Podcasts about orla ryan

Ben Finnegan, Today FM news anchor, and Orla Ryan, news correspondent with TheJournal.ie, join The Last Word to discuss the week's trending stories including weather warnings, the Los Angeles fires, and Elon Musk's latest attempts to influence world politics.Catch the full chat by pressing the 'Play' button on this page!

A look back on the stories of the week on our Friday Forum. Joining Pat on the panel today was Thomas Byrne TD, Meath East and Minister of State for Sport and Physical Education, Richard Boyd-Barrett TD, Dún Laoghaire along with Orla Ryan, News Correspondent, The Journal and Alice Leahy, Director of Alice Leahy Trust.

Orla Ryan from TheJournal.ie and Eoghan Tomás McDermott, Managing Director at the Communications Clinic, join Matt to discuss the big news stories of the week. Donald Trump's victory hailed as ‘the biggest political comeback in US history,' General Election 2024 gets underway at home, and fans clash in Amsterdam after Ajax vs Maccabi Tel Aviv tie. For all the week's biggest news, hit ‘Play' now.

On the week trending Orla Ryan of thejournal.ie and Russell Alford, one half of the GastroGays discuss the tributes to singer Liam Payne and the criticism levelled at some media outlets for the way his death was reported. They also chat about the continued election speculation, and protests by members of the hospitality sector.To catch the full conversation, press the 'play' button below.

Orla Ryan of the Journal.ie and Today FM's Cathal O'Sullivan joins Nathan Murphy to discuss the week's top trending topics from olympics to riots across the UK and Ireland.To catch the full conversation, hit the 'play' button below...

Taylor Swift, Pride, All-Ireland quarter finals and gigs all over the city are expected to bring more than 600,000 people to Dublin this weekend.To discuss this and the rest of the week's trending stories, Today FM's Cathal O'Sullivan and Orla Ryan, news correspondent with TheJournal.ie, join The Last Word.Catch the full chat by pressing the 'Play' button on this page!

Extreme turbulence, 2FM's presenter exodus and a surprise UK election...Orla Ryan, news correspondent with The Journal, and Dave Hanratty, host of No Encore podcast, joined The Last Word to discuss the week's biggest trending stories!Catch the full chat by pressing the 'Play' button on this page.

Is the new season of True Detective receiving negative reviews from viewers because, unlike earlier seasons, it stars two females?Orla Ryan, News Correspondent for The Journal, and Lorcan Nyhan, Head of Training at The Communications Clinic joined The Last Word for The Week Trending.Catch the full chat by pressing the 'Play' button on this page.

Orla Ryan, News Correspondent; The Journal.ie; John Halligan, former Independent TD and Minister of State; Professor Niamh Hourigan, Sociologist and Vice-President of Academic Affairs, Mary Immaculate College; Cormac Lucey economist and columnist The Sunday Times and Security Analyst Declan Power.

Claire Brock speaks to Senator Pauline O'Reilly, Holly Cairns TD, Orla Ryan, Norman Spicer, Geraldine Herbert, Kelly Fitzgerald, Mark Paul & Kate Fisher Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jack Horgan Jones and Orla Ryan joined Matt to look at the other stories making headlines this week including the decision to continue serving pints in the Aviva, and the price of a hot chocolate and éclair in Bewley's on Grafton Street. Catch the full chat by pressing the 'Play' button on this page.

Orla Ryan from thejournal.ie and Damian McLoughlin, professor of marketing at UCD Smurfit Business School joined Matt on The Last Word to discuss the week's other news stories including Donie O'Sullivan being kicked off Twitter and influencers behaving badly. Catch the full chat by pressing the 'Play' button on this page.

Ben Finnegan and Orla Ryan joined Matt to look at the other stories making headlines this week including the World Cup in Qatar and the French man who won the legal right to be boring. Catch the full chat by pressing the 'Play' button on this page.

On today's front page panel, Susan was joined by Director of the Irish Academy of Public Relations Ellen Gunning and Reporter with TheJournal.ie Orla Ryan to discuss top stories like the government formation talks between the parties, housing, coronavirus in Ireland and more. 

This week for Kiss My Arts we’ve gone back to the future with the school children of St. Hugh’s National School in Dowra and their recently published history of Ballinaglera Parish ‘Fire on the Mountain’ which was recently launched by Brian Dobson. I speak to school principal Padraig Kenny about the school’s second publication after the success of their first effort ‘Scrapbook of Regret’ featuring the regrets of 150 legends of gaelic football. This book is considerably more local and special to the children and their own family and community history came to the fore for some of them during the research and compilation of this compendium. Daithi McGrail and Orla Ryan share the story of the ‘Sons of the Grabber’ about ‘The Grabber’ Brady who because of a dispute over land was boycotted for basic essentials in shops across Dowra, Ballinagleragh, Drumshanbo and Drumkeerin. When he sent his sons to Dromahair under the cloak of night to get supplies, a mob met the returning boys in Drumkeerin and upended their carts to uphold the boycott. Despite three attempts no local jury every convicted the mob. Daniel Gilrane, Jamie McTiernan and Emily Woods give us the details behind the disappearance of two young adventurers Kenneth Reed and William Anderson who set off to kayak the River Shannon but ignored the weather warnings of the locals they met and met their demise on the ‘Wicked Lake’ of Lough Allen. Amy Crawford, Cora Taggart, Emma Rose & Shane Lowe tell us about an amazing woman, Helen Leonard Kerrigan, who after emigrating to America, found herself serving as US Army nurse in World War One in both Serbia and France, being recognised by both Serbia and France for her services before returning to the USA where she spent her days until her death in 1950. Shane Lowe, Darragh McGourty and Mona Lowe have picked their favourite story as the tale of Charles McMorrow, a local smuggler, who after being convicted, fined and jailed, made a ‘Dash from Court’ in 1937 by swimming across the Shannon in the town and escaping across the Cuilcagh mountains and his freedom. It would be 1979 before he returned to the town after a chance meeting with former Leitrim Observer editor David Walsh who wrote about his exploits. Unfortunately McMorrow passed away within twelve months of this return. The final story from the book that we hear about on the show was presented by Shannon McTiernan, Claire Feeney, Anna McGreal & Sadhbh Gilrane about the Morley Estate and the scandal of the attempt of locals to buy their land from the landlord Albert Edward Parker but found out that the landlords agent had double crossed them and bought the land himself. Another mob descended to fight for the tenants rights and resulted in further court cases which of course given the history of the area is hardly a surprise. I wrap up the show speaking to Mr. Kenny about the book and the work put into it behind the scenes from the staff, the students, parents and board of management. We also discuss the recent award won by the school at the FIS Film Festival. The book “Fire on the Mountain” is available now in most outlets in the area and surrounding towns and also available online at https://www.sainthughs.com/fireonthemountain/

The relationship between language and loss is something that we have we have covered in the past, and it’s also something that has proven to be divisive. How direct and frank should someone be, when the conversation is about an impending death? This week’s guest is the Journal.ie’s Orla Ryan, who sadly lost her father to esophageal cancer in 2012. It wasn’t until a nurse told Orla “A week in your dad’s life is a long time” did she realise just how little time she had left with him. In the interview Orla and Sasha discuss how we discuss grief and the words that we choose to use. Orla has done incredible work in the past speaking about her own grief, most notably the article 'Then everyone died': I lost four people I loved in 14 months. In the article orla describes at length her beautiful relationship with her father, and how in the 14 months following her death she also suffered the loss of two grandparents and a close friend. Speaking to Sasha about the longer term effects of successive loss like this, she said “It was this familiar thing that somebody else that you loved is gone. Talking about ‘the surreal period’ after a death, and if then there is a few more deaths in the space of just over a year, then ‘the surrealness’ can last for over another year as well. If you're looking for a safe haven to express how you feel, Share articles, photos ,memories and more,Join the Grief Encounters Facebook Group,A place for support, compassion and empathy for those grievinghttps://www.facebook.com/groups/GriefEncounters/Music by: Nctrnm See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On Newstalk Breakfast with Susan Keogh - Sunday's Front Page Panel today is ....... Sheila Reilly, Head of Digital with Iconic News the regional newspaper group and Orla Ryan reporter with the journal .ie. The panel were discussing the clamp down on cheap alcohol, Nursing homes, Fine Gael bullying and the Broadband war of words     

Bobi Wine, also known as the 'Ghetto President', has become a leading voice of dissent in Uganda and beyond as ageing presidents seek to crush opponents and cling to power. Orla Ryan discusses his appeal with the FT's Africa editor, David Pilling. Contributors: Naomi Rovnick, FT Live reporter, Orla Ryan, journalist and David Pilling, Africa editor. Producer: Fiona Symon. Music: Ghetto by Bobi Wine and Nubian Li See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Congo’s elections on Sunday were set to herald the country’s first transition of power by the ballot box, with President Joseph Kabila stepping down after 17 years in office. But an explosion of violence has caused the polls to be postponed. Orla Ryan discusses what happened with the FT’s Africa editor David PillingContributors: Joshua Noble, weekend news editor, Orla Ryan, journalist, David Pilling, Africa editor. Producer: Fiona Symon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The people of Ireland are about to vote on whether to repeal a ban on abortions that has been enshrined in the constitution since 1983. The campaign to repeal the ban is supported by the leaders of all parties in the Irish parliament but the issue remains one of the most divisive in national politics. Gideon Rachman discusses the background to the vote with the FT's Arthur Beesley and Orla Ryan See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Have you ever thought that you’re at a place in your life where it’s too late to start over? Sometimes I feel like we get to a certain age (an age that doesn’t actually really exist) and we think that we are stuck doing what we are doing forever. We think that if we aren’t successful doing something by age…. let’s day 28! Then we are STUCK. It’s never too late. I mean, Morgan Freeman was 52 when he got his first leading role in a movie… and now we see Morgan Freeman do everything! Vera Wang decided she wanted to be a designer… at age 40! Ray Kroc didn’t open his first McDonald’s until after he turned 50. This just goes to show it is NEVER too late to pursue something you believe in…  My guest this week is Steven Wallace, author of OBRONI AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY and founder of Omanhene Cocoa Bean Company, the first beyond fair trade, “single-origin” chocolate in Ghana. I LOVED chatting with Steven because, let’s be honest, I love chocolate, and also because this is an area that I honestly do not know a lot about and I was so eager and ready to learn from Steven’s experiences… You’re going to LOVE this one… About Steven: Steven Wallace, Founder/President of The Omanhene Cocoa Bean Company. Omanhene is the first company to sustain exports of premium chocolate manufactured entirely in Africa. Omanhene is credited with producing the world’s first single-origin chocolate bar in 1994 and with creating an entirely new chocolate category (dark milk chocolate). Omanhene’s entrepreneurial accomplishments and path-breaking business model have been recognized by President Jimmy Carter, former ambassador Shirley Temple Black and the United Nations Global Compact. He was selected as one of the inaugural TED Fellows in 2007. He is a featured subject in the book, “Food Heroes” by Georgia Pellegrini and features prominently in the book “Chocolate Nations” by Orla Ryan. He is the author of “Obroni and the Chocolate Factory: An Unlikely Story of Globalization and Ghana’s First Gourmet Chocolate Bar” (2017, Skyhorse Publishing). Wallace first came to the Brong-Ahafo region of Ghana as a high school foreign exchange student during the summer of 1978. (He lived with a traditional Ghanaian family, which consisted of a host father and his three wives and 21 children.) He founded Omanhene at the age of 29. Wallace often speaks on economic development, cross-cultural issues and the challenges of starting a gourmet food business in Africa. He delivered a TEDx talk in Accra and has served as a guest panelist at the US State Department sponsored African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum in Accra, Ghana. Wallace frequently speaks at public events and universities including Brown, Princeton, The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, The University of Michigan Graduate School of Business and Northwestern University. Wallace is a founding partner in NuMedika, a patient-centric telemedicine platform specifically designed for the African continent. Previously, Wallace worked in broadcasting in the newsroom of WMAL-AM 63, a networkowned radio station in Washington, DC and then as an attorney with the boutique tax law firm of Silverstein & Mullens in Washington, DC. He later served as the vice-president of Midstates Sportswear. He served as vice-chair of the board of directors of AFS-USA, Inc. and on the board of trustees of AFS Intercultural Programs, Inc. the largest volunteer student exchange organization in the world. AFS has been instrumental in the US State Department’s YES program bringing young people from countries with Muslim populations to the US to spend a year with a US family and attend a US high school. Wallace holds a bachelor’s degree in History magna cum laude (Phi Beta Kappa) from Brown University and a juris doctor degree from the University of Chicago Law School. Mr. Wallace is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He lives in Whitefish Bay, WI. For more information, see www.omanhene.com. Connect with Steven: https://www.omanhene.com/ https://twitter.com/OmanheneChoc https://www.facebook.com/OmanheneIsMadeFromTheBestCocoaInTheWorldPeriod/ Buy Steven's Book Special thanks to CAUSEBOX for sponsoring this week's Business with Purpose podcast. Use coupon code MOLLY for $15 off! 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Zimbabwe’s army has seized power in a dramatic move that effectively ends the regime of president Robert Mugabe after nearly 40 years in power. Orla Ryan discusses what happens next with the FT's David Pilling and Andrew England. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sweden takes in more refugees per capita than almost any other western country. But now it is cutting back as the strain on public services begins to show. The FT's Richard Milne visited Malmö, the Swedish city where most refugees arrive. He tells Orla Ryan what prompted the government to take action. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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The rise of Iceland’s Pirates party is a striking example of the anti-establishment mood that has swept western countries since the financial crisis. Founded by a ragtag bunch of internet activists, the party is hoping for victory in Saturday’s parliamentary elections. Orla Ryan asks Richard Milne, the FT's Nordics correspondent, what they stand for. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

President Obama's plan to impose emissions cuts on the US power sector is opposed by political rivals and some industry. How significant is the plan and can it succeed? Orla Ryan puts the question to Pilita Clark, FT environment corresponent and Barney Jopson, Washington correspondent. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

President Barack Obama this week unveiled America's most far reaching action so far on climate change by imposing stringent emissions cuts on the power sector. Orla Ryan asks Pilita Clark and Barney Jopson about the significance of the move. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As the G20 pledges to crack down on multinational tax avoidance, the Financial Times looks at how and why governments help companies reduce their tax burden. Orla Ryan talks to taxation correspondent Vanessa Houlder, Matt Steinglass in Amsterdam and James Fontanella Khan in Brussels about why tax is rising to the top of the political agenda. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When was the last time you ate some chocolate? If you live in the developed world there’s a strong chance that you’ve been munching on some fairly recently. At the basic level chocolate is an everyday treat and at the top end it is a seriously indulgent luxury product. But how much thought have you ever put into where that chocolate comes from and how it touches the lives of those involved in making it – and the countries in which they live? If you live in the parts of Africa at the centre of the world’s cocoa crop it is unlikely that you’ve ever tasted chocolate in its final, consumer form. In places like Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana cocoa is a crop, a commodity and a mainstay of the economy. Orla Ryan‘s Chocolate Nations: Living and Dying for Cocoa in West Africa (Zed Books, 2011) is an attempt to tease out the complex interplay between cocoa, the farmers who grow it and the fortunes of the wider societies. She examines issues like child slavery (a favourite campaign subject for international rock stars) and whether programmes like ‘Fairtrade’ can produce a genuinely better deal for poor farmers (she argues that what has really improved the lot of Ghanaian farmers is democracy). Whether you’re interested in the economics of cocoa, want to view the situation in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire through the lens of this crucial commodity, or are simply curious about where the chocolate bar that you have in your bag really comes from, I recommend reading this book. Orla is a journalist, and that means that she is very able to present complex information and arguments clearly, and pick out what the most important parts of an issue are. The result is a fascinating book. I hope you enjoy the interview. NB: Although the book is already out in Britain, the paperback version is being published in the US on May 8th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When was the last time you ate some chocolate? If you live in the developed world there’s a strong chance that you’ve been munching on some fairly recently. At the basic level chocolate is an everyday treat and at the top end it is a seriously indulgent luxury product. But how much thought have you ever put into where that chocolate comes from and how it touches the lives of those involved in making it – and the countries in which they live? If you live in the parts of Africa at the centre of the world’s cocoa crop it is unlikely that you’ve ever tasted chocolate in its final, consumer form. In places like Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana cocoa is a crop, a commodity and a mainstay of the economy. Orla Ryan‘s Chocolate Nations: Living and Dying for Cocoa in West Africa (Zed Books, 2011) is an attempt to tease out the complex interplay between cocoa, the farmers who grow it and the fortunes of the wider societies. She examines issues like child slavery (a favourite campaign subject for international rock stars) and whether programmes like ‘Fairtrade’ can produce a genuinely better deal for poor farmers (she argues that what has really improved the lot of Ghanaian farmers is democracy). Whether you’re interested in the economics of cocoa, want to view the situation in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire through the lens of this crucial commodity, or are simply curious about where the chocolate bar that you have in your bag really comes from, I recommend reading this book. Orla is a journalist, and that means that she is very able to present complex information and arguments clearly, and pick out what the most important parts of an issue are. The result is a fascinating book. I hope you enjoy the interview. NB: Although the book is already out in Britain, the paperback version is being published in the US on May 8th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When was the last time you ate some chocolate? If you live in the developed world there’s a strong chance that you’ve been munching on some fairly recently. At the basic level chocolate is an everyday treat and at the top end it is a seriously indulgent luxury product. But how much thought have you ever put into where that chocolate comes from and how it touches the lives of those involved in making it – and the countries in which they live? If you live in the parts of Africa at the centre of the world’s cocoa crop it is unlikely that you’ve ever tasted chocolate in its final, consumer form. In places like Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana cocoa is a crop, a commodity and a mainstay of the economy. Orla Ryan‘s Chocolate Nations: Living and Dying for Cocoa in West Africa (Zed Books, 2011) is an attempt to tease out the complex interplay between cocoa, the farmers who grow it and the fortunes of the wider societies. She examines issues like child slavery (a favourite campaign subject for international rock stars) and whether programmes like ‘Fairtrade’ can produce a genuinely better deal for poor farmers (she argues that what has really improved the lot of Ghanaian farmers is democracy). Whether you’re interested in the economics of cocoa, want to view the situation in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire through the lens of this crucial commodity, or are simply curious about where the chocolate bar that you have in your bag really comes from, I recommend reading this book. Orla is a journalist, and that means that she is very able to present complex information and arguments clearly, and pick out what the most important parts of an issue are. The result is a fascinating book. I hope you enjoy the interview. NB: Although the book is already out in Britain, the paperback version is being published in the US on May 8th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week’s podcast: Anger in the eurozone after Portugal requests bail-out; Ivory Coast’s president is captured; and, potential civil unrest in India following a telecoms scandal. Presented by James Blitz with Peter Spiegel in Brussels, Orla Ryan in London and James Lamont in Delhi. Produced by LJ Filotrani See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With protests entering their third week and the president defiant, what next for Egypt? In Ivory Coast, another president refuses to leave. We report from a country in limbo. And the race to succeed Jean-Claude Trichet at the ECB has taken another twist James Blitz presents, with Heba Saleh in Cairo, Tobias Buck in Jerusalem, Orla Ryan in Ivory Coast and Quentin Peel in Berlin. Produced by Fiona Symon and Rob Minto. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.