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About Yup the Flats Podcast
The Yup the Flats Podcast was created to amplify the powerful, untold stories in the Liberties, shining a light on the voices, ideas, and lived experiences that make the Liberties unique. Your Voices. Your Stories. Your Ideas. Your Opinions. Your Life. Your Area.
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- First episode
- 27 Jul 2022
- Latest episode
- 17 Mar 2026
Latest episodes
15 episodes in the feed.
17 Mar 2026
Episode 16 Yup the Flats Podcast
What happened to Community? Andrew O'Connell in Conversation with two of the Liberties' finest Belles The Liberties is one of Dublin’s oldest and most character-filled neighbourhoods. Its streets hold centuries of history markets, trades, music, industry, and above all, people. For many who grew up there, the Liberties is not just a place on the map but a living community built on shared experiences, resilience, and pride. In a relaxed conversation about community life, Andrew sits down with two amazing women and TV personalities who know the Liberties better than most: Anita Reilly and Tracie Reid. Both proudly call themselves Liberty Girlos born and reared in the area, and between them they have more than twenty-five years of involvement in community work, volunteering, and supporting local initiatives. Their conversation touches on memories of growing up in the Liberties, the deep sense of belonging that still defines the area, and the challenges the community continues to face today. This episode is 1hr 28min approx, but worth every minute of your time. If you would like to get in touch, leave ideas, offer skills and services or just comment. Drop an email to yuptheflatspodcast@gmail.com
18 Feb 2026
Episode 15 Yup the Flats Podcast Linda Jackson
Episode 15 of the Yup The Flats podcast is here and it’s a powerful one. This week we’re joined by the Ice Queen herself, Linda Jackson a formidable force in the sea swimming community and a woman whose strength goes far beyond cold water. Known for plunging into icy seas with unwavering determination, Linda has built a reputation for resilience, discipline, and an unbreakable mindset. Sea swimming isn’t just a hobby for her it’s a ritual, a reset, and at times, a lifeline. But beneath the surface, this conversation dives much deeper. In this raw and moving episode, Linda opens up about childhood trauma, the long shadows it can cast, and the extraordinary human capacity to endure, adapt, and heal. She shares how cold-water swimming became part of her journey a way to confront pain, reclaim control, and transform adversity into strength. This is an episode about survival. About courage. About facing the cold both in the sea and in ourselves. If you’ve ever wondered how people turn deep wounds into powerful resilience, Episode 15 is one you won’t want to miss. #resilience #nevergiveup #karmasabitch
3 Oct 2023
Episode 14 Yup the Flats podcast with Chris Cobba Curran
Chris Curran works in the Social Housing sector in Ireland but cut his teeth in his early years developing a career from his home in the Liberties. Educated in James's Street CBS he has mixed the world of Accounting, IT, Politics, and Housing in his current role. In this episode, he talks about the challenges that he faced growing up in the Liberties of the 80's and the struggle to survive.
2 Feb 2023
Episode 12 Yup the Flats podcast FERGHAL CONNOLLY
Ferghal Connolly is the coordinator of the Donore Community Drug & Alcohol Team. He has worked in the South Inner City around the Liberties and Donore Avenue area for over 40 years working in the area of Drug Treatment and support services.
2 Nov 2022
EPISODE 11 YUP THE FLATS PODCAST EDDIE KEOGH
Oliver Bond Rangers were established in Dublin’s inner city in 1947 but disbanded in the mid-1990s. Six years ago, Eddie Keogh wanted to do something about that, and give the Oliver Bond residents a new focus and recreational outlet. Today, the Oliver Bond Celtic team that has just been promoted into the fourth tier of the Leinster Senior League is playing away to Derry City in the FAI Cup.
26 Oct 2022
EPISODE 10 YUP THE FLATS PODCAST WITH JAMES DOONA
James Doona (born 15 January 1998) is an Irish professional footballer, currently playing for League of Ireland First Division (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Ireland_First_Division) side Cork City (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork_City_F.C.). He started his senior career with the Shamrock Rovers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamrock_Rovers_F.C.), where he played for three seasons before moving to his hometown club St Patrick's Athletic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Patrick%27s_Athletic_F.C.) where he also spent three seasons. In 2021 he played for Athlone Town (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlone_Town_A.F.C.). Raised in School Street in The Liberties (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Liberties,_Dublin), Doona started playing football with Lourdes Celtic. His form there earned him moves to two of the country's top schoolboy clubs, Crumlin United (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumlin_United_F.C.) and then Stella Maris (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Maris_F.C.). Doona's took his first step towards League of Ireland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Ireland) football by signing for Inchicore (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inchicore) club St Patrick's Athletic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Patrick%27s_Athletic_F.C.)'s youth setup. In August 2015 Doona signed for Shamrock Rovers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamrock_Rovers_F.C.) Under 19's squad, where he played for the 2015 short season and the also 2016 season with them. Cork City On 6 November 2021, Doona signed for fellow League of Ireland First Division (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Ireland_First_Division) club Cork City (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork_City_F.C.) ahead of the 2022 season (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_League_of_Ireland_First_Division). He made his debut for the club in a 6–0 win over Bray Wanderers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bray_Wanderers_F.C.) at the Carlisle Grounds (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlisle_Grounds) on 18 February 2022. Doona's first goal for the club came on 9 May 2022, when he scored a 25th-minute penalty in a 3–0 win away to Treaty United (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_United_F.C.) in the Munster Senior Cup (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munster_Senior_Cup_(association_football)) Semi-Final. Cork City won the 1st division and is promoted to the Premier Divison fo the coming 2023 season.
9 Oct 2022
YUP THE FLATS EPISODE 9 RICHARD KAYE
The Irish Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (IUSRU), we are an organisation that searches for missing persons underwater nationwide across the island of Ireland. We are solely funded by voluntary donations and rely on the generosity of the public to provide our much-needed service.
5 Oct 2022
YUP THE FLATS PODCAST EPISODE 8 RITA MOORE
Moores Chemist Pharmacy started life at 60 Donore Avenue in the early 1950s. A lease was taken out by Mr Michael Moore from Dublin Corporation in the new shops that were built at the front of the newly developed housing estate St.Teresa's Gardens. Soon, Michaels's future wife and mother to their six children would accept a job as a newly qualified pharmacist and sure as they say the rest is history. The Moores family have served the parish of Donore and the Liberties for nearly 70 years. Mrs Moore is a legend in the Liberties up there with the icons of Pharmacology such as the Mushatts, Sweeneys, Boles, and Foley. Tune in as I chat with Rita Moore and her daughter Anne for this episode of the podcast.
7 Sept 2022
YUP THE FLATS PODCAST EPISODE 7 WILLIAM " BILLY" MOONEY
William Billy Mooney grew up in Ushers Island lived off Bridge Street and Benburb Street later moved to Oliver Bond House and then settled in the Tenters. He spent 40 years working for Dublin Corporation photographing life in Dublin in that time. His archive can be found on the Dublin City Council digital archives under his name. He is now 92 years old and is still as interested in photography as the first day he picked up a camera.
31 Aug 2022
YUP THE FLATS PODCAST EPISODE 6 RITA FAGAN
Rita Fagan is a proud Liberties woman and is the daughter of Madge Fagan, so community activism runs through her veins. She went to the sewing factory at 14. During the 14 years there she became active in the Trade Union Movement. She spent 11 years voluntary and 1 full-time in the Dublin Simon Community. From here she was sponsored by good people to partake in the Community & Youth work course at NUI Maynooth. On a placement from this course, Rita came to St. Michaels Estate. 25 years later she is still in this struggle with this grassroots community and is the director of the Family Resource Centre, Women’s Community Development Project. She has travelled widely and has been involved politically in the issues affecting Central America and Cuba. For 9 years she led a protest outside of the U.S. Embassy challenging U.S. foreign policy in the said region. She is also committed to the struggle of women at the grassroots level who are very much on the margins and whose struggle on a daily basis is to survive structural poverty, last but by no means least she believes, that the struggle for justice and freedom not only embodies pain but also joy through celebrating our lives and the outcome of the struggle. Like her mother Madge, Rita has fought and campaigned to make the lives of those in her community and other working-class areas better.
23 Aug 2022
Yup the Flats Podcast Episode 5 Debbie Mulhall - Rebuilding Dolphin House
Debbie hails from Dolphin House and as we like to say born and reared in the flats. From a young age, she was encouraged by Sr Liz to play a positive and active role in her community which she continues to this day. She has for the last 20= years played a central role in helping to move Dolphin House plans in the right direction alongside the Dublin City Council and the other key players in the state agencies. Dolphin House and Park is a strong, neighbourly and proud community located just off the South Circular Road in Dublin's South Inner City. We are part of the village community of Rialto and have the Canal running alongside us. Generations of families are living here which is great. The strong community and family ties are vital supports for residents in their daily lives as is necessary for working-class communities like Dolphin House. The community has shown amazing courage, spirit and innovation over the years and will continue to work, as it has done, to improve the quality of life and opportunities for our residents. Dolphin House and Park is a Dublin City Council estate. It is Dublin's largest remaining public housing flat complex. Built-in 1957 it sits on 18.5 acres and comprises 436 homes (made up of 392 flats in 6 blocks through the estate and 44 senior citizen units in Dolphin Park).
15 Aug 2022
YUP THE FLATS PODCAST EPISODE 4 DARREN CONDRON
Darren Condron 36 originally from St.Teresa's Gardens is recovering from addiction and working toward creating his own podcast called REALTALK. called RealTalk podcast. In his interview, he talks about his early life, his introduction to soft drugs, family trauma and loss and prison and addiction to Heroin and Crack. He plans to launch his 1st podcast on 31st Aug 2022.
11 Aug 2022
YUP THE FLATS PODCAST EPISODE 3 HUGHIE MORRISSEY
Hughie Morrissey from Clogher Road and the Tenters is one of the Liberties famous sons who plied his trade as a master butcher for many years on Wexford street. As well as being a master butcher Hughie spent his free time playing junior and league of Ireland football for some of the greats of his time including St. Pats Ath. A host of trophies and medals followed. A proud supporter of Celtic FC and founder of the Liberties Celtic Supporters club. Hughie can now be found on a Monday night in the Harold House balladeering away with the Monday night musicians who travel far and wide to sing and play. Hughie and his lovely wife Carmel RIP helped establish one of Ireland's first Bone Marrow foundations for sick children. Hughie chats candidly about his life and love and family and retirement.
2 Aug 2022
YUP THE FLATS PODCAST EPISODE 2 ANTHONY DUGGAN THIS IS DUBLIN
Anthony Duggan followed is the founder of This is Dublin, What a City What a day on Instagram. His videos show the real inner city Dublin warts and all. Soon to be the This is Dublin Podcast! Join us for the chats on how he created this super Instagram project. The Liberties, The Liberties (Irish (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language): Na Saoirsí or occasionally[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Liberties,_Dublin#cite_note-NameSource-1) Na Libirtí) is the original centre of Dublin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin), Ireland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland), located in the southwest of the inner city (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_city). It is Dublin's most historic working-class (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_class) neighbourhood. The area was traditionally associated with the River Poddle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Poddle), market traders and local family-owned businesses, as well as the Guinness brewery, whiskey distilling, and, historically, the textiles industry and tenement housing. On a mission to highlight the best people in Ireland and their stories across the whole World Wide Web. Their Voices, Their Opinions, Their feelings, Their Ideas and everything around their lives living, working, volunteering or maybe just hanging on by their teeth in this world. What they think of Dublin City Council? Join me weekly as I journey around the four corners of the area having chats with the salt of the earth people who make this place what it is! #YuptheFlats
27 Jul 2022
YUP THE FLATS PODCAST EP 1 TASHA O'KEEFFE
One bloke from the greatest place in Ireland! The Liberties, The Liberties (Irish (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language): Na Saoirsí or occasionally[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Liberties,_Dublin#cite_note-NameSource-1) Na Libirtí) is the original centre of Dublin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin), Ireland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland), located in the southwest of the inner city (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_city). It is Dublin's most historic working-class (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_class) neighbourhood. The area was traditionally associated with the River Poddle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Poddle), market traders and local family-owned businesses, as well as the Guinness brewery, whiskey distilling, and, historically, the textiles industry and tenement housing. On a mission to highlight the best people in Ireland and their stories across the whole World Wide Web. Their Voices, Their Opinions, Their feelings, Their Ideas and everything around their lives living, working, volunteering or maybe just hanging on by their teeth in this world. Join me weekly as I journey around the four corners of the area having the chats with the salt of the earth people who make this place what it is! #YuptheFlats
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