Ocarina Productions

12/02/2026

'Women always prioritise everyone before themselves and they need to value their own worth' in every way including financial, and yes you are worth it says who is the guest on the latest podcast . She also talks about getting mortgage ready, the scheme, Scheme and .
She also stresses how women need to prioritise themselves more especially and yes you do need life assurance - 'what would we do without you!' Lorraine also talks about specified illness benefit, and making a claim.
It is vital to find an advisor that speaks to you in plain english and with respect, one who doesn't address the answers to your questions to your partner instead. This happened to one of her clients with a previous advisor!
Listen here to the full podcast after you hear the clip below on affordable housing schemes.. https://womeninleadership.ie/2026/01/lorraine-cooke-of-jigsaw-talks-about-how-women-need-to-look-after-themselves-more-and-their-own-finances-and-says-they-should-value-all-the-work-they-do/

13/08/2025

Exciting news! Our newest episode of the Women in Leadership podcast features Helena Doyle, co-leader of Five Star Villa Holidays and author of Living the Dream travel blog. In this inspiring conversation, Helena discusses her journey in the travel industry, the significance of living boldly, and how women can empower themselves in leadership roles. Don't miss her valuable insights and wisdom. Tune in now! Listen to the full podcast here https://play.headliner.app/episode/28472837?utm_source=facebook

16/02/2023

'Dorothea The Doozy' our latest radio documentary will air on Sunday next at 6pm 19th February on the Lyric Feature RTÉ lyric fm It's about Dorothea Herbert who wrote her memoir Retrospections of an Outcast 1770 to 1806 and she is a riot. She was writing about similar stories to Jane Austen but they are about real people and events.
Dorothea writes about themes which are familiar to us today, refugees from Europe (from the French revolution), travelling dancing masters and visitors from France and Italy and she describes dark skinned exotic people she admired who came to live in Ireland from India and were welcomed into society. She also tells the story of one distressed person who came and stayed with her family that she was very fond of and who would probably be described today as gender fluid or transgender.

She also writes about her romantic attachment to John Roe of Rockwell (now the school) who she believed she was married to spiritually even though he never proposed to her and experts believe this relationship may have been a product of her vivid imagination or a literary device.

There is lovely music from the era woven throughout the programme all inspired by her references Gra mo Croi, The Soldier Tired, Push About the Jorum and from the first opera she ever saw on her visit to Dublin 'The Beggar's Opera'.

Huge thanks to contributors Dr Jane Maxwell TCD Library and Archives, The Board of Trinity College Dublin for allowing access to the original manuscript written and illustrated in Dorothea's own hand. Generously supported by BAI The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. Support from RTE Independent Productions much appreciated too.

Contributors include Dr Mary Breen UCC expert on the works of Herbert, Johnny Fitzpatrick local historian and devoted Dorothea admirer, and Anne Tannam creative writing coach and poet.
Thanks to Dunlaoghaire Further Education Institute for their support and to Patrick Wall for Sound Editing. Thanks too to Nina Mullen Dfei student who helped with photography French pronunciations and recording sessions.

Most of all thanks to actor Aideen Wylde from Tipperary who channelled Dorothea through all her mood swings, temper tantrums and giggles. She gives voice to a woman whose work only took about 200 hundred years to surface! The rarity of the book in describing women's lives from the era is unique and unhoped for as Dr Jane Maxwell says. Dorothea really was a Doozy ! Have a listen Sunday 19th February 6pm RTE Lyric fm on The Lyric Feature

01/04/2021

'Saucy Mistress Boldface' a radio documentary we've made about a fantastic collection of 18th Century letters goes out this Easter Sunday at 6pm on RTELyricfm. The letters were written by Bishop of Elphin Edward Synge to his only surviving daughter Alicia between 1746 and 1752 when she went from teen to young woman. Actor Simon Coury gives voice to the bishop and brings to life the affection of the bishop for his daughter. The collection of 221 letters is held in the library of Trinity College Dublin. Dr Jane Maxwell from Trinity is terrific in explaining what insights the letters give us into life in Roscommon and Dublin in the 1700s. This is pre potato Ireland and yet they were growing apricots, pineapples, grapes and vegetables in the greenhouses of their house in Kevin Street, where the college is now. There's lots more interesting facts and stories in the documentary so if your around Sunday 4th April 4th tune in to Lyric and enjoy.
Funded by the BAI Sound and Vision Funding.

01/04/2019

Dr Marisa Ronan of psynapse is the guest on the latest podcast. Check it out she is just great and very practical.

Dr Marisa Ronan talks about the importance of engaging men in the Diversity and Inclusion process. Marisa Ronan is the guest on this episode of the podcast and she says how a company or a business tre

10/08/2017

After a year in the making my radio documentary 'I Hear A Sound' goes out on Sunday 13th August at 8am on Newstalk106-108fm. It is about the cochlear implant programme in Beaumont Hospital and follows several people on their journey back to the hearing world. Three people in particular Barbara Jameson Madeleine Kennedy and Michael Ferris were very generous in sharing their stories and I am very grateful to them for allowing the listener to hear very tender moments. Also huge thanks to my gorgeous sister Maria Mezzetti who is the inspiration for it all and who also features in the documentary.
Huge thanks too to all in the CI Unit in Beaumont Hospital especially Dr Laura Viani, Dr Jaclyn Smyth and the whole team who allowed me access. Huge thanks too to Sally Harvest a facilitator with at the time now retired who is a CI recipient herself and a born communicator.
Here is a short clip.
https://soundcloud.com/ocarina-pro…/porters-serenade-barbara
also https://soundcloud.com/ocarina-productions/maria-mezzetti-talking-about-the-sound-of-the-tolka

It will be repeated on Sunday 19th August at 10pm at night and there will be a link to it on the Newstalk website after the first broadcast. It is funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland through the TV LIcence fee. Thanks too to the ever supportive Francesca Lalor from Newstalk.

08/06/2017

Maurice Kelliher proudly exhibits his beautifully designed coffee table. Maurice explained how tedious it was to create the curved design alternating the different wood types. Truly a work of art.

07/03/2017

The latest edition of the podcast is out with 5 great tips to share with your daughter from Gillian Harford an expert in Human Resources who heads up AIB's HR Planning and Strategy.
http://womeninleadership.ie/2017/03/gillian-harford-aib-equality-initiatives/
5 Pearls of Wisdom
From her own life experience and thirty years as a leader in human resources Gillian shares her top tips for career and for life in the podcast.
1 Mind Your Energy
If your emotional energy is strong you will thrive. As homemakers and minders we tend to put ourselves last but sometimes we should put ourselves first.
2 Networking Is Essential
not a perk and women do not always see the value so do some networking. Do it with purpose and don’t see it as a waste of time.
3 Parachutes Are Fantastic
inventions we all have them but as women we don’t always use them. And we don’t always let other people catch us when we think we are going to fall. Sometimes when you let go in a crisis others will jump in and support you as you have done for them in the past.
4 Know Your Own Worth
and protect it. We need to know and we need to think about our pensions, to think about our jobs, we need to think about putting ourselves forward and not being afraid to sell ourselves every now and again. It is not about looking for promotion or money, it’s about really recognizing our worth and our value.
5 Be Brave
We should try something brave every now and again, whether that is going for a new job, or looking at some further education, testing a new company doing something outside of our comfort zone. We can be so successful when we have confidence in ourselves and we just have to remind ourselves of that sometimes. We teach our daughters to be good and our sons to be brave. Maybe we might need to do vice versa sometimes. Don’t wait for somebody to tell you that you’re brilliant. If you are really good, then be confident in that and go out and show what you are worth.

11/11/2016

’sBroadwoodSquarePiano the radio documentary goes out on tonight at 7pm funded by . It is a gorgeous story about how the restoration of a piano from 1804 restored a love story between the Flighty Dorothea Findlay and composer John Donaldson her piano teacher. She was disinherited for marrying beneath her, the legal battle lasted for her patrimony lasted 40 years and yet her husband John Donaldson went on to become Professor of Music in Edinburgh University and is credited with starting the study of acoustics at university level. There is lots of wonderful piano music on the programme played by Croatian pianist Inja Davidovic including part of the only known Sonata by Donaldson. There is a book and CD to go with this story -by Michael Hannon- which was the original inspiration for the documentary and it is available from
www.mrsfindlaysbroadwoodsquarepiano.co.uk
It is beautifully illustrated with lots of additional information about the restoration and the history of the Findlay family who were wealthy to***co merchants in Scotland in the 1800s and the Denny family who were shipbuilders on the Clyde and are the author Michael Hannon’s ancestors (on his mothers side) who had links with the Findlays. None of this would have come to light however without the entry in the porter’s ledger from 1804 showing the delivery to Miller Street in Glasgow of mrs Findlay’s Broadwood Square Piano. Its at 7 on Lyric so tune in live or catch it later on podcast. It will put you in a good mood for the weekend. Sound editing and final mix by Patrick Wall

07/11/2016

Documentary exploring the role of women in banking by Angie Mezzetti

22/08/2016

http://womeninleadership.ie/2016/08/sandra-ondraschek-catalyst-engaging-majority/

Sandra Ondraschek of Catalyst on Engaging the Majority http://media.blubrry.com/womeninleadership/p/content.blubrry.com/womeninleadership/Sandra_Ondraschek_Catalyst_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS“We’ve done Diversity the wrong way round, we started with…

09/04/2016

WiSER in Trinity College Dublin commissioned us to make the film All Changed recording the memories and experiences of senior women academics who have lived through difficult and challenging times for women in the 50s 60s and 70s and beyond .They tell great stories and provide wonderful food for thought about the role of women in academia even today. Watch, listen and wonder!
https://youtu.be/S8MXCFi0SOw

In 2016 over half the students in Trinity are female, but in the 1960s a woman on campus was a rare sight. Women had to be off campus by 6.30pm, there was no...