Dublin Libraries at the Dublin 2026 Sensoria Festival Sensoria 2026

Chris Nugent, Senior Librarian, Dublin City Council Libraries, Community, Children Services and Social Inclusion gives Mercedes López recommendations on library resources, authors, titles and publishers aimed young and grown up neurodiverse and general readers. 1st Broadcast 7th May 2026 https://www.dublincity.ie/news/dublin-city-council-sensoria-neurodivergent-friendly-festival-all    

DCC officers at the Dublin 2026 Sensoria Festival:

Paula Fahey and Eva Chudomelova, Dublin City Council Events department chatted with Mercedes López about 2026 Sensoria Festival and the work of making of Dublin as a neurodiverse friendly capital city. 1st Broadcast 7th May 2026 events@dublincity.ie https://www.dublincity.ie/news/dublin-city-council-sensoria- neurodivergent-friendly-festival- all https://www.dublincity.ie/news/dublin-city-council-launches- dublin-city-autism-action-plan-…

Ireland Presidency of the EU: Ireland and EU Youth voices

Franek Dobronski and  Billy Campbell, National Youth Council and Assembly members join Mercedes López to talk about their work representing youth voices for the 2026 Ireland’s EU Council Presidency and Youth 1st Broadcast 23rd April 2026 https://www.youth.ie/programmes/international/ https://www.youthforum.org/members/nyci-national-youth-council-of-ireland https://spunout.ie/ https://youthworkireland.ie/ https://comhairlenanog.ie/national-youth-assembly/    

Culture: 2026 South Asia conference

  Dr. Jivanta Scholtti, Director, Ireland-India Institute, DCU talks to Mercedes López about the 2026 South Asia Conference and South Asia and Ireland, Rebecca Bricchi, Queen Mary University London, talks about Fair Trade and women tea workers, and Dr Yael López Torres and Dr Kusumika Gosh chat about street art 1st Broadcast 23rd April 2026 https://irelandindia.ie/ https://www.dcu.ie/ http://lawandgovernment/people/jivanta-schottli…

Mediation: 1st call for dispute resolution

  Dr Roísin O’Shea, IPMA’s chair and Josepha Madigan, solicitor and mediator, speakers at the conference Shifting the culture of Dispute Resolution talked to Mercedes López about mediation for dispute resolution and the current situation of  mediation in Ireland 1st Broadcast 23rd April 2026 https://theipmo.ie/ https://www.jurisresolutions.com/panel/josepha-madigan/ https://dsba.ie/  

NWC’s 2026 UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for Ireland: Housing crisis impact on women’s rights and safety

  Corrinne Hasson, NWC executive director  talks to Mercedes López  about their submission to the 2026 UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and the effect of housing crisis on Women’s Fundamental Rights and Safety 1st Broadcast 23rd April 2026 https://www.nwci.ie/learn/publication/national_womens_council_of_ireland_stakeholder_submission_to_the_universal