FERGAL SOMERVILLE joins Noel McGuinness in studio to discuss his successful swim of the North Channel from Co.Down to Scotland. Fergal begins by sharing information of the various causes he has donated to as part of charity swims. On 16th of June he swam the channel and talks about being successful in only getting stung…
John talks to NOELEEN REILLY, Sinn Fein Councillor for Ballymun about the cost of the modular homes in Ballymun and the protest by a housing co-op. She talks about the background and situation with the modular homes in Ballymun, the housing co-op’s situation and history with the Dublin City Council, the meetings with the co-op and…
Conor speaks with PAUL BARNES, events officer for the Fingal Festival Of Fire. He talks about the details of the events, the mazes as part of the festival for different age groups, how they encourage people to come to the organised event and the Oktoberfest event that Fingal County Council are organised…
Eoin Drinan is joined by PAULINE SARGENT who explains her work as part of DigiWomen Ireland. She speaks of the gender imbalance in the area. Pauline speaks of her own experience in the sector and claims that there is evidence of a large number of jobs being created in that area in the near future…
Dublin City Council is to begin a “zero tolerance” crackdown on illegal dumping in the north inner city after the area was declared a litter blackspot. CCTV is being installed in the area in a bid to tackle the issue. BRIAN HANNEY from Dublin City Council’s Waste Management Division talks to Pat Meehan abpout the…
Doctor ANNE MARIE HALPENNY of DIT’s Early Childhood education programme, joins Ger Leddin to discuss a recent call on the government, made by the Children Rights Alliance, to ban violence against children within the home, aimed at discouraging slapping or physical punishment in the disciplining of children in the home. Anne Marie speaks of a…
DAVE CLARKE of the Malahide Sea Scouts joins Noel McGuinness on the phone and explains some of the story behind the history of the Unit. In particular he is speaking to highlight a venture entitled the “Sea Challenge”, a fundraising endeavour which sees them travel 125km from the source of the River Liffey to the…
EDDIE O’BRIEN from Dublin Zoo joins Paula Wiseman on the phone to discuss the arrival of two meerkats pups at the zoo in recent days. Eddie begins by sharing some history of the Zoo itself and paints a picture of his job as team leader at the zoo. We hear that there are 58 full…
AILEEN FORAN from the Clonliffe and Croke Park community centre speaks to Ger Leddin to speak about the centre and the services they provide. Aileen talks about the history of the centre including the work of Barbara Ward, how Croke Park donated the community centre building, the details of the classes and activities that take place in…
Noel Mc Guinness talks to FERGUS CARROLL about what’s being happening in the sports world. FERGUS reviews the weekend games which include the rugby’s six nations, the hurling match from Croke park between Dublin & Galway, the latest news from the horse raising from leopardstown, & lots more…
Noel McGuinness interviews MICK BEHAN, who’s been DJing for the past years to raise funds for the St Francis Hospice in Raheny…
REESE TROUNCE, TOMIKE JINAD, KAYLEIGH CRILLEY, STEPHEN FINNEGAN, and teacher THERESA KELLY come into the NearFM studios to talk to Mark Finnegan about the forthcoming production of Hairspray which is to be the school’s Christmas show this year. They also talk about some of the extra-curricular activities and clubs that operate under the Donahies’ umbrella…
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…
PETER NOLAN from IMPACT speaks to Noel McGuinness about failures in the newly introduced driving licence system. Peter outlines the problems that have arisen around delivery times for the new licenses and explains how they have arisen. Peter says the turn around time for receipt of new licences has increased by up to six weeks…
BRIAN GORMLEY, artist joins Barbara Jennings to discuss a book he has been involved in which looks at the culture of Ireland and focuses on County Kerry. The book is called “On Bolus HEad” and is written with Michael Carter. Brian tells of how the literary tradition is so very alive in Ireland and talks…