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Jay Bobinac (Communications Manager at Tiglin), speaks to Wendy about what it means to him to become an official Irish citizen at today’s Irish Citizenship ceremony. Jay’s Irish story began at just aged 19 when he moved to Ireland from living in poverty in Croatia – he arrived with less than 1euro in his pocket […]
DISCLAIMER: This podcast contains some very adult content and is not suitable for younger listeners. Richard Hogan (CEO Parenting and Technology Institute) speaks to Wendy about the negative impact of smartphones and social media on young people, and the inappropriate content children and teenagers are being exposed to online, including pornography. Richard also speaks to […]
Alan Hynes (CEO of Catholic Education Partnership) speaks to Wendy about The Department of Education’s newly published specifications for the Social, Personal, and Health Education (SPHE) curriculum for Senior Cycle in secondary schools. The changes will become mandatory from September 2027 and includes Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE). Alan speaks about what’s changing in the […]
Aubrey McCarthy, Voluntary Chairman of Tiglin, speaks to Wendy about the launch of Tiglin’s new Rehabilitation Aftercare programme and residential facilities for those overcoming addiction.
Eoghan Cleary (Assistant Principal of Temple Carrig Secondary School, Greystones, Wicklow) speaks to Wendy about his thoughts on a smartphone ban for secondary schools, and how online devices are impacting teenagers.
Alex Cooney, CEO of CyberSafeKids, speaks to Wendy about the findings from the new CybersafeKids Report that’s titled ‘Left To Their Own Devices‘ which has highlighted 25% of primary school children (aged 8-12) and 21% of secondary school children (aged 12-14) have been bothered or upset by harmful content they’ve seen online.
Tuesday, 17 September⋅18:00 – 20:00 Weekly on Tuesday, 11 times An Tobar Nua 25-27 Lower Dominic Street, Galway Emmaus Scripture School by An Tobar Nua in Galway will host an 11-week Alpha Course, starting on Tuesday, 17th September at 6pm. Alpha is a series exploring the basics of the Christian faith, where you get to […]
Joanna Fortune (Clinical Psychotherapist) speaks to Wendy giving parental advice for those with teens starting into 1st year of secondary school and advice to parents with teens coping with back-to-school anxiety. Joanna Fortune is Author of the ‘15 minute parenting’ book series.
Rachel Harper (Principal of St Patrick’s National School, Greystones, Co. Wicklow) speaks to Wendy about advice for parents with children starting Junior Infants, and also establishing the ‘back-to-school’ routines.
Hilary Beirne (Chief Administrative Officer of the New York City’s St Patrick’s Day parade) speaks to Wendy about the strong connection between Ireland and America, and in particular the history of the Irish in New York. Hilary shares about how the USA Army’s 69th Regiment (known as the ‘Irish Brigade’) is the most decorated in […]
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