About Me

Grainne McPolin, Irish radio & podcast producer

 
 

Grainne McPolin

Gráinne McPolin is an award-winning documentary maker podcast and radio producer.  Having spent many years as a nurse in frontline healthcare in Ireland UK & the Middle East.  In 2015 she decided to follow a career into radio; training as a radio producer with Radio Kerry and the National Digital Skills Centre Kerry College (formerly KETB) followed by an internship with West Limerick 102FM & Newstalk Radio. From 2015 to 2024 Grainne has filed regional reports for current affairs including General Election reportage for RTE Radio 1.

She has produced several documentaries for national radio; the most recent broadcast on Newstalk Radio in 2023 entitled: ‘Mission Possible’ the story of the lives of Irish women religious in the missions – this documentary received grant funding from Comisiun na Mean (formerly the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland BAI) 

Her most recent podcast series  ‘Irish Nurses in the NHS’ follows on from her award winning documentary ‘Angels of Mercy’ broadcast on Newstalk Radio in 2021 This is the story of the women who left Ireland to train and work as nurses in the UK National Health Service across the 2nd half of the 20th Century and how they were an often overlooked but important element in the development of Britain’s NHS – this has evolved into a wide ranging multi-media project to include an oral history archive, film documentary, portrait exhibition and book due to be published January 2025.  The Irish Nurses in the NHS project is a collaboration with Prof Louise Ryan & Neha Doshi London Met University

Grainne teaches radio, podcast & storytelling production to students in media, journalism & radio production.