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COVID Lives

COVID Lives

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Covid Lives is a podcast series that looks at Irish lives during this extraordinary time in history. The 16 part series will see host Gavin Dowd speaking with people all across the country who have unique and meaningful stories to tell about their lives during the Covid pandemic.


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Produced by UrbanMedia

Hosted by Gavin Dowd


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Episodes
  • Breaking News In a Pandemic with Alison O'Reilly

    Breaking News In a Pandemic with Alison O'Reilly
    Aug 14 2021
    They say that journalists write the first rough draft of history. In 50 years, we will be studying today's news reporting to understand how we handled the COVID-19 pandemic. In the final episode of the COVID Lives series, Gavin talks to print and broadcast journalist Alison O'Reilly about the stories she covered since March 2020. With a particularly fast news cycle, Alison shares how she has had to change her approach to covering the news.

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    22 mins
  • Promoting Self-Care In The Lockdown With Klara O'Leary

    Promoting Self-Care In The Lockdown With Klara O'Leary
    Aug 7 2021
    In October last year, Klara left her corporate job and embarked on setting up her own business. Care Box Collection allows people to purchase luxury boxes with self-care products for themselves or as gifts for loved ones. In the episode, she tells the story of what inspired her to establish the business and how the lockdown gave her the time and space to be entrepreneurial.

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    15 mins
  • Helping The Homeless on Dublin's Streets with Brandon O'Connor

    Helping The Homeless on Dublin's Streets with Brandon O'Connor
    Jul 31 2021

    Brandon O'Connor is a 19 year-old from Donaghmede with an extraordinary story. He founded Dublin Homeless Awareness - a group which provides food, medical supplies and first responder services to those sleeping rough on the city’s streets.


    Brandon shares his personal story which spurred him to set up the organisation and how he feels COVID-19 has impacted homelessness in Dublin.


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    16 mins
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