Mná na hÉireann

Women of Ireland. This podcast celebrates Irish women at home and abroad. Journalist Ciara Riordan interviews one inspiring Irish woman per episode and finds out their three defining moments. This Irish woman is a force to be reckoned with! Aishling Ennis leads ‘Slack’ across the UK & Ireland at Salesforce, helping organisations rethink how work gets donein the age of AI. What is slack you may ask...

Celebrating Irish women at home and abroad. Women of Ireland. Journalist Ciara Riordan interviewing one inspiring Irish woman about their three defining moments and more! Janet Newenham is an award-winning travel journalist, content creator and entrepreneur. From Cork, based in Bali, Indonesia for the last 10 years, Janet hastravelled to more than 140 countries including North Korea in March 2025...

Mná na hÉireann Podcast with Journalist Ciara Riordan. Women of Ireland. Celebrating Irish women at home and abroad. Three defining moments and more. This week's guest is Dr Jan Cosgrave. Born in Dublin, grew up in Maynooth, based in London, Jan is clinical psychologist and the CEO and co-founder of Neurotype, a venture-backed AI platform that helps clinicians cut the time it takes to write autism...

Mná na hÉireann podcast with Journalist Ciara Riordan. Women of Ireland. Celebrating Irish women at home and abroad. This week’s guest Hilary McGann is from Limerick and now based in Boston. Hilary is a journalist, content creator and fellow podcaster who has built a loyal audience through her Instagram platform  NewsbyHil , where she breaks down complex news stories and global events in a clear a...

Mná na hÉireann podcast with Journalist Ciara Riordan. Women of Ireland. Celebrating Irish women at home and abroad. This week’s guest is former Irish international long jumper Imelda Phillips. Originally from Cork and now living in Swansea, Wales, Imelda has spent more than 15 years working in high-performance sport, supporting athletes through some of the most significant moments of their career...

Mná na hÉireann podcast with Journalist Ciara Riordan. Women of Ireland. Celebrating Irish women at home and abroad. This week’s guest Sasha Hamrogue was born in America to Irish parents and lives in Kildare. Sasha is an accomplished digital director and powerhouse in the Irish media landscape. She serves as the Digital Director at Onic, overseeing digital strategy and growth for seven Onic radio...

Mná na hÉireann - Celebrating Irish women at home and abroad. Journalist Ciara Riordan interviews one Irish woman per episode. Three defining moments, what being an Irish woman means to them, Irish women they look up to, best advice they got from an Irish woman, their favourite Irish saying, and a quick-fire at the end Taytos or King crisps, Lyons or Barrys tea. Carina Roseingrave is a full-time f...

Mná na hÉireann - Women of Ireland: This podcast celebrates Irish women at home and abroad. Journalist Ciara Riordan interviews one Irish woman per episode. Three defining moments, what being an Irish woman means to them, Irish women they look up to, best advice they got from an Irish woman, their favourite Irish saying, and a quick-fire at the end Taytos or King crisps, Lyons or Barrys tea. This...

Mná na hÉireann - Celebrating Irish women at home and abroad. Journalist Ciara Riordan interviews one Irish woman per episode. Three defining moments, what being an Irish woman means to them, Irish women they look up to, best advice they got from an Irish woman, their favourite Irish saying, and a quick-fire at the end Taytos or King crisps, Lyons or Barrys tea. This week's guest Kiera Dignam ...

Mna na hEireann - Women of Ireland. Celebrating Irish women at home and abroad. Journalist Ciara Riordan interviews one Irish woman per episode. Three defining moments, what being an Irish woman means to them, Irish women they look up to, best advice they got from an Irish woman, their favourite Irish saying, and a quickfire at the end Taytos or King crisps, Lyons or Barrys tea. This week's gu...

Celebrating Irish women at home and abroad. This week’s guest Julie Ryan is an acclaimed Irish film and television producer.   Julie produced The Young Offenders  movie, which ran for 24 weeks in cinemas, and became the fastest Irish film to surpass €1 million at the box office. It inspired the successful RTE and BBC series now in its fifth season. She then founded MK1 Studios, a female-led compan...

Celebrating Irish women at home and abroad. Journalist Ciara Riordan interviews the founder of Black & Beech, a feminist fashion brand built on the belief that clothes aren’t neutral, and neither is business. Stacey Grant-Canham is originally from Limerick and is based in Cardiff. She has spent the past decade building a brand worn by over 40,000 people who see fashion as a form of expression, res...

Hello and welcome to the Mna to hEireann podcast . The podcast that celebrates Irish women at home and abroad. Each week, Journalist Ciara Riordan will interview one Irish woman who will tell us about the three defining moments that shaped who she is today, what Mna na hEireann means to her, and we’ll hear about all the wisdom she has gathered along the way. And there is some fun at the end with a...

Celebrating Irish women at home and abroad. Dearbhail Ormond is the founder and CEO of frendo, a digital health platform building the data and care infrastructure layer for endometriosis and chronic women’s health. She was diagnosed with Stage 4 endometriosis after nearly two decades of misdiagnoses, years marked by pain, confusion, and repeatedly trying to explain symptoms that weren’t being unde...

Celebrating Irish women at home and abroad. A fabulous colleague of mine - she has worked for the UK’s top media companies for the past 30 years. Claudia Redmond has a master’s graduate from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama at the university of London. Claudia is also a theatre reviewer, and writes for the Irish post. Born in London to Irish parents, she grew up in Albert road in Cork...

Celebrating Irish women at home and abroad. An AI superstar - Joanne Sweeney is a global digital communications expert, AI educator, and hosts her own podcast called the AI Six Podcast. A Harvard Kennedy School graduate in AI and Public Policy, this Irish woman trains leaders across government, policing, EU institutions and the media. Joanne has become a leading voice in AI literacy and digital tr...

Celebrating Irish women at home and abroad. Edel Howlin is a seasoned communications professional, who set up her own company ‘Untapped Communications’ 5 years ago. I met Edel when we both worked at Newstalk radio a long time ago! She specialises in helping nonprofits and women-owned businesses thrive. Edel has her own podcast called The Mediocre Gardener. Edel is from Kildare and lives in Pennsyl...

Celebrating Irish women at home and abroad. My very first guest... she’s a Ted Ed Educator, an-award winning stem advocate and trainer, an esteemed primary school teacher, and all around funny and charismatic woman, it’s my SISTER Naoimh Riordan! From Cork, lives in Cork and loves Cork ;) Website: www.mnanaheireann.ie Founder and Host: Ciara Riordan - www.ciarariordan.com