Oh, seriously?

Um, which was really, really, really difficult, obviously, as a family to deal with because it was almost a sort of sliding doors moment because they also had family who lived in the States, and, and, and we did too, and it was Christmas, and we were both going to get a flight.

They were going the day before.

We were going the next day.

And I remember it so clearly.

We went to their house, and we said goodbye to them.

I think the day before they left, they had two daughters who were exactly the same age as me and my sister.

... um, where does this building sort of rank in terms of your important things in your life, and how would you summarize the role it plays and what it means to you?

Yes.

You know, but the thing that got me here and I really feel like it's divine.

And I tell this story a few times that when I was a kid, my favorite nursery rhyme was the country mouse that meets the city mouse.

And I'm the city mouse, you know.

And in 2005, when Hurricane Katrina happened, I had a restaurant.

And I'm sitting in my restaurant and I'm reading a paper like I do every day.

I always read a newspaper and give me a pack of gum every single day.

What have you found inside of the diaspora, inside of your work? Have you found there to be kind of a change or increasing opportunity inside of the diaspora?

Does politics belong in the pulpit?

Well, thank you.

I suppose by definition, yes, because it's a very important question.

I'm really glad to have the chance to reflect on it.

This term we've been reading in college The Book of Joy by Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama.

It's a book that was published about 10 years ago based on a meeting they had towards the end of Tutu's life.

And it's something that a student suggested.

And Anna, we'd love to hear your thoughts on this.

What was kind of going through the mind of the players and the panel in that time frame from beating Cavan to then going into that Leinster semi-final?

I suppose that result against Tyrone...

That was a great game to watch, I think, for spectators that were at it.

It was really free-flowing up and down.

But I think just a bit more structure and developing those structures kind of through the rest of the league is what we kind of targeted.

And I suppose coming off the back of the league, we kind of knew, okay, now a few things had started sticking for us, kind of go after them for that four-week period.

And so we just, that's what we really focused in on during that time.

But that once you got into that semifinal, got that result and were preparing for a Leinster final, that maybe that was the turning point of a season.

What does it look like in practice, and what has to change in how institutions think about their role to make that work?

The thing that I have noticed through some of our employment partners is when we go to them and ask them first, "If you had the best entry-level employee, what would they look like? What would their skill set be? What would they dress like? What would their culture look like, and how would that contribute to the culture of your, your company?" And we take that list and then build a customized training around it.

I think employers are more likely to buy in.

It's like a try it before you buy it model.

I get to say, "This is...

I really need someone to, you know, be literate in Python.

I need them to have this type of culture.

Yeah.