Nervous State

In this episode we’ll be bringing you a segment on the English language education sector in Ireland, presented by Lahela Jones and produced by Sian Cowman. The educational sector in Ireland has been heavily impacted by Covid-19 restrictions, but international English language students have faced some especially difficult circumstances. We interview two Chilean students who tell us how their schools have dealt with the pandemic, and the housing and labour conditions they’re experiencing. We discuss why this sector is so huge in Ireland and why it is so poorly regulated It isn’t just ESL students in the gig economy who’ve borne the brunt of Covid-19 – their struggles in the labour market are just one example of a deeper problem with inequality between different parts of the workforce. Whilst 2020 has been the year of working from home for many office-based professionals, this simply isn't an option for low-paid workers in manufacturing and the service sector. Ireland is one of the few countries in the EU without mandatory sick pay, but the government has not talked about bringing it in before the end of 2021 despite the public health problems forcing people to go to work, even when showing symptoms, has created throughout the pandemic. Has Covid exposed the existence of a two-tier workforce, and what is there to be learned from this going forward? Patrick McCusker is joined by Michelle Murphy, Policy Analyst for Social Justice Ireland and Andrew Flood, independent researcher and host of The Plague Tapes on Mixcloud, to discuss this. On the cultural front, Martin Leen caught up with The Mary Wallopers who are in the midst of recording a new album of trad folk stompers and sean nos bangers, possibly titled The Curse of The Mary Wallopers. Hailing from Dundalk (we do have a sneaky Dundalk fetish here at Nervous State),The Mary Wallopers are a folk group who travel the length & breadth of the country singing & collecting songs. They exude a raw energy that could be described as the Clancy Brothers meet John Lydon. In the interview we play a few bangers, chat about the nature of the said curse, what to expect in the new album, being live stream sensations, keeping the buzz going during Covid, collaborating with Post Punk Podge and lots more. Moving West, Tulca festival of visual art has been going in Galway since 2002 and commissions a different curator every year who comes up with their own theme. This year the curator is artist Sarah Browne, whose programme is called The Law is a White Dog. The title is taken from a book by Colin Dayan, an interdisciplinary legal scholar, which is subtitled How Legal Rituals Make and Unmake Persons. Drawing on engagement with the law in her own practice, Sarah has put together a programme of artworks and events in a very challenging pandemic context. Caitriona Devery spoke to her about the ideas behind the programme, curating in lockdown, and some of the artists involved. We’ll also feature Darragh Deighan-Gregory talking to Seán Murray, the director of Unquiet Graves, about the recent controversy surrounding his film being shown on RTÉ, and why challenging received narratives about the Troubles is so important. As ever, we’ll be kicking off with our usual check-in with the Dublin Inquirer’s Stephanie Costello for all the biggest stories going on around town.

Current. Vosho On the Beat E07 by Dublin Digital Radio

Current. Vosho on the Beat E06 by Dublin Digital Radio

What’s living in modern day Dublin like in your twenties? KayssieK, MissDine and Gideon get together on VoshoOnTheBeat to open up a space for honest and explicit conversations that play a large role in a Young Irish immigrant’s life.

What’s living in modern day Dublin like in your twenties? KayssieK, MissDine and Gideon get together on VoshoOnTheBeat to open up a space for honest and explicit conversations that play a large role in a Young Irish immigrant’s life.

Nervous State Issue 3 "High culture for low lives." Issue 2 of Nervous State was first broadcast on 04/10/2020. It featured: - A roundup of the Dublin Inquirer's stories of the month with Stephanie Costello. - An interview with singer songwriter Aoife Nessa Francis - A special discussion on CATU (Community Action Tenant's Union)on why there is an urgent need for a national tenants union - Interviews with Natalia Beylis, a sound artist and Sean McLoughlin of Save Leitrim on monocultural forestry in Leitrim - An Interview with Eimear Walshe on their short film The Land Question: Where the fuck am I supposed to have sex? and Merve Elveren, guest programmer of EVA International. - A roundtable discussion with Aurelian Mondon, co-author of Reactionary Democracy: How Racism and the Far-right Became Mainstream, Gavan Titley, author of the upcoming Is Free Speech Racist? and Eugenia Siapera, Professor of Information and Communication Studies at UCD and author of Understanding New Media about the current way the far-right have been able to emerge recently and their media strategies and ways to counter them. Music on the show from Aoife Nessa Francis. Sound editing and design by Jane Deasy. www.dublindigitalradio.com Support independent media. Support Dublin Digital Radio on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/dublindigitalradio

Nervous State Issue 2 "High culture for low lives." Issue 2 of Nervous State was first broadcast on 09/08/2020. It featured: - A roundup of the Dublin Inquirer's stories of the month with Laoise Neylon. - An interview with punk poet Jinx Lennon. - A special on Debenhams where workers have been on strike since April for basic rights. - Interviews with Noirin from Inclusion Ireland and Vicki from WALK, two organisations fighting to improve the standard of living for people with intellectual disabilities. - An Interview with Mark Walshe, an executive committee member of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland, to discuss issues of fundamental importance to education provision. - A chat with Danny Carroll about Litany 0f Failures III. Music on the show from Jinx Lennon and from Litany of Failures Sound editing and design by Jane Deasy. www.dublindigitalradio.com Support independent media. Support Dublin Digital Radio on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/dublindigitalradio

Nervous State. "High culture for low lives." Issue 1 of Nervous State was first broadcast on 14/06/2020. It featured: a roundup of the Dublin Inquirer's stories of the month with DI editor Stephanie Costello. an interview with Siobhan McKeown, author of A Life Lived Remotely. a chat with Dean McGrath, head of Dublin record label wherethetimegoes. a discussion between political economist Michael Taft (who blogs at notesonthefront) and environmentalist Sinead Mercier. an interview with Bulelani Mfaco, member of Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland. a chat with Vaari Claffey, a Dublin based curator, about Isolation TV. Music on the show from Nash Paints, Rising Damp, AllTimesNowNothing and MuRli. Sound editing and design by Jane Deasy. Support independent media. Support Dublin Digital Radio on Patreon.

What’s living in modern day Dublin like in your twenties? KayssieK, MissDine and Gideon get together on VoshoOnTheBeat to open up a space for honest and explicit conversations that play a large role in a Young Irish immigrant’s life.

What’s living in modern day Dublin like in your twenties? KayssieK, MissDine and Gideon get together on VoshoOnTheBeat to open up a space for honest and explicit conversations that play a large role in a Young Irish immigrant’s life.

A podcast about art, ideas and some other stuff too. Each episode, we focus on a thinker or maker that has shaped or influenced the way we think about art. Brought to you by NCAD's Art in the Contemporary World MA and Dublin Digital Radio. For more information visit: www.acw.ie A conversation about and with Liam Gillick on the satisfaction of aesthetic disappointment, modesty in the age of capitalism and spectacle, and more. Including excerpts from a recent public conversation between Gillick and Seanan Kerr hosted by Art in the Contemporary World. In the debut episode of the Art in the Contemporary World podcast, Co-Directors of NCAD's Art in the Contemporary World MA, Declan Long, Francis Halsall, and Sarah Pierce talk about recent projects from the renowned artist Liam Gillick, including exhibitions at the Goethe Institut and the Kerlin Gallery. A far-ranging discussion which touches on Katy Perry's “curatorial” practices, Masha Gessen's theories on autocracy, and the role of art in troubled times.

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