Sin Scéal Eile

I don’t think Ciara would mind if I called her a tech nerd, I think she’d take it as I mean it, as one of the biggest compliments going. She’s the kind of person who needs to know how things work, and she’ll teach herself everything she can to find out. That’s how she found herself in the role of Tech Manager, Projectionist and pretty much an all round cinema buff in both the Irish and Canadian fi...

Gabriel was standing at his front door, awaiting our arrival with a cup of tea in his hands. He had his story prepared and boy was it a good one. His story starts at the age of 14 when he found himself in Bermingham. He worked any job he could find, including on building sites and factories. Gabriel went on to become a paramedic for over 50 years and has seen all sorts, but it’s the joyful moments...

“Where are you from” is a loaded question for Mandy. She was brought up in so many places like London and Nigeria, her parents are from Lebanon. She’s spent her life moving, experiencing different worlds, different cultures. When it came time to have children, she found herself (and her husband) in Ireland. She can see the appeal of bringing up kids here, especially when all their little friends c...

When Laura first filled out the form to be in this project back in November 2025, she wanted to talk about her new home. It’s a home she had been planning for years, on her parent’s land. She built it with so much love and care, and designed it so perfectly. Her parents live next door, and her Dad would send her photos daily of the progress the builders would make while she was at work.  When...

Catherine is on the cusp of something great. A new chapter in her life awaits her, she just needs to jump. Catherine applied to be in this project as she wanted to represent a demographic whom she feels gets the short end of the stick in society. Single people. She knows that when it comes time to write her will, her assets will be taxed heavily, more so than if she were leaving it all to a child...

Jean is a gorgeous, chatty soul and a great storyteller. For her whole life she was living with a cluster of tangled up arteries (like balled up Christmas tree lights) right in the centre of her brain. It was only when things started to go a little bit wrong that it became a problem. Rx Sin Scéal Eile - That's Another Story was hosted and created by Ruth Medjber, with sound by Ronan Lally. The pod...

Sean didn’t have the easiest start in life. He entered foster care when he was just 10 years old, and instantly had to start advocating for himself. By the age of 15, he had a battle on his hands with the Irish government. He wanted to share his story of foster care online and in the media, but the law prevented him from doing so. Sean went to court and changed the law!  He’s now a freelance...

I met Adrian down at the festival, his friend nominated him and told me that he’d be a great shout for the podcast. He wasn’t wrong.  I met Adrian for a brief chat, not knowing anything about him. What I found was a sweet, soft spoken man, who is extremely passionate about music. He talks so enthusiastically about other musician’s work, which is quite frankly, lovely to see. He’s an artist in...

Well, if ever there was a person to say “music is life” it’s Sharon. She has lived what some would consider a “normal life”. Faced with very little job opportunities when she left school in the 80s, she took whatever job was going and was quite content with that. She built a home, raised her kids, but when she was secure and happy, it was time to rediscover her love of music.  She once consid...

Emmet is the MC for the weekend down at Hibernacle festival. It's a small, gorgeous gathering of art and music loving folk, so Emmet fits right in. He’s a poet, born and reared in Cabra and is lucky enough to still live there. We had a lovely chat about his work delivering poetry workshops in schools and prisons, as well as what it really means to make a living as an artist in 2026. Rx Sin Scéal E...

If you ever wanted to nerd out about bees, this is the episode for you. We chatted to my pal Mark Earley about his new career change and passion project. He and Kyle started Open Hive and now they keep hives across Ireland. We donned some fetching suits and met the hive out Mark's back garden and learned all about what makes bees so crucial to our world. Rx Sin Scéal Eile - That's Another Story wa...

A Dub who has found her tribe in West Clare. Jacinta is an actor and a writer who moved to Miltown Malbay from Dublin’s inner city and has never looked back. She’s settled in a new home, surrounded by nature, where her two boys can have space and her new little puppy, Travis, can be the centre of attention. Rx Sin Scéal Eile - That's Another Story was hosted and created by Ruth Medjber, with sound...

Kev has been through the wars recently. I sat with him in his front room, surrounded by his vinyl collection and with his tiny dog, Penny, on his lap. He was so incredibly honest with me and told me his story of overcoming alcoholism, heartbreak, grief and loss. His main reason for talking to me today is so that other people know that it’s OK not to be OK, and when you need help, put your hand up,...

It was Esther-Mary who reached out to me first to nominate her husband Gordon (episode 191/365) to be in the project. It wasn’t long after meeting her that it was hugely apparent that I needed to include her in the series as well.  She’s an incredibly accomplished physiotherapist who followed in her mother’s footsteps. She has spent her life travelling across the world as part of her work, bu...

Gordon is a bit of a local legend out in the West of Ireland. His work as a Burren tour guide sees him meeting hoards of intrigued tourists each year and guiding them around our unique landscape. He’ll happily point out the native lizards, frogs and hundreds of birds that surround us in what some mistakenly take for a barren landscape.  Nature is Gordon’s hobby, his passion and his life’s wor...

If ever there was an episode of this podcast that I would like the government to listen to, it’s this one. As we travel around all of Ireland and speak to a whole host of different people, from different socio-ecomonic backgrounds, different ages, different everything…there’s one topic that is affecting absolutely everyone. The housing crisis. Holly, her partner, and their small child are victims...

Katie is 22 years old, living and working in Galway city. She’s studying journalism and has a particular interest in documentary making. She works in a bar to pay her way through college and through this work finds herself having so many different conversations a day. She’s particularly interested in researching and advocating for men’s mental health. It’s a topic that worries her a lot, especiall...

Betsy is a writer, a single mother, and a survivor of domestic abuse. She left her home in America and moved to Ireland where she married an Irish man and had a son. When the marriage ended, she found herself in a very difficult position and she turned to domestic abuse services. She stayed with friends, found her feet and when she was stable, knew it was time to give back.  She crowdfunded t...

Dave has found his calling as a musician, and thankfully left his old life as a software programmer behind. He used his lucky winnings on the Basic Income for the Arts scheme to write and record his second album. His music, like most art, is a processing tool. He turned to it in a big way after a severe tragedy in his life, and he has never looked back.  Just to flag - today's episode tells a...

Sandie is a full time psychic medium. Today, she took us up to the Rock of Cashel to see her great grandfather’s resting place and talk me through her job (though it seems like more of a calling really). Sandie comes from a long line of psychic mediums including tea leaf readers, palm readers, tarot cards and even bones and stones. She can feel, see and even communicate with the spirits that surro...

Darren took us on a tour of the Eco Village in Cloughjordan, something I've always been fascinated with. It's an incredible community of wildly different people who all share a similar ethos. They have each built sustainable homes, decorated the parks and trails with edible plants, and have an amphitheater, enterprise center (with 3D printers and laser wood cutting facilities) and even allotments...

I’ve met Matt before today, but only through a screen. I was his mentor for a few sessions and was tasked with providing him with guidance with his photography. Really though, he didn’t need it. Matt’s work is stunning and incredibly unique. He uses his photography to access his community and connect with his queerness. He photographs male, nude models, but has also found liberation in becoming a...

Miceál has been given a second and third chance at life. He is the recipient of two kidney transplants, one when he was 14 and another just last year. The donors? His own brother and sister. He is, of course, incredibly grateful to them, and does not take a single moment in life for granted. Rx Sin Scéal Eile - That's Another Story was hosted and created by Ruth Medjber, with sound by Ronan Lally....

Avery introduced me to the wonderful world of ceramics. In Dublin 8 there’s a fantastic community ceramics studio called Throwing Shapes where you can pay a membership fee and throw down some clay. Avery has found his joy teaching classes, making lovely wee mugs and even a bespoke piece for his Nana’s urn! xR Sin Scéal Eile - That's Another Story was hosted and created by Ruth Medjber, with sound...

Sian is a woman’s woman. With each success she puts the ladder back down to help others come up. We met in her new home in Cork that’s surrounded by rubble as she renovates it.  We cover so many topics, from her numerous pilates studios, plus size athleisure wear, her huge successes in business, and being a busy, fulfilled, childfree woman who goes out of her way to help other Female Founders...