Capital Irish - 02 October 2022

Presented by Andy Linton

 

Join Andy for a chat with musician Rennie Pearson, a young kiwi who plays the wooden flute (among other instruments).  We’ll also hear some of Rennie’s music and you can find out more about Rennie from his website here: https://www.renniepearsonmusic.com/ 

 

Andy also discusses the recent Northern Ireland Assembly elections and shares some thoughts on that.  More reading on this topic here: 

 

Operation Shamrock: How Sinn Féin was front and centre during king's visit to NI https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2022/0917/1323891-ni-operation-shamrock/

The poorest Irish have a standard of living almost 63% higher than the poorest in the UK… https://sluggerotoole.com/2022/09/17/the-poorest-irish-have-a-standard-of-living-almost-63-higher-thanthe-poorest-in-the-uk/

More Catholics than Protestants for first time in Northern Ireland Census https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0922/1324777-northern-ireland-census/

This program was also broadcast on Wellington Access Radio with the support of New Zealand on Air. 

 

Capital Irish has been making programs for the Irish Community in Wellington, New Zealand since 2003.