25. Ruairí McKiernan: Author, counsellor, campaigner

Episode 25 is a conversation with Ruairí McKiernan who has job titles being listed as a counsellor, campaigner, charity founder, keynote speaker, author, former member of the Council Of State, CEO and a best selling author.

Conversation includes: Ruairí’s current juncture at where he is in his life; his best selling book “Hitching For Hope”; catching the early wave of Covid; Seán Óg McKiernan; the importance of art and artists; the importance of investing in your craft; being born with different gifts; "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire”; playing football for a club and the county simultaneously; polymaths; gambling; addiction; nanny state; public health care; free education; working on the New South Wales election with policy advocacy work; the snail’s pace that social change can operate at; the complications of campaigning as a foreigner; the challenges of relocating to Australia from Ireland; emigration and migration; the culture wars; right and left wing dictators; “othering”; the social contract; trans rights; the Irish flag; stereotyping migrants; The Rest Is Politics podcast; divvying up migrants; Northern Ireland; colonisation; interconnectedness; Gaza; flying the Palestinian flag in Northern Ireland; living in London and China as an Irishman; how politics in Northern Ireland could be transformed; embracing multiple nationalities; borders; growing up in Cavan; history repeating itself; the 60 second test and deprogramming oneself; doorstepping President Michael D. Higgins; Dalai Lama; the Council of State; Richard Moore; Jeff Ward and the Tree Bark Shop in Moycullen; Bob Dylan; Lou Reed; Bob Marley; famous people being guarded; Sabina Higgins; being a public servant; love and peace vs. hate and fear; Melanie Lynch and Herstory; Donald Trump; Alice Cooper; Susan Quirke, as well as other topics.

Relevant Links

https://www.ruairimckiernan.com

Additional Links

The Rest Is Politics Podcast

https://www.goalhangerpodcasts.com/the-rest-is-politics

The Dalai Lama's Hero, Irish man Richard Moore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSkvhvMVfPg

Jeff Ward’s Tree Bark Shop In Moycullen:

https://treebarkstore.com

Melanie Lynch and Herstory:

https://www.herstory.ie

Michael D. Higgins Poem: Possibilities

https://president.ie/en/media-library/speeches/of-john-odonohues-life-and-work

Susan Quirke's Website:

https://susanquirke.com

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