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 • 96 episodes
Advocacy Talks with Vision Ireland
Latest Episodes
Advocacy talks episode 3 - Méabh Conneely discusses returning to Irish dancing with blindness and autism
Ahead of participating in this year‘s Riverdance summer school and performing at the evening reception of MayFest 2025, Méabh Conneely discusses her return to Irish dancing after losing her sight almost five years ago.She spea...
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Episode 3
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Advocacy Talks Episode 2 - Stuart Haxell discusses the gene therapy that helped him gain back some vision
In this episode of Advocacy Talks, Stuart Haxell tells us about what it was like to gain back some vision following a new innovative gene therapy. He also tells us about what it was like to have so much medi...
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Advocacy Talks Episode 1 - Stuart Lawler chats all things INBAF, advocacy, and Braille 200
In this episode of Advocacy Talks Madeleine chats with Stuart Lawler about INBAF, the Irish National Braille and Alternative Formats Authority. They discuss the importance of advocating for yourself, and the significant...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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How important is technology in education? Grace Gavin tells the Vision Ireland Podcast
June chats with 4th year student Grace Gavin who confidently talks about how technology has helped her so much in her education. She talks passionately about the benefits of Transition Year and how it exposed her to new subjects as well a...
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Season 1
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have you wanted to play blind tennis? Stuart Haxell tells us all about it!
June chats with Stuart Haxell from Sligo, an avid blind tennis player who describes how he got involved in the sport and how it is adapted to ensure anyone who is blind or vision impaired can play. He chats passionately about the tourname...
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Season 1
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