{"podcast":{"title":"Education Nation","slug":"education-nation-6810585","podcast_index_feed_id":6810585,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/stateofthenation/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/stateofthenation","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/stateofthenation/20260119_100154_cd68321b9e6870de0c4a919631042489.jpg","author":"State of the Nation","episode_count":26,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T18:21:32.232884+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585"},"episode":{"title":"Seamus Mulconry: School management and the ‘new normal’ in Irish schools","slug":"seamus-mulconry-school-management-and-the-new-normal-in-irish-schools","published_at":"2026-03-25T12:40:52+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/seamus-mulconry-school-management-and-the-new-normal-in-irish-schools","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/stateofthenation/2660726","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/255486/2660726/stateofthenation/2026_03_25_12_37_26_8fe6ffc8-5f17-4c3b-8dbe-7b57960c5efb.mp3","summary":"This week’s guest on the Education Nation podcast is Seamus Mulconry, the CEO of the Catholic Primary Schools Management Association (CPSMA), a key stakeholder in Irish education and the national body supporting the Boards of Management and leaders of almost 3,000 Catholic primary schools across the country. Originally from Kilkee, Co. Clare, Seamus fondly recalls his early school days in “the school around the corner,” where inspirational educators like principal Martin Boland and teacher Tom Lillis sparked his lifelong passion for Celtic mythology and ancient history. He summarises the core role of CPSMA concisely, “We represent schools and help schools stay out of trouble — or help them reverse out of it as quickly as possible.”","meta_description":"This week’s guest on the Education Nation podcast is Seamus Mulconry, the CEO of the Catholic Primary Schools Management Association (CPSMA), a key stakeh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2109,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/education-nation-6810585/episodes/seamus-mulconry-school-management-and-the-new-normal-in-irish-schools/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/seamus-mulconry-school-management-and-the-new-normal-in-irish-schools.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}