PAT MEEHAN talks to PETER LEWIS, of Pyrite Action Group, on updates on the efforts to find a resolution to the pyrite crisis in North and West Dublin as well as East Meath, North Kildare and Offaly…
Women in Power Report
Noel McGuinness interviews PRIYA NATH, Policy and Advocacy Advisor, VSO International and Author of Women in Power. Their report brings together research carried out by VSO over the past number of years and put forwards recomendations about how the global society address this inequality to ensure that the role and participation of women in decision making is…
Finglas Festival 2015 Proves That Enthusiasm Can Result In Success
Mark Finnegan is joined in studio by Director of the upcoming Finglas Festival 2015, SEAN MOONEY. Over the last couple of months a voluntary committee of enthusiastic and caring people of the community joined together to organize the Festival for July 2015. The Festival was a huge success in the past and with the hard…
Raheny Residents Find Lead in the Waterworks
A HOME ON the street where the the first Dublin Says No protest took place has the highest level of lead contamination of drinking water in Dublin. Local resident TONY MacHALE gives Noel McGuinness the background to the findings. Results of random testing showed that the house on Watermill Drive in Raheny had lead contamination…
Rush Community Council Planning Enforcement Complaint Against Energy Company
Pat Meehan talks to DAVE SHEEHY, from the Rush Community Council, together with KAREN MCNAMARA and CLODAGH KELLY, about a Planning Enforcement complaint which was lodged against EirGrid…
Artane Man Swimming To Scotland For Charity
Noel McGuinness talks to FERGAL SOMMERVILLE about swimming from Co. Down To Scotland in aid of Aislinn Adolescent Addiction Services. Fergal only took to long-distance swimming five years ago to help with his back problems. Since then he has swum the English Channel and done a number of other long-distance swims in aid of a…
Exhibit in Doorway Gallery
Barbara speaks to artist CHRISTY KEENEY who is having an exhibit in the Doorway Gallery, Frederick Street South, Dublin 2. He talks about the details of the exhibit, his origins with painting, his interest in ceramics and how he applies his work on ceramics through the influence of a college art teacher. He also talks about…
National Academy of Dramatic Art at the Lir Theatre, Dublin
RACHEL O’BYRNE of the Lir Theatre speaks to Noel McGuinness about the theatre’s graduate programme and their new production of “Mary Stewart” – a very modern adaptation of an old play, covering the last few days of the Queen of Scots at the Lir Theatre until December 4. Rachel tells Noel about the history of…
Coastal Erosion at Portrane and Alternative Plans for Metro North
Noel McGuinness interviews Counselor DARRAGH BUTLER from the Fingal County Council about the factors influencing coastal erosion at Portrane and the alternative plans for Metro North…
Lir Perform a Nick Drake Tribute in Aid of Aware
Local singer songwriter and member of the band Lir DAVID McGUINNESS talks to Noel McGuinness about the forthcoming Nick Drake Tribute concert in aid of Aware Ireland. David says that Nick Drake, who died tragically young forty years ago, was a huge influence on many modern singer songwriters. His lyrics cover the whole gamut of…
‘Cafe Conversations’ Launch Dublin Bid For 2020 City of Culture Status
The European Capital of Culture is awarded by the European Union for a period of one calendar year. In 2020, Ireland and Croatia have been announced as Europe’s chosen countries. A process of open competition will select the appointed city for each country. At a Mansion House event, which the Lord Mayor Christy Burke hosted…
Terence Flanagan TD, Talking about Water charges, A&E Crisis in Beaumont Hospital
Noel Mc Guinness speaks with TERENCE FLANAGAN who is an independent TD . TERENCE talks to Noel about how he got involved with politics at a young age. He speaks about Irish water charges & about the A&E crisis in Beaumont hospital & also about Childcare support…
World Ghost Convention
Pat speaks to CATHERINE MCCOURTNEY about the World Ghost Convention in Cork. She talks about the details of the convention, the guest speakers who will be speaking during the convention, her involvement in the convention, her beliefs on the speaker’s abilities and how everyone can have their own perspective on spirits or ghosts. She also…
Prolife and History of Dunsink Observatory
Mark Finnegan speaks to Professor LUKE DRURY who is head of Astrophysics & Astronomy with Dunsink Observatory which is in Finglas about the work he does & the history behind the Observatory…
Peter McVerry Trust – Homelessness in Dublin update
PAT DOYLE of the Peter McVerry Trust joins Pat Meehan to give an update on the homelessness situation in Dublin. Pat explains that the numbers of homeless has risen since 2011. The trust has opened a new hostel in 2012. The city council has opened a new hostel. If you cannot get a bed on any…
