Olympic Village? Uncut with Ellie ColeBack for the second time is the hilarious Ellie Cole. Ellie is the most decorated Australian female paralympian of all time & a childhood cancer survivor. Ellie has joined the podcast before in Feb 2023  “I threw my leg at him and it hit him like a shish kebab”.  Ellie has just touched down back in Australia after doing poolside commentary in Paris at the 2024 Olympics. We have a whole bunch of Olympic questions for her like: -The funniest/most meme-able moments from Paris 2024 -What is the Olympic Village like? -Can and do the at...2024-08-2050 minThe Scummy Mummies PodcastThe Scummy Mummies Podcast289: Ed Byrne on comedy and griefWhat's it like to perform a hilarious comedy show about death? Here to tell us all about it is stand-up legend Ed Byrne.We discuss his 30 year career in comedy and how he got started. Then there's some chat about his latest show, Tragedy Plus Time. We talk about the loss of Ed's brother, Paul, and Ellie explains why his was the funniest funeral she's ever been to. We also discuss the difference between dealing with family and friends, and Ed offers some advice for what to do when sibling relationships go wrong. I...2024-08-1342 minWeltwach – Abenteuer. Reisen. Leben.Weltwach – Abenteuer. Reisen. Leben.WW365: Zwischen grünen Wiesen und schwarzem Humor – eine Reise in Irlands Kultur und Geschichte mit Erik Lorenz (1/2)Herzlich Willkommen zurück in einem Land, in das wir euch bereits die letzten zwei Jahre mitgenommen haben. Ein Land, das viele Jahre durch Auswanderung geprägt war, sich mittlerweile aber zu einem Einwanderungsland entwickelt hat. Eines, in dem sich Musik, Tanz und Kunst mit einer reichen Tradition vereinen. Ein Land, dessen Kultur tief verwoben mit seiner reichen und teilweise tragischen Historie ist. Erik ist wieder unterwegs in Irland – und wir nehmen euch mit! Einer der Hauptgründe, warum es Erik immer wieder nach Irland zieht, sind die Begegnungen und Gespräche mit den Einheimischen, die ihm...2024-07-1350 minThe Next Chapter by Ellie BarkerThe Next Chapter by Ellie BarkerS12 Ep4 From Editor-in-Chief, OK Magazine to PR Consultant & Screenwriter: Lisa ByrneWhat is it really like in the world of celebrity?Lisa has always loved learning about people  - she has been, in her own words ‘nosy’ since she was a child. It was this curiosity which took her to journalism and eventually to be the Editor-in-Chief at OK magazine for ten years. She has partied with the Beckhams, she was also with Katie Price when she married Peter Andre. She’s been on a boat with George Clooney & Brad Pitt and has spent time with Prince William. She has in other words, been behind...2024-06-071h 08The Next Chapter by Ellie BarkerThe Next Chapter by Ellie BarkerS12 Ep4 From Editor-in-Chief, OK Magazine to PR Consultant & Screenwriter: Lisa ByrneWhat is it really like in the world of celebrity?Lisa has always loved learning about people  - she has been, in her own words ‘nosy’ since she was a child. It was this curiosity which took her to journalism and eventually to be the Editor-in-Chief at OK magazine for ten years. She has partied with the Beckhams, she was also with Katie Price when she married Peter Andre. She’s been on a boat with George Clooney & Brad Pitt and has spent time with Prince William. She has in other words, been behind...2024-06-071h 08Life UncutLife UncutThe Best Of The PickUp - Chat GPT has your pick up lines sortedIt's our weekly round up! The best of the week from our National radio show THE PICKUP. Every week we are joined by our radio co-host Mitch Churi at 3pm on the KIIS Network. You can listen live on iHeart radio, or catch up here each week!For more follow @THEPICKUP on socials. ON THE SHOW What did the cleaner find Chat GPT is helping us flirt Mitch's paying for goods and services Ellie Cole - and same sex parenting books being banned  Bumble really cocked up this billboard See omnystudio.com/l...2024-05-1943 minThat\'s What I Call MarketingThat's What I Call MarketingS3 Ep16: Curiosity United, with Ellie NormanToday’s guest is the fascinating Ellie Norman, Chief Communications Officer at Manchester United. This is a wonderful story of embracing challenges, from diving into the marketing world without prior experience to leading innovative branding strategies at big brands. Ellie has worked for Honda, which must have been a dream job for someone who grew up loving motorised vehicles and Ellie certainly made the most of it as you will hear. Ellie totally changed direction going to Virgin Media and then the call came to lead marketing at Formula One, where Ellie set up the first ever marketing structure an...2024-04-2359 minLife UncutLife UncutShould We Feel Guilty For Speculating About Princess Catherine?Hey Lifers! Britt has gone into the jungle!! She's petrified of heights and we don't know why she didn't lie about her fears.  It's Laura's 38th birthday!!!! (It's possibly her 37th but we've referred to google for reference). Laura speaks candidly about not being a birthday person and why she feels a little bit indifferent to gifts; unless they are plants. We speak about being in certain places of life by a certain time as the years click over.  Over the weekend, Princess Catherine announced that she has been battling a cancer diagnosis and...2024-03-2545 minEquiRatings Eventing PodcastEquiRatings Eventing PodcastWhen Nicole Met...The best of 2023We have had some amazing guests on the show this year so we thought we would revisit some of the highlights from our guests in 2023. Listen for free across all podcast platforms  If you want to listen to any of the When Nicole Met in 2023 hit the links below: When Nicole Met... Ben and Sarah Way When Nicole Met... Saffron Cresswell When Nicole Met... Giovanni When Nicole Met... Tom Jackson When Nicole Met... Ellie & Finn Healy When Nicole Met... Bedmax When N...2023-12-311h 12Worst Foot ForwardWorst Foot ForwardEp 288: World's Worst Best Of 2023 EpisodeChristmas Day is here, and it’s not just under your tree that you’ll find delightful gifts. Here too, at Worst Foot Forward, we come laden with treats in the form of our annual round-up of our favourite moments from the past 12 months. Join us for a jaunt through highlights such as our two live shows which featured sibling rivalry and Adventure Bombs, Ben’s wife teaching us about taxes, Caimh O’Donnell barely scratching the surface of Florida Man’s insanity, Rosie Holt’s fear of dancing, Ivan “from The Traitors” critiquing actual traitors from history, and Ed Byrne wishing...2023-12-251h 25Life UncutLife UncutFrom labias to letter dropsHey lifers!Laura's got a fungi and Britt's firm nips are out and about today! Laura's had a moment of brutal honesty from her 4 year old Marlie Mae. Kids just say the darndest things don't they? Laura is contemplating a labiaplasty. We chat about the ins and outs of the pros and cons. We spoke about an episode we did with the wonderful Ellie from Comfortable in My Skin. You can listen here - Your Vulva is Cliterally the Best Plus we unpack the rogue guerrilla marketing ploy that happened on the streets of...2023-11-2753 minThe Devil’s DirtstarThe Devil’s DirtstarThe Thinned Veil: Interview with Intuitive Psychic, Christopher ByrneHappy Halloween, Dirtlings!  In today’s episode, Ellsworth and Big Spoon are interviewing a very special guest: Christopher Byrne! Not only is he a Spiritual Minister and Advisor but also a Life Coach, Energy Healer and  Psychic Intuitive Medium. Chris is going to take us on the journey of learning about his extrasensory abilities, how being an intuitive has impacted his life along with hundreds of others worldwide (pretty sure it’s actually thousands at this point), how his abilities has and can help people struggling with their spiritual identity and handling grief, the tools used to get in...2023-10-312h 28Strange Neighbor StudiosStrange Neighbor StudiosThe Thinned Veil: Interview with Intuitive Psychic, Christopher ByrneHappy Halloween, Dirtlings!  In today’s episode, Ellsworth and Big Spoon are interviewing a very special guest: Christopher Byrne! Not only is he a Spiritual Minister and Advisor but also a Life Coach, Energy Healer and  Psychic Intuitive Medium. Chris is going to take us on the journey of learning about his extrasensory abilities, how being an intuitive has impacted his life along with hundreds of others worldwide (pretty sure it’s actually thousands at this point), how his abilities has and can help people struggling with their spiritual identity and handling grief, the tools used to get in...2023-10-312h 28Switched On with Louise TigheSwitched On with Louise TigheEllie O'Byrne, Irish Freelance Journalist - Ease of Buying Injectable Fillers Online Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-08-2412 minWeekend Breakfast with Alison CurtisWeekend Breakfast with Alison CurtisYou Can Now Rent Out A Fully Converted Double Decker Bus On Airbnb In WaterfordWould you like to sleep under the stars in county Waterford, surrounded by trees and horses.... on a double decker bus?? Mark Graham and Ellie O Byrne have spent the last 3 years turned an old double decker bus into the coolest listing on Airbnb. They told Alison Curtis about the sweat and tears that went into this project. For the full chat press the play button on this page.2023-08-1207 minEquiRatings Eventing PodcastEquiRatings Eventing PodcastWhen Nicole Met... Ellie & Finn HealyWe have a special When Nicole Met show for you today as we have not 1 but 2 guests on today's podcast. The up-and-coming superstars, Ellie & Finn Healy, are on the show to talk about what it was like to produce a Pony European Champion, the transition onto horses and juggling education and eventing. Listen for free across all podcast platforms  This show is very kindly supported by Bedmax. If you want to listen to more When Nicole Met… check out some of our older episodes below. When Nicole Met... Julia 2023-05-1047 minThe Neil Prendeville Show | Cork\'s RedFMThe Neil Prendeville Show | Cork's RedFM4th April 2023Neil chats to mother of 5 Niamh who is facing eviction, Ellie O’Byrne on last night’s City Council emergency meeting, and a discussion on the housing crisis. Tune into the Neil Prendeville Show weekdays from 9am on Cork’s RedFM.2023-04-042h 14Life UncutLife Uncut"I threw my leg at him and it hit him like a shish kebab" - Uncut with Ellie ColeHappy Mardi Gras lifers!  We spent the last 4 days attached at the hip on a trip to the Northern Territory together! Are we sick of each other? Absolutely not. Do we have a lot to unpack about our new found closeness, yes. Yes we do. On today's episode we unpack just how good of a dad Matty J is, according to the media and why are the standards so different for mothers and fathers?!Then we are joined by the wonderful Ellie Cole! Ellie is Australia's most decorated female paralympian. S...2023-02-271h 15EquiRatings Eventing PodcastEquiRatings Eventing Podcast#Future Stars: Ellie FredericksEllie Fredericks is on the rise in the eventing world and despite her age, she is already competing at the Advanced level. She joins Nicole to look back to the beginning of her eventing journey, how the dynamic with her parents works and her future goals. Listen for free across all podcast platforms2023-01-2737 minThe Lifestyle CEOThe Lifestyle CEOThe Books That Changed by Life in 2022, pt 2Send us a textIn this week's solo episode, hosted by TLC's other avid reader, Ellie, I discuss the 5 books that made a significant impact on my year. I have always liked reading but got massively more into in 2022. So in this podcast I discuss the top books I read that “changed my life,” here they are:1. The Law of Attraction by Jerry and Esther Hicks2. Positively Wealthy by Emma Mumford3. The Magic by Rhonda Byrne4. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill5. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel RuizI wo...2023-01-0625 minAhbarjietMaltaAhbarjietMalta"库姆布斯营救曼彻斯特德比抽奖,因为曼联抗议错过了手球 曼联在曼彻斯特市后卫亚历克斯·格林伍德(Alex Greenwood" "-Start AD- #TheMummichogBlogoFmalta Amazon Top和Flash Deals(会员链接 - 如果您通过以下链接购买,您将支持我们的翻译)-https://amzn.to/3feogyg 仅在一次搜索中比较所有顶级旅行"库姆布斯营救曼彻斯特德比抽奖,因为曼联抗议错过了手球 曼联在曼彻斯特市后卫亚历克斯·格林伍德(Alex Greenwood" "-Start AD- #TheMummichogBlogoFmalta Amazon Top和Flash Deals(会员链接 - 如果您通过以下链接购买,您将支持我们的翻译)-https://amzn.to/3feogyg 仅在一次搜索中比较所有顶级旅行网站,以在酒店库存的最佳酒店交易中找到世界上最佳酒店价格比较网站。 (会员链接 - 如果您通过以下链接购买,您将支持我们的翻译)-https://www.hotelscombined.com/?a_aid=20558 “因此,无论您希望别人对您做什么,也对他们做,因为这是法律和先知。”“ #Jesus #Catholic。 “从受孕的时刻,必须绝对尊重和保护人类的生活。从他生存的第一刻起,必须将一个人承认为拥有一个人的权利 - 其中每种无辜者都是无辜的权利。”天主教教堂的教理2270。 堕胎杀死了两次。它杀死了婴儿的身体,并杀死了母亲的科学。堕胎是深刻的反妇女。它的受害者中有三个季节是女性:一半的婴儿和所有母亲。 流畅的马耳他无线电是马耳他的第一号数字广播电台,演奏您的轻松最爱 - Smooth提供了“无混乱”的混音,吸引了35-59个核心观众,提供柔和的成人现代经典。我们操作一个流行曲目的播放列表,并定期更新。 https://smooth.com.mt/listen/ 关注电报:https://t.me/themummichogblogdotcom Tumblr:https://www.tumblr.com/themummichogblogofmalta blogspot:https://themummichogblogofmalta.blogspot.com/ 论坛:https://groups.google.com/g/themummichogblog Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/chinesecommunitymalta 结束广告---" "守门员埃莉·罗巴克(Ellie Roebuck)摔倒在盒子里时,她的手。 曼联的经理马克·斯金纳(Marc Skinner)说:“老实说,我还没有看到它,我听到大家在尖叫声。” “总的来说,我可能希望我们早日领先。” 朱莉·布拉克斯塔德(Julie Blakstad)在12月初的WSL比赛中与布莱顿(Brighton)的Jorja Fox竞争。 曼城的朱莉·布拉克斯塔德(Julie Blakstad):“我的考试是德比之后的第二天” 阅读更多 这场比赛对曼彻斯特的2022年女子超级联赛大结局的期望很高。在WSL的44,259人群中,它并没有令人失望。 不过,挫败感是,当WSL中没有VAR,当裁判Abigail Byrne几乎没有什么时候可以做到的。 城市经理加雷斯·泰勒(Gareth Taylor)说:“这似乎是亚历克斯(Alex)的一个很好的挑战。” “我们应该比我们更好地处理这部戏。我们给了他们机会。” 曼联在这次会议上在阿提哈德体育场(Atihad Stadium)的会议上未能在WSL中进行五次尝试击败曼城(City),输了三遍,两次绘画,但他们远离失败者。 红魔本赛季一直是崇高的,当许多人的目标是前三名并首次进入冠军联赛时,超出了对冠军挑战的期望。 取而代之的是,斯金纳(Skinner)的球队与阿森纳(Arsenal)和切尔西(Chelsea)相匹配,艾玛·海斯(Emma Hayes)的球队在寒假前只遭受一次失败。他们还一直在进球,并且在目标差异方面与切尔西和阿森纳保持同步。 亚历克斯·格林伍德(Alex Greenwood)和卢西亚·加西亚(LucíaGarcía) 亚历克斯·格林伍德(Alex Greenwood)和卢西亚·加西亚(LucíaGarcía)向脚趾脚趾。照片:Jason Cairnduff/动作图像/路透社 尽管他在本赛季的起步很结实,但在冠军联赛资格赛退出后,泰勒在曼城的七个夏季签约中躺在冠军联赛之后,在背靠背的联赛中失利,球队在所有比赛中连续赢得了9场比赛。这些签约中有五个是在首发XI中面对曼联。 这是一个疯狂的开始,曼联,充满信心地逐渐熟悉,在第27分钟领先,值得。前锋莉亚·加尔顿(Leah Galton)抛弃了莱亚·阿里克斯德(Laia Aleixandri)的挑战,并与埃拉(Ella)一起打了一二,然后通过格林伍德(Greenwood)的腿扫过球。 休息后,城市进行了反击,球员在58分钟内获得了奖励,前锋兔子的近跑跑步使劳拉·库姆斯(Laura Coombs)未标记,从右边驶入克洛伊·凯利(Chloe Kelly)的十字架。库姆布斯现在在本赛季的九场联赛比赛中直接参与了六个进球(四个进球和2个助攻),她在WSL运动中最好的比赛中只有一半的赛季打。 注册移动门柱 免费每周新闻通讯 内容丰富,热情,娱乐。立即注册我们每周对女子足球的综述。 隐私通知:新闻通讯可能包含有关慈善机构,在线广告和外部各方资助的内容的信息。有关更多信息,请参见我们的隐私政策。我们使用Google Recaptcha来保护我们的网站和Google隐私政策和服务条款。 这是一本教科书曼彻斯特德比。在上个赛季的这个比赛中,尽管访问方面表现出色,但现已去世的卡罗琳·威尔(Caroline Weir)的进球在第81分钟为曼城(City)赢得了胜利。在利格体育村(Leigh Sports Village)的同时,曼联(United)从一个进球以2-1领先,然后在第79分钟升级了城市。 斯金纳(Skinner)的一方表明,他们可以在11月3-2击败伤病的阿森纳(Arsenal)的3-2击败联盟的最高方面进行反击,但他们能否对抗一个新兴的城市方面,该队希望悄悄地回到自己的竞争中顶端?答案是:几乎。泰勒说,这是末端的 - “有点像我喜欢的篮球比赛”,但是,当加西亚和格林伍德滑到地上时,后者的手指将球推到了安全的手臂上罗巴克(Roebuck)和伯恩(Byrne)挥舞着加西亚(García)的烟雾抗议。 快速指南 切尔西保持动力 节目 尽管未能在第三名中更接近阿森纳,但泰勒还是有信心。他说:“我们比[欧洲冠军联赛资格]更远,我们想赢得联赛。” “我们在本赛季下半场赢得了所有比赛,我们可以赢得联赛。” 对于Skinner来说,尽管比赛没有击败City扩展,但也有积极的成绩。他说:“我认为这场比赛发生了变化。” “我们对结果感到沮丧,但表现不佳。 “他们脱颖而出,没有像上赛季有时那样为自己的生命而捍卫自己的生命。他们来来去去觉得自己想要并且需要赢得这场比赛。因此,这是一个非常伟大的心态转变 - 这只会在将来为我们服务。” https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/dec/11/manchester-city-united-womens-super-league-wsl-match-report?utm_term=63973723211aff29630070b2bead9ab0&utm_campaign=TheFiver&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=fiver_email "2022-12-1210 minThe God Cast with Fr Alex Frost and Guests.The God Cast with Fr Alex Frost and Guests.Ian Byrne MP - The God Cast InterviewFr Alex is the vicar St Matthew's Burnley, and is the author of a brand new book entitled 'Our Daily Bread Argos To The Altar. A Priest's Story which be ordered here, Our Daily Bread: From Argos to the Altar – a Priest's Story eBook : Frost, Father Alex, Campbell, Alastair: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store or follow him on Twitter @alexdjfrost Ian Byrne is a British Labour Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool West Derby since the 2019 general election.  In 2018, Byrne was elected as a councillor to Liverpool City Council, representing the Eve...2022-09-1324 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenCormac's latest juggling actClick play above to hear Cormac’s tall tales and tribulations from over 20 years of life as a street theatre performer, and about how he believes street theatre enriches the life of a city like Cork.Pitch’d Circus and Street Arts Festival is on weekends between September 9 and September 25 in venues and on streets around Cork City. Some events are free and some are ticketed. You can learn more here. Tripe + Drisheen is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.2022-09-1029 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenDance Cork Firkin Crane: 30 years a-dancingClick play above to listen to an interview with Dance Cork Firkin Crane’s Laurie Uprichard and Yvonne Coughlan. From Butter to DanceThe Firkin Crane was at the centre of Cork’s butter trade for almost 100 years, from its design, in 1855, by architect Sir John Benson, up until its closure in 1924. It was the vision of Joan Denise Moriarty, the woman whose name is synonymous with Cork dance, to convert the building to a home for her dance company. It was bought for this purpose in 1979. Unfortunately, she would barely live to see...2022-08-2524 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenImprovise ThisClick play above to listen to Adrian Scanlan, Marcus Bale and Mícheál Roche of Snatch Comedy Improv in discussion in The Roundy.In photos: Snatch Comedy Improv are celebrating an incredible 20 years of delivering their distinctive improvised shows this year: they were founded in March 2002. Like all other live performers, Snatch’s shenanigans were shut down due to Covid restrictions and the group took to online performances and even a live radio show to keep engaging with their audience through nearly two years of no shows. But now they’re back, with their monthl...2022-08-2039 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenThe Friday View 22/07Press play to listen to a short interview with John O’Sullivan (pictured below), a development officer with the Traveller Visibility Group, about the importance of horses in Traveller culture.While Travellers only make up 1% of Ireland’s population, there’s huge health differences with the general population. Infant mortality is higher amongst Travellers, Traveller women live on average 11.5 years less than women in the general population while Traveller men live on average 15 years less. Travellers are six times more likely to commit suicide than settled people, with suicides accounting for 11% of all Traveller deaths.Howeve...2022-07-2203 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenNTA meets Cork city councillors as opposition to controversial aspects of BusConnects plan mountsAll 31 Cork city councillors were invited to meet representatives of the National Transport Authority (NTA) to discuss BusConnects, the €600 million investment plan to improve public transport in Cork city being spearheaded by central government.In an unusual move, elected representatives from all parties were invited to the attend the online meeting which was chaired by the Roads and Transportation Strategic Policy Committee of Cork city council. Usually, these meetings are restricted only to members of the SPCs, but at a council meeting last week in which many aspects of BusConnects were criticised, it was decided tha...2022-07-1803 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenA leap of faith, for art's sakeClick play above to hear an audio tour of Chapel Hill with Bernadette Tuite and a chat with John McCormack about the project’s inception.From masses to classes“Saint Bernadette, Saint Joseph and Saint John,” Bernadette Tuite says jokingly, walking towards her work colleagues, sculptors Joe Neeson and John McCormack, who are standing in the sun outside Chapel Hill School of Art. Bernadette has just been showing me her namesake: at the grotto dedicated to the Virgin Mary behind one of the large buildings under renovation, she has discovered, hidden in undergrowth, a smal...2022-07-1628 minMark Leonard\'s World in 30 MinutesMark Leonard's World in 30 MinutesCan the Iran nuclear deal be saved?EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell’s visit to Teheran in June was meant to revitalise negotiations around the Iran nuclear deal. But the talks, which recently resumed in Doha, remain mired in mistrust and intransigence from both sides. For this week’s podcast, Mark Leonard has assembled a team of Iran experts to take stock of the negotiations in Qatar: ECFR senior policy fellow, Ellie Geranmayeh; former Iranian diplomat and security and nuclear policy specialist at Princeton University, Hossein Mousavian; professor of Middle East studies and international affairs, Vali Nasr; and the director of International Crisis Group's Iran project, Ali...2022-07-0832 minThe Neil Prendeville Show | Cork\'s RedFMThe Neil Prendeville Show | Cork's RedFM28th June 2022Callers living in Direct Provision, Ellie O’Byrne on homelessness in Cork, and Adam’s 6km mini-marathon for Enable Ireland. Tune into the Neil Prendeville Show weekdays from 9am on Cork’s RedFM.2022-06-282h 15Tripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenEoin Ó Riabhaigh at 3 Rivers Rising FestivalClick play above to listen to Eoin Ó Riabhaigh live in conversation with Ellie O’Byrne. “My favourite is playing in the corner of the pub, with no gear, no pressure, no nothing. My second favourite would be a studio. I love studios; I think there’s a really creative thing happening in there. My least favourite would be a stage. Playing for my public doesn’t do it for me at all…I hate being the front guy, you know? The responsibility of it.”Recorded in Henchy’s in St Luke’s Cross, this live podcast was made...2022-06-2636 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenJimmy Crowley at 3 Rivers Rising FestivalClick play above to listen to Jimmy Crowley live in conversation with Ellie O’Byrne. “There’s something about closing your eyes and just singing a ballad in the street: you can see how the revolution started with songs like that, with real rebel songs, truthful ones.”Recorded in The Wine Tavern in St Luke’s Cross, this live podcast was made possible with the assistance of Joe Kelly of The Good Room. It was recorded as part of The Good Room’s 3 Rivers Rising folk festival, which was held in St Luke’s from 10-12 of June wi...2022-06-2546 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenWelcome to Gleann na PhúcaClick play above for an audio interview with four of the Gleann na Phúca artists.Art in the ParkSirens and blackbirds, ride-on mowers and collared doves.If you listen to the audio interview with four of the artists of Gleann na Phúca above, you’ll hear firm evidence both that you’re in a wonderfully secluded nature spot full of wildlife, and that you are in a busy city. Glen River Park is contradictory in nature, a kind of liminal space: a transit point between more and less built...2022-06-2341 minHere\'s How ::: Ireland\'s Political, Social and Current Affairs PodcastHere's How ::: Ireland's Political, Social and Current Affairs PodcastEpisode 137 – Ellie O’ByrneEllie O’Byrne is co-editor of Tripe and Drisheen, a Cork-based local news substack, and we discussed a recent article of hers. ***** In talking to Ellie, I mentioned a tweet from Cllr Fiona Ryan of People Before Profit, who claimed that there are 25,000 ‘Airbnb vacancies’ in Ireland. I used the website InsideAirbnb.com to show […]2022-06-2300 minHere\'s HowHere's HowTweets of FreedomEllie O'Byrne is co-editor of Tripe and Drisheen, a Cork-based local news substack, and we discussed a recent article of hers. ***** In talking to Ellie, I mentioned a tweet from Cllr Fiona Ryan of People Before Profit, who claimed that there are 25,000 'Airbnb vacancies' in Ireland. I used the website InsideAirbnb.com to show […]2022-06-2355 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenHolding fast, in cells and on high seasRemember to click play above to listen to Seán in his studio talking about some of the themes that guide his work in printmaking and beyond. Seán Hanrahan knows that taking part in Cork’s Ocean To City race means a lot of holding fast; he’s completed the race several times in Fionnbarra, the flagship longboat of community boatbuilders Meitheal Mara. “It’s a three-and-a-half-hour slog, a hard slog, and you have to hold fast to get through it,” he says. Hold Fast is, of course, the phrase that hardened old sailors...2022-06-1132 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenWriting a book: the latest challengeFrom swimming with dolphins, sharks, killer whales and humpbacks to the psychological tricks you have to use on yourself to swim for over 20 hours at a stretch: click play above to listen to the full interview with Steve Redmond at Lough Hyne.It’s lunchtime on an absolutely glorious summer’s weekday at Lough Hyne. It’s still term-time, so it’s not too busy. The water is sparkling at the West Cork beauty spot, and the valley is largely silent apart from the distant sounds of a few walkers. A car pulls up to the pier...2022-06-0444 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenIn between wordsClick the play button above to hear Cristín Leach talk about her memoir, Negative Space.Negative SpaceWorking with negative space is a skill that artists learn: there’s a knack to seeing the world by observing the absence that surrounds objects, rather than the objects themselves. Cristín Leach has been the Sunday Times Ireland art critic for almost 20 years. Before that, having graduated from an MA in Journalism, she became culture editor for RTÉ’s first online presence, RTÉ Interactive, in the late nineties when she was 23. But before that, at just...2022-05-2835 minDocumentary on NewstalkDocumentary on NewstalkKila: Suas Síos - In and Out of Lockdown‘Kila: Suas Síos - In and Out of Lockdown’ tells the story of how trad/indie band Kila traversed almost two full years of COVID-19 restrictions within the live music sector. The life blood of Kila is playing live; and while in the middle of a European tour during March 2020, COVID-19 hit. CREDITS - Producer was Noel Sweeney. The programme was presented by Ellie O’Byrne. Editor was Noel Sweeney. Assistant Producer was Ellie O’Byrne. All interviews were recorded by Noel Sweeney while all Live performances were recorded by Tom Skerritt.    This documentary was funded by the Broadcasting Authority o...2022-05-1546 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + Drisheen"I just wanted to make something beautiful"Don’t forget to click play above to listen to the full podcast interview.Salvatore of Lucan says he’s always worked hard to not be overly influenced by anyone except himself.Standing in the Crawford Art Gallery in an unseasonably warm three-quarter-length bright orange puffer jacket, he seems vaguely uncomfortable being interviewed in front of his painting, so eventually, we move to a quiet corner. You can hear the full interview above.Three is the magic numberThe artist’s recently announced win at the Zurich Portrait Prize means €15,000 in cash and...2022-05-1422 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + Drisheen"Black and white are my primary colours."Don’t forget to press play above to listen to the full podcast interview with John Minihan.The moment you ask John Minihan if you can take a quick snap of him on an iPhone is an awkward one. He’s told me in a previous interview that digital photography is “like cremation.” Just the dust of so many pixels, blown away by the merest whiff of time. He obliges good-humouredly, though. He moves away from the window until his back is to the room: “Would you like me to sit here? I find the l...2022-04-2341 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenBirds of a feather play togetherREMEMBER TO CLICK PLAY ABOVE TO LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST: IRENE, MICK AND HARRY DISCUSS EVERYTHING FROM THE SPECIFIC (WILL THEY GET TOILET BREAKS DURING THEIR PERFORMANCE?) TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL (WHAT EVEN IS MUSIC, ANYWAY? AND WHY IS SOUND ART DIFFERENT?) AGAINST A BACKDROP OF THE SOUNDS OF THE GROUNDS OF ST FINBARRE’S CATHEDRAL.For a group that has given themselves the moniker of SMALL BIRDS, they’re pretty formidable creatures. In Mick O’Shea’s studio, artists Irene Murphy and Harry Moore are sitting surrounded by a proliferation of weird and wonderful instruments and nois...2022-04-0923 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenTim Goulding: singing with colourDon’t forget to click play above to hear the podcast interview, as Tim Goulding muses on everything from being a reformed workaholic, to stints in “advanced nocturnal furniture removal” with psychedelic folk band Dr Strangely Strange, to why creativity is like diarrhoea, to the time he decided taking acid every second day for two weeks would bring him closer to reality….Music and synaesthesiaDespite Tim Goulding’s frequent assertion that he is better at painting than he is at making music, he has spent the past four years intricately interweaving his long-standing relationships with both...2022-03-1229 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenAll at sea: the Port of Cork collectionPlease remember to click play above to listen to the audio interview about the paintings.“If you know Cork harbour, you know the smell of it, the wind, what it’s like on a sunny day. You can transport yourself there quite easily, based on the textures the artist is calling up and the colours.” A little background:The development of Cork’s cityscape is bringing with it many changes, not least the eventual planned relocation of all the Port of Cork’s operations from Cork city to Ringaskiddy. Future plans for a brid...2022-03-0529 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenCAT womanRemember to press play above to listen to Tripe + Drisheen’s podcast interview with Fin Flynn.Fin Flynn might have worked in theatre for over 20 years, but she isn’t all that comfortable on a stage. I’m taking her photograph after our interview and I ask her to hop on the Cork Arts Theatre (CAT Club) stage for a snap, which she tolerates with good humour and a degree of discomfort. She’s not one for the limelight.“Did you ever act yourself?” I ask her. “Oh no, never. I mean, once,” s...2022-02-1900 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenSuper-saturated in sound: worshipping at the altar of live musicRemember to click the play button above for an audio tour of WORSHIP with Ruth Medjber.Trigger warning: if you’ve been missing live music and big, sweaty, euphoric festival tents, Ruth Medjber’s WORSHIP, her installation as part of the Crawford Art Gallery’s new photography exhibition, Saturation, might get a bit emotionally overwhelming. Like an over-eager fan queuing for a gig, I’m first through the doors for a look at Saturation, and although it’s a photography exhibition, it’s the audio element of Ruth’s installation that hits you first. There’s the distant so...2022-01-2923 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenTesting the waters with SoftdayDon’t forget to click play above to hear Softday discuss their collaboration of 22 years, playing the sounds of Cork Harbour’s pollution on the giant church bells of St Colman’s, and the arsenic they discovered in Dublin’s Grand Canal Dock for their most recent project, Uisce Salach.The interview starts with Seán Taylor describing his own journey in art.Cobh may still be revelling in the triumph of their new Tidy Towns title of Tidiest Large Town, but the historic harbour town also has a more dubious superlative to its name: it’s the...2021-12-1139 minThe World From My WindowThe World From My WindowLouis ByrneLouis is a hairstylist who has worked with the likes of Chanel, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen and Vogue, whilst also being the personal stylist for Vicky McClure, Emma Willis and Ellie Goulding. His rollercoaster of a life story is incredible - highs and lows that would have scuppered most people, but even when his bones and his body were literally broken his spirit never was. Louis has used these darker moments to grow, and has now created a life that is full to the brim with positivity and joy.  He is the Founder of 'I can I...2021-12-061h 00Tripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenTrashing the final frontierDon’t forget to press play above to hear the fantastic space sounds of Niklas Lundberg and his reflections on his East Cork Space Waste residency.To Midleton and beyond“To Midleton and beyond” doesn’t have quite the same ring to it as “to infinity and beyond,” does it?Nevertheless, the former is a pretty accurate description of the location of the National Space Centre, whose vast satellite dishes are a truly astonishing sight in the gently rolling farmland of East Cork, about 5km north of Midleton.The National Space Centre (NSC...2021-12-0422 minGATHER with Minerva\'s Books & IdeasGATHER with Minerva's Books & IdeasCollectingIn this episode (the final of season 1!)  we explore what we collect, why we collect- and cover the weird, wonderful and also some of the darker implications of collecting as we chat with Alice Procter about her Uncomfortable Art Tours, and her recent book The Whole Picture, subtitled ‘The colonial story of art in our museums and why we need to talk about it.’  Our guest artist for Things Found in Books is audio maker and broadcaster Jess Fairfax and we venture over to California for our indie book feature with Natalie Jones and her bookshop The Modern...2021-12-031h 13Tripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenCool mountain memoriesClick play above to listen to the full podcast conversation with Fred Callow about his book and his life on Cool Mountain. Read on below.There’s something funny about being given an Eircode to an address on Cool Mountain. It seems to contradict the mythology of the place, somehow: to be altogether too on-grid, too firmly in the modern digital era for a place renowned for wildness and the rugged make-do lifestyle of its inhabitants.Nevertheless, that’s what Fred Callow proffers over the phone, and I dutifully jot it down. It migh...2021-11-2726 minThe Arts & Ageing PodcastThe Arts & Ageing PodcastEpisode eight: PostscriptHaving interviewed all four artists and many participants from the Creative Enquiry Arts and Older People residencies, Ellie O'Byrne takes a look at some common themes, from the importance of retaining our individualism in the ageing process to emphasising time, trust and process over product in creative engagements with older people. 2021-11-1528 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenThe green machine: algae on filmTo hear an extract of Tripe + Drisheen’s interview with Patrick Hough, remember to press play above.It’s very fitting to walk into the clanking, echoing hangar of the Marina Market to meet artist Patrick Hough, who is screening his latest film, The Two Faces of Tomorrow, as part of Cork Film Festival. The events space of the Marina Market, located in the cavernous former Ford factory off Centre Park Road, has been converted with the assistance of the National Sculpture Factory into a cinema of sorts, but one which itself is acting as a sc...2021-11-1312 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenOn Samhain EveBound by wordsSpoke away from crowds Told to the ancient oak on Samhain EveAs the flocks call For the great doorway to open From Steel Truth by Ashley O’NealSeeing as it’s Samhain, and the time of year to commemorate the dead and acknowledge our own mortality, when poet Ashley O’Neal suggested a stroll to St Gobnait’s Cemetery, the well-known pilgrimage site near her home in Ballyvourney, I jumped at the chance. St Gobnait’s contains the graves of...2021-10-3010 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenAt home with Karen UnderwoodJourney with soul singer Karen Underwood through a childhood that included incidents of racism, to arrival in Cork with a husband and two small children, to discovering her sexual identity with the woman who would become her wife, to why she never heard Nina Simone until she came to Ireland, to losing her son, struggling with grief, and finding new purpose. This podcast episode is essential listening. Click play above.Karen is such a fixture in Cork life that she is immortalised on one of Mad About Cork’s electricity boxes celebrating Cork di...2021-10-1645 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenTripe + Drisheen: The Friday View 15/10Ellie meets…Karen UnderwoodThis weekend’s Arts + Culture newsletter is a full-length podcast interview with the fascinating Karen Underwood. Ahead of her weekend-long residency at the Guinness Jazz Festival, where she will be performing her Black American Songbook Volume 2, she tells Ellie about her journey to becoming a singer in an unmissable and candid conversation about her life, her loves and her losses. If you haven’t already, sign up for T+D and you’ll get this podcast delivered to your inbox this Saturday, October 16. Press play above for a teaser of that intervie...2021-10-1501 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenWhat's the story, Cónal?It’s a quarter century since Cónal Creedon’s first collection of short stories, Pancho and Lefty Ride Out, was published. Hear Cónal talk about Pancho and Lefty Ride Again by clicking play above.Taxi for Finbarr Creedon“Oh, she was a great dog. She was called Finbarr. She had a job in RTÉ and everything.” Cónal Creedon’s eyes light up. Is it mirth, or mischief, or the sheer love of telling a good yarn? Hard to say. At the end of our interview, I ask him about a series...2021-10-0900 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenThe art of swimming a long waySwimming A Short Way TogetherAt seven thirty on a weekday morning, I’m standing on the slip in a quiet little cove in East Cork, looking at the flat calm, gently lapping water. The tide has just turned. The water is, if not warm, in its relatively balmy early-autumn state. The miracle of the sea is that it changes every day. Frothy, choppy or wavy. Slate-grey, sky-blue, or summer green. Sparkling clear, murky with nutrients or full of storm-churned suspended sand: when you swim year round, you relish and comment on...2021-09-2500 minRedFM News ExtraRedFM News Extra11th August 2021In News- Lack of safe zones outside facilities providing abortions is a real threat to access for women seeking abortion care and rental property in Cork City needs to be addressed in the next budget says Cork Chamber. In Sport- PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi has described the signing of Messi as a historic moment and the European super cup takes place in Belfast tonight.On the Neil Prendeville show- Neil spoke to the journalist Ellie O'Byrne about the new 'Robot Trees' that have been installed on Patrick Street to tackle air pollution.2021-08-1108 minLife UncutLife UncutYour vulva is cliterally the BEST!Happy WEDNESDAY Lifers and girl oh girl do we have the bonus ep for you!Today we jumping into some conversations about period sex, vulvas and labiaplasty!We kick things off with Laura & Britt discussing the ins and outs of whether you get down and dirty during ‘that time of the month.’ *Not a spoiler, we’re all about it and science backs us up!We then chat with the beautiful Ellie from comfortable in my skin about her journey with her vulva. We talk: Innies & outies What's ‘normal’? Why labiaplasty...2021-08-031h 0020 Minutes (Or So) With... Billy D and Paddy T20 Minutes (Or So) With... Billy D and Paddy TLouis Byrne, hairdresserBilly and Patrick chat to celebrity hairdresser and stylist Louis Byrne, who's clients include former Big Brother and The Circle's host Emma Willis, BBC One's Line of Duty actress Vicky McClure, and the Grammy-nominated singer Ellie Goulding.  He's also worked on catwalk shows for Chanel, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen, editorials for Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and L’Officiel, campaigns for Net-a-Porter and Nike. More recently, he became the creative director for John Freida's Ibiza salon.  We chat about his incredible career, his humble beginnings, changes to his lifestyle along the way, his very own empowerment project 'I Can I Am I Wi...2021-07-0728 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenTripe+Drisheen: The Friday View 28/05“No live or loud music”Top line: On Wednesday, Fáilte Ireland published their operational guidelines for the reopening of hospitality. It includes the phrase “No live or loud music,” which means that the wait goes on for an awful lot of musicians and those working in the music industry in Ireland.Details: The Fáilte Ireland guidelines say that from June 7, outdoor service is permitted for a maximum of 6 people aged 13 or over per table. This does not include children, with the maximum at any table being 15. Guidelines mean there’ll be no live musi...2021-05-2819 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenTripe+Drisheen: The Friday View 21/05Strike overTop Line: The former Debenhams workers have voted to end industrial action and accept the government package.Details: The ex-Debenham workers picketed for 406 days and through three lockdowns before voting to accept the offer of a €3 million training fund. In April, we profiled Valerie Conlon who worked for 24 years at Roches Stores first and then Debenhams. Valerie talked to us for the podcast just after the news broke.A top upTop Line: Councillors around the country are in line for an €8000 increase from this July. Details: Coun...2021-05-2130 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenTripe+Drisheen: The Friday View 14/05A marathon meetingLast Monday evening JJ jumped on YouTube to watch our city councillors in their monthly marathon session, also known as an Ordinary Meeting of Council. It started at 5:30 p.m. and lasted more than five hours. If you want to get a glimpse of how local politics works, it’s worth dropping in. One of the big talking points (or motions) last Monday was public toilets. Bottom line: we don’t have them. The executives from the City Council are also on hand to answer queries and provide updates to the councillors. Open secret here...2021-05-1426 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenTripe+Drisheen: The Friday View 07/05Cork Events Centre update Top Line: Cork City Council executives have had three meetings with Live Nation, the multinational events management company tipped to run the live events element of the long-delayed Events Centre, within the past year to discuss funding options, according to the return on an FOI (Freedom Of Information) request sent by Ellie. Details: Against an international landscape that saw live events collapse worldwide last year, Live Nation lost $7 billion in revenue in 2020, fuelling rumours that they may bail on the Cork Events Centre. However, Cork City Council’s executive are adamant th...2021-05-0724 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenTripe+Drisheen: The Friday ViewWelcome to your Friday View from Cork.Following on from Ellie’s report on the OPW Flood Relief works in Cork city and county last week, Bandon has had emergency remedial works underway to repair the fish pass that has been preventing Salmon and other fish from migrating since flooding in February damaged the brand-new flood relief scheme. A letter circulated to members of Bandon Angling Association informed members that the works were completed by the evening of the April 27. But keen angler Simon Toussifar says the newly installed boulders are actually a ha...2021-04-3009 minTripe + DrisheenTripe + DrisheenTripe+Drisheen: The Friday ViewHello, lovely readers! Ellie and JJ here with a few updates on recently published stories: as it’s our first weekly round-up, some of this dates back earlier than the past week. Also, we’ve got a few lighter bits towards the end: things to see, read and…tweet of the week. Have a lovely weekend and see you all back here next week.Trees Officer for Cork - job will be posted soonTop line: a Trees Officer for Cork city has now been approved by the Department of Local Government. Cllr Dan Boyle says h...2021-04-2301 minThat Bright IdeaThat Bright Idea#4 Have yourself a MERRI little KnickermasA sustainable Christmas, Nuw, MERRI and Rhiannon's middle sister.... Lowri Collins.   Having studied Nature, Society and Environmental Governance at the University of Oxford as her Masters, Lowri knows her stuff when it comes to this area.   This podcast is all about innovation and this week Lowri & Rhiannon discuss the HOT topics in the world of CLOTHING, with an interview NOT TO BE MISSED with Ella Merriman, founder of Merri!  What is in store:  30-second challenge: top tips for a sustainable Christmas  Nuw - a...2020-12-1628 minGreen BitesGreen BitesGlyphosateWhile some EU countries are in the process of banning Glyphosate, the most used herbicide on the planet and the active ingredient in Monsanto's RoundUp, Ireland's Department of Agriculture and Teagasc, the Irish agricultural training and research body, say there's no alternative and that Irish farming is not sustainable without it. Ellie is joined by John Spink, Teagasc's head of Crops and Environment, organic farmer Ross Jackson who runs Lacka Lamb with his wife Amy and farms organic oats and barley, and NUIG researcher Dr Alison Connolly, who is conducting research into glyphosate exposure in Irish farming...2020-10-3037 minGreen BitesGreen Bites2020: Sugar in hindsightThe closure of the Irish sugar industry in 2005 was a staggering blow to Irish food security. From being self-sufficient in sugar and molasses to importing hundreds of thousands of tonnes of these commodities per year, often from countries whose cheap production relies on horrendous working conditions on sugar cane plantations, it’s difficult to look back on the demolition of the industry as anything other than a retrograde step. Looking back on the salutary tale of the demolition of Ireland’s indigenous sugar industry, whose closure impacted 3,700 beet farmers and thousands of other jobs in light of rece...2020-10-2635 minGreen BitesGreen BitesThe Halloween Pumpkin Special!This is a special family-friendly episode of Green Bites, all about the pumpkin.  Join Ellie and her nephew Fionn to carve pumpkins and make pumpkin pie from a very special pumpkin that Ellie got by going to visit vegetable farmers Joe and Sandra Burns. Covering food waste, seed-saving, how pumpkins grow and recipes you can use to make sure you’re getting the most out of your Halloween pumpkin, this podcast episode is tasty food for thought and comes with recipes and video on the podcast website.  www.greenbites.ie 2020-10-1627 minGreen BitesGreen BitesGrowing CommunityGreen Bites visited with community gardens on Cork's Northside at the end of the Covid-19 lockdown to learn how gardening is not only used therapeutically to aid mental health, but to grow resilient communities.  Community Health officers Sarah Carr, John Paul O'Brien give Ellie a tour of NICHE Community Garden in Knocknaheeny. 2020-10-0920 minGreen BitesGreen BitesAn Ode to ApplesDid you know that less that 5% of the apples eaten in Ireland are grown here? Most are flown from far-flung places like New Zealand, Chile and South Africa. Yet all over the country, each autumn, apples are left to rot in gardens. This ode to the humble apple is in the company of David Llewellyn of Llewellyn's Orchard in Lusk, Co Dublin. 2020-10-0240 minGreen BitesGreen BitesLoam"Chefs have a responsibility to choose and nurture their supply chain.  The restaurant is the showcase of a lot of other hard work that's gone on in the background, and it's important for the restaurant to showcase that work in a respectful kind of a way." In episode nine of Green Bites, visit Michelin-starred Galway restaurant Loam, where head chef and co-owner Enda McEvoy is envisioning an indigenous Irish cuisine based on local supply chains.  Loam is the first ever Irish restaurant to be awarded three stars by the Sustainable Restaurants Association and the first wi...2020-09-2500 minGreen BitesGreen BitesNeighbourfoodNeighbourfood is the growing online click-and-collect local shopping platform that allows time-poor customers to support their local food producers.   From five collection hubs in March to 40 all over Ireland in September: Cork man Jack Crotty, co-founder of Neighbourfood, talks about how the Covid-19 crisis has led to a boom in his fledgling business, and all the ways he hopes it will be able to support small local food producers in Ireland. 2020-09-1800 minThe Guernsey DailyThe Guernsey DailyEp 1: Sasha Kazantseva-Miller; Manifesto Bingo; Social IssuesBusinesswoman Sasha Kazantseva-Miller is the first candidate on the pod. We probe her plans for sustainable, environmentally-friendly economic growth. We also highlight some of this election’s more interesting pledges in Manifesto Bingo. And you’ll hear from Liberate’s Ellie Jones about a special event on work, rights and wellbeing. Share your thoughts on Twitter @GuernseyDaily. We’re proud to be partnered with Guernsey Community Radio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2020-09-1432 minGreen BitesGreen BitesSeeds of Hope, Seeds of ChangeIreland is almost entirely dependent on imported seed for all its commercial and garden food crop seeds.  During the Covid-19 restrictions, this dependence was highlighted when both Ireland's organic seed suppliers, Irish Seedsavers and Brown Envelope Seeds, were forced to limit access to their website to ration their seeds in response to the boom in interesting in growing vegetables.  Ellie visits both Irish Seedsavers and Brown Envelope Seeds to explore the implications of this for our food security and sovereignty. 2020-09-1100 minGreen BitesGreen BitesThe Knowledge of SalmonFrom smoked salmon to sushi, salmon is widely eaten and widely loved.  But wild Atlantic salmon stocks are in a dangerous decline.  Ireland plans to double its farmed salmon exports in the coming years and yet our government licensing system hangs in a 13-year stasis.  With John Murphy of Salmonwatch Ireland and Catherine McManus of MOWI, the Norwegian aquaculture giant who produce the bulk of Ireland's organic farmed salmon, Green Bites goes fishing for the truth about the sustainability of salmon. 2020-08-0800 minGreen BitesGreen BitesIreland's White Gold BoomIreland produces somewhere in the region of 13% of the world's infant formula.  Research has revealed that for every kilo of formula produced, the true carbon cost is anywhere between four and 11 kilos of greenhouses gases.  Alongside Australian expert in the economics of infant feeding Dr Julie Smith, Green Bites takes a deep dive into the environmental and ethical impacts of Ireland's €1.3 billion White Gold Boom.  2020-07-3100 minGreen BitesGreen BitesWhat's the beef with beef?Do you think a vegan diet will save the world?  This episode might make you think again. We meet Sligo farmer and artist Clive Bright, whose 120 acre organic farm raises 100% grass-fed beef for Clive’s direct-to-customer company The Rare Ruminare. Clive has transformed his farm from standard dairy, complete with spraying and fertilisers, to the mob-grazing system he uses today, where trees play a vital role in improving his pastures.  He’s been certified organic for six years. Clive believes a truly sustainable food system necessarily includes livestock.  In revolutionising his approach to farming, he says he...2020-07-2400 minclonbikecastclonbikecastEp 9 Freedom of information with Ellie O ByrneAllison speaks with journalist, bicycle lover and environmentalist Ellie O Byrne about freedom of information.2020-07-2300 minGreen BitesGreen BitesBee the ChangeCould YOU live on foods only grown in Ireland for a month each year? Lisa Fingleton is the author of The Local Food Project, based on her 30-day Local Food Challenge: each September she invites people to try eating only food grown in Ireland. Her partner Rena Blake is the North Kerry co-ordinator for Kerry Social Farming. Together they live on a 20 acre organic smallholding called Barna, where they try to embody the saying “be the change you want to see in the world.”2020-07-2000 minGreen BitesGreen BitesFlour PowerWhere does our flour come from?  Can Ireland grow wheat and other milling grains? Green Bites follows the story of flour from farm to loaf with Emma Clutterbuck of Oak Forest Mills in Co Kilkenny and Cork-based baker Ben Lebon of The Natural Foods Bakery.2020-07-1800 minGreen BitesGreen BitesLosing the PlotWhen Ireland went into Covid-19 lockdown, allotments were not given an exemption under food production and allotment-holders all over the country were locked out during a vital growing window.  Ellie visits Cork allotments on the day they re-open and enlists the help of Junior Agriculture Minister Pippa Hackett and food historian Regina Sexton to ask....when it comes to growing our own, has Ireland lost the plot?2020-07-1800 minGreen BitesGreen BitesGreen Bites TrailerSeason one of Green Bites, the Irish Food Sustainability Podcast, launches on Friday the 17th of July.  Listen on podcast platforms or on www.greenbites.ie 2020-07-1800 minHear Me, See Me PodcastHear Me, See Me PodcastHear Me, See Me. Podcast. Louis Byrne.Hear Me, See Me. Podcast. Louis Byrne.Louis Byrne is an established celebrity hairstylist currently making his name in Media Hairdressing. Louis mainly works with empowered (and empowering) female personalities, including Emma Willis, Vicky McClure and Ellie Goulding. He fronts an ongoing live makeover segment on ITV’s Lorraine show encouraging women to take ‘hair risks’. Empowerment is key to Louis’ work. Working closely with his media personality clients, he aims to inspire and motivate women to have the courage to try something new and break from prescribed norms of femininity. The Emma Willi...2020-04-2447 minHow To Cut It in the Hairdressing IndustryHow To Cut It in the Hairdressing IndustryEP132: I Can, I Am, and I Will – with Louis ByrneI recently had the pleasure to connect at the British Hairdressing Awards 2019 with the celebrity, award winning and session hair stylist Louis Byrne. It was here where I first learned of his inspirational empowerment project, I Can, I Am, and I Will. I loved it so much, that I just had to bring him on to todays show. Completing our 3 week instalment series dedicated to mental health and wellbeing awareness within the hairdressing industry, we are to learn today on how Louis’s life changing experiences led him through a process of understanding, acceptance, sobriety and self-care. It w...2019-12-301h 00