Advocacy Talks with Vision Ireland

#NCBIpodcast Maria Greenan talks about her passion for music and how learning the piano as child was her priority far more than focusing on her vision impairment. Now a successful piano teacher she us...

16 Apr 202128min

#NCBIpodcast Ciaran Taylor talks about Sightless Cinema which is a successful radio drama workshop for people who are blind or vision impaired. He explains how Sightless Cinema productions evolve, hav...

26 Mar 202124min

Madeleine McNamara chats openly about the joys and challenges of being a mother with a vision impairment and having a child with a vision impairment. From the daily life hacks, she uses to have a grea...

22 Mar 202123min

Entrepreneur and investor Sean Gallagher shares how innovative surgery during childhood helped treat his cataracts. He shares how success is less about intelligence and more about a mindset where reso...

10 Feb 202136min

Paudie Cotterell, a Kilkenny farmer with a vision impairment, chats about the techniques and aids he uses to tend to his animals safely and how Covid19 has affected the farming community. He highlight...

5 Feb 202129min

This week on our podcast we caught up with our new Head Of Retail, Beverley Scallan who filled us in on the appointment of her new role, her background and what's next for NCBI retail. Support the sho...

3 Feb 202116min

Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the most common eye condition affecting people over the age of 50 in Ireland. Today, NCBI publishes research into what it is like to live with Wet AMD an...

9 Des 202013min

Maedhbh Hennessy talks about the power of dispelling people’s perceptions of having a disability by showing her abilities and skills in her job, role as Camp leader and event organiser. Greater public...

1 Des 202021min