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…
Come Men Of Erin
Mark speaks to PAUL REDMOND, writer of the song “Come Men Of Erin” from the musical “The Promise”. He talks about the gathering of people he got to record the song, the objective behind the song’s making, the plot of the musical itself, the process of the musical being staged in The Helix and what…
Clontarf Players
Noel Mc Guinness speaks to BREFFNI MC GUINNESS from the Clontarf players who are a group of actors who are interested in drama & acting from the Clontarf & Northside area. BREFFNI talk’s about the Easter play ” The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot, written by local man Sean Walsh. This play takes the…
Winner of the young Scientist Award 2014
Noel McGuinness interviews PAUL CLARKE, student of St. Paul’s College and winner of the Young Scientist Award. He talks of his way to his success and how he come to do what he is doing now. He’ll be going to Silicon Valley as part of the prize to discover the work they do there…
Dublin Book Festival 2013: Celebrating Ireland’s Future Writers
JULIANNE MOONEY, Programme Director of this year’s Dublin Book Festival joins Eoin Drinan to share details of some of the events taking place. Julianne says the Festival launch will take place on Thursday evening with RTE’s Arena radio show broadcasting live from the event. On the Friday there will be readings from some of Ireland’s…
Dublin Zoo The Changes Over The years
Pat Meehan speaks to LEO OOSTERWEGHEL who is director of Dublin zoo about the changes that have taken place over the past twenty years, how it has transformed in to a world class centre of learning about wild life & conservation & how they had over one million visitors to the Zoo in 2014 breaking…
The Tuesday Night Sports Show – Barry Massey, Greystones Golf Club
Drumcondra National School Fundraiser
Pat speaks to BERYL HEALY from Drumcondra National School about the fundraiser event in All Hallows. She talks about the details about the events, the musicians that will perform for the event, where you get tickets for the event and the background of the school…
Bohemians Foundation’s New Initiative: Walking Football for the over 50’s
Mark speaks with CHRIS BRIEN from the Bohemians Foundation He talks about a new initiative from the foundation of walking football for the over 50’s, where the idea came from and how it was first implemented, how it’s good to over 50’s people to join and the rules of walking football. He also talks about…
Social Justice Irelands views on how to invest in Irelands Future
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…
Near Media co-ops Social Justice Media conference – preview
JACK BYRNE speaks to John Healy about an upcoming seminar on Social Justice being held by Near Media Co- op and outlines both the purpose of the event as well as the numerous activities that will take part on the day. …
Irish Cartoonist, Tom Mathews
Barbara talks to the Irish cartoonist, TOM MATHEWS about how he got into cartooning. Tom talks about some of the early cartoons, which he did while still in school. They speak of the work available to him in the current climate of 2012. He tells how he sometimes gets private commissions but also the downsides of…
Granby Park Project: One Month of Art in Dublin City Centre
SAM BISHOP of non-profit arts collective Upstart joins Noel McGuinness to discuss the Granby Park Project in Dublin city centre. Upstart’s latest project, a ‘pop up’ park on Dominick Street with an ampitheatre and a cafe, will host a number of events. It will only exist for one month. It cost €21000 to fund the…
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…
‘Mortuus est Philippus” at the Axis Centre, Ballymun
PHILIP CONNAUGHTON joins Noel McGuinness to talk about his work as a Dance Artist in Residence at Axis Centre in Ballymun. He speaks about his piece”‘Mortuus est Philippus” or “The death of Philip” which is an upcoming production he has arranged. He joins Noel on the phone from The Botanic Gardens where he is working…