In conversation with Orlaith Maher

In this episode we talk to Pauline Frizelle, Programme Director and Researcher from the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at University College Cork and Rita Treacy, a Consulting Speech and Language Therapist specialising in in the area of literacy. Pauline and Rita collaborated to run the Worsdworth learning program for adults experiencing homelessness in conjunction with Cork Simon. They discuss the background and results of this project.

In this episode we talk to Deirdre Coleman, experienced Speech and Language Therapist and Lamh tutor about her role as Aisling on RTE children's television program Dizzy Deliveries.

In this episode we are chatting with Maggie Garvey, Clinical Specialist in the Mater Hospital about the national DBS service.

In this episode, we discuss the new Standards of Practice for Eating, Drinking and Swallowing difficulties management with co-authors Sile Tyrell, Fiona Hill and Zelda Greene.

This episode features conversations with 6 poster presenters from IASLT conference 2026. You’ll hear from David O’Shea, Emer Murphy, one of our poster prize winners, Aine O’Brien, Marion Toland, Sarah Musgrave and Karen Culleton and then our last conversation is with Patricia Gillivan Murphy.

This episode features Sinead, Katie and Patricia who are Practice Education Coordinators in both undergraduate and postgraduate Speech and Language Therapy courses. They talk about entry requirements, clinical placements and the practical aspects of being a student SLT.

Orlaith Maher, an SLT working with Down Syndrome Ireland, talks about her experience of being diagnosed with tongue cancer at the age of 25

In this episode were talk to Zelda Greene, Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist in neonatology. Zelda was the first SLT to be appointed to the Dublin maternity hospitals and has been working in the National Maternity Hospital in Holles Street since 2021. Zelda has a long history of working in hospitals including Tallaght and Crumlin hospital and teaches in Trinity College Dublin on the PG in Dysphagia.

In this episode, we talk to Emma Wall, chairperson of the current IASLT conference committee. IASLT conference will be held on the 21st and 22nd of May in the Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise. Emma tells us more about the conference and what we can expect. Early bird registration is now open.

In this episode we speak to the 2024 winners of the IASLT Postgraduate Research Award for submissions to the IASLT journal Advances in Communication and Swallowing. David O'Shea and Dr Dominika Lisiecka worked on this paper called: Speech and language therapy services for autistic children in Munster: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of parental experiences and expectations” . This work was based on David’s MSc that was supervised by Dominika and Dr Patrick McGarty at Munster Technological University, Kerry Campus.David is the Practice Manager Kerry Speech and Language Therapy Clinic in Tralee, Co. Kerry. and Dominika is the Clinical Director at the clinic where they both work as Senior SLTS, with a mixed caseload of children and adults.