Tom O'Connor

Panoramica (Highlights)

Society EN ↓ 28 episodes

A little bit of everything. Presented and produced by Tom O'Connor. Panoramica has won four National Student Media Awards (Ireland): Podcast of the Year (2023), Radio Documentary of the Year (2024), Radio Production of the Year - News & Current Affairs (2024), and Radio Journalist of the Year (2024). The show also received the Law Society of Ireland Justice Media Award for Student Journalism (2024).

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Tom O'Connor

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#2 - Sri Paran (Paediatric surgeon) 18.11.2021 28:50

Sri Paran came to Ireland from Sri Lanka a number of decades ago and is now a well respected paediatric surgeon. He came on 'Panoramica' to discuss his move to Ireland, faith, how he got into medicine and his remarkable home country of Sri Lanka.

#1 - Larry Donnelly (Law lecturer, writer and media contributor) 04.11.2021 42:45

Larry Donnelly is a law lecturer at NUI Galway in the West of Ireland. He is a regular media contributor and is a writer for the Journal.ie. Larry came on ‘Panoramica’ to talk about education, politics, his early life in Boston, moving to Ireland and his new book ‘The Bostonian’, which is available now.

#Bonus 1 - Nancy Hollander (Criminal Defence Lawyer) 01.11.2021 26:44

Nancy Hollander is a criminal defence lawyer based in the USA. She has represented many people during her career, including a former Guantanamo Bay detainee called Mohamedou Ould Slahi.  Nancy talked about her early life, how she ended up in law and Mohamedou's story which is told in the Golden Globe-winning film, 'The Mauritanian', starring Jodie Foster and Benedict Cumberbatch.