The Mick Clifford Podcast: Cliona Foley on whether gyms are suitably welcoming to women
With health and fitness now a central part of modern life, a question arises as to whether gyms are suitably welcoming to women.
Journalist and former PE teacher Cliona Foley has written in the Irish Examiner about her own experience and some disturbing research into the whole area that suggests society has a way to go yet.
Cliona is this week's guest on the podcast.
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