The Ireland Podcast

About the Podcast

The Ireland Podcast is a long-form interview series creating space for unhurried conversation about life on the island of Ireland and beyond.

The Conversations

Hosted by Fender Jackson and produced by Salthill Media, the podcast centres on listening rather than argument. Each episode features a single guest and allows time for reflection, context, and experience to emerge naturally. Guests include artists, musicians, writers, athletes, broadcasters, historians, and cultural figures whose work or perspective offers insight into place, memory, and lived experience.

There is no political or religious agenda. The podcast does not seek to persuade, promote, or argue a position. Instead, it exists as a space for careful dialogue, where complexity is allowed and difference is approached with curiosity rather than confrontation.

The Host

Fender Jackson grew up in Ulster and later lived in England and China before returning to Ireland and settling in Galway, where most episodes are now recorded. These experiences inform a listening-led, exploratory approach shaped by distance as well as proximity, and by an awareness of how place, movement, and memory intersect.

Approach

The Ireland Podcast approaches the island as a shared, lived place - shaped by multiple histories, traditions, communities, and viewpoints. In a post-conflict society, conversation itself has value. The podcast recognises the role that respectful dialogue, storytelling, and careful questioning can play in fostering empathy and understanding.

Over time, it becomes an informal record of conversations about the island and its many expressions, offered quietly and without prescription.

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Episoder(229)

141. John O'Donnell: Artist - Part 2

Ep. 141 Fender Jackson continues to find out the craic from the artist John O'Donnell.Conversation includes: being seen as an extravagance in South Africa; creating one’s own reality; establishing pri...

17 Feb 202549min

140. Bertie Ahern: Former Taoiseach

Episode 140 brings Fender Jackson face to face with former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. Bertie was one of the key people who helped bring about the Good Friday Agreement and therefore ending the 30 year co...

12 Feb 202540min

139. John O'Donnell: Artist - Part 1

Ep. 139 Fender Jackson finds out the craic from the artist John O'Donnell.Conversation includes: introductions; education including Visual Communications; opening his first gallery in the Swan Centre ...

10 Feb 202555min

138. Gerry McAvoy: Rory Gallagher's Bass Player

Ep. 138 has Fender walking Gerry McAvoy track by track through 'Calling Card', the sixth studio album and eighth album overall by Irish singer and guitarist Rory Gallagher.Conversation includes: (re)i...

3 Feb 202537min

137. Dr. Kenneth Monaghan: Stroke Rehabilitation Expert - Pt. 2

Ep. 137 is the second half of Fender Jackson chatting with author of Lights, Mirrors, Action, Dr. Kenneth Monaghan who is the director of the ‘Neuroplasticity Research Group’ in Atlantic Technological...

23 Jan 202553min

136. Dr. Kenneth Monaghan: Stroke Rehabilitation Expert - Pt. 1

Ep. 136 has Fender Jackson chatting with author of Lights, Mirrors, Action, Dr. Kenneth Monaghan who is the director of the ‘Neuroplasticity Research Group’ in Atlantic Technological University. A str...

21 Jan 202549min

135. James Fearnley: Life Until 'Red Roses For Me'

Ep. 135 has Fender in conversations with The Pogues' Accordionist James Fearnley from England living in Los Angeles on the day before the 2025 LA Fire started. They go through 'Red Roses For Me' and J...

14 Jan 20251h 23min

134. Rónán Ó Snodaigh: Musician

Ep. 134 has Fender Jackson chatting with Rónán Ó Snodaigh on New Year’s Eve 2024 before his performance with Kíla in Monroe’s, Galway.Conversation includes: introductions; early years; Slógadh; Coláis...

9 Jan 20251h 5min