DONIE TARRANT went to Finglas in north west Dublin to meet THOMAS MCDONNELL, a tin smith keeping the craft alive. Thomas invites Donie into his home to demonstrate the art of tinsmithing, an important part of Ireland’s craft past. Donie captures Thomas moulding a length of Tin into a mug, and Thomas explains how he…
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…
Conor speaks to SCOTT EVANS, Ireland’s No.1 badminton player about the upcoming Irish Open in the Baldoyle Badminton Centre. He talks about the schedule changes in the tournament, his move to Denmark early in his career to fully pursue the sport, the locations and tournaments that he participated in, the interest of badminton in China and why…
RONNIE O’ BRIEN speaks to GERRY ROONEY who is the general secretary of PD Forra about barrack closures in Cavan, Clonmel, Monaghan, & Donegal. Ronnie asks Gerry what he thinks of the closures…
RONNIE O’ BRIEN speaks to ANNA QUIGLEY who is executive director with Dublin AIDS Alliance, talking about the increase in HIV in the over 50’s…
John Healy talks to ANNA SMITH from Habitat for Humanity Ireland about about the work being carried out by the charity and the presentation of keys to a renovated house to a local couple. Lisa Obrien and partner waited to become a Habitat Homeowner for many years and they have been on the waiting list…
Vincent’s shops are a very important aspect of the service SVP provides. Not only do they provide people with new and lightly worn items at affordable prices, they also provide an income source for the Society, which is recycled directly back into the community. The shops are managed by a small number of professionals; assisted…
JOHNNY MEEHA and JENNY NULTY speak to John Healy about the YAP programme, a young programme in Dublin. They talk about the amount of families that the YAP programme works, their work with youths who suffer from mental health, the issue of cyber bullying and how it can be addressed, the positive reports that have…
Noel McGuinness interviews JOHN FAHY from the Ayrfield Parish about the Christmas Mission…
COLM KILGALLON Assistant Director of Adult Learning at All Hallows College is live in the Near FM studios with Noel McGuinness. All Hallows held an Open Day recently to attract potential students to the Adult Learning BA course at All Hallows. This course is unique in Ireland. It is based on a US programme that…
John Healy speaks to NOEL EBBS about the national taxi fare increase. NOEL is the spokesman & CEO from Lynk (Dublin’s newest taxi app). NOEL talks about the discount that is on offer at the moment with the taxi fares & how to download the app on your phone. He also talks about the increase…
Ronnie speaks to FATHER DEREK FARRELL about how the conference went and what they hope to achieve in the time between this conference and the next conference. Father Derek spoke of how integrated the travelling community are to the parish and their relationship with the local church…
Noel interviews JOHN COTTERELL, Manager of the Dublin City North Volunteer Centre, in Coleraine House at Coleraine Street, and talks about the different opportunities to contribute as a volunteer depending on your time and skills…
AMY VAN WYLICH joins Eoin Drinan to speak about the upcoming events as part of Culture night 2013. Amy speaks of how the festival has grown over the previous eight years, with 2013 featuring over 200 different venues. Highlights are RTE Concert Orchestra in Meeting House Square and also the National Photographic archives hosting an…
RAY YATES, City Arts officer in Temple Bar, joins Noel McGuinness to discuss the upcoming plans for Culture Night 2013, whilst at an event celebrating the work of Seamus Heaney. Ray speaks of there being over 600 events throughout the country and more than 200 in Dublin. He tells that many places not usually open…
ROSE HENNESSY of Charity organisation “Friend of Londiani” speaks to John Healy about the work of the NGO in Kenya, bringing Clean water, health and Education to the region og Londiani. In particular on this occasion she joins John to discuss training which is currently in process for a set of volunteers gearing up to travel…
Noel McGuinness is talking to HEATHER BOURKE a Life Coach, Group Faciliator and Host of Conversation Salons about the First Fortnight Mental Health Arts Festival. This festival is a good way to deal with mental health issues and it tries to create in an artful way a good balanced atmosphere, so that it’s easier for…
BRENDAN O’NEILL, founder of The School of Cookery Artane joins Noel in studio to discuss what the business does. He begins by speaking of previously being a chef in ...
03 Sep 2013
John Healy talks to ANNA SMITH from Habitat for Humanity Ireland about about the work being carried out by the charity and the presentation of keys to a renovated ...
13 Jan 2016
PAUL LOUGHRAN of NEARfm joins Paula Wiseman to discuss the upcoming Series which will broadcast on the station called ” Travellers Stories: North Dublin through the eyes of the ...
21 Jun 2012
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 ...
12 May 2014