Shows
The Hard ShoulderCould a lack of priests be hurting funerals?St. Peter’s Church in Lurgan, Co. Armagh has announced the end of its parish’s tradition to walk from the church to St Colman’s Graveyard after a funeral. The walks were impacting priests’ schedules. Parish Priest Father Colum Murphy said that changes were necessary, given the increasing workload and pressure that the priests are under.Joining Kieran to discuss this is Dave McGowan, CEO of McGowan’s Funeral Home and Father Iggy O’Donovan.2025-07-0810 min
Ocean FM News ReportsSligo Triathlon Club gears up for men's 'Try a Tri' seriesAustin O'Callaghan chats with three members of Sligo Triathlon Club, Ceola McGlynn (Chairperson), Ross McGlynn (coach) and Kieran McGowan (New Members Officer) about Sligo Triathlon Club's forthcoming men's 'Try a Tri' series, which begins in May.2025-04-0621 min
Improving Scottish FootballAre the SPFL and SFA fit for purpose?Kieran is joined by Stephen McGowan, Chief Football Writer at the Scottish Daily Mail. They discuss:
- What do the SPFL and SFA do, and how to they operate?
- Do the bigger clubs have too much power?
- What is stopping us getting a better TV deal?
Get in touch:
improvingscottishfootball@gmail.com
https://twitter.com/Improving_Scot
This podcast was produced by Edinburgh Documentary films, a film & media company co-founded by host Kieran Hennigan. We ma...2023-12-1839 min
School Reading ListEpisode 3 - Does reading decline in children aged 11-16 in secondary schools?School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom TolkienSeason 1: Episode 3For transcripts, links to all the books featured, resources, show notes and contact details, click here: https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-3 Part one.Book post:Human Kindness: True Stories of Compassion and Generosity that Changed the World by John FrancisIceberg by Claire Saxby, illustrated by Jess RacklyeftEverything Sustainable Energy by National Geographic KidsWhisper on the Wind by Claire Saxby, illustrated by Jess RacklyeftBad Panda: The Cake Escape by Swapna HaddowGross Factopia by Paige T...2022-09-2536 min
Marginal Groans, A Cycling PodcastGroan-ocalypse Now: Part TwoPart 2 of our return to talking into microphones is here. We continue where we left off in Groan-ocalupse Now: Part One...2021-05-0541 min
Marginal Groans, A Cycling PodcastGroan-ocalypse Now: Part ThreeLike Danny DeVito in Twins, this is the leftover conversation from the Groan-ocalypse, but a little drunker. Hey, it's only 26 minutes long and we know you have 26 minutes to spare.2021-05-0526 min
Marginal Groans, A Cycling PodcastGroan-ocalypse Now: Part OneWe're baaaaack! Hey, we've been asleep since the fall of 2019, did anything good happen?2021-05-0554 min
Sheer IsolationSheer Isolation 27 - with Sean McGowanIn the week when Chancellor Rishi Sunak caused a stir with his comments on people retraining for viable jobs, we're joined by a Southampton based musician who did just that.
Sean McGowan was a regular face on the indie scene, supporting the likes of Frank Turner and the Levellers, while working at one of the city's premier music venues, The Joiners.
He's spent the summer training to be a barber and now cuts hair for a living, although he hasn't given up on returning to the music scene soon.
Meanwhile, Kieran overshares his...2020-10-1028 min
A Pint With SeaniebeeEpisode 157 - The Don's Top 20 Countdown: 9 Kieran McGowanThe Don continues her countdown (at 46m) with Kieran McGowan - a true gent, and one of the fathers of Ireland's economic development boom over the last 50 years. We also discuss the latest from the thought police, cancel culture and identity politics; the death of Big Jack; the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell; the hot mess that is the Kanye presidential bid and why many Irish Americans are hijacking the old country to promote their inherently racist ideology.
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Kieran McGowan has a Pint With Seaniebee
Today’s pod is the story of how Ireland emerged from sleepy agricultural backwater, to th...2020-07-161h 34
The Start-Up Diaries PodcastScaling A Start-Up | Founder & CEO @ Tootoot | Michael BrennanRaising capital, scaling teams & the hurdles that come with being Founder & CEO of one of the UK's most exciting early stage start-ups. Our Director of Manchester, Chris McGowan, sat down with Co-Founder & CEO of Tootoot, Michael Brennan, to hear about his investment journey when scaling Tootoot and the challenges, hurdles and lessons he faced along the way.Tootoot is the pupil voice and safeguarding app trusted by over 15,000 teachers. Michael founded Tootoot back in 2015 with Co-Founder Kieran Innes. Drawing on his own experience of being bullied when he was younger, Michael & Kieran built an app to...2020-07-0745 min