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…
Pat Meehan speaks to DARREN KINSELLA about the book “Finglas through the eyes of its people”. They discuss where the idea for the book came from. They discuss some of the forty plus portraits featured within the book and discusses some of the stories behind the people featured in the portraits. We hear where…
YAQOUB BOU AYNAYA talks to Mark Finnegan about his post-graduate research into Irish identity. What does it mean to be Irish? What are the implications of nationalism in a global society?…
Mark Finnegan speaks to FIONA MURDOCH from the Irish girl guides & their role across the globe. They describe Irish girl guides as a driving force on the global stage. They talk about a programme called ” free being me” which is about body confidence…
Barbara Jennings talks to MARGARET BECKER about her 1916 exhibition on Near FM’s Northside Today with John Healy. Almost fifty Printmakers from eight Printmaking studios around Ireland have accepted an invitation to participate in the project, which aims to create awareness of little known events or incidents during or around the time of the Easter…
PAT MEEHAN speaks to MICHAEL & KATE who are suicide prevention councillors from I.I.M.N talking about their holistic recovery programme & they speak about their own experience with mental health…
Ronnie O’Brien talks to DR. MARY MEANEY, President of the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown. BIT has 350 free places to offer to people who are currently unemployed, enabling them to up-skill or re-skill…
RARES-MIHAI NICULA New Communities Partnership with Noel McGuinness talking about migrant rights, election 2016 and appealing to migrants to use their voting rights. NCP first came together 13 years ago as a coalition of several migrant background groups to help up migrants with their needs. NCP helps migrants in Dublin and nationwide to deal with…
Pat speaks to Cllr. NAOISE Ó MUIRÍ (Fine Gael) on a proposal to build 400 houses in the grounds of St. Paul’s, Raheny near St. Anne’s Park. He talks about the controversy behind the proposal, where exactly the proposal may take place, the background of the developer, who decides whether the land can go ahead with any…
Noel McGuinness talks to screenwriter NIALL QUEENAN about making the low budget Irish film The Hit Producer. NIALL tells how the funds were crowd-sourced, the cast and crew, including the Director Kevin de la Isla O’Neill worked for free, and the script tailored to use ready-made locations. All involved worked for free ion the hope that…
GERRY MCKEVITT of Educate Together tells Pat Meehan about the organisation’s growth over the past four decade. Educate Together was established as a multi-denominational school in the late 1970s. There are now 74 Educate Together schools in Ireland, and two second level schools as well as a new primary school in Bristol in the UK. The multi-denominational,…
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 group that would have to apply, how there is likely to be a shortage of airline pilots over the next few decades and how the technology…
Conor Doyle talks to PETER SHERIDAN about stories of Dublin and his book 47 Roses, which had been rewritten into a play and had been performed in The Viking Theatre, Clontarf. The story is about himself dealing with the past of his family . After his father died, his mum wrote to a woman who…
MICHELLE MURPHY of Social Justice Ireland talks to Ger Leddin about a press release from the group Ireland has the lowest investment level of all 28 European countries. Michelle explains the findings of their research, finding that over the previous six years government investment has fallen over 40%. Michelle speaks of a lack on investment…
CLIONA WELDON speaks to Ronnie O’Brien about her website and it’s purpose of celebrating Irish Family History. They discuss peoples access to records and how extensive their records are. Cliona shares some tips for where to begin a search for a family history and using an example explains some of the services available using the…
ÁINE KAVANAGH joins John Healy to talk about the upcoming event, Riverdance – The Gathering. Áine talks about how the event is a part of a tourism initiative in Ireland, the details of the event itself, the other events that will take place as part of the Gathering festival, their hope to break the world record…
Fianna Fáil has now decided to add Councillor Sean Haughey to the ticket in the Dublin Bay North constituency. SEAN HAUGHEY chats here with Mark Finnegan about issues that ...
14 Sep 2015
MARY GAMBLE of Childline joins Yvette Reid to discuss the “Stay silent so children can be heard” campaign. This is a sponsored silence event to highlight the issue of ...
02 Sep 2013
Conor speaks to PAT SULLIVAN, director of the play “Touch & Go” staged in the Sean O’Casey Theatre. She talks about the long hours of work being put in ...
15 Oct 2015
Noel speaks to GERRY SIMPSON about the Ballyfermot Folk Group’s Christmas song “Home for Christmas” that is in aid of homeless charities. He talks about how the folk group ...
15 Dec 2015
Ronnie O’Brien speaks to NAT O’CONNOR, Director of TASC (Thinktank for Action on Social Change) about their autumn conference. TASC are a research group looking at issues of equality, ...
15 Oct 2012