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The Panti Personals S3 E4 Arrivalists - Patrick M Barrett Panti Bliss is in conversation with artist and musician Patrick M Barrett aka Arrivalists in this episode of The Panti Personals. Patrick is a true blue Dubliner and his music life has stetched across several identities from his early days in the band Ten Speed Racer ( with two of his brothers) to his collaboration with Joe Chester as The Hedge Schools but now the singer/songwriter releases his solo work under the intriguing moniker - Arrivalists. His twitter bio says it all : ‘Sings , Writes , Cares , Kind . Not Pitch Perfect. Fond of Arriving, not so much of leaving . Kilbarrack Zen Cowboy. Travels with a Samsung & a filter." In this episode he shares the story behind his album 'Last of the Written Pages', performs two songs for our Queen Panti Bliss, and talks of how his pandemic lockdown was spent in a very special way, of love and loss, caring for his elderly parents. Music: Navigate - Hedge Schools At the End of a Winding Day - Hedge Schools Lighthouse Lights Out - Hedge Schools Magnificent Birds - Hedge Schools Station Depart - Arrivalists Fifteen - Ten Speed Racer The Last Of The Written Pages - Arrivalists Threads - Arrivalists Little Triumphs - Arrivalists Trtanscript www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/…fdf20ddad342d63 The Panti Personals is an Athena Media independent podcast productiion - the theme music is Knots by Lisa Hannigan used with her kind permission

The Panti Personals S3 E3 Farah Elle Panti is Aunty Panti in this episode with the uber talented Irish Libyan singer and artist Farah Elle. They met five years ago on Pantisocracy when Farah was just emerging and now with her debut album coming out later this year Farah is back and sharing her music, her story and what keeps her joyful. Farah in Arabic means joy or happiness, and while Farah has experienced a lot of turmoil in her 27 years she shines with light and love. She came to Ireland with her parents and siblings when she was just an infant. When Farah was studying for her Leaving Certificate her mother, Fatima Hamroush, made international news when she went back, post the revolution, to Libya to become Minster for Health. Farah's breakthrough song 'Silk', written when she was a music student at BIM, blended her two cultures and soundscapes and her first releases from the new album 'Play it By Ear' and 'Desert' continue that journey. Music in this episode includes: Farah Elle - Silk Farah Elle - Play It By Ear live peformance Farah Elle - Desert live performance CunninLynguists ft Farah Elle - Oh Honey Farah Elle -Teardrop ( cover of Massive Attack song) Show Transcript : www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/…eb8b1ed/edit_v2 You can find out more about Farah Elle on her own gorgeous website www.farahelle.com/ The Panti Personals is an independent podcast by Athena Media, produced by Helen Shaw, and presented by Panti Bliss. The digital editor is John Howard and the researcher is Dara Shaw. You can find out more and see the videos on www.pantisocracy.ie Our theme music is Knots by Lisa Hannigan used with her kind permission.

The Panti Personals S3 E2 Dáithí Panti Bliss is with the Ballyvaughan native, and electronic meets traditional music artist Dáithí, in this episode of The Panti Personals. Dáithí grew up in the heartland of Irish traditional music in Co.Clare, he was playing the fiddle by the age of six and his grandfather was the legendary concertina player Chris Dorney, but while his music draws on that well, and his own sense of place, his artistry is shaped by digital tools. He had a viral hit 'Mary Keane's Introduction' (2015) sampling an audio recording of his grandmother talking about her young days and how she fell in love. His work is highly original, sound-rich and evocative, and his side hustle is a collaboration with BellX1 singer Paul Noonan as the band 'House Plants'. Show Transcript: www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/…f447c0fa03c4530 Music in this episode: Dáithí - Carraroe (Feat. Elaine Mai) Dáithí - Mary Keanes Introduction Dáithí - Submarines (feat. Ailbhe Reddy) Dáithí - Sleep Like A Stone Dáithí - Lavender Dáithí - An Irish Goodbye HousePlants - What's With All The Pine HousePlants - Companero Dáithí - Familial Chris Droney, Francis Droney & Áine McGrath - Tigh Greene, Baile Uí Bheacháin daithi.bandcamp.com/ The Panti Personals is an independent podcast made by Athena Media and hosted by Panti Bliss. The series producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard and our theme music is 'Knots' by Lisa Hannigan used with her kind permission. Visit www.pantisocracy.ie for more and to see videos of the show's performances.

The Panti Personals Season 3 Episode 1 Pauline Scanlon The Panti Personals is back for a new season of conversations and first up is the singer Pauline Scanlon whose new album 'The Unquiet' is a collection of songs inspired by the traumatic life of her mother Eileen. Pauline comes from the Dingle Gaeltacht but has made Headford, Co Galway her home, along with her husband and fellow musician, Eamon Murray and their young daughter Kitty. Pauline performs two of her songs live for the Queen with the accompaniment of guitarist Caoimhe Hopkinson Byrne. Show Transcript www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/…440909e257cb053 Pauline performs two songs live for Panti Bliss in the show (The Old Churchyard and Felton Lannin) but you also here these tracks mixed in to illustrated her story: Lumiere ( Pauline's first band)- Fair and Tender Ladies Bird On The Wire ( Pauline's Leonard Cohen project) - First We Take Manhattan Leonard Cohen - Suzanne Pauline Scanlon - The Two Magicians ( from The Unquiet album) Pauline Scanlon - Lady Leroy ( from The Unquiet album) Pauline Scanlon - Sambo Aera ( from The Unquiet album) Pauline Scanlon - The Bird In The Bush ( from The Unquiet album) You can find out more about Pauline's work here: www.paulinescanlon.net/ You can also listen to a recent radio documentary Pauline made about her mother's story, the writing of the album and the place of women in Irelands contemporary history and song-making here www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/the-un…7x00Qvq0IbU24t4-dhs The Panti Personals is an independent podcast by Athena Media. The producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard. Research and support by Dara Shaw. Our theme music is 'Knots' by Lisa Hannigan used with her kind permission. www.pantisocracy.ie for more - our thanks to Bauer Media and Go Loud App for their support. You can find our podcasts in all audio podcast places and via the Go Loud App and of course in YouTube too.

The Panti Personals S2 E 8 - Xona To close Season 2 of The Panti Personals we've a man that Panti Bliss can look up to, even while wearing high heels! It's 6 foot 7" Afro Irish soul singer and songwriter Xona - aka Jordan Onubogu. Xona was born in Lagos but calls Mullingar home, and has now made London his address. He tells the story of how he changed his name to his middle name Jordan, when he came as a ten year old to Ireland and started school. Then, he wanted to fit in and be the same as all the other children but today, as a confident Black Irish performing artist, he has returned to using his birth name. Xona shares with love the story of how his mother, a single mum, made sacrifices and worked hard to make a better life for her children in Ireland. He talks of the challenges too of being the gay kid in a church based Nigerian Irish community and both Panti Bliss and Xona swap their 'coming out' stories. Xona, accompanied by the gorgeous farmer/musician Colm Conlan, performs two of his songs live for the Queen - 'This Could Be Us' and 'Slow Dancing' both from his recent EP 'In My Head' and you hear the EP version of the title song during the show when he shares his story of writting the album during the pandemic. To find out more follow Xona on twitter https://twitter.com/xonatheartist Transcript: https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/f9605b61c5164697975696ef1ddb2165/edit_v2?share_code=3a8e06689ededc3f7ab8 The Panti Personals is an independent podcast produced by Athena Media, made by Helen Shaw and John Howard with additional research by Dara Shaw. Our theme music is Knots by Lisa Hannigan - used with her kind permission. To find all the shows, and see videos of the performances, go to www.pantisocracy.ie

To close Season 2 of The Panti Personals we've a man that Panti Bliss can look up to, even while wearing high heels! It's 6 foot 7 Afro Irish soul singer and songwriter Xona - aka Jordan Onubogu. Xona was born in Lagos but calls Mullingar home, and has now made London his address. He tells the story of how he changed his name to his middle name Jordan, when he came as a ten year old, to Ireland, and started school. Then, he wanted to fit in and to be the same as all the other children but today, as a confident Black Irish performing artist, he has returned to using his birth name. Xona shares with love the story of how his mother, a single mum, made sacrifices, and worked hard, to create a better life for her children in Ireland. He talks of the challenges too of being the gay kid in a church based Nigerian Irish community and both Panti Bliss and Xona swap their 'coming out' stories. Xona, accompanied by the gorgeous farmer/musician Colm Conlan, performs two of his songs live for the Queen - 'This Could Be Us' and 'Slow Dancing' both from his recent EP 'In My Head' and you hear the EP version of the title song during the show, when he shares his story of writing the album during the pandemic. To find out more follow Xona on twitter twitter.com/xonatheartist The Panti Personals is an independent podcast produced by Athena Media, made by Helen Shaw and John Howard with additional research by Dara Shaw. Our theme music is Knots by Lisa Hannigan - used with her kind permission. To find all the shows, and see videos of the performances, go to www.pantisocracy.ie

The Panti Personals S2 E7 Edel Meade Edel Meade is a jazz singer turned contemporary folk artist, She hails from Clonmel but has made Limerick her home and her latest album 'Brigids and Patricias' tells the stories of what it is to be a woman in Ireland from myth to misogyny; with songs about the true, though still unbelievable story of Bridget Cleary, whose husband burnt her to death saying he believed she was a changeling, and a powerful spoken word piece called' Long Way to Go' about gender violence, which chimes with an Ireland which has just mourned Ashling Murphy. With the announcement that Feb 1, St Brigid's Day, will become a new Irish national holiday from 2023, Panti Bliss explores why Edel is so fascinated by Brigid and how she is a cross between the pre Christian Celtic Goddess Brigit and the Christian saint,much loved in Ireland, who is so associated with the arrival of Spring, the feminine and womanhood, and why the new national holiday chimes with the public debate around gender violence. 'It's going to become ireland's women's day' says Panti while Edel connects it to social justice, seeing it reaching beyond the male and female, towards aspirations of fairness, equality and justice. Edel tells Panti Bliss her family roots, in Co Tipperary, are in farming not song but her will to sing was shaped by a couple of incredible nuns in her schools who encouraged and gave her confidence. A career path to journalism brought her to Chicago but instead of radio she studied the blues and came back to take a degree in jazz music and spent a decade performing as a jazz artist. She is a vocal coach, now teaching people to sing, in the University of Limerick, and her lockdown was spent developing new strings to her bow; learning to play the tin whistle, sing sean nós and play Irish traditional music. She's a committed life long learner and her track in 2022 sees her finally touring with the album, and getting to the Smithsonian in the USA to research cross over between Appalachian music and Irish traditional music there. In the show Edel performs live two of her songs for the Queen, accompanying herself on the gorgeous grand piano. Hear her sing 'Song of the Seal' and 'Not For This World' Other songs included are some of her jazz numbers God Bless The Child Blue Moon SideWays ( from her jazz album Blue Fantastia) and Song for Bridget Cleary and Long Way to Go from the album ' Brigids and Patricias) You can find out more about Edel on www.edelmeade.com And you can see her perform in gigs at The Belltable, Limerick on 10th Feb & at Riverbank Arts Centre on 12th Feb. Transcript of the Show: https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/16768da75d5143be9703a8e7cd95827c/edit_v2?share_code=4e7d678f466f20e97e8c The Panti Personals is an independent podcast by Athena Media, produced by Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard and our theme music is Knots by Lisa Hannigan, used with her very kind permission. You can find all the shows on www.pantisocracy.ie

Edel Meade is a jazz singer turned contemporary folk artist. She hails from Clonmel but has made Limerick her home and her latest album ‘Brigids and Patricias' tells the stories of what it is to be a woman in Ireland from myth to misogyny; with songs about the true, though still unbelievable story, of Bridget Cleary, whose husband burnt her to death saying he believed she was a changeling, and a powerful spoken word piece called' Long Way to Go' about gender violence, which chimes with an Ireland which has just mourned Ashling Murphy. With the announcement that Feb 1, St Brigid's Day, will become a new Irish national holiday from 2023, Panti Bliss explores why Edel is so fascinated by Brigid and how she is a cross between the pre Christian Celtic Goddess Brigit and the Christian saint, much loved in Ireland, who is so associated with the arrival of Spring, the feminine and womanhood, and why the new national holiday resonates with the public debate around gender violence. ‘It's going to become ireland's women's day' says Panti while Edel connects it to social justice, seeing it reaching beyond the male and female, towards aspirations of fairness, equality and justice. Edel tells Panti Bliss her family roots, in Co Tipperary, are in farming not song but her will to sing was shaped by a couple of incredible nuns in her schools who encouraged and gave her confidence. A career path to journalism brought her to Chicago but instead of radio she studied the blues and came back to take a degree in jazz music and spent a decade performing as a jazz artist. She is a vocal coach, now teaching people to sing, in the University of Limerick, and her lockdown was spent developing new strings to her bow; learning to play the tin whistle, sing sean nós and play Irish traditional music. She's a committed life long learner and her track in 2022 sees her finally touring with the album, and getting to the Smithsonian in the USA to research cross over between Appalachian music and Irish traditional music there. In the show Edel performs live two of her songs for the Queen, accompanying herself on the gorgeous grand piano. Hear her sing ‘Song of the Seal' and ‘Not For This World' Other songs included are some of her jazz numbers God Bless The Child Blue Moon SideWays (from her jazz album Blue Fantastia) and Song for Bridget Cleary and Long Way to Go from the album ‘Brigids and Patricias') You can find out more about Edel on www.edelmeade.com And you can see her perform in gigs at The Belltable, Limerick on 10th Feb & at Riverbank Arts Centre on 12th Feb. The Panti Personals is an independent podcast by Athena Media, produced by Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard and our theme music is Knots by Lisa Hannigan, used with her very kind permission. http://pantisocracy.ie/edel-meade/ for more.

The Panti Personals S2 E6 Zapho & Senita Appiakorang To mark the beginning of a new year of twos our Queen, Panti Bliss, is with a winning twosome, two boss women from the X Collective, co founder Zapho, aka Ele Breslin and her fellow singer and songwriter Senita Appiakorang. The X Collective is a coming together of new Irish music talent and ambition, founded by Beslin and her partner Emily Shaw, and is now a creative, collaborative network of about 100 artists, musicians, singers and writers across the country. Zapho and Senita came together with Toshín, Gemma Bradley and Chloe Agnew to release the song WB in April 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9YCgz5bJr4 and previous;y Zapho and a former Pantisocracy guest Tolu Makay recorded and released 'Collide' with Jenny Browne https://bit.ly/2X1cQmZ . Senita has also just brought out a new song with another Pantisocracy pal, Jess Kav, the powerful 'Ascension' featuring Toshín https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTzBNS-R0uk. In this episode Zapho and Senita share their stories and each perform a song for the Queen accompanied by their X Collective mate Louis Younge. Zapho sings 'Tell Your Mother' a new song she's written about coming out and it gets a release on Mother's Day this March. Senita shares a pulled back version of song she and Jess Kav will release shortly called 'Benefactor of Love' which is part of the Sister Fenix collaborative partnership she and Jess have created. You'll also hear some excerpts in the podcast of: Shookrah & God Knows - I'm Right Here (Samantha Mumba Cover) Shookrah - 'Notions' Zapho - 'Peoples' Find out more about the X Collective : https://www.oicheevents.com/thexcollective Find out more about Zapho https://www.zaphomusic.com/ And Senita on Twitter https://twitter.com/Appiseni Transcript https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/20c7a7e166af4a0ba6c7efef7f9e2a17/edit_v2?share_code=b1b31721385be5558bba The Panti Personals is an independent podcast produced by Athena Media, the series producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard with research by Dara Shaw. We record in Camden Recording Studios Dublin and our theme music is Knots by Lisa Hannigan, used with her kind permission and support. You can find all the episodes on www.pantisocracy.ie

The Panti Personals S2 E6 Zapho & Senita Appiakorang To mark the beginning of a new year of twos our Queen, Panti Bliss, is with a winning twosome, two boss women from the X Collective, co founder Zapho, aka Ele Breslin and her fellow singer and songwriter Senita Appiakorang. The X Collective is a coming together of new Irish music talent and ambition, founded by Beslin and her partner Emily Shaw, and is now a creative, collaborative network of about 100 artists, musicians, singers and writers across the country. Zapho and Senita came together with Toshín, Gemma Bradley and Chloe Agnew to release the song WB in April 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9YCgz5bJr4 and previously Zapho and a former Pantisocracy guest Tolu Makay recorded and released 'Collide' with Jenny Browne https://bit.ly/2X1cQmZ . Senita has also just brought out a new song with another Pantisocracy pal, Jess Kav, the powerful 'Ascension' featuring Toshín https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTzBNS-R0uk. In this episode Zapho and Senita share their stories and each perform a song for the Queen accompanied by their X Collective mate Louis Younge. Zapho sings 'Tell Your Mother' a new song she's written about coming out and it gets a release on Mother's Day this March. Senita shares a pulled back version of song she and Jess Kav will release shortly called 'Benefactor of Love' which is part of the Sister Fenix collaborative partnership she and Jess have created. You'll also hear some excerpts in the podcast of: Shookrah & God Knows - I'm Right Here (Samantha Mumba Cover) Shookrah - 'Notions' Zapho - 'Peoples' ( forthcoming release from Zapho) Find out more about the X Collective : https://www.oicheevents.com/thexcollective Find out more about Zapho https://www.zaphomusic.com/ And Senita on Twitter https://twitter.com/Appiseni Transcript https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/20c7a7e166af4a0ba6c7efef7f9e2a17/edit_v2?share_code=b1b31721385be5558bba The Panti Personals is an independent podcast produced by Athena Media, the series producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard with research by Dara Shaw. We record in Camden Recording Studios Dublin and our theme music is Knots by Lisa Hannigan, used with her kind permission and support. You can find all the episodes on www.pantisocracy.ie

For our final show of 2021 we've a warm hearted conversation with the acclaimed Galway singer-songwriter Niamh Regan, who shares stories of love and loss, grief and re-found happiness with the Queen confessor, Panti Bliss. Niamh comes from Kilrickle, a small village near Loughrea, and her debut album Hemet was nominated as best album in both the Irish Choice and the Irish Folk Awards. Hemet is named after the Californian homeplace of Niamh's husband Wesley Houdyshell, who is himself a musician and whose family are the fun force behind the band Hippie Cream. (We hear a clip from their song All the Things from the slbum Trying to Turn a Unicorn Into a Horse_ Niamh performs three of her songs for Panti Bliss live in Camden Recording Studios - Love You Senseless and Happy Again from her forthcoming EP 'In The Meantime' and the poignant 'Freeze Frame' from the Hemet album. To find out more about Niamh Regan and her music : www.niamhregan.com/ The Panti Personals is an independent podcast by Athena Media. The series producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard. Additional research by Dara Shaw. Our theme music is Lisa Hannigan 'Knots' courtesy of Lisa Hannigan.

The Panti Personals S2 E5: Niamh Regan For our final show of 2021 we've a warm hearted conversation with the acclaimed Galway singer-songwriter Niamh Regan, who shares stories of love and loss, grief and re-found happiness with the Queen confessor, Panti Bliss. Niamh comes from Kilrickle, a small village near Loughrea, and her debut album Hemet was nominated as best album in both the Irish Choice and the Irish Folk Awards. Hemet is named after the Californian homeplace of Niamh's husband Wesley Houdyshell, who is himself a musician and whose family are the fun force behind the band Hippie Cream. Nimah performs three of her songs for Panti Bliss live in Camden Recording Studios - Love You Senseless and Happy Again from her forthcoming EP 'In The Meantime' and the poignant 'Freeze Frame' from the Hemet album. To find out more about Niamh Regan and her music : http://www.niamhregan.com/ Other music you hear in the show includes: All the Things by Hippie Cream from the Album Trying to Turn a Unicorn Into a Horse Transcript: https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/4a18d9062659403d8e86ace7c0149512/edit_v2?share_code=71c83691400940ed0de0 The Panti Personals is an independent podcast by Athena Media. The series producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard. Additional research by Dara Shaw. Our theme music is Lisa Hannigan 'Knots' courtesy of Lisa Hannigan.

The Panti Personals - S2 E4 Nealo Panti Bliss in conversation with the hip hop artist Nealo ranges from dog love to Dublin, from leaving law to following his heart, and from becoming a Dad to why cannabis should be legal. Nealo performs three of his songs, with his good mates Rachel MacAuley and Adam Shanahan, live for the Queen, and shares how lockdown brought time to write, but also time to assess relationships and future. Nealo ( aka Neal Keating) hails from Clonsilla and began his music and stage career with the hard core punk band Frustration but after a sideways trip into law he found his heart and home in hip hop and mixes music with professional dog walking! In this conversation he shares some ups and downs, his joy at being a father and why he wrote a song for his mother, Rosemary. Music you hear in this episode includes: Nealo 'You Can't Go Home Again' ( live with Rachel and Adam) Nealo 'Under The Weather' ( live with Rachel and Adam) Nealo 'All The Leaves Are Falling' * from the album Frustration 'Last Will and Testament' * from previous recording Nealo 'Rosemary' ( live with Rachel and Adam) You can find out more about Nealo and his album 'All The Leaves Are falling' here: http://pantisocracy.ie/nealo/ Transcript of the episode : https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/ba975926343a43e98f85163775b16d2b/edit_v2 The Panti Personals is an independent podcast by Athena Media - the producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard and the studio is Camden Recording Studios. Our theme music is Lisa Hannigan's Knots- kindly provided by Lisa with permission to use on the podcast. You can watch videos of the show's performances on www.pantisocracy.ie and find us in all podcast places including youTube.

Panti Bliss in conversation with the hip hop artist Nealo ranges from dog love to Dublin, from leaving law to following his heart, and from becoming a Dad to why cannabis should be legal. Nealo performs three of his songs, with his good mates Rachel MaCauley and Adam Shanahan, live for the Queen, and shares how lockdown brought time to write, but also time to assess relationships and future. Nealo (aka Neal Keating) hails from Clonsilla and began his music and stage career with the hard core punk band Frustration but after a sideways trip into law he found his heart and home in hip hop and mixes music with professional dog walking! In this conversation he shares some ups and downs, his joy at being a father and why he wrote a song for his mother, Rosemary. Music you hear in this episode includes: Nealo 'You Can't Go Home Again' ( live with Rachel and Adam) Nealo 'Under The Weather' ( live with Rachel and Adam) Nealo 'All The Leaves Are Falling' * from the album Frustration 'Last Will and Testament' * from previous recording Nealo 'Rosemary' ( live with Rachel and Adam) You can find out more about Nealo and his album 'All The Leaves Are falling' here: www.nealo.ie The Panti Personals is an independent podcast by Athena Media - the producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard and the studio is Camden Recording Studios. Our theme music is Lisa Hannigan's Knots- kindly provided by Lisa with permission to use on the podcast. You can watch videos of the show's performances on www.pantisocracy.ie and find us in all podcast places.

The Panti Personals S2 E 3 SIVE Panti Bliss is with alt-folk artist Sive in this episode of The Panti Personals. A proud Naas native Sive's voice and music is transformative, often called 'dream folk', and beyond her creative and artistic life she uses music and song as a community musician in choirs whose members include those with dementia and care home residents. During lockdown, while some of us were binging on Netflix, she co founded a social enterprise called Embrace Music, using music to make a positive difference in the world, and wrote a song cycle for the hospice movement 'Murmurations'. She's a climate warrior or worrier and says if you're not concerned about what's happening in the global environment you're not paying attention to the world. In this up close and personal conversation Sive shares three songs with Panti - one of her latest 'I Think Before I Speak' and one of her old ones 'If I Had A Home To Go To' as well as a beautiful ballad 'Tenlach' - an old Irish word for home and hearth. Other music you hear in this episode includes: Sive - 'We Are Moving' ( from her first album) Murmurations - 'Better Days to Come' Murmurations - 'Blackbird's Lament' Murmurations - 'The Dawning' (from The Irish Hospice project). as well as a clip from a recording with one of her community choirs. You can find out more about Sive and her music : https://www.sivemusic.com/about and you can support her on patreon where she shares a new demo every month - patreon.com/sivemusic. Sive has a gig in Clonacody House in Tipperary on 21st December with Mike Hanrahan and Emma Langford, and will be taking part in a First Fortnight event in the Riverbank Arts Centre in Kildare on the 15th Jan. Transcript of the episode :https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/e8603252b02f444e9fde29a5c5630c42/edit_v2?share_code=87cfc10b3d45687c12ac The Panti Personals is an independent podcast by Athena Media, produced by Helen Shaw and mixed by John Howard. We record in Camden Recording Studios in Dublin. Find out more and see the videos from the show on www.pantisocracy.ie

Panti Bliss is with alt-folk artist Sive in this episode of The Panti Personals. A proud Naas native Sive's voice and music is transformative, often called ‘dream folk', and beyond her creative and artistic life she uses music and song as a community musician in choirs whose members include those with dementia and care home residents. During lockdown, while some of us were binging on Netflix, she co founded a social enterprise called Embrace Music, using music to make a positive difference in the world, and wrote a song cycle for the hospice movement ‘Murmurations'. She's a climate warrior or worrier and says if you're not concerned about what's happening in the global environment you're not paying attention to the world. In this up close and personal conversation Sive shares three songs with Panti – one of her latest ‘I Think Before I Speak' and one of her old ones ‘If I Had A Home To Go To' as well as a beautiful ballad ‘Tenlach' – an old Irish word for home and hearth. Other music you hear in this episode includes: Sive – ‘We Are Moving' (from her first album) Murmurations – ‘Better Days to Come' Murmurations – ‘Blackbird's Lament' Murmurations – ‘The Dawning' (from The Irish Hospice project). as well as a clip from a recording with one of her community choirs. You can find out more about Sive and her music : www.sivemusic.com and you can support her on patreon where she shares a new demo every month – patreon.com/sivemusic. Sive has a gig in Clonacody House in Tipperary on 21st December with Mike Hanrahan and Emma Langford, and will be taking part in a First Fortnight event in the Riverbank Arts Centre in Kildare on the 15th Jan. The Panti Personals is an independent podcast by Athena Media, produced by Helen Shaw and mixed by John Howard, the theme music is Knots by Lisa Hannigan used with her kind permission. We record in Camden Recording Studios in Dublin. pantisocracy.ie/sive for more

The Panti Personals - S2 E2 - Ye Vagabonds Panti Bliss is with Brían and Diarmuid Mac Glionn, otherwise known as Ye Vagabonds, the multi-award winning harmonising brothers who hail from Co Carlow but whose music, songs and story are dipped in the waters of their mother's homeland, Arranmore Island in Co Donegal. Ye Vagabonds picked up best band at this year's RTÉ Irish Folk Awards as well as best folk track for their version of "I'm A Rover' and with Panti Bliss they share the roots of their music and how the Cobblestone Pub in Smithfield, ( which was under threat but planning permission for the hotel has now been rejected!), played such a part in their evolution as performers. For Panti they perform 'I'm A Rover' live and in hilarious detail tell the adventures of their All Boats Rise, slow tour, along the canalways with Myles O'Reilly, and perform one of the songs from that tour 'The Pride of The Barrow'. As they head into the mix for their third album they talk about 'blood harmonies' that unspoken sound language of siblings who sing together and gives us a unique insight into how they work together with the performance of a new song, written together. To find out more about Ye Vagabonds and their music : yevagabonds.com/ Audio archive recordings of Brían & Diarmuid's grandfather, Barney Beag Gallagher and their great grandmother,Biddy Néilí Gallagher, is with the kind permission of the Irish Traditional Music Archive www.itma.ie and Lisa Shields and comes from the audio recordings and collection of Lisa and Hugh Shields recorded on Arranmore Island in the 1970s. Find out more through Brían own podcast and transmedia blog on ITMA's Drawing from the Well online project www.itma.ie/drawingfromthewell/brian-mac-gloinn The clip of Andrew Early singing 'No One To Welcome Me Home' - a song learnt when he was 15 years old from Róise Rua was recorded by Brían's friend Steve O'Connor on the island in 2019. Early has since died and this song is included in Brían's Arranmore songs project and it is now one Ye Vagabonds sing themselves. Have a look at this gorgeous little video around the Róise Rua Festival now held on the island : http://feileroiserua.com/ (you'll spot Myles and Ye Vagabonds!) Other clips of songs and sounds you hear in the programme include: Ye Vagabonds - I Courted A Wee Girl - from Myles O'Reilly's film of 'Seven Songs on Six Islands' tour. ( see the full video film here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bLUsLBuKQs) The Panti Personals is an independent podcast by Athena Media, produced by Helen Shaw. John Howard is the digital and audio editor, the theme music is Knots by Lisa Hannigan used with her kind permission. The show is recorded in Camden Recording Studios with the kind support of Cian Boylan and the sound engineer is Conor Brady. To find out more go to www.pantisocracy.ie

The Panti Personals - S2 E2 - Ye Vagabonds Panti Bliss is with Brían and Diarmuid Mac Glionn, otherwise known as Ye Vagabonds, the multi-award winning harmonising brothers who hail from Co Carlow but whose music, songs and story are dipped in the waters of their mother's homeland, Arranmore Island in Co Donegal. Ye Vagabonds picked up best band at this year's RTÉ Irish Folk Awards as well as best folk track for their version of 'I'm A Rover' and with Panti Bliss they share the roots of their music and how the Cobblestone Pub in Smithfield, (which is now under threat), played such a part in their evolution as performers. For Panti they perform 'I'm A Rover' live and in hilarious detail tell the adventures of their All Boats Rise, slow tour, along the canalways with Myles O'Reilly, and perform one of the songs from that tour 'The Pride of The Barrow'. As they head into the mix for their third album they talk about 'blood harmonies' that unspoken sound language of siblings who sing together and gives us a unique insight into how they work together with the performance of a new song, written together. To find out more about Ye Vagabonds and their music : http://yevagabonds.com Audio archive recordings of Brían & Diarmuid's grandfather, Barney Beag Gallagher and their great grandmother,Biddy Néilí Gallagher, is with the kind permission of the Irish Traditional Music Archive www.itma.ie and Lisa Shields and comes from the audio recordings and collection of Lisa and Hugh Shields recorded on Arranmore Island in the 1970s. Find out more through Brían own podcast and transmedia blog on ITMA's Drawing from the Well online project www.itma.ie/drawingfromthewell/brian-mac-gloinn The clip of Andrew Early singing 'No One To Welcome Me Home' - a song learnt when he was 15 years old from Róise Rua was recorded by Brían's friend Steve O'Connor on the island in 2019. Early has since died and this song is included in Brían's Arranmore songs project and it is now one Ye Vagabonds sing themselves. Have a look at this gorgeous little video around the Róise Rua Festival now held on the island : http://feileroiserua.com/ ( you'll spot Myles and Ye Vagabonds!) Other clips of songs referenced and sound clips you hear in the programme include: Ye Vagabonds - I Courted A Wee Girl - from Myles O'Reilly's film of 'Seven Songs on Six Islands' tour. ( see the full video film here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bLUsLBuKQs) Ye Vagabonds - Blackbirds & Thrushes/ Hares on the Mountain - actuality performance - full video performance on Ye Vagabonds Patreon https://www.patreon.com/yevagabonds Ye Vagabonds - Willie O Winsbury ( released on 'The Hare's Lament' album Rough Trade Records 2019) Buy the music here: https://store.roughtraderecords.com/products/ye-vagabonds-the-hares-lament And you can see the guys live on National Concert Hall Stage Nov 28th - still a few tickets for sale - https://www.nch.ie/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=Ye-Vagabonds-28Nov21&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id= The Panti Personals is an independent podcast by Athena Media, produced by Helen Shaw. John Howard is the digital and audio editor. The show is recorded in Camden Recording Studios with the kind support of Cian Boylan and the sound engineer is Conor Brady. To find out more go to www.pantisocracy.ie And watch the video performances from the show on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzKjJlsQJm9mA4ThiaGj88A

The Panti Personals S2 E1 - Dani Larkin 'For me music is medicine' says Dani Larkin. The Panti Personals podcast is back and in this first episode of a new season Panti Bliss is talking with folk singer-songwriter Dani Larkin, who comes from the tiny townland of Madden in the border county of Armagh. Dani shares her Gemini fascination with duality, and how being queer, and coming from a conflicted borderland, has shaped her. She's worked in conflict resolution, using music, across the world, including a period spent working in Israel and Palestine which she says has left a lifelong mark. Her new album 'Notes for a Maiden Warrior' draws on Irish mythology and feminine energy and she performs two of her songs for Panti during the show 'Samson & Goliath' and 'Bloodthirsty', and the episode features excerpts of her songs 'The Red Maca's Return' and 'The Magpie'. You can find out more about Dani and her music here: https://www.danilarkin.com/ Transcript : https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/24690915155c417d93fb3a2639c2c35e/edit_v2 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzKjJlsQJm9mA4ThiaGj88A The Panti Personals is an independent podcast by Athena Media, produced by Helen Shaw, audio edit and videos by John Howard. See www.pantisocracy.ie for videos of the show.

The Panti Personals S2 E1 - Dani Larkin 'For me music is medicine' says Dani Larkin. The Panti Personals podcast is back and in this first episode of a new season Panti Bliss is talking with folk singer-songwriter Dani Larkin, who comes from the tiny townland of Madden in the border county of Armagh. Dani shares her Gemini fascination with duality, and how being queer, and coming from a conflicted borderland, has shaped her. She's worked in conflict resolution, using music, across the world, including a period spent working in Israel and Palestine which she says has left a lifelong mark. Her new album 'Notes for a Maiden Warrior' draws on Irish mythology and feminine energy and she performs two of her songs for Panti during the show 'Samson & Goliath' and 'Bloodthirsty', and the episode features excerpts of her songs 'The Red Maca's Return' and 'The Magpie'. You can find out more about Dani and her music here: www.danilarkin.com www.youtube.com/channel/UCzKjJlsQJm9mA4ThiaGj88A The Panti Personals is an independent podcast by Athena Media, produced by Helen Shaw, audio edit and videos by John Howard, the theme music is Knots by Lisa Hannigan used with her kind permission. See www.pantisocracy.ie for videos of the show.

The Panti Personals with Panti Bliss and Jerry Fish #ThePantiPersonals Panti Bliss is with the definitive showman Jerry Fish for this episode of The Panti Personals. To some he's best known as the frontman and driving force of the hit 1990s band 'An Emotional Fish' to others he's the creative magic behind 'The Jerry Fish Electric Sideshow' at the Electric Picnic Festival (remember festivals?!). Born in Dublin, he was raised and shaped by London's South End, where the streets were, he says, tough and he was surrounded by a multi-cultural migrant community. from Ireland, the Carribbean and Asia. He came back to Dublin in his mid teens, expecting to find 'home' but found Dublin treated him as an outsider so he took to wandering, and travelling, including a stint living on a rock in the Greek Isles. Back in Dublin 'An Emotional Fish' came together, and a helter-skelter five years of riding the rock n' roll wave of touring with bands like U2 followed. These days the wanderer has settled down, living the country life with his lovely wife Nikki, their four children, and one spectacular moustache! The band he brought together when he returned to music is 'Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club' and Jerry performs two of his own songs, with the accompaniment of Cian Boylan, for Panti Bliss, in the show. Transcript of the show:: www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/…74d3e06154a981d Music you hear in this episode includes: 'Where The Sun Don't Shine' - Jerry Fish (Live with Cian Boylan) 'True Love Will Find You in the End' - Jerry Fish (Live cover of Daniel Johnston's song) 'Julian' - An Emotional Fish 'Celebrate' - An Emotional Fish 'Be Yourself' - Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club 'If God Was A Girl' - An Emotional Fish 'My Friend Jim' - An Emotional Fish The Panti Personals is an Athena Media independent production. The producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard and the theme music is Knots by Lisa Hannigan used with her kind permission. The Panti Personals Season 1 is recorded in Camden Recording Studios Dublin with the kind support of Cian Boylan and Conor Brady. http://pantisocracy.ie/jerry-fish/ for more

The Panti Personals S1 E8 Jerry Fish #ThePantiPersonals www.pantisocracy.ie Panti Bliss is with the definitive showman Jerry Fish for this episode of The Panti Personals. To some he's best known as the frontman and driving force of the hit 1990s band 'An Emotional Fish' to others he's the creative magic behind 'The Jerry Fish Electric Sideshow' at the Electric Picnic Festival (remember festivals?!). Born in Dublin, he was raised and shaped by London's South End, where the streets were, he says, tough and he was surrounded by a multi-cultural migrant community. from Ireland, the Carribbean and Asia. He came back to Dublin in his mid teens, expecting to find 'home' but found Dublin treated him as an outsider so he took to wandering, and travelling, including a stint living on a rock in the Greek isles. Back in Dublin 'An Emotional Fish' came together, and a helter-skelter five years of riding the rock n' roll wave of touring with bands like U2 followed. These days the wanderer has settled down, living the country life with his lovely wife Nikki, their four children, and one spectacular moustache! The band he brought together when he returned to music is 'Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club' and Jerry performs two of his own songs, with the accompaniment of Cian Boylan, for Panti Bliss, in the show. This episode was recorded BEFORE this year's Electric Picnic Festival was denied permission and it was still a prospect of joyful hope for Panti and Jerry. Music you hear in this episode includes: 'Where The Sun Don't Shine' - Jerry Fish (Live with Cian Boylan) 'True Love Will Find You in the End' - Jerry Fish (Live cover of Daniel Johnston's song) 'Julian' - An Emotional Fish 'Celebrate' - An Emotional Fish 'Be Yourself' - Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club If God Was A Girl - An Emotional Fish My Friend Jim - An Emotional Fish Transcript: https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/e7c1d6f67061423a8115b1afb1c763d1/edit_v2?share_code=dc4fb74d3e06154a981d The Panti Personals is an Athena Media independent production. The producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard and the theme music is Knots by Lisa Hannigan used with her kind permission. The Panti Personals Season 1 is recorded in Camden Recording Studios Dublin with the kind support of Cian Boylan and Conor Brady. ** This is the finale of the debut series of The Panti Personals - we've a host of podcasts available under Pantisocracy or The Panti Personals and we'll be back in the Autumn with more.

The Panti Personals S1 E7 Elaine Mai #ThePantiPersonals For maybe the first time in our Pantisocracy world Panti Bliss gets to chin wag with a fellow county woman, electronic composer, singer and musician Elaine Mai. Elaine grew up in rural Mayo on a farm until she was eleven and moved to town. She came out in college at University College Galway and met her future wife Roisin there, as well as starting to explore her musical journey which eventually led her to electronic music. In those days there were few women leading in that genre and she had no role model, now in her mid 30s she is not just a role model herself, composing, producing and recording her own work, but also leading in creating a more gender equal environment for women in the music industry. She is one of the Irish artists representing Ireland in the EU gender equality in music initiative KeyChange. In this episode she performs her track 'Still Feel' from her forthcoming album with the uber talented singer and collaborator Ailbhe Reddy. You can find out more about Elaine and her work here: www.elainemai.com/ Transcript of the episode : www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/…5f429efd8a1b525 Music and performances you hear in this episode includes: Elaine Mai - IOU Elaine Mai - No Forever (feat. MayKay) Elaine Mai - Somewhere Else Elaine Mai - Softly Elaine Mai - Still Feel (feat. Ailbhe Reddy) Ailbhe Reddy - Personal History Vickey Curtis - Two Fat Ducks Pillow Queens - Gay Girls Pillow Queens - Gay Girls (Elaine Mai Remix) The Panti Personals is an independent podcast production by Athena Media, the producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard. The theme music is Knots by Lisa Hannigan used with her kind permission. visit www.pantisocracy.ie for more and to see the videos of Elaine and Ailbhe's performance of 'Still Feel'.

The Panti Personals S1 E7 Elaine Mai For maybe the first time in our Pantisocracy world Panti Bliss gets to chin wag with a fellow county woman, electronic composer, singer and musician Elaine Mai. Elaine grew up in rural Mayo on a farm until she was eleven and moved to town. She came out in college at University College Galway and met her future wife Roisin there, as well as starting to explore her musical journey which eventually led her to electronic music. In those days there were few women leading in that genre and she had no role model, now in her mid 30s she is not just a role model herself, composing, producing and recording her own work, but also leading in creating a more gender equal environment for women in the music industry. She is one of the Irish artists representing Ireland in the EU gender equality in music initiative KeyChange. In this episode she performs her track 'Still Feel' from her forthcoming album with the uber talented singer and collaborator Ailbhe Reddy. You can find out more about Elaine and her work here: https://www.elainemai.com/ Transcript of the episode : https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/e28d2400554b41869734a64e9c3a679f/edit_v2?share_code=85e2e5f429efd8a1b525 Music and performances you hear in this episode includes: Elaine Mai - IOU Elaine Mai - No Forever (feat. MayKay) Elaine Mai - Somewhere Else Elaine Mai - Softly Elaine Mai - Still Feel (feat. Ailbhe Reddy) Ailbhe Reddy - Personal History Vickey Curtis - Two Fat Ducks Pillow Queens - Gay Girls Pillow Queens - Gay Girls (Elaine Mai Remix) The Panti Personals is an independent podcast production by Athena Media, the producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard. The theme music is Knots by Lisa Hannigan used with her kind permission. visit www.pantisocracy.ie for more and to see the videos of Elaine and Ailbhe's performance of 'Still Feel'.

The Panti Personals S1 E6 Bronagh Gallagher #ThePantiPersonals www.pantisocracy.ie The original Derry Girl Bronagh Gallagher, is the guest with Panti Bliss is this episode of The Panti Personals. Bronagh, an old friend of Panti's, began her film acting and singing career on a high as Bernie in Alan Parker's classic, The Commitments when she was just 17 Her film appearances include Star Wars, Pulp Fiction and Albert Nobbs and she is currently filming the TV Brassic in Manchester. Bronagh's work life splits between acting and singing and during the pandemic she collaborated with Dave Stewart on the track 'Truth or Dare' and with Noel Hogan on the song 'Cry Baby'. In this conversation Bronagh shares her lockdown secrets, including daily yoga and meditation, and how she headed back to Derry for lockdown 1 and stayed close to her parents. With Cian Boylan on piano she performs two of her own songs for Panti, 'Greatest Love' and 'So the Story Goes' and talks of how music remains the great love of her life. You can find out more about Bronagh and her work here: https://www.bronaghgallagher.com/ Music Bronagh performs in this episode : 'Greatest Love' 'So The Story Goes' and we hear from her recordings of 'Cry Baby' and "Truth or Dare'. Transcript of Episode https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/c12bdd7a49b74a62b3071a674fb87134/edit_v2?share_code=18c7fd0dd66c803d7e1b The Panti Personals is an Athena Media independent podcast production, the producer is Helen Shaw and the audio and digital editor is John Howard. The shows are recorded in Camden Recording Studios with Conor Brady and our themem music is Knots by Lisa Hannigan and it is used with her kind permission. For more go to www.pantisocracy.ie and see the videos of the performances from the shows.

The Panti Personals S1 E6 Bronagh Gallagher #ThePantiPersonals pantisocracy.ie/bronagh-gallagher The original Derry Girl Bronagh Gallagher, is the guest with Panti Bliss is this episode of The Panti Personals. Bronagh, an old friend of Panti's, began her film acting and singing career on a high as Bernie in Alan Parker's classic, The Commitments when she was just 17 Her film appearances include Star Wars, Pulp Fiction and Albert Nobbs and she is currently filming the TV Brassic in Manchester. Bronagh's work life splits between acting and singing and during the pandemic she collaborated with Dave Stewart on the track 'Truth or Dare' and with Noel Hogan on the song 'Cry Baby'. In this conversation Bronagh shares her lockdown secrets, including daily yoga and meditation, and how she headed back to Derry for lockdown 1 and stayed close to her parents. With Cian Boylan on piano she performs two of her own songs for Panti, 'Greatest Love' and 'So the Story Goes' and talks of how music remains the great love of her life. You can find out more about Bronagh and her work here: www.bronaghgallagher.com Music Bronagh performs in this episode : 'Greatest Love' 'So The Story Goes' and we hear from her recordings of 'Cry Baby' and "Truth or Dare'. Transcript of Episode https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/c12bdd7a49b74a62b3071a674fb87134/edit_v2 The Panti Personals is an Athena Media independent podcast production, the producer is Helen Shaw and the audio and digital editor is John Howard. The shows are recorded in Camden Recording Studios with Conor Brady and our themem music is Knots by Lisa Hannigan and it is used with her kind permission. For more go to www.pantisocracy.ie and see the videos of the performances from the shows.

Adrian Crowley, the man whose voice Panti Bliss describes as ‘the deepest, darkest pint of Guinness pre smoking ban' is the guest in this episode of The Panti Personals. Adrian is an acclaimed singer, songwriter, and composer whose ninth album ‘The Watchful Eye of the Stars' is just out. Adrian was born in Malta to a Maltese Mum and an Irish Dad, and after a few early years in Cameroon, he grew up in Barna, Co. Galway. These days he lives in Dublin with his French born wife and their two children, Max and Alice. In this intriguing, conversation with Panti, Adrian shares the story behind the documentary art film he made with director Niall McCann ‘The Science of Ghosts‘, the influences behind his music, and how in Malta he feels the vibrations, the connection of his ancestors. Adrian performs ‘Bread and Wine' from his new album for Panti and shares a remarkable spoken word piece he wrote during lockdown called ‘The Ascension of Larks' which was first performed in Musictown earlier this year. And you can find out more about Adrian and his work here: www.adriancrowley.com The Panti Personals podcast is an independent production by Athena Media. The producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard and the theme music is Lisa Hannigan ‘Knots' – used with her kind permission.

The Panti Personals S1 E5: Adrian Crowley www.pantisocracy.ie #ThePantiPersonals Adrian Crowley, the man whose voice Panti Bliss describes as 'the deepest, darkest pint of Guinness pre smoking ban' is the guest in this episode of The Panti Personals. Adrian is an acclaimed singer, songwriter, and composer whose ninth album 'The Watchful Eye of the Stars' is just out. Adrian was born in Malta, his mother is Maltese and his father is from Galway, and after a few early years in Cameroon, he grew up in Barna, Co. Galway. These days he lives in Dublin with his French born wife and their two children, Max and Alice. In this intriguing, conversation with Panti, Adrian shares the story behind the documentary art film he made with director Niall McCann 'The Science of Ghosts', the influences behind his music, and how in Malta he feels the vibrations, the connection of his ancestors. Adrian performs 'Bread and Wine' from his new album for Panti and shares a remarkable spoken word piece he wrote during lockdown called 'The Ascension of Larks' which was first performed in Musictown earlier this year. Music you hear in this episode includes: Northbound Stowaway - Adrian Crowley A Shut In's Lament - Adrian Crowley The Ascension of Larks - Instrumental with spoken word piece - Adrian Crowley Crow Song - Adrian Crowley Season of The Sparks - Adrian Crowley ( Choice Music Album of the Year 2009) Bread and Wine - Adrian Crowley Little Breath - Radie Peat duet with Adrian Crowley ( performance from The Science of Ghosts) D Block Europe x Gunna Type Beat - Max Crowley re-mix on Adrian Crowley riff) Episode begins and ends with Northbound Stowaway. You can rent the film 'The Science of Ghosts' here : https://www.ifihome.ie/film/the-science-of-ghosts/ You can see Adrian's beautiful video for 'A Shut In's Lament' here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6nyunsijjY And you can find out more about Adrian and his work here: https://www.adriancrowley.com/ Transcript of the episode https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/dfce8ae9d9b3449faa6458aefc5eea7f/edit_v2?share_code=c10202ab1b3d1914911d The Panti Personals podcast is an independent production by Athena Media. The producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard and the theme music is Lisa Hannigan 'Knots' - used with her kind permission.

#ThePantiPersonals www.pantisocracy.ie Panti Bliss is with a gorgeous young Dutch woman, singer and songwriter Jane Willow in this episode of The Panti Personals. But of course Jane's real name is Janneke van Nijnanten and much like our Queen, Panti Bliss and her homeboy Rory O'Neill, she loves the freedom a stage persona and name gives to her. There's a weird Glen Hansard theme going on in The Panti Personals as we heard how Galia Arad was inspired to come to Ireland by a Glen gig, and our Janneke took off to Dublin after hearing Glen talking about the glories of street busking as a musician in Dublin. Janneke went back to busking, more parks than streets, during lockdown, just to find an audience and have the joy of the singing in public again. In this episode she shares her story of coming here from her home town in the Netherlands, Breda which of course Panti thinks is a great name for a drag queen, Heavy Breda! During the show Janneke pops into her Jane Willow identity and performs twice for the Queen, a beautiful cover of Nick Cave's 'Into My Arms' and her own lovely song 'Let There Be Light', a suitable anthem for the times we're in. The Panti Personals gets closer to being a 'personals' column with Panti putting the call out for a gorgeous ginger haired guy for Jane (she has a thing for red-heads!). Find out more about Jane Willow here : www.janewillow.com/blog The Panti Personals is an independent podcast production by Athena Media. The producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard, the theme music is by Lisa Hannigan, it's an instrumental version of her song 'Knots' used with her kind permission.

The Panti Personals: Jane Willow www.pantisocracy.ie #ThePantiPersonals Panti Bliss is with a gorgeous young Dutch woman, singer and songwriter Jane Willow in this episode of The Panti Personals. But of course Jane's real name is Janneke van Nijnanten and much like our Queen, Panti Bliss and her homeboy Rory O'Neill, she loves the freedom a stage persona and name gives to her. There's a weird Glen Hansard theme going on in The Panti Personals as we heard how Galia Arad was inspired to come to Ireland by a Glen gig, and our Janneke took off to Dublin after hearing Glen talking about the glories of street busking as a musician in Dublin. Janneke went back to busking, more parks than streets, during lockdown, just to find an audience and have the joy of the singing in public again. In this episode she shares her story of coming here from her home town in the Netherlands, Breda which of course Panti thinks is a great name for a drag queen, Heavy Breda! During the show Janneke pops into her Jane Willow identity and performs twice for the Queen, a beautiful cover of Nick Cave's 'Into My Arms' and her own lovely song 'Let There Be Light', a suitable anthem for the times we're in. In this episode you also hear Jane singing her poignant cover of Leonard Cohen song, Chelsea Hotel. Here's her lockdown video of it : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRESTppQB4M The Panti Personals gets closer to being a 'personals' column with Panti putting the call out for a gorgeous ginger haired guy for Jane ( she has a thing for red-heads!). Find out more about Jane Willow here : https://www.janewillow.com/blog Transcript of the episode: https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/7447b1ec0d554ce08360d18cb50c7532/edit_v2?share_code=5b049bfd4bae1e562d56 The Panti Personals is an independent podcast production by Athena Media. The producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard, the theme music is by Lisa Hannigan, it's an instrumental version of her song 'Knots' used with her kind permission. The shows are recorded in Camden Recording Studios with Conor Brady as audio engineer and we thanks Camden Recording Studios and Cian Boylan for their support in the making of this series.

The guest with Panti Bliss in this episode of The Panti Personals is Myles O'Reilly, a multi-talented artist of words, film and music. Myles composes and releases his own beautiful ambient music under the moniker Indistinct Chatter. He is celebrated for his gorgeous music docu-videos with artists like Villagers, Imelda May, Lisa O’Neill, Ye Vagabonds and of course the lovely Lisa Hannigan - whose music is our theme song. He’s one half of the music show ‘This Ain't No Disco’ with Donal Dineen and has curated a stage at Body & Soul Festival for some seven years. Myles began his stage and music life as the band Juno Falls, which was effectively just him, and in this conversation with Panti Bliss he invites his good friend Rónán O' Snodaigh in to perform and sing Rónán's 'Tá'n t'Ádh Liom (Lucky Is Me)'. You can find out more about Myles and his work on https://arbutusyarns.net/ and support it via his Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/mylesoreilly. https://mylesoreilly.bandcamp.com/music to buy his music. Music you hear in this episode includes: Crowded House - To The Island (Myles O'Reilly video can be seen here https://arbutusyarns.net/2021/03/20/crowded-house-to-the-island/ Emmi Leisner DANK SEI DIR,HERR Ernst Reijseger Indistinct Chatter - My Mother's Star Indistinct Chatter - The Conservatory Indistinct Chatter - Your Excitement The Panti Personals is an independent podcast produced by Athena Media. The producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard and the theme music is by Lisa Hannigan, an instrumental version of her song 'Knots'.

The Panti Personals : Myles O'Reilly www.pantisocracy.ie #ThePantiPersonals The guest with Panti Bliss in this episode of The Panti Personals is Myles O'Reilly, a multi-talented artist of words, film and music. Myles composes and releases his own beautiful ambient music under the moniker Indistinct Chatter. He is celebrated for his gorgeous music docu-videos with artists like Villagers, Imelda May, Lisa O’Neill, Ye Vagabonds and of course the lovely Lisa Hannigan - whose music is our theme song. He’s one half of the music show ‘This Ain't No Disco’ with Donal Dineen and has curated a stage at Body & Soul Festival for some seven years. Myles began his stage and music life as the band Juno Falls, which was effectively just him, and in this conversation with Panti Bliss he invites his good friend Rónán O' Snodaigh in to perform and sing Rónán's 'Tá'n t'Ádh Liom (Lucky Is Me)'. You can see Myles film of this song here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RknDQJtJkOs You can find out more about Myles and his work on https://arbutusyarns.net/about/ and support it via his Patreon. https://mylesoreilly.bandcamp.com/music to buy his music. Music you hear in this episode includes: Crowded House - To The Island (Myles O'Reilly video can be seen here https://arbutusyarns.net/2021/03/20/crowded-house-to-the-island/ Emmi Leisner DANK SEI DIR,HERR Ernst Reijseger Indistinct Chatter - My Mother's Star Indistinct Chatter - The Conservatory Indistinct Chatter - Your Excitement Episode Transcript: https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/d2af713b626447a3811708785d6e313e/edit_v2 The Panti Personals is an independent podcast produced by Athena Media. The producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard and the theme music is by Lisa Hannigan, an instrumental version of her song 'Knots' (Myles made the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYdPtcx-4mo) and it is used with her kind permission.

The Panti Personals : S1 E2 Panti Bliss meets Galia Arad. (released May 14) Galia Arad describes herself as 'Bob Dylan meets Britney Spears' and if that doesn't make you want to listen to this episode of The Panti Personals, whatever will? Galia hails from Bloomington, Indiana, but this singer-songwriter with a comic punch, has made Dublin her home. When she's asked by taxi drivers what fella brought her to Dublin? Galia smiles and says 'Glen Hansard' but in truth it's as much Shane McGowan's work, as Glen's. But then you'll have to listen to the podcast to find out why! Galia's comic work is often with the gleeful Lollipops but her new release, 'Lion's Den' is a classic break-up song, a powerful pop ballad you can just imagine Britney covering. Galia's 'Britney crush' often means she includes a Britney cover in her gigs and her very dark and mysterious cover of 'Baby One More Time' made it to screen in a Marvel TV series 'Cloak & Dagger'. In this episode of The Panti Personals Panti Bliss finds a new soulmate in fellow podcaster Galia Arad, who she decides is 'a gas bitch' and ideal company for the habitual lockdown season. Galia, who has toured with Jools Holland, performs her latest release 'Lion's Den' and a song inspired by possibly her most embarrassing moment, when Elvis Costello emailed her to hook up for a gig. Music in this episode includes: Galia & The Lollipops : What a Time Galia's cover of Brittney Spears 'Baby One More Time' Galia Arad's Lion's Den - accompanied by Cian Boylan Galia Arad and the Elvis Costello Song To find out more about Galia go to www.galiaarad.com And follow her on twitter https://twitter.com/galiaarad The Panti Personals is an independent podcast production by Athena Media. The producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard. The theme music is Knots by Lisa Hannigan and used with her kind permission.

The Panti Personals : S1 E2 Panti Bliss meets Galia Arad. (released May 15) http://pantisocracy.ie/galia-arad/ Galia Arad describes herself as 'Bob Dylan meets Britney Spears' and if that doesn't make you want to listen to this episode of The Panti Personals, whatever will? Galia hails from Bloomington, Indiana, but this singer-songwriter with a comic punch, has made Dublin her home. When she's asked by taxi drivers what fella brought her to Dublin? Galia smiles and says 'Glen Hansard' but in truth it's as much Shane MacGowan's work, as Glen's. But then you'll have to listen to the podcast to find out why! Galia's comic work is often with the gleeful Lollipops but her new release, 'Lion's Den' is a classic break-up song, a powerful pop ballad you can just imagine Britney covering. Galia's 'Britney crush' often means she includes a Britney cover in her gigs and her very dark and mysterious cover of 'Baby One More Time' made it to screen in a Marvel TV series 'Cloak & Dagger'. In this episode of The Panti Personals Panti Bliss finds a new soulmate in fellow podcaster Galia Arad, who she decides is 'a gas bitch' and ideal company for the habitual lockdown season. Galia, who has toured with Jools Holland, performs her latest release 'Lion's Den' and a song inspired by possibly her most embarrassing moment, when Elvis Costello emailed her to hook up for a gig. Music in this episode includes: Galia & The Lollipops : What a Time Galia's cover of Britney Spears 'Baby One More Time' Galia Arad's Lion's Den - accompanied by Cian Boylan Galia Arad and the Elvis Costello Song To find out more about Galia go to www.galiaarad.com And follow her on twitter twitter.com/galiaarad The Panti Personals is an independent podcast production by Athena Media. The producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard. The theme music is Knots by Lisa Hannigan and used with her kind permission.

The Panti Personals - Season 1 Episode 1 Panti Bliss meets Bressie' Niall Breslin (released May 1 2021) * trigger warning. This episode conversation touches on mental health, and references child abuse and suicide. Panti Bliss is breaking out of lockdown and shaping a new podcast, a child of Pantisocracy, The Panti Personals, where she gets up close (two metres anyway) and personal with someone, for an intimate conversation and a private performance. Her first guest is a man of more hats than Philip Treacy. It's the handsome beast, mindfulness and music man, Niall Breslin, 'Bressie' of the Blizzards. This time Niall is Blizzardsless and performs two of his new spoken words pieces, 'Teen Spirit', which was first performed for this year's St Patrick's Day Festival, and inspired by the death of his teenage hero Kurt Cobain, and a brand new piece 'Closing Time', a tribute to the saving grace of Tom Waits, with Cian Boylan on piano. Niall is co-founder of the mental health advocacy group 'A Lust for Life' and he hosts two podcasts, 'Where Is My Mind?' and one focussed on mindfulness 'Wake Up/Wind Down'. In this powerful and revealing conversation Panti and Bressie talk love, life, anxiety and resilience, and swap stories on how physical and sexual abuse, witnessed during their school years, has stayed with them, and haunted them. Find out more about Niall and his work : www.niallbreslin.com/ Or 'A Lust for Life': https://www.alustforlife.com/tools/mental-health/where-is-my-mind-podcast And to hear the Blizzards check out : open.spotify.com/artist/5wzUAvSTqE7BXNSL0OOzZR The Panti Personals is an Athena Media independent podcast production. The producer is Helen Shaw and the digital editor is John Howard. The Panti Personals sessions are recorded in Camden Recording Studios Dublin and this first season of the show has been made with the kind support of Camden Recording Studios and Cian Boylan. For more, and to see videos of performances from The Panti Personals, visit the mothership pantisocracy.ie/panti-personals/ Episode Transcript: https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/f970aaabdeea4310b0bf0f11e69af05e/edit_v2 All rights rest with Niall Breslin & Athena Media @AthenaMedia2021

The Panti Personals - Season 1 Episode 1 Panti Bliss meets Bressie' Niall Breslin (released May 1 2021) *trigger warning. This conversation touches on mental health, and references child abuse and suicide. Panti Bliss is breaking out of lockdown and shaping a new podcast, a child of Pantisocracy, The Panti Personals, where she gets up close (two metres anyway) and personal with someone, for an intimate conversation and a private performance. Her first guest is a man of more hats than Philip Treacy. It's the handsome beast, mindfulness and music man, Niall Breslin, 'Bressie' of the Blizzards. This time Niall is Blizzardsless and performs two of his new spoken words pieces, 'Teen Spirit', which was first performed for this year's St Patrick's Day Festival, and inspired by the death of his teenage hero Kurt Cobain, and a brand new piece 'Closing Time', a tribute to the saving grace of Tom Waits, with Cian Boylan on piano. Niall is co-founder of the mental health advocacy group 'A Lust for Life' and he hosts two podcasts, 'Where Is My Mind?' and one focussed on mindfulness 'Wake Up/Wind Down'. In this powerful and revealing conversation Panti and Bressie talk love, life, anxiety and resilience, and swap stories on how physical and sexual abuse, witnessed during their school years, has stayed with them, and haunted them. Find out more about Niall and his work : https://www.niallbreslin.com/ Or 'A Lust for Life': https://www.alustforlife.com/tools/mental-health/where-is-my-mind-podcast And to hear the Blizzards check out : https://open.spotify.com/artist/5wzUAvSTqE7BXNSL0OOzZR The Panti Personals is an Athena Media independent podcast production. The producer is Helen Shaw and the digital editor is John Howard. The Panti Personals sessions are recorded in Camden Recording Studios Dublin and this first season of the show has been made with the kind support of Camden Recording Studios and Cian Boylan. For more, and to see videos of performances from The Panti Personals, visit the mothership http://pantisocracy.ie/panti-personals/ Episode Transcript: https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/f970aaabdeea4310b0bf0f11e69af05e/edit_v2 All rights rest with Niall Breslin & Athena Media @AthenaMedia2021

The Panti Personals - a new podcast hosted by Panti Bliss, started May 1 2021. Panti Bliss is breaking out of lockdown and getting up close (well two metres) and personal. In this new podcast, a child of the multi-award winning Pantisocracy, Panti Bliss is escaping her husband, Penny the dog and Crayon the lockdown cat, to have some intimate and revealing conversations with old and new friends who also, since, they're all performers, entertain her in a private audience of one. In this season she meets the handsome beast, mindfulness and music man, Niall Breslin, aka Bressie of the Blizzards, American singer and songwriter, Galia Arad, film-maker and musician Myles O'Reilly and the Dutch singer and songwriter Jane Willow. For more go to the mothership pantisocracy.ie/panti-personals/ The Panti Personals is an independent podcast production by Athena Media. The producer is Helen Shaw and the digital editor is John Howard. This first season of The Panti Personals is made with the support of Camden Recording Studios in Dublin. The theme music for The Panti Personals is Knots by Lisa Hannigan, and used with her kind permission. Thanks Lisa! If you like what we do, please share the podcast using hashtag #ThePantiPersonals

The Panti Personals - a new podcast hosted by Panti Bliss, starts May 1 2021. Panti Bliss is breaking out of lockdown and getting up close ( well two metres) and personal. In this new podcast, a child of the multi-award winning Pantisocracy, Panti Bliss is escaping her husband, Penny the dog and Crayon the lockdown cat, to have some intimate and revealing conversations with old and new friends who also, since, they're all performers, entertain her in a private audience of one. In this season she meets the handsome beast, mindfulness and music man, Niall Breslin, ala Bressie of the Blizzards, American singer and songwriter, Galia Arad, film-maker and musician Myles O'Reilly, the unstoppable Bronagh Gallagher, and the Dutch singer and songwriter Jane Willow. For more go to the mothership http://pantisocracy.ie/panti-personals/ The Panti Personals is an independent podcast production by Athena Media. The producer is Helen Shaw and the digital editor is John Howard. This first season of The Panti Personals is made with the support of Camden Recording Studios in Dublin. The theme music for The Panti Personals is Knots by Lisa Hannigan, and used with her kind permission. Thanks Lisa!

Singers Iarla Ó Lionáird and Veronica Dunne discuss the journey of the human voice and ask, why do we sing and what happens when we do? An Athena Media production Producer: Helen Shaw Audio editor: Pearse Ó Caoimh Producer for lyric: Eoin O Kelly (First Broadcast December 26th 2017)

Singers Iarla Ó Lionaird and Peggy Seeger discuss the global journey of the human voice and ask, why do we sing and what happens when we do? An Athena Media production Producer: Helen Shaw Audio Editor: Pearse O Caoimh. Producer for lyric fm: Eoin O Kelly (First broadcast 24th March 2017)

Singers Iarla Ó Lionáird and Glen Hansard discuss the global journey of the human voice and ask, why do we sing and what happens when we do? An Athena Media production Producer: Helen Shaw Audio Editor: Pearse O Caoimh. Producer for lyric fm: Eoin O Kelly (First broadcast 29th October 2017)

#Pantisocracy Season 5 Episode 6 : "A Place to Call My Own' What does it take to call a place your own, or for that place to let you own it? In this episode of Pantisocracy host Panti Bliss is with three people who answered that question. She meets Santis O’Garro, a proud Black Irishwoman from the Caribbean island of Montserrat, Martin Beanz Warde, a comedian who shares his story of growing up gay in the traveller community in the west of Ireland, and singer Roisin El Cherif, a Palestinian Irishwoman from Oranmore, Co Galway. Roisin performs two of her own songs, Cinnamon Eyes and Cross Your Mind, accompanied by musician Alma Kelliher on keyboards and backing vocals. for more go to : pantisocracy.ie/s5-e6/ Full Transcript of Broadcast Show: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NBIHf3lzwSsEpc0-R3rMvLVjxoattkx2/view Pantisocracy is an Athena Media production for RTE Radio 1. The producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard. This episode was recorded in Belvedere House, Great Denmark St Dublin 1 by Simon Cullen.

#Pantisocracy S5 E6 ‘A Place to Call My Own’ In the Panti Monologue Panti Bliss talks of making Dublin her home and how that shift in finding a place that both accepts you and you accept is so fundamental to the human experience. What does it take to call a place your own, or for that place to let you own it? In this episode of Pantisocracy 'A Place to Call My Own' host Panti Bliss is with three people who answered that question. She meets Santis O’Garro, a proud Black Irishwoman from the Caribbean island of Montserrat, Martin Beanz Warde, a comedian who shares his story of growing up gay in the traveller community in the west of Ireland, and singer Roisin El Cherif, a Palestinian Irishwoman from Oranmore, Co Galway. pantisocracy.ie/s5-e6/ for more Read the monologue: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17VqAiAZK7-bpJgbN0unYuMPtWY0_kFn2ieaI-cZAYYA/edit?usp=sharing Pantisocracy with Panti Bliss is an Athena Media production The producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard and the audio mix on this episode was done by Simon Cullen.

What does it take to become the person you are born to be? In this episode of Pantisocracy host Panti Bliss meets five people who share their stories of becoming ‘at home’ in their own skin. Joining Panti Bliss are writer and wheelchair user Louise Bruton, poet Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe, minimalist composer Úna Keane, transgender activist Noah Halpin and singer Melina Malone who all share moments of intense change and transformation in their lives. Both Úna Keane and Melina Malone perform from their work, and Nidhi shares a poem that connects to her roots in India. In The Panti Monologue Panti Bliss talks of how she sees the relationship between Rory and Panti, where Rory is the type of guy who likes to wear an old comfy jumper while Panti is the peacock who struts out like Alexis Carrington Colby Dexter. Una Keane performs a piece she wrote for the show called 'RISE' and also a piece which requires a manual typewriter 'Typewriter 111' which Panti Bliss remarks gets her thinking of Dolly Parton and '9-5'!. http://pantisocracy.ie/pantisocracy-s5-e4-phoenix-rising/ for more For more about Una Keane go to www.unakeane.com and on Melina Malone go to www.melinamalone.com Pantisocracy is an Athena Media production, the broadcast version of the show goes out on RTE Radio 1 and extended podcasts cuts like this are released by Athena Media to reflect the full richness of the recordings. The producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard and the audio editor for this mix is Andrew Byrne. The show was recorded in Camden Recording Studios.

The Panti Monologue 'Inner Vision' is all about being driven by a sense of passion and creativity. Panti Bliss shares her own sense of self and creativity. On air RTE Radio 1 August 20th and on podcasts everywhere. Check out the short form podcast series The Panti Monologues and follow the long form Pantisocracy episodes on air or in podcasts everywhere. for more pantisocracy.ie Pantisocracy is an Athena Media production for RTE Radio 1 - the producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard and this episode was recorded in Camden Recording Studios in Dublin. Read the monologue: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rYg5ZgdBg0OmheKNbJfVtDXdqcLNKIoF0iMmzDnzw40/edit?usp=sharing http://pantisocracy.ie/s5-e5/ for more In this episode Panti Bliss is joined by guests Naoise Dolan, whose debut novel 'Exciting Times' is creating quite a stir, by Louise Lowe, artistic director of ANU Productions, and David Geraghty, aka Join Me In the Pines, musician and singer.

'The Big Pause' Pantisocracy S5 E1 Host Panti Bliss is back with Pantisocracy and in Season 5 after the covid19 long lockdown she's meeting three guests who had their dream projects stalled by what we're calling 'The Big Pause'. Panti meets writer Mark O'Connell, 'Notes from an Apocalyse' novelist Cauvery Madhaven 'The Tainted' and singer and actor Lisa Lambe. In this audio you hear Lisa singing a song she wrote inspired by a short story by the Irish writer Mary Lavin 'One Drop of Rain'. During the show Lisa also shares a song from her album 'Juniper' which was launched during lockdown. In this performance she is accompanied by guitarist John O'Loughlin. for more go to pantisocracy.ie/s5e1/ to find out more about Lisa - www.lisalambe.ie You can hear the radio broadcast of Pantisocracy on RTE Radio 1 July 9th 10pm and on podcasts everywhere. Catch the video of Lisa's performance online with the show. Pantisocracy is an Athena Media production for RTE Radio - the producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard. All rights rests with the content creators and performers involved in the show and can not be used without direction permission ©AthenaMedia2020

Mother's Blood, Sister Songs, Episode 2 'Sister Songs'. Broadcast RTÉ Lyric fm Jan 5th 6-7pm. In Episode 2 of this music led arts documentary composer Linda Buckley meets women composers and musicians in Iceland, exploring how the genetics of Iceland reveals its Irish motherhood. What is the root of Iceland's extraordinary creativity? Linda talks to harpist Katie Buckley, flautist Melkorka Olafsdottir, and hears how Björk creates a collaborative and creative environment drawing on the rich legacy of Iceland's musical tradition. The music played in this episode includes, in this order: Linda Buckley - Fall Approaches Linda Buckley - Numarimur Björk - Mother Heroic Linda Buckley - Siúil A Rún Sigur Ros - Odins' Raven Magic Melkorka Olafsdottir playing Telemann Fantasia 6 Dolce Móðir mín í kví kví - Icelandic folk song Bara Grimsdottir - Æskustöðvarnar Medieval Icelandic folk singing - Tvísöngur Kristín Lárusdóttir (Selló Stína) - Haustið nálgast Kristin Larusdottir Sello Stina - Fold ( vox Steindor Anderson) Kristín Lárusdóttir (Selló-Stína) - Von Bara Grimsdottir - Blíðviðri Sigur Ros - Glósóli JFDR - White Sun Björk - The Anchor Song Lara Bryndis Eggertsdottir - I heard the Sound of their Wings Vox Feminae - Móðir mín í kví, kví Anna Thorvaldsdottir (Iceland Symphony Orchestra & Ilan Volkov) - Aeriality Björk - Utopia Katie Buckley - Snowy February Bjork - Violently happy Vox Feminae - Visur Vatnsenda Rosu Björk - Tabula Rasa Björk - Blissing Me Anna Thorvaldsdottir - Heyr þú oss himnum á Linda Buckley & Irene Buckley- Song of the Siren (vox Annette Buckley) Linda Buckley - Fall Approaches Linda Buckley - Numarimur Find out more on www.mothersbloodsistersongs.com Mother's Blood, Sister Songs is an Athena Media production for RTÉ lyric fm made with the support of the TV licence fee and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The presenter is Linda Buckley, producer is Helen Shaw, the documentary audio editor is Pearse O Caoimh and the production digital editor is John Howard. The RTÉ lyric fm commissioning editor is Olga Buckley.

Mother's Blood, Sister Songs : Episode 1 'Mother's Blood' Broadcast on RTE Lyric fm Sunday December 29th 6pm-7pm. Mother's Blood, Sister Songs is a two part radio and podcast documentary, the story of how the genetics of Iceland reveals its Irish motherhood, presented by Irish composer Linda Buckley and produced by Athena Media for RTE lyric fm. In Epsiode 1 'Mother's Blood' Linda begins her journey at her parents dairy farm at the Old Head of Kinsale, sharing her own story of sound and music and how Iceland became part it of through music and how when she finally went there in 2014 to write music, she felt strangely at home. That quest to uncover the connections between Ireland and Iceland starts a journey through time and history, from 9th Century Gaelic ireland during the Vikings to the genetics research of Dr. Kári Stefánsson in Reykjavik. Linda finds out about the female slaves taken by Norwegian Vikings to Iceland and becomes fascinated by one story in the Icelandic Sagas of Melkorka, a supposedly mute Irish slave, said to be the daughter of an Irish King. Is Melkorka real or imagined and where these Gaelic slaves the first mothers of Iceland? The music heard in this episode includes: Björk - Vísur Vatnsenda-Rósu ( Icelandic folksong) Linda Buckley - Fall Approaches * theme Sigur rós - Ekki Múkk Linda Buckley - Numarimur (vox Elizabeth Hilliard) * theme Steindór Andersen - Haustið Na´lgast Sigur rós - Sæglópur Linda Buckley Hekla Linda Buckley Fridur Linda Buckley - Drowning Pool Linda Buckley - Siúil A Rúin (traditional air) Valgeir Sigurðsson - Ghosts (World Premiere 2013 performed by Crash Ensemble) Daniel Bjarnason - Bow to String Linda Buckley - Ó Iochtar Mara (vox Iarla Ó Lionaird) Björk - Mother Heroic Sigur rós - Kjartan sveinsson-sidasti baerinn Sigur rós - óðin's raven magic - chapter 3 Muireann Níc Amhlaoibh - Slán le Máigh Linda Buckley - Torann Vox Feminae -Vísur Vatnsenda-Rósu Fields - Anna Thorvaldsdóttir Heyr þú oss himnum á - Anna Thorvaldsdóttir Sello Stína - Fold ( vox Steindór Andersen) Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh & Billy Mag Fhloinn - Port na bPúcaí Guðrún Jóhanna Ólafsdóttir - Móðir mín í kví, kví I (icelandic folk song - lullaby) You can find some of the music here in a Soundcloud playlist soundcloud.com/athena-media/sets/mothersbloodsistersongs_music For more go to www.mothersbloodsistersongs.com

Mother's Blood, Sister Songs is a documentary project by Athena Media exploring how the genetic roots of Iceland reveal its gaelic heritage. The documentary is presented by the Irish composer Linda Buckley and in this short audio feature Linda takes us to her own family home, a farm at the Old Head of Kinsale and shares how it has shapes her sonic and visual aesthetic and how this dramatic and isolated landscape connects to Iceland where she has written and composed work. In the piece you hear Buckley's orchestral and choral work - Fall Approaches - Haustid Nalgast, which she wrote long before visiting Iceland in 2014, and it uses an Icelandic rimur, or chanted poem, as its inspiration. Here's the piece performed by Ruthless Jabiru from 2013 Ruthlessjabiru – Linda-buckley-fall-approaches To hear our project playlist of music and stories that inspire us go to soundcloud.com/athena-media/sets/mothers-blood-sister-songs To find out more about the project go to our website www.mothersbloodsistersongs.com The project producer is Helen Shaw, the assistant producer is John Howard.

For this episode of This is Where We Live, Helen went back to chat with Mark O'Brien, Director and CEO of Axis Arts Centre, in the heart of Ballymun about how the arts and creativity can help shape place, community and belonging. The Dublin suburb of Ballymun has a rich story to tell us about creating community and how we plan new urban villages, particularly when we put public housing at the heart of them. Over ten years ago the famous tower blocks of Ballymun, a social housing project from the 1960s, came tumbling down as part of a massive regeneration scheme for the area. Across 2008 producer Helen Shaw recorded in Ballymun for the Athena Media radio documentary 'Tower Songs' a project where the children and young people of Ballymun told their story of how their place was changing through music and song. www.axisballymun.ie/ www.thisiswherewelive.ie/ Become a Patron Supporter: www.patreon.com/tiwwl Our thanks also to support from Happy Scribe www.happyscribe.co/ and the Dublin Housing Observatory at Dublin City Council Tower Songs: The Athena Media radio documentary won Gold at PPI Radio Awards 2009 Athena-media – Tower-songs Music credit: Ballymun Lullaby scored by composer Daragh O'Toole with the children and young people of Ballymun Music Project. Watch this short video to get an idea of what the Ballymun 7 Towers looked like: The Story of Ballymun and the 7 Towers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPVMmq3fwtY (credit: Dublin City Libraries)

This panel discussion took place on 1 May 2019 at the Royal Irish Academy. Panellists explored the challenges and opportunities that digital and social media opens in our society and the growing case, across Europe, for online content regulation and controls. Panelists discussed questions such as; How do we balance the civil freedom of expression that online provides while protecting the common good? What is the balance of responsibilities of the Internet global companies behind social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook and how well is Ireland facing up to these challenges? The group of panelists brought together academics and practitioners who will contribute their expertise, insight and academic research to the discussion. Dr Maria Helen Murphy, Lecturer in Law at Maynooth University. Professor Brian O'Neill, Director of Research and Dean of the Graduate Research School at TU Dublin, City Campus. Gavin Sheridan is CEO and co-founder of Vizlegal—a global API and intelligence tool for law. He is the former Director of Innovation at Storyful. Professor Eugenia Siapera is Professor of Information and Communication Studies and Head of the School of Information and Communication Studies, UCD. The panel discussion was facilitated by Helen Shaw, CEO Athena Media and member of the RIA's Social Sciences Committee

Actor Robert Sheehan narrates Wilde Stories, a creative re-imagining of Oscar Wilde through the prism of his fairytales 'The Happy Prince and Other Stories'. This five part series brings together Irish artists and actors to celebrate and explore the work and life of Oscar Wilde and features interviews with Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland and his biographer Eleanor Fitzsimons. Episode 2 brings us 'The Devoted Friend', a story of treachery as innocent young Hans is exploited by the greedy Miller. The story is read by Lauren Coe and the music relating to The Devoted Friend is 'Shelter' - an orchestral piece with solo violin composed by Michael Gallen performed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. For more on this transmedia project go to wildestories.ie. The radio series is an Athena Media production for RTÉ lyric FM made with the production support of the BAI the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and the TV licence fee.

Actor Robert Sheehan narrates Wilde Stories, a creative re-imagining of Oscar Wilde through the prism of his fairytales 'The Happy Prince and Other Stories'. This five part series brings together Irish artists and actors to celebrate and explore the work and life of Oscar Wilde and features interviews with Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland and his biographer Eleanor Fitzsimons. Episode 3 brings us 'The Remarkable Rocket', a darkly funny story of a pompous rocket who sees the world through his own self-importance. The story is read by Brian Gleeson and the original music inspired The Remarkable Rocket is called 'How to Go Off (Like a Rocket)', composed by Michael Gallen and performed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. For more on this transmedia project go to wildestories.ie. The radio series is an Athena Media production for RTÉ lyric FM made with the production support of the BAI the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and the TV licence fee.

Actor Robert Sheehan narrates Wilde Stories, a creative re-imagining of Oscar Wilde through the prism of his fairytales 'The Happy Prince and Other Stories'. This five part series brings together Irish artists and actors to celebrate and explore the work and life of Oscar Wilde and features interviews with Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland and his biographer Eleanor Fitzsimons. Episode 4 centres on 'The Nightingale and The Rose', a romantic tragedy read by Lauren Coe. The music relating to the story is called 'Press Closer' composed by Michael Gallen and performed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and features vocal performances by soloists Rachel Croash and Evan Lawrence. For more on this transmedia project go to wildestories.ie. The radio series is an Athena Media production for RTÉ lyric FM made with the production support of the BAI the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and the TV licence fee.

Actor Robert Sheehan narrates Wilde Stories, a creative re-imagining of Oscar Wilde through the prism of his fairytales 'The Happy Prince and Other Stories'. This five part series brings together Irish artists and actors to celebrate and explore the work and life of Oscar Wilde and features interviews with Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland and his biographer Eleanor Fitzsimons. Episode 5 closes the series with the full suite of orchestral movements composed by Michael Gallen for the project alongside a reading of 'The Selfish Giant', a timeless, well loved tale of love and friendship read by Brian Gleeson. The music relating to this particular story is called 'The Most Beautiful Flowers of All' and is performed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. For more on this transmedia project go to wildestories.ie. The radio series is an Athena Media production for RTÉ lyric FM made with the production support of the BAI the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and the TV licence fee.

Actor Robert Sheehan narrates Wilde Stories, a creative re-imagining of Oscar Wilde through the prism of his fairytales 'The Happy Prince and Other Stories'. This five part series brings together Irish artists and actors to celebrate and explore the work and life of Oscar Wilde and features interviews with Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland and his biographer Eleanor Fitzsimons. Episode 5 closes the series with the full suite of orchestral movements composed by Michael Gallen for the project alongside a reading of 'The Selfish Giant', a timeless, well loved tale of love and friendship read by Brian Gleeson. The music relating to this particular story is called 'The Most Beautiful Flowers of All' and is performed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. For more on this transmedia project go to wildestories.ie. The radio series is an Athena Media production for RTÉ lyric FM made with the production support of the BAI the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and the TV licence fee.

Pantisocracy Series 3 Episode 10 "Ties That Bind" Guests with Panti Bliss in this episode are the bands Ships, Tebi Rex, performer Felispeaks and singer Inni-K. Relationships, both family and friendship, are at the heart of the conversation in this episode of Pantisocracy and the ‘cabaret of conversations’. Panti Bliss talks of her own ties that bind and her guests include Sorca McGrath of the Choice Music Prize winning band Ships with her partner Simon Cullen, as well as Maynooth hip hop duo Max Zanga & Matt Ó Baoill, aka Tebi Rex. Joining them is the Nigerian-Irish spoken word artist Felispeaks, aka Felicia Olusanya, whose first play ‘The Boy Child’ is in this year’s Dublin Fringe Festival. Eclectic singer-songwriter Inni-K aka Eithne Ni Chatháin completes the guest list in a show focussed on contemporary Irish talent. www.pantisocracy.ie/s3-e10 for more No use of any content, audio video or text, without the written permission of the content creators Athena Media. Athena Media is an independent producer and Pantisocracy is broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 and available online as a podcast.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. With London 2012 well under way, we look back at some of the athletes featured in our Winning Women series. Music by Senekah. Long distance runner Fionnuala Britton, Linda Byrne marathon runner, Triathlete Aileen Morrison, Canoeist Hannah Craig and Badminton player Chloe Magee.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Extra podcast. Marathon runner Ava Hutchinson of Dundrum South Dublin Athletics, talks about the trials and tribulations involved in her run up to London 2012.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Extra podcast. When she achieved the Olympic A standard by running a personal best of 2.36.23 in last years Dublin Marathon 25 year old Dubliner Linda Byrne became Irelands first women's Olympics A standard qualifier since 1988. She has since been joined by three others more than our permitted entry level and while Maria McCambridge has consequently been excluded Linda is joined on the London 2012 starting line by fellow marathon champions Ava Hutchinson and Catriona Jennings.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Episode 8. With London 2012 well under way, we look back at some of the athletes featured in our Winning Women series. Music by Senekah. Judo; Lisa Kearney, 100m Breaststroke; Sycerika McMahon, Modern Pentathlon; Natalya Coyle, Rowing; Sanita Puspure, Race Walking; Olive Loughnane.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Episode 8. With the Olympic Games just about to start two Cork based Olympians, Sanita Puspure and Olive Loughnane, are the focus in today' feature in our series Winning Women. Latvian born Sanita Puspure is Irelands first woman rower at the Games since 1980. But while its Sanitas first Olympic Games for champion race walker Olive Loughnane London is her fourth and, she says, final Games.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Episode 8. First timer and Latvian born Sanita Puspure is Irelands first woman rower at the Games since 1980 and she is the focus in this episode of Winning Women.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Episode 8. With the Olympic Games just about to start Cork based Olympian race walker Olive Loughnane has been preparing for her fourth and, she says, final Games.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Extra podcast. 23 year old Laura Reynolds joins experienced Olympian Olive Loghnane on the start line for the 20km race walk in London. Laura is surrounded by inspiration as her coach is male race walker and fellow Letrim native Colin Griffin. She has just finished her degree in DCU studying PE and Biology and tell us how she juggles studying and training.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Natalya is the first ever Irish woman to qualify for the Modern Olympic Pentathlon a five sport event invented by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1912 which simulates the skills of a 19th century calvalry soldier behind enemy lines. Natalya tells of how she has rode horses, shot, fenced, swam, and ran her way to the London 2012 Olympic Games.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Pole Vaulter Tori Pena is a Californian whose grandmother comes from Derry and who has dual Irish American citizenship is Irelands first ever woman pole vaulter at the Olympics. As part of our winning women series we caught up Tori in the run up to her first Olympic Games. Tori who trains in Arizona was back at Morton Stadium in Santry defending her national title.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Two women athletes making history at London 2012 are Irish pentathlete Natalya Coyle and pole vaulter Tori Pena. Natalya is Irelands first ever competitor in the Olympic Pentathlon a five sport event while Tori Pena a Californian whose grandmother comes from Derry and who has dual Irish American citizenship is Irelands first ever woman pole vaulter at the Olympics. As part of our winning women series we caught up with Natalya and Tori in the run up to their first Olympic Games. Tori who trains in Arizona was back at Morton Stadium in Santry defending her national title.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Extra podcast material. 29 year old Hannah Craig started canoeing when she moved from Antrim to France. It is her first Olympics and she talks to us about her event the Canoe Slalom and her hope to have more women involved in sport in Ireland.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Lisa Kearney is a twenty three year old Belfast athlete who is making history. Shes the first Irish woman to compete in Judo at the Olympic Games and shes just got silver at the world judo championships in Estonia in her final big competition before London 2012. She coached by Irelands two time Olympian Ciaran Ward and is now based in Edinburgh. As part of our winning women Olympics series we caught up with her on a visit to her home club in Belfast to find out why Judo is her passion and how shes come back from serious injury.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. DCU Elite Athlete Fionnuala Britton is a twenty seven year old long distance runner and seen as an athlete who has made the most dramatic progress since the last Olympic Games. Shes the focus today for our winning women series on the record number of Irish athletes heading to London .

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. 23 year Chloe Magee is Ireland number 1 badminton champion and she's heading to London for her second Olympic Games. Its a family affair with Chloe, who comes from Raphoe in Donegal, as her coach is her brother Daniel and she plays international doubles with her brother Sam Magee, an outstanding player himself. As part of our winning women series on the record number of elite Irish women athletes heading to London 2012 we caught up with Chloe and her brother Daniel and talked about her passion for the game and her international winning streak.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Ireland has four swimmers in the London 2012 Olympic team, and three of them are women Melanie Nocher, Grainne Murphy and Co Down schoolgirl Sycerika McMahon, At just seventeen Sycerika is our youngest Olympian, and in todays Winning Women feature, she tells us how shes been mixing Olympic training with school and just what it was like to win silver in the 50 metres breaststroke at the Europeans AND qualify for the 100 metres breast stroke in London.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Derry woman Aileen Morrison is one of our most promising medal hopes in the London Olympics in our series winning women on the record number of women athletes flying the flag for Ireland in London 2012 weve been looking at the marathon..well Aileen is representing us in the triathlon which like the marathon is a free to view event taking place in Hyde park. Lisa Essuman met Aileen who won silver at the world series in may. To find out what it takes to win in three sports and whether she can do it again in London.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. To start Lisa is looking at the marathon its one of the oldest and toughest events in the games and weve three women competing in it for Ireland. Record breaking marathon runner Catherina Mckiernan and veteran Olympic commentator Jimmy Magee open the episode.

The series An Opera for Carlow was the story of an extraordinary and unique community music and arts project led by conductor Fergus Sheil. This is a chance to recap on that journey which is produced by Athena Media with the support of the BAI sound and Vision scheme and presented by Paul Herriott and an opportunity to listen that opera titled Shelter me from the Rain which was composed by Brian Irvine and written and directed by John McIlduff. Shelter me from the Rain was premiered on May 5th 2011 in the GB Shaw theatre in Visual, Carlow.

High Fidelity A Century of Recorded Song with Jack L and Julie Feeney is a 26 part series The series produced by Athena Media and is a sound-map of recorded song from Thomas Edison to the iPod from Tin Pan Alley to X-Factor.

High Fidelity A Century of Recorded Song with Jack L and Julie Feeney is a 26 part series The series produced by Athena Media and is a sound-map of recorded song from Thomas Edison to the iPod from Tin Pan Alley to X-Factor.

Three years in the planning one year in production An Opera for Carlow is the story of an extraordinary and unique community music and arts project led by conductor Fergus Sheil. Sheil and his creative team composer Brian Irvine and director and writer John McIlduff set up to create an opera from scratch working with the people of Carlow. On May 5th in the GB Shaw Theatre in Visual that opera Shelter me from the Rain was premiered and this documentary produced by Athena Media is the story of the journey to that night and how the birth of that opera changed the lives of everyone involved.

Three years in the planning one year in production An Opera for Carlow is the story of an extraordinary and unique community music and arts project led by conductor Fergus Sheil. Sheil and his creative team composer Brian Irvine and director and writer John McIlduff set up to create an opera from scratch working with the people of Carlow. On May 5th in the GB Shaw Theatre in Visual that opera Shelter me from the Rain was premiered and this documentary produced by Athena Media is the story of the journey to that night and how the birth of that opera changed the lives of everyone involved.

You have heard the shaping of this new opera every month through auditions and rehearsals. The opera is now called Shelter Me from the Rain and is all about the universal themes of love and weather. The opera is being led by conductor Fergus Sheil and has been composed by Brian Irvine, with words by John McIlduff and the voices of about a hundred people. The opening performance is tomorrow evening in the George Bernard Shaw theatre in Carlow and today we get to hear a preview of the opening song Shelter me from the Rain as the participants and the creative team describe how the project has gone. Athena Media will record the final performance of the opera and a full one hour documentary narrating the story of the project and the music will be broadcast during the summer on RTE Lyric fm. Presenter Paul Herriott will narrate the documentary. The documentary is due to air on Friday 1st July at 7pm on RTE Lyric fm. It will also be available as a podcast.

Two of Irelands most talented stage performers Jack L and Julie Feeney have joined forces to present a ground breaking new radio series High Fidelity a century of recorded song which starts May 16th on RTE lyric fm. It is an Athena Media production and runs for 26 weeks and promises a sound map of recorded song from Thomas Edison to the iPod from Tin Pan Alley to X-Factor. Listen to the advertisement for the series here.

This is the tenth and final episode in our series following a community arts project in Carlow which is an opera being crafted by conductor Fergus Sheil and written by the Belfast composer Brian Irvine in collaboration with the people of Carlow. Next month the opera will be staged in Carlow in one of Irelands newest and most impressive new theatres the George Bernard Shaw Theatre at Visual. The opera is now called Shelter Me from the Rain and is about the universal themes of love and weather. The opera has been led by conductor Fergus Sheil composed by Brian Irvine with words from John Mclduff and the voices of about a hundred people from around the county and beyond. There is now just a couple of weeks to go before the performances and today Belfast based composer Brian Irvine is down in Carlow for the final rehearsals with the Aspiro choir. We hear from Brian and Aspiros artistic director Mary Amond O Brien about the final run down to the first performance on May 5th. Athena Media will record the final performance of the opera and a full one hour documentary narrating the story of the project and the music will be broadcast during the summer on RTE Lyric fm. Presenter Paul Herriott will narrate the documentary. The documentary is due to air on Friday 1st July at 7pm on RTE Lyric fm. It will also be available as a podcast.

The sixth feature for Athena Media's latest radio documentary series following a community arts project in Carlow which is an opera being crafted by conductor Fergus Sheil and written by the Belfast composer Brian Irvine in collaboration with the people of Carlow. This month we have been spending time with Brian Irvine, the composer of the music for the opera, to find out how the music composition is shaping up and to discover just what the opera will be about.

The fifth feature for Athena Media's latest radio documentary series following a community arts project in Carlow which is an opera being crafted by conductor Fergus Sheil and written by the Belfast composer Brian Irvine in collaboration with the people of Carlow.

The fourth feature for Athena Media's latest radio documentary series following a community arts project in Carlow which is an opera being crafted by conductor Fergus Sheil and written by the Belfast composer Brian Irvine in collaboration with the people of Carlow. Today we hear about the singing auditions. We hear from the creative team about how they found the day and get the reactions of those who came along to audition.

The annual Women Mean Business Conference and Awards ceremony was held in September 2009 in the Shelbourne Hotel. Athena Media produced three short videos on the event. This third video introduces the four winners of this years awards at the event.To find out more visit www.womenmeanbusiness.com and www.athenamedia.ie

The annual Women Mean Business Conference and Awards ceremony was held in September 2009 in the Shelbourne Hotel. Athena Media produced three short videos on the event. This first video gives an overview of the event. To find out more visit www.womenmeanbusiness.com and www.athenamedia.ie

The annual Women Mean Business Conference and Awards ceremony was held in September 2009 in the Shelbourne Hotel. Athena Media produced three short videos on the event. This second video concentrates on the three international speakers at the event, Sarah Newman, founder of needahotel.com, Michael O Doherty, co-founder of plexus Bio-Energy and Sahar Hashemi, co-founder of Coffee Republic.. To find out more visit www.womenmeanbusiness.com and www.athenamedia.ie

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An Opera for Carlow is a radio documentary series following a one-year community arts project in Carlow. Every month a new feature produced by Athena Media for RTE Lyric FM will update on the progress of the opera as conductor Fergus Sheil, composer Brian Irvine and librettist/director John McIlduff begin to write the opera and start rehearsing for its live performance in May 2011. The Athena Media team will also record the live performance. In this first feature we hear from conductor Fergus Sheil about what inspired the idea. Cynthia Deane, CEO of Carlow VEC, talks about the benefits of the project to the people of Carlow while composer Brian Irvine talks about why they were inspired by the idea of an opera in Carlow.

The Last Wake is a radio documentary produced by Athena Media for Newstalk 106. It explores the fading tradition of waking the dead in Ireland and hears stories from the north, south, west, east and Dublin's inner city. It is produced by Helen Shaw with the support of the BCI Sound and Vision funding scheme. Narrated by Coilin O Scolai and researched by Andrew Clancy, the documentary was first broadcast on May 25th 2008.

The Last Wake is a radio documentary produced by Athena Media for Newstalk 106. It explores the fading tradition of waking the dead in Ireland and hears stories from the north, south, west, east and Dublin's inner city. It is produced by Helen Shaw with the support of the BCI Sound and Vision funding scheme. Narrated by Coilin O Scolai and researched by Andrew Clancy, the documentary was first broadcast on May 25th 2008.

Tower Songs is a one hour radio documentary produced by Athena Media for RTE Lyric FM. It follows the development of a music project in Ballymun where the young people of Ballymun were able to create their own song cycle which celebrated the transformation of Ballymun and honoured the passing of the Ballymun Towers. Produced by Helen Shaw and researched by Niamh Kinane, the documentary was broadcast on February 14th 2009.

Tower Songs is a one hour radio documentary produced by Athena Media for RTE Lyric FM. It follows the development of a music project in Ballymun where the young people of Ballymun were able to create their own song cycle which celebrated the transformation of Ballymun and honoured the passing of the Ballymun Towers. Produced by Helen Shaw and researched by Niamh Kinane, the documentary was broadcast on February 14th 2009.

This showreel exhibits some of the TV work that Athena Media did during 2008.

This showreel exhibits some of the TV work that Athena Media did during 2007.

This showreel exhibits some of the TV work that Athena Media did during 2006.

The annual Women Mean Business Conference and Awards ceremony was held in September 2008 in the Shelbourne Hotel. Athena Media produced this short video on the event. To find out more visit www.womenmeanbusiness.com and www.athenamedia.ie