13 episodes

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.

Ukranian Voices From Ireland Choice Broadcasting Ltd & Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio

    • Society & Culture

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.

    Fr.Vasyl Kornitsky: "We brought the children to Dublin Zoo & when a plane went overhead, they took cover"

    Fr.Vasyl Kornitsky: "We brought the children to Dublin Zoo & when a plane went overhead, they took cover"

    Reporter Eoin Glackin chats to Fr.Vasyl Komitsky from Donnycarney Church in Dublin.  He came here from Ukraine in 2012 and has been working closely with the local Ukrainian community.  

    • 4 min
    Fr Vasyl Kornitsky Part One - "I quickly realised that my job as a priest was to create a safe haven for them"

    Fr Vasyl Kornitsky Part One - "I quickly realised that my job as a priest was to create a safe haven for them"

    Reporter Eoin Glackin spoke with Ukrainian priest Father Vasyl Kornitsky of Our Lady of Consolation Church in Donnycarney, Dublin. Fr Vasyl came to Ireland in 2012. He told us about how his job changed after the war broke out. 

    • 5 min
    Alla Mikhnova: "We only had 2 suitcases for myself and my two children"

    Alla Mikhnova: "We only had 2 suitcases for myself and my two children"

    Alla Mikhnova speaks to Trina Mara about her life in Ireland after fleeing the war in Ukraine with her two children.  

    • 3 min
    Alla Mikhnova: "My town was occupied on the first day of the war. My husband is still in Ukraine"

    Alla Mikhnova: "My town was occupied on the first day of the war. My husband is still in Ukraine"

    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 of their friends are now living in other European countries. 

    • 4 min
    Sergiy Balan: "My nephew was killed by Russians on the first day of occupation. He was only 22"

    Sergiy Balan: "My nephew was killed by Russians on the first day of occupation. He was only 22"

    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".  

    • 4 min
    Sergiy Balan: "Lots of Ukrainians have no homes to go back to"

    Sergiy Balan: "Lots of Ukrainians have no homes to go back to"

    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.  
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    • 3 min

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