MAIREAD McLOUGHLIN is in studio to discuss the Campaign Against Hosehold Charge is a blanket tax that affectsa every home in the State. Everyone, regardless of income, employment status, or family circumstances, is required to pay. MAIREAD’s objection to the Charge is not political, it is a matter of principle. My home is not an…
Donna Cooney – Green Party- General Election 2016
DONNA COONEY Green Party candidate for Dublin Bay North is chatting to Mark Finnegan about 2016 Election. She was a Dublin City Councillor from Jan.’96 to ’99The Sunday business post called Donna a “hard working councillor”. Donna was a Dublin City Councillor in the 90’s and Chair of the Cultural committee. Over the last twenty…
Law & Mediation Center Coolock
John Healy speaks to ROSS PALMER from community law & mediation in the civic center here in Coolock. They have been in Coolock for the past forty years ,originally known as Coolock law center & then renamed a couple of years later as North side community law center . They have widened their services over…
Learning about Horror Movie podcast site “Underyourbed.org”
BREN MURPHY of Underyourbed.org speaks to Eoin Drinan about his horror films blog and podcasting site. He speaks of the genres of Horror that exist and how certain genres have grown popular in recent times. Bren speaks of planning to do a “silent movie” special in the future and how horror movies have been prevalent…
See Strasbourg and Enjoy Life
Strasbourg is the capital and largest city of the Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine (ACAL) region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace were historically predominantly Alemannic-speaking with various dialects, hence the…
Cuts in Community Employments
Noel McGuinness interviews CIARAN MURRAY about the effect the cuts in Community Employment could have in the local community…
The Peter McVerry Trust and World Homeless Day 2013
ANNE MARIE CONNOLLY of the Peter McVerry Trust joins Noel McGuinness on the eve of World Homeless Day 2013.She tells Noel about of some of the events the Trust organised to mark the occasion, including a treasure hunt, a schools’ rugby competition, Tesco collections and a Zombie Run at Marino College. A number of sponsored…
Combating anti-social behaviour in the city
PAT MEEHAN speaks with ANDREW MONTAGUE, Lord Mayor of Dublin, about anti-social behaviour in the city. Andrew speaks about wanting to raise the cost of alcohol and about how he wants to do this to combat the anti-social drunk behaviour around the city…
Financial Cutbacks to Traveller Education
HILLARY HARMEN from Pavee Point speaks to Ronnie O’Brien about cutbacks to traveller education. They discuss how there had been improvements to facilities for Travellers in education, however this has changed coming into 2013. They discuss some details of reports carried out. They talk of cuts to outreach services and also speak to travellers attending…
Live From Derry: The Festival of Light 2013
GER LEDDIN reports from the 2013 Derry Festival of Light. Derry is the UK City of Culture 2013. He details the purpose of the festival and gives a brief history of the city. The piece contains vox pops with people at the festival. Gene Wilde, the Festival’s public relations officer, speaks to Ger about the…
Intercultural Media Project 10-10-2011
PAT GUERIN has GRACE WILENTZ, Intercultural Dialogue through Community Media Coordinator at Near Media Co-op, talking on updates about the Intercultural Media Project at Near FM and the upcoming episode of “Culture Shots” …
Report From The Paris Climate Summit
Noel speaks to WILLIAM HEDERMAN, a journalist reporting from the Paris Climate Summit. He talks about the situation he and many other activists are in due to the high security in France following the Paris attacks, the people organising the protests, how they plan to assemble under the circumstances, other ways to protest climate change,…
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…
Viewing Ireland From The Air
RAY SCANLON, Principal Geologist with the Geological Survey of Ireland talks to Noel McGuinness about the Tellus survey. Tellus employs a low-flying aircraft to collect geophysical information on the properties of soils, rocks and waters below gound. Flying at 60 m, the aircraft is able to sense geological properties not apparent from conventional mapping techniques,…
First Fortnight Mental Health Arts Festival
Noel McGuinness is talking to HEATHER BOURKE a Life Coach, Group Faciliator and Host of Conversation Salons about the First Fortnight Mental Health Arts Festival. This festival is a good way to deal with mental health issues and it tries to create in an artful way a good balanced atmosphere, so that it’s easier for…