This is an extra special edition of the PAC Woman Podcast, as Linda was joined by some of the members of Abolish Direct Provision, a

In this second episode in the short series that looks at the prevalence of online abuse and the types of abuse people experience online we

This is the first episode in a series that looks at the prevalence of online abuse and the types of abuse people experience online. This

This week Linda is joined by Disability Activist, Social Democrat Party Vice Chair and all around sound person, Evie Nevin. Evie explains what it’s like

This week Linda is joined by an amazing panel of Leaving Cert and 1st Year College students to talk about the impact Covid-19 has had

Well this is a treat! Linda was delighted to be joined by Digital Comedy Superstar Michael Fry to talk about the phenomenal success of his

This week Linda is joined by Repeal the 8th powerhouse, Erin Darcy – custodian of people’s abortion stories: In Her Shoes. Erin is an author,

It’s now over a week since the publication of the report from the Commission of Inquiry into the Mother and Baby homes, and so Linda

Linda’s guest* this week is Dr Ian Marder, a lecturer in Criminology in Maynooth University who has a specialist interest in Restorative Justice. Ian ran

Joining Linda this week is the wonderful Tura Artura, who is known for his Art, Seán Nós dancing and his Community Activism. Tura is the

On the 31st of December 2019 Ireland lost an important voice. Shane Griffin was a businessman, a young father and a tireless advocate for people

Joining Linda this week is Judith Finlay, Custodian of the AIDS Memory Quilts, co-founder of Queer Culture Ireland and Registrar of Collections Management in the

This week Linda is joined by one of the most resilient women in Ireland, Kayleigh Payne who is a person with a chronic illness, a

This week Linda is joined by her Victims Alliance colleague, Megan Sims to discuss the discovery of the Mega Files of images which were being

This week Linda is joined by the youthful Lynn Ruth Miller, who at 87 is the world’s oldest female stand- up comedian, an ex- college

This week Linda is joined by not one, but three guests, to talk about their experiences of living with mental illness, the kind of support

In the keeping with the theme of resilience and hope, this week’s PAC Woman Podcast is something completely different. It is an old recording, thought

Join Linda in a discussion with Joy Tendai Kangere about loving being a Black person, about having to neutralise microaggressions every day with her children

Join Linda as she speaks to Anne Marie Quilligan, about working as a carer, the shocking statistics about how Travellers are affected by homelessness, lack

In case you were unaware, there is legislation currently being rushed through the Dáil that could result in the sealing of the archive from the

Taking a departure from the norm, Linda got the opportunity to go to the Natural History Museum in Dublin, to check out the renovations and

This week Linda is joined by author of Grief Demystified and soon to be Doctor, Caroline Lloyd, aka The Grief Geek. Join them as they

Following on from the podcast on why women are leaving comedy in Ireland, Linda is joined by Comedian, Ruth Hunter, to talk about the codes

Joining Linda this week are Linda Meehan Ashton and Teresa Coyne, two brilliantly funny women who left the comedy scene in Ireland due to misogyny,

In this episode Linda is joined by Jen Dalton, who runs Child Protection Solutions, an organisation that provides consent, relationship and sex education workshops for

Join Linda and the Eternal Hun and Tortoise Shack royalty, Alannah Murray, to talk sex and body positivity, dating during a pandemic, fashion, accessibilty and

Joining Linda this week is Mick Finnegan, a child sex abuse survivor who tells us what happened to him, the systems that failed him, his

In this episode, Linda is joined by Adeline Berry, who is an Intersex Trans woman. This is both a very educational and deeply human insight

Join Linda, as she chats to Samantha Kenny, a mother of four children, three of whom have additional needs.  They talk about all things disability,

In her very first episode Linda chats to human dynamo Emma-Jane Dempsey, who spends her time now locating and supporting the victims of human trafficking.

The PAC Woman Pod is your place for Politics, Activism and Comedy. Hosted by Linda Hayden who is involved with politics through the Social Democrats,