Sin Scéal Eile
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- 13 Nov 2026
À propos du podcast
Sin Scéal Eile is a brand new podcast and photo series from acclaimed Irish photographer Ruth Medjber that will see her meet and chat with 365 people in one year.
All the Stories, Portraits, Podcasts and Behind the Scenes content can be experienced on our dedicated website: sinscealeile.com
Sin Scéal Eile features original field recordings and soundscapes by Ronan Lally with additional original music by Elaine Mai. The podcast is produced by Dee Reddy at Poddle Audio.
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Épisodes 313
313/365: Leo Flanagan, Ballymahon, Co. Longford
If you’re a fan of Only Fools and Horses, you’ll know where Leo got the name for his restaurant. On the main street in Ballymahon is where you’ll find the wonderfully named Jolly Boy’s Pizza. After doing a fair …
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If you’re a fan of Only Fools and Horses, you’ll know where Leo got the name for his restaurant. On the main street in Ballymahon is where you’ll find the wonderfully named Jolly Boy’s Pizza.
After doing a fair bit of traveling, sampling different street foods and a wide variety of cuisines, Leo decided to come home to Longford and follow in his parent’s footsteps and feed Ballymahon!
Just before lockdown, in what many would think was the absolute worst time to open a business of any kind, Leo’s pizza business thrived, and it’s a genuine pleasure to hear someone speak so fondly of working in hospitality and contributing to his community.
xR
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
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312/365: Liam O’Brien, Limerick
Liam has been involved in acting his whole life. At the age of 23, he got the part of a young vicar on Emmerdale, where he spent three years in the very fast paced world of TV, often just getting one take to …
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Liam has been involved in acting his whole life. At the age of 23, he got the part of a young vicar on Emmerdale, where he spent three years in the very fast paced world of TV, often just getting one take to deliver your lines perfectly.
He’s since moved back to Limerick where he acknowledges a huge change in the amount of regional theatre companies and the amount of shows they’re producing. It’s not all doom and gloom though, Limerick theatre folk have a lot to be delighted about, especially with a Blindboy play currently in the Abbey.
Rx
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
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311/365: Michelle Duffy, Garrison, Co. Fermanagh
Michelle swapped a career in sales, to one where she gets to live her dream. Losing her father made her re-evaluate her life and the legacy she was going to leave behind. She took a risk and with a whole load …
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Michelle swapped a career in sales, to one where she gets to live her dream. Losing her father made her re-evaluate her life and the legacy she was going to leave behind. She took a risk and with a whole load of confidence, invested in herself. She set up a gallery and began painting full time.
Rx
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
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310/365: Eamon Murray, Dingle, Co. Kerry.
Eamon is a very good pal of mine. He's one of the most honest, dependable, stand up people I know. Funny, compassionate and always rocking a 10/10 fit. Beoga, the Irish trad band, has been his baby for decades …
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Eamon is a very good pal of mine. He's one of the most honest, dependable, stand up people I know. Funny, compassionate and always rocking a 10/10 fit. Beoga, the Irish trad band, has been his baby for decades, along with Niamh, Séan Óg, Damian and Liam. Eamon is a founding member of the charitable coalition, Irish Artists for Palestine, which began not long after Oct 7th. Leaping into action, hosting gigs and fundraisers across Ireland. I witnessed him pouring his heart, soul and every penny into raising awareness and vital funds for Palestine.
When Ed Sheeran made his decision to exclude Macklemore from his tour, my first thoughts went to Beoga. They were Ed's touring band, accompanying him around the world, locked into a comfortable contract.
Eamon considers Ed a friend. They have collaborated on tracks for over 10 years. Beoga were a small enough Irish trad band, who were now playing massive stadiums across the world. They were suddenly thrown into the spotlight and forced to make a very public and difficult decision. Thankfully, they made the right one. But it can't have been easy.
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
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309/365: Grace Cotter, Co. Monaghan
As soon as I met Grace it felt like I had known her for years. She’s incredibly warm and friendly. She signed up to this project back in April, when she was living a nightmare. She had just gone through the …
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As soon as I met Grace it felt like I had known her for years. She’s incredibly warm and friendly. She signed up to this project back in April, when she was living a nightmare. She had just gone through the horrendous ordeal of losing a much wanted pregnancy.
The reason she reached out to me was to share her story. She figured it might either comfort someone who is going through it, or inform anyone that might be facing it.
When Grace began miscarrying, she was frightened. She felt underprepared for what came and wished that people would speak more openly about the reality of going through a miscarriage.
Rx
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
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308/365: Jenny Steele, Co. Tyrone
Jenny is 26 and utterly wise beyond her years. She teaches History and Politics to secondary school students. As a “peace baby” herself, she’s keen to make sure the next generation understands the importance of …
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Jenny is 26 and utterly wise beyond her years. She teaches History and Politics to secondary school students. As a “peace baby” herself, she’s keen to make sure the next generation understands the importance of studying the past.
In the very little spare time she has (when she’s not coaching sports at school and running marathons), she paints. She sets herself challenges in her practice and creates her own versions of politically charged scenes of the North, as well as some very trippy abstracts.
Rx
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
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307/365: Juliane Thomys, Roscommon
Juliane’s story in Ireland started when a colleague offered her a place to stay in Boyle. She was in Berlin at the time and did what any broke, twenty-something year old would do, she cycled to Ireland to avail …
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Juliane’s story in Ireland started when a colleague offered her a place to stay in Boyle. She was in Berlin at the time and did what any broke, twenty-something year old would do, she cycled to Ireland to avail of the offer.
After 7 weeks on the road she arrived to a bit of a shock in Boyle. The cottage was small, cold and damp, but it didn’t deter her. She fell in love with Ireland, and decided to stay. She raised her family, went on a varied career journey, and fell madly in love just shortly after her 50th birthday.
xR
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
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306/365: AlanJames Burns, Dublin.
As I walked into the exhibition space in the Digital Hub I was met by a team of people, all scurrying around, carrying cushions and bowls of peculiar items. It's the day before AlanJames' exhibition launch and …
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As I walked into the exhibition space in the Digital Hub I was met by a team of people, all scurrying around, carrying cushions and bowls of peculiar items. It's the day before AlanJames' exhibition launch and huge preparations are underway to make sure it's ready. "Unmasking Nature" is a neurodiverse sanctuary and playground, where showing your stims is encouraged and you're invited to touch the artwork. AlanJames has AUDHD (much like myself) and through his art highlights the connection between neurodiversity and nature.
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
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305/365: Darragh Mulryan, Dublin.
Darragh has embraced the (almost) lost art of sign painting. He might be new to the artform, but since finding it, he’s never felt more at ease with his decisions in life. If you walk around Dublin, or any …
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Darragh has embraced the (almost) lost art of sign painting. He might be new to the artform, but since finding it, he’s never felt more at ease with his decisions in life.
If you walk around Dublin, or any city, look up and you’ll begin to notice the beauty that is hand painting signage, and also wonder why doesn’t every business have a gloriously enticing piece of art out front.
xR
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
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304/365: Lera Borisova, Dublin.
Lera will always say she's "from Russia" as opposed to just "Russian" as an ancestry test revealed she's a wonderful mix of so many places. She came to Dublin 10 years ago on a bit of whim, mainly inspired by …
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Lera will always say she's "from Russia" as opposed to just "Russian" as an ancestry test revealed she's a wonderful mix of so many places. She came to Dublin 10 years ago on a bit of whim, mainly inspired by the band Little Green Cars. She fell in love with Ireland and by hook or by crook got herself back here to stay. During the day she works in a bar but in her free time she makes beautiful stained glass pieces, most of which she sells for charitable causes.
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
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303/365: Graham Dolan, Dublin City Centre
Graham has done the impossible. He has just recently managed to buy himself a wee two bed apartment in Dublin town. It was hard won, he double jobbed most days. In the day he works in tech (and fears he’ll soon …
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Graham has done the impossible. He has just recently managed to buy himself a wee two bed apartment in Dublin town. It was hard won, he double jobbed most days. In the day he works in tech (and fears he’ll soon be replaced by AI) and then at night he’s an amazing DJ. Although his new home offers him an additional sense of security that renting wouldn’t, he’s still concerned about the precarious nature of both his jobs and the rising cost of living.
Rx
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
302/365: Suzanne Doyle, Dublin
Suzanne was part of the Mothers Against Genocide group who were arrested outside the Dail last year. It was a traumatic experience, one she was not expecting when the vigil began. It has changed her perspective …
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Suzanne was part of the Mothers Against Genocide group who were arrested outside the Dail last year. It was a traumatic experience, one she was not expecting when the vigil began. It has changed her perspective about the Irish government and the Garda, but not about the genocide that’s still raging in Palestine today.
Rx
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
301/365: Toni Ireton, Dublin
Poor Toni has been in the wars with her health. Toni was once a successful photographer and graphic designer with a bright and bold future ahead of her. Now, she’s registered as disabled and can barely find the …
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Poor Toni has been in the wars with her health. Toni was once a successful photographer and graphic designer with a bright and bold future ahead of her. Now, she’s registered as disabled and can barely find the energy to sit at a computer and walk the dog. She’s been on a journey to find a diagnosis for her symptoms which are quite similar to perimenopause (but about 10 times worse). Unfortunately, she has a very rare condition, which she struggles to find adequate treatment for in Ireland, especially with limited financial resources.
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
300/365: Brendan Duffy, Dublin
Brendan is a photographer and a dad. Two rolls he excels at and takes very seriously, well, maybe he didn't always take photography incredibly seriously, who would at a rave at 6am in 1997? During the 90s and …
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Brendan is a photographer and a dad. Two rolls he excels at and takes very seriously, well, maybe he didn't always take photography incredibly seriously, who would at a rave at 6am in 1997? During the 90s and naughties, Brendan had the wherewithal to take the snaps. These very rare and incredibly fascinating behind the scenes photos from Ireland's growing club culture are now in Brendan's new book "Only Camera in the Room".
Brendan and I sat down to chat about his book, his life, and the twists and turns that it has taken. Since becoming a dad to a little boy with Down Syndrome just 6 years ago, his perspective on life and on disabilities has completely changed, and all for the better.
xR
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
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299/365: Annie McGuinness, Co. Leitrim
Annie might be a grandmother, but she's never to be confused with a little old lady. She keeps herself busy, on town committees, doing arts and crafts with her grandkids and also a bit of bodyboarding for the …
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Annie might be a grandmother, but she's never to be confused with a little old lady. She keeps herself busy, on town committees, doing arts and crafts with her grandkids and also a bit of bodyboarding for the craic.
She first arrived in rural Ireland in 1987 and was known as the “Mad Australian”. She brought notions of paper plates to communities who were more used to people going rather than coming.
Annie endured isolation and culture shock, but has found a happy home in Leitrim.
xR
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
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298/365: Trevor Seery, Co. Leitrim
Trevor has got it all figured out. He lives amongst nature, with the sounds and sights of cuckoos, owls and red squirrels from his own living room. He’s spent his life volunteering, sometimes doing 15 festivals …
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Trevor has got it all figured out. He lives amongst nature, with the sounds and sights of cuckoos, owls and red squirrels from his own living room. He’s spent his life volunteering, sometimes doing 15 festivals in a year, all so that he could find the most perfect route for his life. It led him to Leitrim, conserving native woodlands.
xR
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
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297/365: Akash Murthy, Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
Akash moved here from Bangalore 10 years ago and in that time, trad music has changed his whole life. Akash got his Audio Technology masters degree in Maynooth College to pair with his degree in Computer …
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Akash moved here from Bangalore 10 years ago and in that time, trad music has changed his whole life. Akash got his Audio Technology masters degree in Maynooth College to pair with his degree in Computer Science. When he graduated, he had a choice, stay in Dublin and face Dublin rents, or move anywhere else. He chose to move to Leitrim!
“I had always just driven through Leitrim, never stopping, on the way to other counties. At the time when I moved here, five years ago, not a lot of people were moving to Leitrim. I found an amazing landlady, who is so kind, and I’ve just stayed here ever since.”
Akash works remotely, putting his education to great use as he builds plug-ins for music software. But when he’s not at his desk, he’s outdoors, slack-lining, rock climbing and cycling.
He loves how close he is to nature at all times in Leitrim. How there’s easy access to any type of outdoor adventure. Whether he wants to take the kayak on the lake or climb a mountain. “Ireland really changed my perspective about the outdoors. You can be outdoors really most of the year, as long as you don’t mind the weather. It really takes living in a place to appreciate the beauty, and Leitrim is beautiful.”
Admittedly, all this outdoor adventuring was first done on his own. Akash found it difficult to make connections in his new town. He always had a flair for music, he played in metal and post-rock bands back home in India, however he took a different direction when he landed in Ireland. He bought himself a penny whistle, the cheapest most accessible instrument he could find, and began teaching himself how to play with youtube tutorials.
Akash was keen to make new friends and acclimatise to Irish culture, so for months, he’d sit and watch the local trad session. He was too nervous to join in, only knowing about 10 songs himself. He’d watch in amazement as everybody else seemed to know hundreds. “I would always sit at the back and sort of listen to the musicians and be completely transfixed because they would all be in sync. It was quite intimidating at times.”
He credits the Joe Mooney Summer School and Trad Festival that happens once a year in Drumshanbo for changing the course of his life. It was there he took some beginner lessons and his teacher told him that the only proper way to learn trad was in a session.
“I started to play the low whistle, it has got this very mellow, lovely sound to it as opposed to a high whistle. It meant that I could play really quietly and not get noticed until I built my confidence up.”
It wasn’t just tunes that Akash learned from the local trad sessions, but also Irish culture.
“The Irish people are very self-deprecating, in a very endearing way. I think people are just funny in a general sense where they don't even know that they're being funny.”
Akash is settled in Leitrim, and more importantly, very happy. He’s found his community, and plays in trad sessions 3 or 4 nights a week.
“Going to the session was the single biggest factor that changed how I live my life. It meant that I could meet people on a regular basis and I had a way into the community, and a chance to talk to the people who live locally. Before that, I knew nobody, now, I have friends.”
Rx
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
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296/365: Imelda McCarron, Sligo
Imelda may not have won the Great British Bake Off when she was there in 2018, but I can unequivocally say she makes the best vegan apple tarts known to man. Imelda is passionate about food, and more precisely …
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Imelda may not have won the Great British Bake Off when she was there in 2018, but I can unequivocally say she makes the best vegan apple tarts known to man. Imelda is passionate about food, and more precisely, Irish food. She wants us to return to a time where you knew the butcher and the fish monger by name. When the apples in the supermarket came from the orchard down the road, and not South Africa. She wants us to be proud of what we produce here and rescue all the hand written, Irish recipes that are in danger of being forgotten. She showcases old recipes on her online platforms, in the hopes of spreading the love of Irish food throughout the world, but also at home!
Rx
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
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295/365: Brian Francis Devaney, Sligo.
What Brian (and his co-directors) have done in Sligo is pretty amazing. Back in his teens, he recognised a need for an arts space in the town. Somewhere young people could hang out, collaborate and make great …
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What Brian (and his co-directors) have done in Sligo is pretty amazing. Back in his teens, he recognised a need for an arts space in the town. Somewhere young people could hang out, collaborate and make great art. Somewhere that wasn’t centred around alcohol. After a lot of research, site visits and funding applications, The Nest was born. It’s a multi-purpose space that hosts band rehearsals, pole classes, repair shops and soon a cafe.
xR
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
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294/365: Joe O’Brien, Westmeath
Death has been the uninvited guest in Joe and Mary’s beautiful home for the past 15 years. Twice in his life, his family were told to say their ‘goodbyes’. They made funeral plans, shared the passwords, got all …
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Death has been the uninvited guest in Joe and Mary’s beautiful home for the past 15 years. Twice in his life, his family were told to say their ‘goodbyes’. They made funeral plans, shared the passwords, got all the affairs in order. His doctors have thankfully pulled him back from the brink on both occasions.
Diagnosed with bone cancer, Joe has been re-prioritising his life. He only does what he feels able to do, and he avoids (most) situations where he could pick up a cold and jeopardise his immunity. The last 15 years have undoubtedly been very traumatic, but most importantly, he’s had time. He's seen his daughters get married and has gotten to be a huge influence on his grandkid’s lives.
Rx
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
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293/365: Tuesday Whitfield, Roscommon
I’ve known Tuesday since we worked together in a record store when we were very young. My memories are hazy at best, we were a wild pair who egged each other on and partied a lot. Then, like so many people our …
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I’ve known Tuesday since we worked together in a record store when we were very young. My memories are hazy at best, we were a wild pair who egged each other on and partied a lot. Then, like so many people our age, she flitted off to Australia in search of better opportunities.
She returned home with a man to marry and a family business to take over.
When I caught up with her in the hot tub of the glampsite, she had just put her 8 year old (Ziggy) to bed in a yurt. Like all the yurts here, it has been hand painted so lovingly and so creatively. Every inch of this campsite has Tuesday’s magic touch. Affirmations inscribed on every wall, fairy houses on secret wishing trees.
We may not go partying every night of the week anymore, but she’s still wonderfully wild in her own incredibly unique ways. We chat late into the night, but not too late, as she’s hosting a free workshop in her kitchen for the locals to learn how to create digital art without AI!
Very on brand for Tuesday.
Rx
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
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292/365: Wes Pollington, Roscommon
From a high flying, well paid job in Australia, to running a campsite in Ballaghderreen while recording albums in a yurt. Life can come at you fast sometimes and take you in directions you never imagined. Wes …
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From a high flying, well paid job in Australia, to running a campsite in Ballaghderreen while recording albums in a yurt. Life can come at you fast sometimes and take you in directions you never imagined.
Wes is settling into a different kind of life than he once pictured, his days are spent using his engineering skills to build glamping pods and fix yurts in a very rural part of Ireland. He’s striving to bring a little bit more life and creativity to the town. He and his wife, Tuesday (who you’ll hear from tomorrow) have been putting on gigs, hosting arts/crafts workshops, movie nights and just generally being a bit legendary!
Rx
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
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291/365: Chris Ball, Co. Roscommon
Chris is extremely passionate about his work, native trees, and sustainability. Thankfully his new job involves lots of trees in very sustainable ways! Chris took a risk, quit a long standing job and joined a …
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Chris is extremely passionate about his work, native trees, and sustainability. Thankfully his new job involves lots of trees in very sustainable ways! Chris took a risk, quit a long standing job and joined a rapidly growing company in Roscommon. They build sustainable, timber, modular homes from their massive factory. They've figured how to quickly supply safe and cosy buildings, such as schools, in record time. Maybe this will finally herald the end of freezing cold prefabs!
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
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290/365: Tracy Martin, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan
If you were to watch a movie based on Tracy’s story, you would say it’s too far-fetched to be realistic. Tracy is an author, who published a work of fiction that was loosely based on her own life called “So Not …
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If you were to watch a movie based on Tracy’s story, you would say it’s too far-fetched to be realistic. Tracy is an author, who published a work of fiction that was loosely based on her own life called “So Not Me”. She once drove to Madrid on a whim and started teaching English. She’s feisty and opinionated, but she’s had to be that way, to advocate for her own needs.
Tracy didn’t have an ordinary childhood as such, even though she was greatly loved and supported by her siblings, she was made an orphan tragically young. “My father died when I was three and a half, and then my mother when I was fifteen. I kind of went into survival mode. I thought about all the things I had to do, the leaving cert, college etc, and just tried to get on with it, not really processing that grief at all.”
When the leaving cert rolled around and Tracy was just a week away from her 18th birthday, herself and her boyfriend were in a terrible car crash. Her boyfriend died and Tracy was left paralysed from the chest down. She spent the following 9 months in hospital. Not only was she grieving the loss of her boyfriend, but she also lost the baby she was carrying.
“I really clung to the idea of the baby, because I thought, ‘oh, that's why this happened’, you know? I was trying to rationalise what happened. Even though I was paralysed, at least there’d be a baby to come from it all. I went without the pain medication for weeks because of the pregnancy, but then, after a scan, I was told that there was something there, probably at one stage, but nothing there now. I was devastated.”
Tracy is now in her 50s, and fears the worst is yet to come in her life. She feels her body deteriorating rapidly as the weeks pass. She’s living rather independently at the moment. When we called to her beautifully adapted home in Monaghan, she unlocked the front door with a touch of a button. She’s glamorous, her hair is perfect and her outfit is styled beautifully. You can tell she’s a woman who cares about herself.
Up until 2 years ago, Tracy was using a manual wheelchair, now, she relies on a powerchair. She feels her body struggle more and more. Her constant pain is intensifying. She worries that if her body deteriorates even further, she won’t have access to the support she needs to stay in her home and will be forced to move into a retirement home.
“You see parts of you slipping away and it’s scary. I'm fifty five now, but the problem is that my mind is still so sharp. I find it really hard to sleep not just because of the pain but because my mind is constantly busy. I've been advocating for myself for so long, but you get to the point where you don't have the energy to do it anymore.”
It seems so unfair that this is the reality Tracy is facing. She’s young, vibrant, hilariously quick witted. Is our disability sector so impoverished that we can’t provide assistance to this level? Tracy is a woman who is calling out for help.
“I don't want to be that old bitter hag that's kind of always giving out because, at the end of it all, my life is what it is. I can look back and go, well, if I'd done that differently, if I'd made that choice, if I'd handled that differently, probably things could have turned out a lot better. I know I’ve done the best I can with the resources I have, and there's no more I can do with that.”
Rx
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
289/365: Caroline Quinn, Co. Monaghan
You can’t help but feel instantly happy when you visit Caroline’s world in rural Monaghan. She and her husband, Peter, moved back to Monaghan from Dublin 6 years ago when they purchased an old school. They …
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You can’t help but feel instantly happy when you visit Caroline’s world in rural Monaghan. She and her husband, Peter, moved back to Monaghan from Dublin 6 years ago when they purchased an old school. They renovated it, and are putting their own unique style all over it.
Caroline is optimism personified. She lives life in full colour and that’s reflected in what surrounds her at home. Quirky, circus-goth imagery, giant stuffed animals, a taxidermied peacock, and lots, and lots, of cats. Peter on the other hand prefers a more minimalist style and is apparently a lot more introverted. So it’s really interesting to hear how two vastly different people have made such a loving home together.
Rx
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
288/365: Gary McKenna, Glaslough, Co Monaghan
Gary is friendly and chatty but I can tell, also a little bit nervous about talking to me today. He welcomed us to his beautiful big home which he recently bought (a huge accomplishment for a single man in his …
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Gary is friendly and chatty but I can tell, also a little bit nervous about talking to me today. He welcomed us to his beautiful big home which he recently bought (a huge accomplishment for a single man in his 30s in a housing crisis!).
He starts by saying that he’s been approached before to tell his story as part of a documentary, but didn’t feel totally ready. I’m so glad he contacted me now to share his wonderful story with you all.
Apart from having wonderful taste in decor, and a sound head on his shoulders, Gary has two cures. They were passed down to him (and his brother) when he was just 11. An old lady in a neighbouring village specifically requested to see Gary and his brother when she was in a nursing home. His family knew her, they had used her for cures before, and she knew that she wanted to pass along her gift before her time came.
Gary has grappled with having this responsibility throughout his teens and young adult life, but has come to realise that it’s such an honour to be part of this centuries old lineage, and while it might not make sense to a lot of people, it’s still hugely important to respect those who have come before him.
Gary is also a clinical psychologist. So while on one hand, he can cure people using very traditional means, he has also equipped himself on how to help people in other ways too.
Rx
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
287/365: Eoin Sandford, Dublin
Eoin started his career on a whim, following a twitter hashtag. He found himself in London working a very fast paced and highly pressurised marketing job. Like most young men, he went for it, without really …
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Eoin started his career on a whim, following a twitter hashtag. He found himself in London working a very fast paced and highly pressurised marketing job. Like most young men, he went for it, without really acknowledging the damage the job was doing to his mental health. His mental health soon affected his physical health and landed him in hospital with some very concerning and confusing symptoms.
Rx
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
286/365: Jenny Huston, Dublin City
Precious metals chat anyone? Ever wondered why you should buy literal gold bars? Think that lab grown diamonds are infinitely better for the world than mined? I chatted with jewellery designer (and DJ) Jenny …
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Precious metals chat anyone? Ever wondered why you should buy literal gold bars? Think that lab grown diamonds are infinitely better for the world than mined? I chatted with jewellery designer (and DJ) Jenny about her range of banging jewellery, Edge Only, and we got nice and nerdy about the ins and outs of gold and silver!
Rx
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
285/365: Sabrina O’Reilly, Fatima, Dublin
I’m sure there’s a lot of people out there, in cosy wee homes, who regard Sabrina as a literal angel. She’s worked in various parts of the housing sector throughout her career (even as a mortgage broker) but …
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I’m sure there’s a lot of people out there, in cosy wee homes, who regard Sabrina as a literal angel. She’s worked in various parts of the housing sector throughout her career (even as a mortgage broker) but what she has always dreamed of doing was setting up her own housing charity. After years of applications, forms and miles of red tape, she finally launched Bridge Housing.
What they do, with their small but mighty team, is unbelievable. They provide housing and support to people from all walks of life, whether someone is aging out of the care system, escaping a bad situation at home, living in emergency accommodation or recovering from addiction. What Sabrina’s team does is not just provide them with a roof over their heads, but also a network and support system that they can lean on while they settle in.
Rx
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
284/365: Sinéad Hall, Achill Island, Co Mayo
Sinéad's story is one I wish I didn’t have to tell. It's one that no one should experience. It's cruel and incredibly traumatic.Sinéad's 4 week old baby boy, Ruadhán, died from SIDS. The family had gone to a …
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Sinéad's story is one I wish I didn’t have to tell. It's one that no one should experience. It's cruel and incredibly traumatic.
Sinéad's 4 week old baby boy, Ruadhán, died from SIDS.
The family had gone to a Christmas market. Baby Ruadhán fell asleep in his carrier and when they arrived home, he wouldn't wake up. The events that immediately followed were horrifying. His big brother desperately tried to administer CPR, and the ambulance took, what felt like, forever to arrive. Ruadhán passed away 11 days later in hospital.
The family have kept Ruadhán's memory alive in many ways, including starting Teach Ruadh (Rua’s House) a respite home on Achill Island for families to use after child loss.
Rx
Sin Scéal Eile is a Poddle Audio production.
Host & Creator: Ruth Medjber
Executive Producer, Editor & Sound Designer: Dee Reddy
On-Field Audio Recording: Ronan Lally
Original Theme & Score: Elaine Mai
Follow our daily journey on Instagram @SinScealEile and at sinscealeile.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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