Ukrainian Voices From Ireland
The Ukrainian Voices in Ireland podcast shares stories from the Ukranian community and helps to build communication with Ireland’s new residents. The podcast gives Ireland’s newest community, Ukrainian refugees, a voice and a chance to introduce themselves to the people of Ireland. With so many arrivals, spread so widely across the country, there’s been a lack of a coherent narrative or voices from the newest residents of Ireland. Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio wants to play its part in welcoming the newest members of Ireland’s community and giving them a voice and an opportunity to speak for themselves and introduce themselves to a wider Irish audience.
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Episodes
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Alla Mikhnova: "My town was occupied on the first day of the war. My husband is still in Ukraine"
Monday, 22 April 2024
Alla Mikhnova speaks to Trina about leaving her husband behind in Ukraine to stay with his mother as she came to Ireland with her two sons after her town was occupied on the first day of the war. She told us how her children have struggled as a lot ...
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Sergiy Balan: "My nephew was killed by Russians on the first day of occupation. He was only 22"
Monday, 15 April 2024
Sergiy Balan's 22-year-old nephew was killed on the first day of occupation by the Russians. Sergiy's mother, who is 82, has said she is too old to travel and "better to die in her own hometown".
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Sergiy Balan: "Lots of Ukrainians have no homes to go back to"
Tuesday, 2 April 2024
Sergiy Balan is the Chairman of the Association of Ukrainians in Ireland. He tells Trina Mara about how lost he was when he came to Ireland over 20 years to learn English. www.ukrainians.ie
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Radion "We opened a printing business called "Steekaz.ie" 6 months ago"
Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Radion tells us about the printing business he has started in Ireland since fleeing the war 2 years ago www.steekaz.ie
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Radion: "We have started a small family printing business in Ireland"
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Radion chats to Trina about starting a small family printing business in Ireland since they fled the war in Ukraine. They do a huge range of printing to include promotional / marketing merchandise for businesses, pop-up banners, vehicle branding, eve...
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Radion: "We weren't expecting anything. We were so happy to get a bed after driving for 7 or 8 days with the family in our small car"
Tuesday, 12 March 2024
We've been chatting to Radion about his journey from Ukraine and how he came to be in Ireland with his family
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Radion: "My daughter left bite marks on the car seat because she was so scared "
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
Trina Mara continues chatting to Radian about how he fled the war in Ukraine with his wife and 2 young children. He explained how many of his neighbours and friends didn't leave as they couldn't leave elderly parents behind. He explains the long d...
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Radion on fleeing the war with his 2 children
Thursday, 29 February 2024
Radion speaks to Trina Mara about how he came to be in Ireland. He fled the war with his young children as the area around their home was destroyed and his wife was in another part of Ukraine grieving the loss of her mother. They were in the middl...
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Prayer Vigil & Music to mark 2 years since start of war in Ukraine
Friday, 23 February 2024
Trina Mara chats to Sergiy Balan, Chairman of the Association of Ukrainians in Ireland, ahead of Saturday's prayer vigil at Cavan Cathedral which will mark 2 years of the war in Ukraine. There'll also be performances by Irish and Ukrainian artists,...
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Misneach Ukraine's seeking medical supplies
Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Andy Kenny set up www.misneachukraine.com with two friends from his football team - one of them Irish, the other one from Ukraine. They've sent truckloads of adult incontinence wear, crutches, wheelchairs, hoists, first aid kids and walking frames t...