What A Woman Podcast

Our guest this week on What A Woman Podcast is the lovely Victoria Mary Clarke, the author, artist and wife of the late Shane MacGowan, frontman of the iconic band, The Pogues, with whom she shared an incredible life & love story. It was a real privilege to meet Victoria Mary as she opened up to us about her early life and her feelings on grief, addiction, children, spirituality and why she mi...

Our guest this week on What A Woman Podcast is Ranae Von Meding, a Dublin based writer, speaker and co-founder and CEO of Equality For Children, a not-for-profit organisation fighting for the rights of children born to LGBTQ+ families in Ireland. Ranae also has three children with her wife Audrey and has been campaigning for several years for her wife to be recognised as a legal parent to all of t...

Our guest on What A Woman Podcast today is the Award Winning Hair Stylist and Entrepreneur, Denise Phillips. She is co-founder of Voduz, a hugely successful haircare brand and owns the hairdressing franchise, Pelo Hairdressing which is unique because it was one of first salons, in Ireland, to offer scalp camera consultations and treatments for hair loss after Denise suffered her own hair loss duri...

Our guest on What A Woman Podcast today is Dr. Monica Peres, a GP based in Cork and an online sensation with over 110k followers on Instagram as she posts short, engaging reels on health, especially for women. We talk about: - Growing up in Nigeria and the trauma of losing her mum as a teenager   - What it was like to move to Ireland age 15 to live with her father & siblings - Being the only b...

Dr Katriona O' Sullivan is an academic and best-selling author of 'Poor' which is the story of her life growing up in extreme poverty as the child of two heroin addicts and how she survived abuse, neglect and became pregnant and homeless at fifteen before finding an access course in her twenties at Trinity College that changed her life. We talk about: - The gruesome reality of poverty,...

Our guest this week is Audrey Dore Geraghty who has bravely spoken out about her family's daily struggle to get the right care, respite and medication for her nine year-old son who has Autism and several mental health conditions which mean his care needs are significant and becoming unmanageable at home. We talk about: - When her son was first diagnosed and how his behaviour has escalated and...

Our guest on What A Woman podcast today is the stunning and stylish Lorraine Keane, one of Ireland’s best known and loved broadcasters, famous for being a correspondent for TV3 for over a decade and as an anchor on one of Ireland's most popular daytime shows, Xpose. We talk about: - Why Lorraine was one of the first celebrities to talk about the menopause - How Lorraine got her big break into...

Our guest today on What A Woman Podcast is one of Ireland’s biggest comedy stars, the hilarious Deirdre O' Kane who is currently selling out venues across Ireland with her latest show 'O' Kaning It'. We talk about: - Why a bit of family dysfunction is good for comedy - Deirdre's big break as an actress - Why she switched lanes into comedy - Being the only female comic in the li...

Our guest today on What A Woman Podcast is Debbie Dillon, an amazing mum to four daughters, one of whom was diagnosed with Down syndrome at birth. We talk about: - Receiving the news her newborn daughter had Down syndrome - Her initial fears and coming to terms with the diagnosis - How Debbie coped in the early months - Finding support & advice from parents in the same situation - Why mainstre...

Our guest on What A Woman Podcast today is the highly accomplished open water swimmer, adventurer and Guinness World Record holder, Nuala Moore. We talk about: - being the first swimmer in the world to swim a mile in the most dangerous convergence of oceans through the Drake Passage - how she survives the cold after being the first Irish swimmer to swim 1000 metres at zero degrees (and the third w...

Our guest today on What A Woman Podcast is the phenomenal Ali Keane, who is a restauranteur, entrepreneur and mum of two who has overcome some significant challenges in life after surviving a car accident when she was twenty, which left her with life changing injuries. We talk about: - The car accident that changed Ali's life - The journey of rehabilitation - Life with a wheelchair and redisco...

guest today on What A Woman Podcast is Helen Steele, the award winning Irish fashion designer & entrepreneur with a hugely popular X collection of Active Wear at Dunnes Stores, featuring her signature style of funky bold prints that are comfortable, super quality and affordable too. We talk about - The challenges of growing up with ADHD but not having a diagnosis till her 30's - How Helen...

Today on What A Woman Podcast, we are joined by one of Ireland's leading Divorce lawyers, Helen Collins who has some four decades of experience in Family Law and is an expert in all aspects of divorce and a real trailblazer for women practising law. We talk about: - Divorce being a full-blown bereavement - Why Helen insists all clients have counselling - The impact of mediation - How to suppor...

Our guest on What A Woman Podcast today is Suzie O' Neill, founder of AYU, a leading Irish vegan cosmetics brand. We talk about:  - How failing the Leaving Cert never stood in Suzie’s way  - How having her first business fail was the best thing that ever happened  - Having no money & young children when she started out  - How Suzie copes with the ups & downs of running a successful bus...

Today on What A Woman Podcast we are joined by the phenomenal former Irish Champion Amateur Jockey, Nina Carberry, who won the Irish Grand National, the second only woman to do that; and the first woman in eighteen years to win at Cheltenham with several wins thereafter. She had a hugely successful seventeen year career, trailblazing a path for the women jockey's that have followed in her foot...

Our guest today on What A Woman Podcast is the indomitable Dr Sinead Kane, a double Guinness World Record Holder, Ultra Runner & Athlete and a qualified lawyer with two PhD's who is visually impaired and registered as legally blind. We talk about: - Growing up with a visual impairment - Severe bulling at school and its long-term impact - What attracted Sinead to study law - Overcoming workplace di...

This week on What A Woman Podcast we are joined by the phenomenal Para-Athlete Madie Wilson-Walker who was given a 2% chance of survival after contracting meningitis when she was just three and due to complications she had both legs amputated below the knee, she lost four fingers and became deaf in one ear. We talked about: - The impact of being so dangerously ill as a child - Growing up as an amp...

Our guest this week on What A Woman Podcast is the amazing Sex and Intimacy Specialist, Grace Alice. We covered so many interesting topics including: - Getting the attraction back in long-term relationships - Why its not selfish to prioritise your pleasure - The symptoms of Vaginismus - Why there is no shame in scheduling sex - Why sleeping separately can be a good thing - Why quality over quantit...

This week on What A Woman Podcast we are joined by Anneliese Dressel, a leading and highly experienced nutritional therapist, best known for her expertise on Cork's 103 FM Today Show with Patricia messenger on the Monday Health Slot. Anneliese founded the hugely popular Health Hub which offers expert advice on natural and alternative medicines and Anneliese is in high demand for her Nutritional Th...

This week on What A Woman Podcast we have a Christmas Special where we are interviewed by the amazing TV Personality, Musician & former guest Caitriona O' Sullivan, as we reflect on what has been an amazing year of hosting the podcast and meeting many of the leading women in Ireland that have shared their stories with us. It has been a privilege to meet every single one of them and we real...

Our guest today on What A Woman Podcast is the lovely Dr Joanna Fortune, a clinical psychotherapist with over twenty years’ experience; a parenting expert, appearing on a weekly slot on Parenting on Newstalk FM with Sean Moncrieff; host of the Podcast 15-Minute Parenting and writer of a weekly parenting advice column in the Irish Examiner. Dr Joanna is also a hugely successful author of the 15-Min...

Our guest today on What A Woman Podcast is the phenomenal Nicola Tallant, Ireland’s leading Organised Crime Journalist, the Investigations Editor for the Sunday World and three time winner of Crime Journalist of The Year of which she currently holds the title. Nicola is also the presenter of one of Ireland’s most popular podcasts: Crime World, about criminals,  drugs and the sins of the underworld...

Today on What A Woman Podcast we are joined by Ireland's leading social media personality, entrepreneur and health influencer, The Fabulous Pharmacist, aka Laura Dowling. She has amassed nearly 100 thousand followers by combining her vast experience as a pharmacist and her ability to be funny to entertain and educate the masses on our health and wellbeing. After twenty years in community pharm...

This week on What A Woman Podcast we have an absolute scream with the phenomenally successful & hilarious comedy duo, The Dirt Birds who are long-standing comedians and friends, Sinead Culbert and Sue Collins. They became an internet sensation with their hilarious sketches based on the everyday lives of women and have gone on to sell out a nationwide tour called '#No Filters' and a have a hugely e...

Our guest this week on What A Woman Podcast is one of the leading entrepreneurs and businesswomen in Ireland, Oonagh O' Hagan who is a qualified pharmacist and the owner and MD of Meaghers Pharmacy Group with nine branches across Dublin and a hugely successful online business, exporting to seventy countries. Oonagh has won numerous accolades and awards including Irish Tatler Businesswoman of T...