TV: A celebration of Irish women on Nationwide
The episode on RTÉ1 on Friday at 7pm celebrates remarkable Irish women who are blazing a trail for others right around the country.
Among those featured is Tipperary native Roberta O’Brien, who is the first woman in the history of the Naval Service to achieve the rank of Commander. Roberta has held a wide variety of roles in her career in the Navy and Presenter Zainab Boladale met up with her at Naval HQ in Cork.
Zainab also visits the campus of the University of Galway to explore its ‘Empower Her’ exhibition.
Also highlighted on the programme is the work of Plan International, a global organisation promoting children’s rights and gender equality.
Plan International is one of the world’s oldest and largest international development organisations. By working in partnership with thousands of communities all over the world, one of its main aims is to advance children’s rights and equality for girls.
Monday’s episode of Nationwide at 7pm on RTÉ1 puts a focus on local history and placenames in rural Ireland.
Featured on the show is a Wicklow woman who has a passion for local history who shares her knowledge with her followers on social media.
In County Clare, reporter Tomás O Mainnín finds out about a local history project in the Burren.
Place names are a hugely important source of information of our social history, but in a fast-changing world, those very local names, such as field names and bohereens, many of them in Irish, are in danger of being lost.
Finally, Nationwide on Wednesday at 7pm features stories of Ireland’s long tradition of humanitarian work around the world.
Presenter Anne Cassin meets a man who has been on the front line in the fight against hunger and poverty in the world’s trouble spots.
Plus, the history of an old Irish manuscript which calls for the protection of civilians in conflict is remembered at an event in County Offaly.
It’s not widely known that ancient Irish law was over 1,000 years ahead of the Geneva Convention in calling for the protection of civilians in war.
St Adomnán Law or Lex Innocentium was adopted at an Irish Synod held in Birr County Offaly in the year 697. Sometimes known as the Geneva Convention of the Gaels, historians and peace campaigners say it should be recognised as part of Ireland’s legacy during a time of worldwide conflict. Reporter John Kilraine heads to Birr to find out more.
