The Kish Podcast

Donegal Sinn Fein TD; Pearse Doherty is our guest this week. Pearse speaks openly to Eimear about his upbringing in both Scotland and then Ireland. How he became interested in politics to going on to becoming a founding member of Sinn Féin Republican Youth [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in_Republican_Youth] and served on its national executive. At the 2016 general election [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Irish_general_election], after a redrawing of constituency boundaries, Doherty was elected to the new five-seater Donegal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegal_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)] constituency on the 8th count. He topped the poll at the 2020 general election [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Irish_general_election], and was appointed leader of Sinn Féin's negotiations team. Pearse also talks to Eimear about the Insurance Industry in Ireland as well as his thoughts on a possible United Ireland in the future.

Jillian Godsil is a journalist, broadcaster and author living and working in Ireland.  Jillian likes to write about a vast aray of topics including fiction, children's and much more. You can follow Jillian on twitter too @jilliangodsil [https://twitter.com/jilliangodsil].

Eimear chats with Online Fitness & Conditioning Coach David O'Connor.

Niamh Tallon founded the Her Sport website [https://hersport.ie/] in 2018 with the goals of empowering women in sport, levelling the playing field and increasing participation of women in sport. She talks to The Kish Podcast about all things female participation in sport and future plans for Her Sport [https://hersport.ie/].

Derek Cullen is an Adventurer from Ireland. He is best known for taking long distance adventures such as cycling across Africa, hiking the Pacific Crest Trail and Walking Around Ireland. He talks to The Kish Podcast about his adventures to date and his plans for the future.