Tanjina Begum, Thelma Dube and Abiola show us how to make a dish from their home countries of Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Nigeria. Lamb biryani, a beef stew and jollof rice are on the menu and the chefs share with us their knowledge of cooking, their experiences living in Direct Provision, and their hopes that things will change soon when Direct Provi…

Producer Bairbre Flood talks to students and teachers and examines what the education system can learn from the success of this iconic Cork school. Funded by the BAI (Broadcasting Authority of Ireland).

Atheist Ireland (Dublin & Cork) members, parents bringing up their children outside religion; and an ex-Muslim, ex-Hindu, and ex-Catholic speak frankly about their experiences. Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.

Mahdi wants to be a professional boxer when he grows up. Maisam is going to be an artist. Both of them are navigating the varied forms of racism & segregation refugees face.

We talk about his time as a fixer in Turkey, how journalists can improve their coverage of refugee stories and the importance of media collaboration with refugees. Also his work as a senior researcher with Airwars, the political situation in Syria, co-production on a Youtube series, 'Lost With No Direction', and how initiatives like the Refugee Jou…

Abdul is a teacher and co-ordinator with the One Happy Family community centre on Lesvos, Greece - https://ohf-lesvos.org/ - which is planning to reopen soon. One Happy Family is one of many initiatives run together with refugees in the Moria and Kara Tepe camps. Others include Stand By Me Lesvos, and Wave of Hope for the Future (WHF) - https://www…

'I came from my own country just to be safe. I don't feel myself safe.' Baqir, an unaccompanied minor living in Moria refugee camp, shares his experiences, and his hopes for the future. *part of a longer documentary, 'Against The Wire', for broadcast later in the year on Newstalk, (funded by the Simon Cumbers Media Fund).…

In Ireland we're more familiar with thinking of ourselves as the victims of history - which we were - than as active participants in colonialism. But it's an uncomfortable fact that the Irish were also slave owners, slave traders, overseers and agents. We helped build the slave empire on behalf of Britain, France and other countries, and shared in …

The only Irish person recognised as Righteous Among the Nations for saving Jewish children during the Holocaust.

'We're seeing so much trauma...we've seen lots of young children who no longer speak.' - Elena Lydon, a nurse from Mayo who's volunteering in Lesvos. Currently around 1,800 unaccompanied minors on the island, people stuck there with interview dates in 2022, and services increasingly overwhelmed. If you're able to donate, please use her paypal accou…

'We didn't want this conference to be any other conference, whereby we've got people theorising about other people's lives. We wanted the people that don't have the opportunity to narrate their own stories to be able to have that platform.' - Lucky Khambule, co-founder of MASI I chat to Lucky at the first MASI (Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland…

Malak Bouod grew up in Benghazi, Libya and became involved in human rights activism in her teenage years. She moved to Ireland in 2014 and was granted refugee status in 2016. [Malak was interviewed by Sorcha Pollak as part of the New to the Parish series of articles in the Irish Times.]

A resident in Clonakilty Direct Provision Centre (The Lodge) explains why they felt the need to hold a protest in the Centre. (She preferred not to give her name).

Jessica Traynor reads Calais, and The Artane Boys’ Band from her collection, The Quick (Dedalus Press) – and we talk about the politics in her poetry.

Artist and activist Vukasin Nedeljkovic talks about his new book (Asylum Archive), Direct Provision, migration & deportation.

Three women describe their experience of seeking asylum in Ireland; the threat of deportation, what it means to be Irish, and how they deal with racism. Elsie Nwaora, Nomaxabiso Maye & Florence Eriamantoe talk openly about their years in Direct Provision.

Home to 10,000 refugees before its eviction in 2016 – what was life like for people living in the unofficial refugee camp in Calais, France, aka The Jungle? (Funded by the Mary Raftery Journalism Fund.)

Funded by the 'Mary Raftery Journalism Fund', interviews from the unofficial refugee camp in Calais aka The Jungle - where 10,000 people seeking refuge in Europe were living before its eviction in October 2016.The title is a reference to the Irish Famine when so many millions of Irish people were forced by an aggressive colonial system to become ec…

A look at how politics and music intertwine in Ireland, from the 1798 Rebellion to modern hiphop.'Music is the weapon of the givers of life, to be used for the gift of humanity.' - Fela KutiBy Bairbre Flood