First up I want to say a sad goodbye and I will miss you both to Jenny and Susan who have been amazing co-hosts on GirlsTalkBack. We have had some great times together and shows which none of us will ever forget, there really isn’t anything like live radio!!! I wish you both all the best with the future, Jenny is off to London to take over the world while Susan is going travelling and will be working on other radio commitments. I have no doubt both will be hugely successful at whatever they put their hands too. I look forward to the day our paths cross again Ladies and remember there is always a place for you behind the GTB mic. Xxx
First up on today’s GirlsTalkBack show we had the extremely talented singer/song writer Rossa O'Reilley live in studio. We had the pleasure of hearing him perform two songs live in studio one which he wrote himself and the second a John Mayer classic 'your body is a wonderland'. Jenny asked Rossa to come into studio for our show after she heard him perform at McSorleys in Ranalagh. You can check him out every Wednesday night performing to an audience which he is usually serving from behind the bar!!! Rossa’s sound is very like the fantastic Tracy Chapman and he would describe himself as an acoustic singer. Singing is a passion and hobby for Rossa but fingers crossed one day someone will spot the talent that Jenny did in McSorleys last weekend, we think Rossa is a fantastic musician and if you would like to hear more about him just check out http://www.myspace.com/rossamusic
Did you know that there are more than twice as many men as women in this country starting up their own business? We invited Marion Jammet from the Dublin Chamber of Commerce back onto the show to discuss female Entrepreneurship. A total of 10 business women from Ireland have been nominated to an EU panel of Ambassadors for Female Entrepreneurship, each of whom has excelled and made their mark in business. The four selected entrepreneurship ambassadors for the Dublin area are Nicola Byrne (Call 11890), Grainne Byrne (gbc Public Relations), Krishna De (Biz Growth News) and Triona Campbell (CR Entertainment).
The Ambassador’s mission is to be a role model and to promote entrepreneurship amongst women by engaging and encouraging females of all ages to fully use their skills, talents and ambition to become entrepreneurs. For many reasons including childcare issues, lack of confidence, perception of value, fewer Irish women choose to become Entrepreneurs. The Enterprise Europe Network would like to invite all women who are either students, employees or are currently looking for work to take 3 minutes to complete an online survey.
The purpose of the survey is to better understand whether or not women see being self employed as a potential career option, and if not, why not. To access the survey please go to: www.dublinchamber.ie and click on the ‘Do you want to be your own boss’ link in the Chamber news section. This online survey will be online till Wednesday 29th April 2010.
We have touched on this topic so many times on GirlsTalkBack about how it is believed alot of great businesses come out of times of hardship and recession so people should stop looking at the current economic climate as a barrier and just go for it. Women of Ireland you have an opotunity to speak with and meet these inspirational women we spoke about on the show today who have succeed greatly so don't miss out on an oportunity that could change your life!
The Fund will tackle the problems facing women and girls in Ireland today. It will evolve over time but it will target critical issues such as combating poverty and violence to improving access to healthcare and education. It will also target areas such as trafficking and prostitution, integration of new communities, women in the arts, literacy and support for carers. It will be dedicated to supporting these issues by giving small grants to enable positive change at the grassroots and strategic level and tackle women’s inequality at its source.
Did you know that 1 in 5 women experience domestic violence in their lifetimes
85% of lone parents are female
84% of cases reported to the Rape Crisis Centre are female
Only 14% of TD’s in Dail Eireann are female (EU average is 24%)
However, Women are one and half times more likely than men to include a donation to charity in their will!!!
Anyone can donate people and no amount is too small!! The fund is being supported by Irish Tatler magazine and is their chosen charity of the year for 2010, so no doubt we'll be reading more about it in the coming months. Log onto the website to make your donation http://www.foundation.ie/
Chat soon x
