‘The Global Thread’- A new radio series from Comhlámh

Comhlamh have a new 4 part radio series out next week. ‘The Global Thread’ will start broadcasting weekly on NearFM beginning on Tuesday 7^th April at 7pm.

Produced in partnership with Near FM, this series will focus on gender equality and reproductive rights; the global architecture of extraction and fracking industries and an increasingly networked community defenders; deinstitutionalisation of orphanage/residential care; and how tax structures and debt agreements contribute to local and global poverty and inequality


After broadcast, the series will also be available to those subscribe to our Focus podcast.

The series was co produced by Mark Malone (Comhlámh) and Sally Galiana (NearFM). We would like to thank Sally, Paul and all the team at Near FM for their support.

If you haven’t already subscribed today, you can do so at the links below. You can listen back to previous podcasts and be automatically updated with new episodes come out.

What is Focus podcast?

Focus: is an audio project from Comhlámh, the association of returned development workers and volunteers. Produced and hosted by Mark Malone, Focus is a mix of documentaries and and interviews. Over time it takes a varied look at issues and themes around global inequality and talks to people involved in different ways in challenging inequality and injustices wherever they are.

Previous Podcasts

• Focus: Green New Deal, Just Transition and Covid 19
  Todays guests are Lorna King, Conor McCabe and Sean McCabe. What are the kinds of things we need to think about […]
• Focus: Social Justice and Radical Hope in a Global Pandemic
  Three Comhlámh staff members, Sive Bresnihan, Caoimhe Butterly and Mark Malone asked if it were possible to have radical hope and […]
• Focus: Visiting Achill Island, global health and growing inequality
  We headed to Achill island for the the second International Health and Development Training for Healthcare Workers. Organised for people interested […]
• Focus: The Cambodia-Ireland Changemaker Network

  Focus dropped into Donabate-Portrane Educate Together National School (DPETNS) and PEPY  Empowering Youth during an exchange visit to speak about the […]
• Focus: Eilish Dillon on rethinking the divide between community and international development
  Focus has a chat with Dr Eilish Dillon, exploring some of the ideas, assumptions and practices underpinning much of the work […]
• Focus: Extinction Rebellion, Civil Disobedience and Social Change
  This episode is an edit of an panel discussion on “Civil Disobedience and Social Change” that took place in the Teacher […]
• Focus: Children First, Ending Volunteering In Orphanages
  It is estimated that around 80% of children and young people living in orphanages and other institutional settings, have at least […]
• Focus: Ethical Living and Social Change
  In the time of late capitalism, growing inequality and increasing awareness of causes and impacts of climate crisis, what does it […]
• Focus: Conor McCabe talks about his book ‘Money’
  In this episode Conor  McCabe chats to Eilish Dillon, head of The Department of International Development Maynooth to discuss latest book […]