Spirit Radio Podcasts

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Upbeat and uplifting, entertaining and inspirational, Spirit Radio plays the best contemporary Christian music – plus a selection of positive mainstream hits.
Spirit Radio aims to reach across all religious and denominational boundaries in Ireland creating a positive and uplifting attitude across community divides through careful selection of our religious and secular music and talk programming.
Spirit is also broadcasting on 549 Medium Wave and reaching listeners in many parts of rural Ireland.

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New E-Scooter Legislation in Ireland – Conor Faughnan

May 17 2024 5 mins

Transport Commentator Conor Faughnan speaks to Wendy about the new e-scooter legislation that will be in place from Monday 20th May 2024. E-scooters will be legal to use on Irish public roads with new regulations setting a speed limit for e-scooters of 20km per hour. Children from ages U16 will also be banned from using electric scooters in public spaces.

TikTok – what teens are seeing – Jen Hogan

May 17 2024 7 mins

Jen Hogan (Journalist at the Irish Times) speaks to Wendy about how she has been interviewing teenagers across 2 counties of Ireland about their experiences using TikTok, Some of the outcomes of these interviews have highlighted teens admitting they find it difficult to study, some are staying up all night scrolling through TikTok, and some even avoid meeting friends in favour of

Methodist Church Elections Voting Guide Support – Steven Foster

May 16 2024 7 mins

Reverend Steven Foster (Chairperson for the Council of Social Responsibility at the Methodist Church in Ireland) speaks to Wendy about the newly published Methodist Church Elections Voting Guide Support for the upcoming Local and European elections. The guide looks to support the public and those of Christian faith and values on considering how to decide what and who to vote for,

Alternative advanced natural treatments to botox – MADA Clinic and Spa

May 10 2024 7 mins

Margaret of MADA Clinic and Spa speaks to Wendy about about the advanced natural skin treatments that are alternatives to injections for those looking to slow down ageing without the use of injections.

Film and TV Composer – Sarah Hade – Life in 5

May 09 2024 11 mins

Film and TV Composer Sarah Hade speaks to Wendy in studio for the 'Life in 5' interview where she shares how she sees God at work in her life.

Celebrate Nurses Week – Gillian Faulkner

May 08 2024 6 mins

Nurse Gillian Faulkner speaks to Wendy about her experience in nursing disciplines including hospital nursing, GP Practices, Community Nursing, Midwifery, vaccination programmes, intellectual disability nursing, and also school nursing.

Nutrition and waste concerns with school hot meals scheme – Ruth Hegarty

May 03 2024 8 mins

Ruth Hegarty (Food Policy and sustainable food systems consultant, and Lecturer in food policy at UCC) speaks to Wendy raising concerns in terms of food waste, packaging waste, but most notably nutritional concerns as to the ingredients being used in the hot meals schemes at schools nationwide. 900 new primary schools across the country joined the hot school meals scheme, meaning

Net Ministries – Gap year mission work for students

May 02 2024 9 mins

Tony Foy (of NET Ministries) speaks to Wendy about gap year mission work opportunities for students, where young people can be taking time to live out their faith while also taking in new experiences and making friends with other students around the world.

Immigration and Asylum Seekers news – Aubrey McCarthy (Tiglin’s Lighthouse Café)

May 01 2024 10 mins

Aubrey McCarthy (Voluntary Chairman of Tiglin) speaks to Wendy about how Tiglin's homeless service ‘The Lighthouse Café’ in Dublin is experiencing the biggest demand on record for their services including serving asylum seekers in need of food, clothing and essential supplies. Hundreds of asylum seekers have been living in tents in Dublin city centre in recent weeks. Aubrey sh

Young children and their friendships – parenting advice with Joanna Fortune

Apr 30 2024 11 mins

Joanna Fortune (Clinical Psychotherapist and Author of the ‘15 minute parenting’ book series) speaks to Wendy about young children and how their early friendships evolve and change, and how parents can best support and chat about this.