Niall O’Kane: Creating Sustainable Rural Communities

In this episode, Dr Emer Ní Bhrádaigh talks to Niall O’Kane, Director of An Carn in Co. Derry, a community organisation that aims to regenerate the surrounding rural area using a social enterprise approach rooted in the Irish language.

In this conversation, Niall explains the opportunities and challenges associated with setting up and running the community association. He describes how community and sustainability are at the heart of the work at An Carn and highlights how their services and activities cater to a wide range of interests, from the creative arts, to the environment, to the Irish language. The conversation also covers the role that the social enterprise ventures in the local community have played in bringing local residents together and allowing local culture and heritage to flourish.