3) "I always felt real success was to have a really stellar career from within Ireland." Alan Merriman, co-founder of Elkstone, this week on Irish Stew 🎙️ #SpéirGhorm #IrishBusinesz

1) “You want founders to be confident, a little cocky, but also humble and coachable.” Alan Merriman, founder of Elkstone on the contradictions VCs look for, this week on Irish Stew 🎙️ #SpéirGhorm #IrishPodcast #VentureCapital #Founder

6) "No other country probably has a political context that makes it as acceptable as Ireland to put this out there. There's a demand and a thirst for this knowledge." Full conversation available on all major #podcast platforms - Dr. Martin Russell #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

5) "I want to build something for diaspora engagement that will last long after I'm gone." - Dr. Martin Russell, this week on Irish Stew 🎙️ #GlobalIrishNation #SpéirGhorm #IrishPodcast #IrishDiaspora

4) Why the first gift a diaspora community gives you is never the real test. it's a test for follow-through. Dr. Martin Russell explains on the new Irish Stew episode. 🎧 #IrishDiaspora #SpéirGhorm #GlobalIrishNation

3) "I asked a mentor, 'can you show me a career pathway in diaspora engagement?' And the answer was no. So I took it as a challenge to go and build it." — Dr. Martin Russell on this week's Irish Stew 🎙️ #SpéirGhorm #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #IrishDiaspora

1) "Their BS radar is pretty strong." Dr. Martin Russell doesn't mince words about what happens when you try to engage a diaspora community for the wrong reasons. New episode of Irish Stew is up 🎙️ #IrishPodcast #IrishDiaspora #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm #Diaspora

1) “What would lead a young man my son’s age to get on a ship with nitroglycerin and risk his life for the cause?” Terry Golway at Fresh Stew Live with the question that’s central to the whole conversation. Episode out now - link in thread 👇 #IrishAmerica #SpéirGhorm #IrishPodcast

"Rather than get angry behind a keyboard - Soul Lab was a response to the George Floyd moment. What could I do?" Kwame Daniels on how Solab became North Star, now at NYC's Irish Arts Center. 🎧 #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #Podcast

🎬 Three films. Five voices. Irish Stew's #CIFF2026 episode drops tonight at midnight EST / 5 AM Irish Time 🇮🇪🎧 Directors of Saipan, lead actor of Báite (CIFF Audience Award winner 🏆), and Film Ireland's Gemma Creagh on the Irish film ecosystem. #IrishFilm #Saipan #Báite #RoyKeane #IrishStew

Co-host Martin Nutty moderated a conversation with author Cauvery Madhavan at the Irish Arts Center NY. Her novel, The Inheritance, is set on West Cork's Beara peninsula. Afterwards, a chat with Ireland's UN Ambassador Fergal Mythen. #GlobalIrishNation @cauverymadhavan.bsky.social

1) NEW — Irish Stew with Aileesh Carew of EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum. Recorded at Fergie's Pub, Philadelphia. Out now. 🎧 #GlobalIrishNation #SpéirGhorm #IrishPodcast #IrishHistory

Tomorrow on Irish Stew — Aileesh Carew of EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum joins John for a conversation spanning 1,500 years of Irish immigration, identity, and the deep Irish roots of American democracy. On all major podcast platforms #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #Podcast #SpéirGhorm

6) Producer Ruth Carter on how the all-island funding model actually works in practice. Screen Ireland, NI Screen, and the UK tax credit — all in one episode. Full episode out now. - see link in thread ⬆️ #SpéirGhorm @solasnuadc.bsky.social @screenireland.bsky.social #ScreenNI

3) A director, a WhatsApp message, and a hunch about a pair of eyes. Colin McIvor on casting the villain in No Ordinary Heist. Full episode out now. See link ⬆️ #IrishFilm #GlobalIrishNation #NoOrdinaryHeist #CIFF2026 #ColinMcIvor #SpéirGhorm @solasnuadc.bsky.social

Out now. Irish Stew live on stage at CIFF 2026 in Washington DC — with director Colin McIvor and producer Ruth Carter of No Ordinary Heist, a Belfast thriller based on the real 2004 Northern Bank robbery. The film doesn’t let go. Neither does the conversation. #GlobalIrishNation #IrishFilm

Episode drops tomorrow. “It was really always about a story of two human beings who were forced together to save their families.” — Colin McIvor on No Ordinary Heist. New episode Monday 30 March. A Solas Nua event. #IrishFilm #GlobalIrishNation #CIFF2026 #NoOrdinaryHeist #Spéirghorm

Something different coming Monday. We recorded a live on-stage Q&A at the 2026 Capital Irish Film Festival in Washington DC with director Colin McIvor and producer Ruth Carter of No Ordinary Heist #IrishFilm #GlobalIrishNation #CIFF2026 #NoOrdinaryHeist #SpéirGhorm @solasnuadc.bsky.social

🎭 Irish Stew alum Paddy Cullivan is bringing his: The Murder of Michael Collins to the U.S. this April! Portland • Boston • Port Jefferson • NYC (x2) • Chicago Grab tickets 👇 🔗 NYC: tinyurl.com/y8ptyedz 🔗 Full tour: see below This is unmissable for anyone who loves Irish history and theater.

4) Wajih Abed co-founded Fergie’s Pub with Fergie in 1994. He passed away in 2017 “At Wajih’s funeral I did say if I was to say something to Wajih today, him being gone, I would say: We did it. We'd two guys who just winged it and opened up. But we did it, and we lasted” — Fergus Carey 🎙️ Link ☝️

3) Happy Paddy’s Day from the man himself. 🎙️Fergie Carey has been watching Philadelphia celebrate St. Patrick’s Day for 31 years. He has opinions. Hear them on the Irish Stew. 🎙️ Link in thread 👆 #PaddysDay #StPatricksDay #IrishDiaspora #FergiesPub #GlobalIrishNation #SpéirGhorm

“I didn’t know what I was doing at all. We had one keg of Guinness that night, and it was gone in 40 minutes." Fergus “Fergie” Carey is on the Irish Stew. New episode out now. 🎙️ Link in thread 👇 #IrishDiaspora #Philadelphia #FergiesPub #IrishStewPodcast #IrishAmerica #SpéirGhorm

Tomorrow on the Irish Stew. Fergus “Fergie” Carey — Dublin to Philadelphia, Burgerland to Broad Street, and 31 years of Fergie’s Pub. Bígí linn. 🎙️ #GlobalIrishNation #IrishDiaspora #Philadelphia #FergiesPub #IrishPodcast @fergiespub.bsky.social

Ten episodes. That's how many times the Irish language has shown up as a central theme on the Irish Stew. If this week's conversation with Mollie has you curious all ten are in one place. irishstewpodcast.com/categories/irish-language #IrishLanguage #Gaeilge #Spéirghorm #GlobalIrishNation

4)"Is the dinner not ready yet?" You've heard it. Maybe you've said it. It's not bad English. It's Irish. Mollie Guidera explains why on this week's Irish Stew. 🎙️ Link in thread ⬆️ #HibernoEnglish #Gaeilge #IrishLanguage #Spéirghorm

"People have this negative reaction to Irish — and yet this regret for not learning it. There's a very complicated relationship. But I don't think the language itself is complicated." Mollie Guidera is back on the Irish Stew. New episode out now. 🎙️ Link in bio / comments. 🎙️ Link in comments

Tomorrow on the Irish Stew. Mollie Guidera on the Gaeilge Guide, what Híberno English tells us about who we really are, and the legacy of Manchán Magan. Bígí linn. 🎙️ #GlobalIrishNation #IrishLanguage #Gaeilge #SpéirGhorm

1) Kicking off the Solas Nua Capital Irish Film Festival tonight at the stunning AFI Silver Theatre! First up: Saipan — one of the most controversial moments in Irish sporting history.

1) What does it take to make 60 films? Ruán Magan found his answer in a single moment — the realization that film could be a job, a career, a way to create something that matters. 🎬

3) And on receiving the Outstanding Public Service award at the March 3rd Gala: "To get an honor like this is an unbelievable privilege." @kevinkenny.bsky.social #GlobalIrishNation #MichaelDowling #IrishStewPodcast @northwellhealth.bsky.social Gala Ticket Link: as.nyu.edu/research-cen...