3) The sinking of the #Titanic produced 1,000s of sorrowful tales. One particularly tragedy is that of Margaret Rice of #Athlone.
On our latest episode, Vincent Harney, tells her story
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1) How do you get to know a town?
We’re big believers in walking tours. In #Athlone there’s no better man than Vincent Harney of Athlone Guided Tours
After our walk, Vincent sat down with us to talk about the Shannon River town on our latest episode
You can hear our conversation on all major #podcast platforms or at
https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/vincent-harney
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2) You can find the episode on all major #podcast platforms or at our website at the link 👇
https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/timmy-donovan
And if you're in #Atlhone pay Sean's Bar. The ancient pub and Timmy Donovan will put a smile on your face
1) Our latest episode features TImmy Donovan, Seanchaí of Sean's Bar.
The venerable #Athlone pub is considered the oldest pub in Ireland and maybe the world
Here's Timmy expounding on why people come to visit the town at the center of the #HiddenHearlands
🎙️New podcast episode!
We talk to activist and local councillor Madeleine Johansson of Red Network.
https://podcast.leftarchive.ie/@ILAPodcast/episodes/madeleine-johansson-red-network
In this episode we talk to Madeleine Johansson of Red Network. Madeleine moved from Sweden to Ireland in the 2000s where she became active with the Socialist Workers’ Party (SWP) and People Before Profit (PBP). She was a party organiser and director of elections for the 2016 General Election campaign in Dublin Mid-West, subsequently co-opted on to South Dublin County Council in 2016, and returned in the 2019 and 2024 local elections. Madeleine was a founding member of Red Network, which was formed in 2021 within People Before Profit before becoming an independent party in 2025. She is the author of Class War – Not Culture War (2025) and Reform or Revolution – Sweden, Socialism and The Welfare State (2022), available from the Red Network website. We discuss Madeleine’s early political experience and the contrast between Sweden and Ireland; her work as an activist and organiser with SWP during the austerity years and campaigns against household charges, property tax and water charges; her experience as a local councillor and the particular challenge of the housing crisis; the formation of Red Network and the political differences that led them to leave People Before Profit; and her position on the politics of class, identity politics, reform and revolution. You’ll find more details of Red Network’s politics on their website at rednetwork.net.
Preamble episode link
https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/off-the-beaten-craic-preamble
We spent eight jam-packed days in Ireland's #HiddenHeartlands.
Here's a quick look at the first three days as we traveled across #Offaly and #Westmeath, recording new #podcast episodes and stopping off at places that piqued our curiosity.
You can find details about the upcoming #OffTheBeatenCraic road trip series in our preamble episode, linked in the comments.
Just finished up a 10 day @IrishStewPodcast trip across the Irish Midlands with my #podcast partner @Johnleemedia
We wanted to capture some of the essence of the place and it’s people for a new series which we call #OffTheBeatenCraic
We concluded our trip with a chat with Kieran Cuddihy of Newstalk, talking America and Ireland warts and all
2) Full details on our Neale Richmond episode ⬇️
We discuss the minister's expansive Overseas Development and Diaspora portfolio, focusing on Irish-sponsored development in Africa, voting rights for offshore Irish citizens, #IrishUnification, the impact of American Football played in #Dublin, #IrishMigration, and more.
#GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #Podcast #Mastodaoine #IrishPolitics
www.irishstewpodcast.com/neale-richmond
1) Minister of State, Neale Richmond, reflects on how #Ireland has changed for the better in his lifetime, and how economic success has expanded diversity
Our latest #podcast episode is available on all major platforms, or you can find linked in the thread ⬇️
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