For our final episode of the season, we have a chin wag with Joan McCarthy. This was a joy of an episode to do.

Joan is a proud Kerry woman, but has lived in Cork for most of her life. She was part of the Cork Women’s Collective and the UCC women’s group. She was also involved in the development of the Quay Co-Op in Cork City.

She is an author, activist, and educator in healthcare. Joan was also a rockstar and theatre performer.

She also co-founded and co-chaired, with Cathal Kerrigan, the UCC LGBT staff network, the first LGBT university staff network in Ireland. And, if that isn't enough, she co-edited the first collection of feminist authors writing on nursing ethics (Nursing Ethics: Feminist Perspectives, Springer: 2020). What a human! Enjoy.

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Part 2 of our interview with Katherine O'Donnell. In this episode, we talk about the experience of writing a novel, the impact of abusive relationships, and the battles for hearts and minds in what is an increasingly fraught Ireland.

Katherine O'Donnell is Professor, History of Ideas, at UCD School of Philosophy University College Dublin, Ireland. She has been an activist for many years, involved in, most notably, the Justice for Magdalenes Campaign and, more generally, with justice issues and the LGBTQ+ community. She published her debut novel Slant in 2023.

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Katherine O'Donnell is Professor, History of Ideas, at UCD School of Philosophy University College Dublin, Ireland. She has been an activist for many years, involved in, most notably, the Justice for Magdalenes Campaign and, more generally, with justice issues and the LGBTQ+ community. She published her debut novel Slant in 2023.

Join us as we sit down with one of Cork's most fascinating humans and talk about life, activism and being part of the first LGBTQ+ float in an Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade!

Researcher/Producer: Emer McGinnity

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