Season 6

April 22, 2024

Maura Clare & Alice Carroll – Spirited Women of Irish Spirits

Settle in for a spirited episode of Irish Stew with two pioneering women in the Irish spirits industry, Alice Carroll--the proud Limerick distiller and co-founder of Foxes Bow Whiskey, and Maura Clare--the Queen of Poitín and...

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April 8, 2024

S6E4: Michael Meade - From Banking to Brewing

Michael Meade spent over 20 years on Wall Street and then stepped away from the pressured world of high finance to do something totally different. Some, in his circumstances, may have opted for plenty of time on the golf cour...

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March 25, 2024

S6E3: Allan Mulrooney – Surfing the Wave to the West of Ireland

As Chief Executive of the Western Development Commission (WDC), Allan Mulrooney is a tireless advocate for the Western Region of Ireland, promoting social and economic development for the counties of Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, ...

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March 11, 2024

S6E2: Michael McKillop - Whisky Distiller & Potato Purveyor

In the first of our “Irish Libations” series, we welcome Michael McKillop, who branched out from the 36-year-old Glens of Antrim Potatoes business to launch Glens of Antrim Distillery with its Lir line of Irish Whiskeys, amid...

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Feb. 26, 2024

S6E1: Discovering the Truth in Lies We Tell

Launching Season Six, we go behind the scenes of the woman-strong Irish film Lies We Tell, a brooding tale of angels and demons, light and shadow, manners and mores, family secrets and family crimes, which The Guardian called...

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