Advocacy Talks with Vision Ireland
Welcome to Advocacy Talks from Vision Ireland. Hosted by Madeleine McNamara, Advocacy Talks aims to bring you conversations with interesting people about blindness, advocacy, and everything in between.
Contact the advocacy team at Vision Ireland by emailing campaigns@VI.ie .
Podcasting since 2020 • 101 episodes
Advocacy Talks with Vision Ireland
Latest Episodes
Advocacy Talks Episode 8 - Access to sport with Sean Moyles
On this episode of advocacy talks we catch up with Sean Moyles from vision sports Ireland to learn about his research into physical literacy for those with acquired visual impairments.Sean also tells us about how he ...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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32:36
Advocacy Talks Episode 7 - Please, Please, please, Clear Our Paths!!!
On this episode of Advocacy Talks, we speak to Roisin Lenehan and Deirdre Deverell about the 2025 Clear Our Paths campaign. From bins and cars to branches and dog poo, temporary obstacles on footpaths create risks ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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26:04
Advocacy Talks episode 6 - Being proud of blindness with Bobbie Hickey
On this episode of advocacy talks we catch up with Bobbie Hickey, who recently wrote a really interesting article for the Irish Times. With this month being disability pride month, what does it mean to be proud of something that so many people ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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29:17
Advocacy Talks episode 5 - Tytti Matsinen tells us about the European Blind Union
In this episode of Advocacy Talks Madeleine speaks with Tytti Matsinen, president of the European Blind Union.They discuss what the EBU is and what issues it’s currently advocating on. Want to get in ...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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33:43
Advocacy talks episode 4 - European Mental Health Week with Peter O’Toole
This week is European Mental Health Week, 2025. so Madeleine caught up with our Head of Counselling, Wellbeing & Emotional Support Peter O’Toole to discuss “Mental Health as a Social Right” From a discussion on lon...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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29:05