Do You Know Who’s Dead?

Noel speaks to PADDY DUFFY, author of the book “Do You Know Who’s Dead?” He talks about the documentary series he’s doing about Barack Obama, the motorway culture in Ireland nowadays, the details of the book’s release, the Irish topics that he brings up in the book and the Irish interest in characters over the…

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EPIC Work With Children In Care

JENNIFER GARGAN of EPIC (Empowering People In Care) talks to John Healy about the work being done by EPIC in north Dublin. EPIC is an independent association that works throughout the Republic of Ireland, with and for children and young people who are currently living in care or who have had an experience of living…

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Kiruu, Singer/Songwriter

Noel speaks to KIERAN ALLEN (Kiruu), singer/songwriter. He talks about his background, how he started playing music, his involvement in different music projects to date, the diversity of his music, where you can find his music and what sort of music he listened to when he was younger. He plays his songs Sikupendi, a song about…

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NYPD Green Author Comes Home to Roost

Retired policeman LUKE GREEN talks to Noel McGuinness about his memoir of service in the New York Police Department ‘NYPD Green’. In this gritty, sometimes hilarious, but always brutally honest memoir, Irish immigrant and retired NYPD homicide detective Luke Waters shares the darker and harder side of the police force that “will make you sit…

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Great Selection of Evening Courses at Killester College

GER WHELAN of Killester College joins Yvette Reid to talk about the evening courses which the college offers. From Computers and guitar lessons to jewellery making and a geneaology and family history course. Ger highlights the FETAC accredited courses that are available and the forthcoming Open Evening. http://killestercollege.ie…

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Digital Biscuit 2014

Barbara  Jennings interviews BIRCH HAMILTON about Digital Biscuit a meeting that tries to present all the technological advances regarding the film industry. Set up by the screen directors guild of Ireland, is firstly aimed to the directors, but it’s interesting for everyone to see all the improvements that have been developed in this area…

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Last Ballymun Towerblock Begins To Tumble

Almost 50 years since it was built, demolition has started on Joseph Plunkett Tower, the last of the notorious Ballymun flats. BRIAN MONGEY, senior community officer with DCC talks to Mark Finnegan about this momentous occasion. Joseph Plunkett tower, completed in 1967, was one of seven 15-storey blocks, along with 19 of eight storeys and…

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Pyrite Campaign

JOHN HEALY speaks to PAT MEEHAN about pyrite in a Donnycarney complex & how Dublin City Council had to remove tenants from their homes & then rehouse them in another area…

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Turning Kilbarrack DART into a ‘Ghost Station’

Wheelchair user BRENDAN CREAN talks to Noel McGuinness about the protests against the Iarnród Éireann/Irish Rail plan to remove staff from Kilbarrack train station. Brian believes it could bring big problems for disabled DART users. Sinn Féin Councillor Mícheál Mac Donncha has called on Iarnród Éireann/Irish Rail to reverse its decision to remove staff from…

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Bealtaine Festival Communicates Ancient Traditions to New Generations

The Bealtaine festival celebrates creativity as we age. MICHAEL FOLEY, Head of Evaluation and Public Affairs with Age and Opportunity, talks to Noel McGuinness about the huge variety of events that will take place. see also http://bealtaine.com/ An estimated 120,000 people now take part in the Bealtaine festival, making it one of Ireland’s biggest arts…

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Festival of Irish Language at Axis, Ballymun.

NIAMH NI CHONCHUBHAIR talks to Noel McGuinness about the Festival of Irish Language taking place in Axis, Ballymun. As part of Borradh Buan Irish Language Festival which will take place in Ballymun from 15-27 October 2012 Mouth on Fire Theatre Company will stage the world premiere of ‘Blogh’, the Irish language translation of ‘Rough for…

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“Know your neighbour” campaign 2012

ALAN JAGOE of Macra na Féirme joins Ronnie O’Brien to discuss their “Know your Neighbour” campaign. Alan shares where the idea came from, to encourage social events where local people have the ability to network and socialise with their neighbours. Alan talks of how the emigration within small parishes in rural Ireland can have a…

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