Mark Finnegan talks to Dr AOIFE O’DONOGHUE , Snr Lecturer at Durham Law School. Aoife is Co- Director of The Northern/Irish Feminists Judgement Project, and chats about the idea behind the project and its findings to date. The project aims to bring a new critical methodology to bear on Irish and Northern Irish legal studies…
Cllr PAUL DONNELLY from Sinn Féin talks to Noel McGuinness about the facing of the eviction in Tyrellstown. More than 100 families in Cruise Park Drive face losing their homes as the fund that owns the properties seeks to sell 103 houses in the area over four years. It is understood 40 households in the estate have…
Pat Meehan is joined by PAT MURPHY an historian and they’re talking about this year’s commemoration of the Asgard .He presents the life of this famous yacht from her launch in 1905 to its current conservation in Collin’s Barracks Museum. Her 23 day voyage to collect guns and ammunition for the Irish Volunteers and the…
JACKIE O’REILLY joins Pat Meehan to discuss the launch of the Finglas Heritage Trail, a trail of fourteen heritage sites. The trail was officially launched by councillor Naoise O’Muiri along with Dublin City Council. They move on to discuss the book “The Peoples Portrait” of Finglas. Jackie carries on to explain the tour itself and how one…
NICKO MURPHY of the Darndale Comunity Pride project joins Yvette Reid to discuss the issue of loose horses in the area which at the time of the interview is a large problem. They discuss the lack of a tagging system in identifying the owner and how 78 horses were reported in the course of five…
ELISSA GEISEMAN speaks to John about the centre and what they provide. They outline how to get involved, the different volunteering opportunities there are and the training that is provided. They then speak about the event that they are holding entitled “Befriending Volunteering”, what it is and what people can take from it…
Noel McGuinness talks to residents of Clare Hall as they protest against the installation of water meters. The Gardai and mainstream media are in attendance in numbers…
JOE JONES speaks to Gerry Cooley about a sewage plant that is planned to be installed in Clochran. The proposal is for a giant sewage treatment plant. Joe is requesting for people to put in an objection to the plant. His disagreement is that the plant will have a huge impact on the local residents…
MARTIN DOYLE Fingal Council Sports Department Football Development Officer talks to Noel McGuinness about a new approach to getting people involved in sports. He says: “We have a team of sports officers who provide community support to community groups, clubs, schools and business groups. We aim to create lifelong patterns of involvement in sport and…
Councillor ANDREW MONTAGUE talks to Noel McGuinness about how he came up with the idea of a Bram Stoker Halloween Festival. Stoker, who died in 1912, was a true Dubliner. He lived in Marino, studied at Trinity, and married one of Oscar Wilde’s ex-girlfriends (who knew?). Oh, and he also wrote Dracula…
Amanda Ni Ghabhann interviews American country singer CASEY BLACK, who will be at Whelans on May 20th along with Niall Connolly. He plays three live songs: “Happiness” @ 4’55”, “Flowers” @ 21’31” and “Museum made of Glass” @ 29’18”…
ANNE HIGGINS, Principal at St Michael’s House, Baldoyle introduces the 2015 Arts Week. Arts Week gives the opportunity for students to showcase their talents. There is no art form – dance, music, etc – that cannot be adapted to people with every and all need. This Week gives the children of Baldoyle an opportunity to…
The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation provides direct funding, to families of children with brain damage up to the age of 4 who suffer severe intellectual and physical developmental delay, enabling them to purchase home respite care. They also provide end of life care to all children up to the age of four years. The…
Singer DAVID McGUINNESS comes into the studio to chat to Noel McGuinness about the forthcoming Barretstown fundraising gig and to sing a couple of songs. The songs are at 08:14 to 10:58 and 13:35 to 16:51 The Barretstown summer camps are specially designed programmes where children with a serious illness can attend, have some fun…
BERNARD DUGGAN of the IPU offers advice on common ailments suffered by children in the school environment. The Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) was established in 1973. As a membership organisation, the IPU has you, our members, as our number one priority. Our aim is to assist you in delivering the best possible service to your…
Pat interviews PAUL NOLAN from Smashing Times Theatre Company, to talk about the play he’s involved in, called “Uprising”, about the difficulty of integrating the past with the present in relation to the comunities in the North. They always try to involve the listeners in the play, and they make a break in the middle to have…
Barbara Jennings interviews BIRCH HAMILTON about Digital Biscuit a meeting that tries to present all the technological advances regarding the film industry. Set up by the screen directors guild of Ireland, is firstly aimed to the directors, but it’s interesting for everyone to see all the improvements that have been developed in this area…
Noel interviews PAUL FREENEY about the special History Photowalk he organises in and around the Kilmainham area of Dublin…
Noel Mc Guinness speaks to CLAIRE SHANNON from the Peter Mc Verry trust which is a charity set up by Fr Peter Mc Verry to reduce homelessness and the harm caused by drug misuse and social disadvantage. CLAIRE talks about the different fund raising events they organise throughout the year & about the event which…
DARINA SHOULDICE of Our Lady Immaculate School in Darndale talks to Noel McGuinness about the wide range of activities taking place during Darndale Arts Week. She also talks about the development of Darndale over the past 30 years into the vibrant community it is today, with the Darndale Belcamp Village Centre, Sphere 17 youth group,…
IAN SEAGER joins Noel McGuinness to discuss the Flight Training Exhibition at the National Convention Centre. Ian talks about the purpose of the exhibition, how there’s no particular age ...
02 Apr 2013
Ronnie O’ Brien speaks to DR MICHAEL GOLDRICH, who is a learning & development officer with the National College of Ireland, about a programme being set up to teach ...
22 Jun 2011
John Healy talks to MARY HILLARY from Ireland’s campaign for Fluoride Free Water. The group formed in 1999 and campaign against the state fluoridating the nations water supply. The group ...
12 Nov 2012
Northside Today’s Noel McGuinness speaks to ROISIN LONERGAN, festival director for the the Five Lamps Arts Festival in Dublin’s North Strand. Roisin talks about the story behind the festival, ...
09 Apr 2013
CONOR DOYLE joins Noel McGuinness to speak about the Theatre Royal and the series of programmes which they made about its history. Conor explains his own interest in the ...
10 May 2013