Noel interviews RO BYRNE from the band Lir about the last few concerts and events the band have taken part in…
Live From The Adult Education Fair
In a special live broadcast from the Northside Civic Centre’s Adult Education Fair Noel McGuinness chats with visitors and presenters who are coming together to try and find new ways to gain employment in fresh fields. Upskilling, re-educating, and taking on new courses are all under discussion. The local employment service, Target and many other…
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…
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. …
Soccerfest 2011
Noel interviews KEN MCCUE from SARI (Sports Against Racism Ireland) about the Soccerfest in the Phoenix Park, a really solid event that has been running for 15 years already…
Community Fun Day at Darndale Park
TARA BLAYDS and JOHN BAKER from Sphere 17 talk to Noel about a great community day out in Darndale in which the hundreds of people attending didn’t let the poor weather spoil the fun and games…
Call to elimination of children’s eye care waiting list
Noel McGuinness is talking to LYNDA MCGIVNEY NOLAN about the call to eliminate children’s eye care waiting lists. Is highlighting the fact, that children can’t wait to go to an optometrist. If a child doesn’t go to an optometrist and correct for example lazy eyes until the age of seven, there job chances are going…
Clondarkin Towers Refugee Centre
Mark Finnegan talks with WAHEED MOHIUDDIN from the Clondarkin Towers Refugee Centre. Waheed came to Ireland as a refugee from Pakistan in 2015. He talks about current attitudes towards refugees/immigrants and some ways these could be changed. Waheed also talks about why he left Pakistan…
Business Information Centre
John Healy speaks to PETER O’REILLY of the Business Information Centre who are a reference service useful for people thinking of starting a business. They run the ‘Start your own business’ and career direction programme and were involved with the Innovation Dublin festival 2012. This years theme is ” Start your own business”. The course runs over…
Take To The Waves With Howth SAC
DEREK EVANS, the PRO of Howth Sea Angling Club talks to Noel McGuinness about the sea and adventures in fishing with Howth SAC. Howth Sea Angling Club was formed in 1970 and since then, it has developed into one of the foremost Angling Clubs in Ireland. The Club has it’s own boats and clubhouse and…
68th Annual Skerries Motorbike Race 2013
SUSAN PLUNKETT, ANDY FARRELL AND MARK MAGUIRE speaks to Pat Meehan about the Skerries races. They talks about the history of the race, how some of them got involved with bike racing, how people fundraise the hobby, the details of the races, the efforts made to increase safety for the races. They also talk about the…
Introduction of “Free Wifi hotspots” in Dublin city centre
ANDREW SMYTH joins Pat Meehan to discuss “Free Wifi” spots being introduced to the main shopping thoroughfares in Dublin city centre and the positive implications of this. They talk of how sustainable keeping the hotspots as a “free service” might be and also discuss the benefits to wifi providers,through advertisement etc, being used to create…
Ballaban Gallery’s Budget Day Exhibition
FRANK O’DEA the owner of Ballaban Gallery and artist himself discusses a satirical new exhibition ‘Budget Day’ with Pat Meehan. FRANK is well-known in the city for encouraging new artists, and for helping get street art into the mainstream. He discusses these aspects of his work as well. www.ballaban.net …
Small Plastic Wars at Axis Ballymun
Noel McGuinness interviews PAT McGRATH writer of Small Plastic Wars. He explains how he went from acting to writing his first play. He mentions some future project, for example adapting Small Plastic Wars to a film script…
Finding Thomas Kent
Conor speaks to SEAN SHERWIN who was a huge influence around the Thomas Kent funeral. He talks about how Kent was the one of the very few people executed outside of Dublin from the 1916 rising, his involvement in the rising with his brothers, how he was captured after the rising, how his mother kept…
