S6E6: Jackie Gilna – We Are Global Irish, from Canada to the World

Irish Stew Podcast

Irish Stew goes to Canada for a most “Global Irish Nation Conversation” with Jackie Gilna, who’s been Irish in Dublin, Spain, the Netherlands, and now she's Irish in Canada's capital, Ottawa. And through a new venture, she's Irish all around the world.
Jackie launched We Are Global Irish this year to showcase Irish innovation, connect Irish businesses and organizations globally, drive opportunities to and from the island of Ireland, and to engage the Irish diaspora and anyone with an affinity for Ireland. Her “WAGI” platform is an online center for networking, collaboration, and commerce within the international Irish community.
We Are Global Irish is a natural outgrowth of a career that included founding and leading the Irish Canada Business Council and co-founding and leading the Ireland Canada Chamber of Commerce.
Jackie talks of balancing the Irish storytelling culture with the need for direct communications skills in international business, how “Plastic Paddy” thinking is “sand in the gears” for the Irish diaspora, the case for diaspora representation in the Oireachtas, and the bid by Chairman of New York’s St. Patrick's Day Foundation Hilary Beirne to earn the National University of Ireland panel nomination to Seanad Éireann.
Jackie closes with a heartfelt “Seamus Plug” to support your local hospice for children in Ireland or abroad. And she welcomes you to join the We Are Global Irish movement!
Links:
We Are Global Irish

• Website
• LinkedIn
• Facebook
• Twitter/X

Jackie Gilna

• LinkedIn
• Twitter/X

Capítulos

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Combining Diaspora and Business (00:04:32)

3. South Dublin Meets Longford (00:06:33)

4. Directness vs Irish Storytelling (00:08:50)

5. Congruency Between the Netherlands and Ireland (00:12:40)

6. The Irish Experience in the Netherlands (00:14:53)

7. Moving to Canada (00:18:29)

8. Understanding the Irish Canadian Landscape (00:21:14)

9. Defining "We Are Global Irish" (00:25:13)

10. Easing Irish and Diasporic Frictions (00:31:50)

11. Irish Offshore Voting Rights (00:36:08)

12. Case Study: Connecting WDC to America (00:40:45)

13. Adapting WAGI for a Changing World (00:45:27)

14. Seamus Plug (00:48:42)

15. John and Martin Recap (00:51:09)

16. Credits (00:52:58)