Global Village Highlights: Recent Episodes
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Global Village is Ireland's only equality focused media programme. Hosted by a proud "out" migrant who is a social activist and social entre
“Shine A Light Night” sleep out is to raise €500,000 for its life-line services to tackle homelessness.
CEO, Adriano Campolina on the effort being made globally to have women and women’s organisations pushed to the forefront of our communities.
We hear about the need for sleeping bags for those sleeping rough as the weather gets colder
The Dublin Fringe Festival is in full swing this weekend. 34 venues across the city will play host to 81 productions over the course of the event.
A book aimed at advising young adults and their parents how to prepare for social formalities.
Alison Canavan is an award winning author of wellness book 'Minding Mum' and a health and wellness coach
A social enterprise making art materials and educational supplies accessible and affordable to every sector of the community for all kinds of creative purposes
A YouTube sensation, a BBC presenter and a very important role model for lots of people in the LGBTQI community.
A short movie about a man that took it upon himself to hand out condoms when they weren’t readily available.
Samuel Dennigan – Founder and CEO of Strong Roots joins us on the show to talk about healthy food made easy.
Jennifer Hislop, is an Irish midwife based in Perth Australia who has just come back from volunteer work in Tanzania.
Our resident psychotherapist, Caroline McGuigan, Founder of Suicide or Survive joins us in studio to talk about looking after our own mental health.
Calls are being made on Government to provide 10-24 year olds with what they need to excel.
Aileen Cox Blundell is a mother of three and is the creative force behind Baby Led Feeding
Our 5 person panel shows talk about their lives and how they are affected by their diagnosis.
Finally mother and daughter team Jasmine Elkhershi from Procrastimake.com and Grainne Brady from Shannonorchard.com tell us about their Bloom winning fairy garden
The NWCI about how to make a real change and have a more equal system when it comes to what we earn.
Ahmed Lulu lives in beautiful county Kerry. He came here from Palestine to escape Hamas and a life of war and terror.
The new Netflix film ‘To the Bone’ is has raised some serious red flags and prompted many discussions.
New research has highlighted the growing number of Irish women experiencing homelessness in recent years. So why are we seeing a "a rapid feminisation of homelessness".
The organisation is about to host the biggest ever international Guide camp in Tipperary this summer and we hear all about it.
Thousands of people marched in Belfast earlier this month calling for the legalization of gay marriage and equal rights for all.
The EMBRACE programme at Grant Thornton is to encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Dr Brian Tobin lecturer at the School of Law, NUI Galway tell us why we still don't have crucial parental rights for same-sex married couples
Peter Connolly, Occupational Therapist at St John of God's Hospital in Dublin joins us in studio to tell us why rest is so important.
Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Author of Guantanamo Diary just us on the show. Having spent 14 years in Guantanamo we hear what life is like now that he is free.
Following the Taoiseach’s appointment, do women need to be even more proactive when it comes to politics and public life?
The LGBT support group BeLonG To is experiencing an unprecedented demand for its vital support and advocacy services. The organisation urgently needs support.
Miora’s brother was murdered in South Africa, no one has ever been charged, with the help of ADVIC she has being trying to get on with her life.
Love and Courage is a new podcast that features 1 hour soulful audio interviews with inspirational people
The new generation of the LGBT community with Cloadagh Leonard - chair of Dublin Pride, Fintan Warfield - Senator and Luke O’Reilly Kane peer educator with BelongTO
We take a look at mental health in the LBGT community with Anne Marie Toole, Co-Founder of Insight Matters and Kieran Hennessy volunteer with the LGBT Helpline
We are joined by David Norris, Ailbhe Smith and Tonie Walsh join us to take a look back at the history of the LGBT movement.
We are joined by David Norris, Ailbhe Smith and Tonie Walsh join us to take a look back at the history of the LGBT movement.
All about Ramadan - Under One Tent, is being held from the 9-11th June in St Patrick's Park.
New website to support families of gender-diverse and transgender young people launched
Ruling by the Supreme Court which says the Asylum seekers’ work ban is unconstitutional.
Belvedere College and will be embarking on the 'Blockpull', a charity walk to Galway, with fifty other pupils on 4th of June.
Sustainable fashion is something we have always done very well here in Ireland from Donegal tweeds to Dingle linens. Now we can add silk to that list.
Dublin Port have commissioned a series of site-specific public artworks in response to Dublin Port and its relationship with the City.
Garrett Fitzgerald cook, co-founder of Brother Hubbard Cafes and author joins Dil in studio.
Later this month a new organisation created to raise awareness of the benefits and challenges associated with bilingualism and multilingualism will launch here in Ireland
There are over 37,000 living with epilepsy in Ireland. We take a look at whats happening for National Epilepsy Week.
The Global Citizen Award is a personal development award that enables you to share your overseas volunteering experiences.
While some people are sceptical about the treatment the interior ministry in Switzerland has announced plans to give five complementary therapies including homeopathy
It’s that time of year again - that's right the Dublin Gay Theatre Festival is just about to kick off in the capital reaching its 4000th performance this year!
The Green Ribbon campaign aims to change minds about mental health by prompting hundreds of events and thousands of conversations all over Ireland during the month of May
A host of ex-Celtic stars will play in a special charity match in Bray on the 29th of this month. It’s all in aid of Ger Doolan.
Almost 10,000 primary and secondary DEIS school students participate in ‘Access DCU’ initiatives annually which promote positive attitudes to education.
Dr Joseph Oye, the Sightsavers Country Director in Cameroon is in Dublin and he we are delighted that he has made time to come in to talk to us here on Global Village.
Imagine Dublin as the most playful city in the world. Four social entrepreneurs from two organisations have teamed up to do just this by creating A Playful City.
Parenting is not easy - Born to Relate is a project created by therapists to help parents to understand emotional processes involved when bonding with their baby.
With a recent ESRI report showing that people with a disability are less likely than the rest of the working-age population to get a job. We ask why we are failing?
Making children more environmentally responsible and getting children away from screens and into the great outdoors
CEDF works to support, educate and empower children and young people through the provision of sustainable education, medical and income generating programmes
TRANSforming Lives 2017 – Trans Mental Health Week is an annual campaign run by Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI).
Beth Kilkenny from themotherhub.ie joins me in studio to chat all about the blog, her inspiration for creating it and of course parenting.
Junior Achievement Ireland are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. We hear about all the amazing work they do
Dil talks to Bewley's Master Roaster and a coffee farmer from Soppexcca in Nicaragua about the importance of Fair Trade Coffee.
Christopher Clouder, International Lecturer, Writer & Consultant chats to Dil about the benefits of Steiner Schools.
We talk to the author of Pride And Joy: A Guide for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual And Trans Parents
Marie O'Riordan, a multi-award-winning Chief Communications Officer talks to Dil about her personal journey.
Frontend.com, have developed a technological solution to some of the healthcare challenges facing migrants, refugees and other displaced people around the world
Dil speaks to Marie Rooney, a volunteer parent with the Anam Cara South Dublin Group and Kate Burke, a founder of Anam Cara
Dil is joined by Fiona Brennan, a Clinical Hypnotherapist and founder of the five-star self-help online course, The Positive Habit
Jp Mahon on why growing vegetables is essential for strengthening communities in both Ireland and Burundi.
Síocháin is the first single from Kiruu’s up and coming album and he is in studio to tell us all about it
Every 2 minutes someone, somewhere, hears those dreaded words “you have leprosy”. More on what Ireland is doing.