# Education Nation Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585.md RSS feed: https://media.rss.com/stateofthenation/feed.xml Official site: https://rss.com/podcasts/stateofthenation Author: State of the Nation Episodes: 26 ## Resource Education Nation is a new podcast for 2026 brought to you by the Irish Catholic. Hosted by Nicky Cuddihy, we have lined up a host of fascinating guests who have intriguing stories to tell about their own career journeys and their role within the Irish education system. As we hear their stories, we hope that the podcast will help us develop a better understanding of the complexity and the richness and the diversity that make our education system so unique, and our schools and teachers so highly valued. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/education-nation-6810585 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585.md ## Episodes - [The insurer that gives it all away w/ David Lane, MD of Ecclesiastical Insurance Ireland](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/the-insurer-that-gives-it-all-away-w-david-lane-md-of-ecclesiastical-insurance-ireland) — 2026-06-12T08:56:54+00:00 - [A journey of faith and education from Tuamto Australia w/ Prof. Eamonn Conway](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/a-journey-of-faith-and-education-from-tuamto-australia-w-prof-eamonn-conway) — 2026-06-03T09:59:27+00:00 - [A look at Catholic education in Northern Ireland w/ Fintan Murphy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/a-look-at-catholic-education-in-northern-ireland-w-fintan-murphy) — 2026-05-08T12:30:27+00:00 - [Admission Act 2018: a major stumbling block for divestment - w/ Alan Hynes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/admission-act-2018-a-major-stumbling-block-for-divestment-w-alan-hynes) — 2026-04-15T10:10:49+00:00 - [Seamus Mulconry: School management and the ‘new normal’ in Irish schools](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/seamus-mulconry-school-management-and-the-new-normal-in-irish-schools) — 2026-03-25T12:40:52+00:00 - [Simon Lewis: Ireland’s only primary school principal from an ethnic minority](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/simon-lewis-ireland-s-only-primary-school-principal-from-an-ethnic-minority) — 2026-03-11T10:27:08+00:00 - [Rachel O'Connor on School leadership – ‘the backbone of the school’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/rachel-o-connor-on-school-leadership-the-backbone-of-the-school) — 2026-02-25T10:00:36+00:00 - [Use It or Lose It - Breda O’Brien on the Future of Catholic Education](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/use-it-or-lose-it-breda-o-brien-on-the-future-of-catholic-education) — 2026-02-11T10:00:09+00:00 - [The future of Catholic schools with Jonathan Tiernan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/the-future-of-catholic-schools-with-jonathan-tiernan) — 2026-01-27T10:01:16+00:00 - [A love of learning - An interview with Dr Eilis Humphreys](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/a-love-of-learning-an-interview-with-dr-eilis-humphreys) — 2026-01-19T10:30:49+00:00 - [State of the Nation: Human trafficking: Ireland’s secret shame](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/state-of-the-nation-human-trafficking-ireland-s-secret-shame) — 2024-07-04T14:45:38+00:00 - [State of the Nation - recognising it as a disease](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/state-of-the-nation-recognising-it-as-a-disease) — 2024-05-03T11:46:55+00:00 - [State of the Nation: "Nobody wanted to listen" says top gender doctor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/state-of-the-nation-nobody-wanted-to-listen-says-top-gender-doctor) — 2024-04-25T14:21:59+00:00 - [State of the Nation: The Gender scandal and doctors with a God Complex](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/state-of-the-nation-the-gender-scandal-and-doctors-with-a-god-complex) — 2024-04-17T13:09:35+00:00 - [State of the Nation: Why the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality was hijacked by NGO’s and citizens were “railroaded” into supporting Gender Identity ideology](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/state-of-the-nation-why-the-citizens-assembly-on-gender-equality-was-hijacked-by-ngo-s-and-citizens-were-railroaded-into-supporting-gender-identity-ideology) — 2024-04-12T06:30:25+00:00 - [State of the Nation: Ireland’s Electoral and Media Commission: State apparatuses curtailing free speech](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/state-of-the-nation-ireland-s-electoral-and-media-commission-state-apparatuses-curtailing-free-speech) — 2024-04-10T13:48:33+00:00 - [State of the Nation: Demonising women who believe in biology](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/state-of-the-nation-demonising-women-who-believe-in-biology) — 2024-04-05T08:49:11+00:00 - [State of the Nation: Euthanasia and the economic push](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/state-of-the-nation-euthanasia-and-the-economic-push) — 2024-04-03T15:48:02+00:00 - [State of the Nation: Intent of Hate Speech Bill is to induce self-censorship](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/state-of-the-nation-intent-of-hate-speech-bill-is-to-induce-self-censorship) — 2024-03-29T09:40:13+00:00 - [State of the Nation: I didn't leave Fine Gael .... Fine Gael left me](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/state-of-the-nation-i-didn-t-leave-fine-gael-fine-gael-left-me) — 2024-03-27T15:12:34+00:00 - [State of the Nation: What Leo Varadkar’s resignation might teach Fine Gael about their own values](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/state-of-the-nation-what-leo-varadkar-s-resignation-might-teach-fine-gael-about-their-own-values) — 2024-03-21T16:56:20+00:00 - [State of the Nation: Blatant media biases are alienating public... Editors and producers - it's time to get more diverse!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/state-of-the-nation-blatant-media-biases-are-alienating-public-editors-and-producers-it-s-time-to-get-more-diverse) — 2024-03-20T13:37:33+00:00 - [State of the Nation: Americans: It’s St Paddy’s Day, NOT St Patty’s Day!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/state-of-the-nation-americans-it-s-st-paddy-s-day-not-st-patty-s-day) — 2024-03-15T12:06:11+00:00 - [State of the Nation: The people of Ireland have spoken… and it’s a definite NO!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/state-of-the-nation-the-people-of-ireland-have-spoken-and-it-s-a-definite-no) — 2024-03-13T12:08:16+00:00 - [State of the Nation: Durable relationships... a 'legal minefield' in the making](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/state-of-the-nation-durable-relationships-a-legal-minefield-in-the-making) — 2024-03-06T12:44:28+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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