Send us a text Content Warning (CW): Discrimination, Racism 'Heritage Bazaar', explores the role of ethnic grocery shops in sustaining cultural identity. This radio documentary takes off from our previous one titled 'Kitchen Stories' that delved into the homes of a few Cork citizens to understand what dinner time looks like for them. In 'Heritage Bazaar' we invite the multi talented and Cork native, Daniel Heaphy to accept the challenge of making chai. Through the challenge,...

Send us a text It’s easy to think of Cork (Ireland) as a fairly homogenous group but its history is much more diverse and international than we may think. Our audio documentary 'Living Heritage’ explores the experiences of residents in Cork from varied cultural background and how their own traditions have fused with the locality. Your host is author Cethan Leahy. You have tuned into part 1. In this instalment, you hear from Banu Balaji and Remi Kolawole. Banu & Remi explore child...

Send us a text It’s easy to think of Cork (Ireland) as a fairly homogenous group but its history is much more diverse and international than we may think. Our audio documentary 'Living Heritage’ explores the experiences of residents in Cork from varied cultural background and how their own traditions have fused with the locality. Your host is author Cethan Leahy. You have tuned into part 2. In this instalment, you hear from Dr. Manizha Khan and Lavie Olupona. Dr. Khan & Lavie sha...

Send us a text Good Day Cork presents the inaugural edition of Wild Ones Conference. A conference for all women & members of the gender minority community are welcome to the Wild Ones Conference. The Wild Ones Conference was curated with the intention to listen, share, do and being. Read more. This podcast episode is an edited recording of Session 2 @ Wild Ones Conference titled 'My Rebellion'. This session honoured our rage. We all have plenty to be angry abou...

Send us a text Good Day Cork presents the inaugural edition of Wild Ones Conference. A conference for all women & members of the gender minority community are welcome to the Wild Ones Conference. The Wild Ones Conference was curated with the intention to listen, share, do and being. Read more. This podcast episode is an edited recording of Session 1 @ Wild Ones Conference titled 'My Space'. This session was about honouring our selves. We'll embrace all parts of ourse...

Send us a text Cork gents (& archangels), Raphael Olympio & Michael Wall met for the first time to have a meaningful conversation about identity, childhood, fear, mental health and hope. We got them together to show you the potential of an open chat that goes beyond the niceties between strangers. We sat to record them in the cozy restaurant of the Metropole Hotel, Cork. We gave them a few questions and they got talking. Raphael & Michael teach us active listening and gen...

Send us a text Cork gents (& archangels), Raphael (front right) & Michael (left) met for the first time & had an impromptu chat about bias & racism. This conversation was a warmup that they both just happened to delve into upon meeting each other for the first time. Raphael Olympio is an artist, youth worker, racial justice activist & a student pursuing Occupational Therapy. Michael Wall is a mental health advocate and owner of Salvagem - an antique store in Cork....

Send us a text 'It's OK To Not Be Ok' is a documentary by Good Day Cork and Deborah Oniah, a post graduate in trauma studies at UCC. Deborah, together with three guests - Sibusisiwe Mhlope, Danielle McLaughlin and Sukhi Byrne - have an open and honest conversation about the continuing stigma and shame associated with mental health and whether we accurately assess our own mental health. This group of women discuss and share what mental health means to them, both on an individual and a ...

Send us a text The final Wild Ones Salon was held on 30th Nov '22 @ Maureen's bar. This episode was recorded at the event. The Wild Ones Salon is a relaxed conversational space for women & non-binary people of all backgrounds. The Theme: I Choose to Challenge Urban design/Planning/Development At the Salon, we discussed topics like: - How does moving around your neighbourhood/Cork city centre affect you+your family? How could it be better? Are you being left behind becau...

Send us a text The 3rd Wild Ones Salon was held on 25th May '22 in aid of Cork-based charity SERVE's Flip Flop Appeal @ Maureen's bar. This episode was recorded at the event. The Wild Ones Salon is a relaxed conversational space for women & non-binary people of all backgrounds. The Theme: I Choose to Challenge We had Bhooshita Soyjaudah and Jeanie Jyanti join as a special guests. In this podcast you will hear Bhooshita and Jeanie share their reflection at the Wild Ones Salon. ...

Send us a text The 2nd Wild Ones Salon was held on 17th July 2021. The Wild Ones Salon is a relaxed conversational space for women & non-binary people of all backgrounds. The Theme: I Choose to Challenge - Re-imaging Education We had Fahmeda Naheed join as a special guest. In this podcast you will hear Fahmeda's talk at the Wild Ones Salon. Fahmeda has been living in Ireland, in Cork, on the North Side, for the last thirteen years. She is a registered teacher with Teaching Council o...

Send us a text The 2nd Wild Ones Salon was held on 17th July 2021. The Wild Ones Salon is a relaxed conversational space for women & non-binary people of all backgrounds. The Theme: I Choose to Challenge - Re-imaging Education We had Jen O'Shea join as a special guest. In this podcast you will hear Jen's talk at the Wild Ones Salon. Jen O'Shea is a psychology graduate, researcher, and trans woman living in Cork. She is passionate about social justice, inclusion, and trans equality, ...

Send us a text The first Wild Ones Salon was held on 12th June 2021. The Wild One Salon is a relaxed conversational space for women & non-binary people of all backgrounds. The Theme: I Choose to Challenge We had Cecilia Gamez join as a special guest. In this podcast you will hear Cecilia's talk at the Wild Ones Salon and a reflection after the Salon. Cecilia Gamez is a travel addict, bookworm, co-founder of Mexican Community in Cork & Vice President Of The Board at Federation E...

Send us a text The first Wild Ones Salon was held on 12th June 2021. The Wild One Salon is a relaxed conversational space for women & non-binary people of all backgrounds. The Theme: I Choose to Challenge We had Leanne McDonagh join as a special guest. In this podcast you will hear Leanne's talk at the Wild Ones Salon. Leanne McDonagh is a young Irish Traveller woman and professional visual artist. She began practicing art at Crawford College of Art & Design in 2007, graduating ...

Send us a text Good Day Cork marks World Day of Tea & World Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development with the release of an audio documentary - 'Kitchen Stories'. Our audio documentary 'Kitchen Stories' showcases the vibrant food culture in Ireland through the stories and experiences of how people cook and eat in their homes. Each of the featured people have a unique cultural identity and it is through exploring this that the listener discovers how many ...

Send us a text Good Day Cork brings you a new audio documentary 'Kitchen Stories' on 21st May - World Day of Tea & World Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development. 'Kitchen Stories' is hosted by food and culture enthusiast Banu Rekha the documentary features four foodie people who have made Cork their home. The guests include a newly married Indian-Irish couple, a pastry chef who grew up in France, an Australian frontline worker with Italian roots, and a p...

Send us a text Irish Wheelchair Association Ability Programme presents an audio documentary 'Potential' - - This documentary reveals the dedicated spirit of the team behind the Ability Programme at the Irish Wheelchair Association. - You will hear in depth conversations between Good Day Cork's Joanna Dukkipati, Jennifer Murray (Programme Co-ordinator,Ability Programme, IWA) & Joanne Dawson (Job Coach, Ability Programme, IWA). Jennifer & Joanne describe the range of support they off...

Send us a text This World Health Day we present Potential - a documentary about the Ability Programme of Irish Wheelchair Association. ‘Potential’ reveals the dedicated spirit of the team behind the Ability Programme. Co-sponsored by EQUAL Ireland Produced & Published by Good Day Cork Edited by Daniel Clancy Music by Justin Grounds -- #MediaDiet #Disability #EqualAccess #Wheelchair #GoodDayCork Good Day Cork is a magazine and event space dedicated to building a kind world....

Send us a text We conclude 'Chats with Elena Canty' series with audience questions. The questions range from fashion, accessibility, language around disability, advice on resilience, future travel plans and more. Elena holds nothing back and offers all of us plenty food for thought. She reminds us - "We need to teach our kids that the world is diverse and it's not just all people that are like you it's everyone that looks different and that different is unique and different is be...

Send us a text We conclude 'Chats with Elena Canty' series with audience questions. The questions range from fashion, language around disability to advice on resilience. This podcast series is brought to you by Irish Wheelchair Association- Ability Programme & co-sponsored by Equal Ireland. Tweet us your comments @GoodDay_Cork or email us info.gooddaynews@gmail.com About Elena Canty: Elena is a Communications Executive at Event Plan and VE Studio Cork. She is respon...