Noel McGuinness interviews CATHERINE O’DONOVAN and MARY O’CALLAGHAN, who recorded a CD in aid of St. Francis Hospice, one of the songs played is called “Touched by Love”…
Otherworld Festival: Halloween in Ballymun
BRIAN MONGHEY, organiser of the “Otherworld” Halloween Festival taking place at the Axis Centre in Ballymun, joins Eoin Drinan. The festival begins with a parade through the Ballymun estates leading to the Plaza where five marquees will be offering entertainment until 9pm culminating in a spectacular fireworks display. The annual festival was inaugurated in 1996…
Barbara Jennings talking about Heritage sites in Dublin
John Healy speaks to BARBARA JENNINGS about heritage sites in Dublin that are worth a visit, these include Aidan’s church, St Mary’s Abbey,Rathfarnham Castle, Royal Hospital & many more…
Flower & Garden Festival, Christchurch
Noel speaks to LESLEY ANN CAREY, organiser of the Flower and Garden Festival in Christchurch Cathedral. She talks about the environment inside and outside of the cathedral for the festival, the activities and people involved in the festival, the activities available for children and adults and her hopes to keep the festival going every year. She…
Launch of Mural Commemorating Easter Rising
Pat Meehan is talking to DEARBHLA DOYLE, who is an artist and created a mural commemorating 1916. This mural depicts, what is universal to everybody, including the Proclamation, the GPO, the seven signatories and more which reflect Easter Rising…
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…
Concerns Over New Housing Plans for Oscar Traynor Road
John speaks to AUSTIN MCCOY and JIM EVESTON from the Lorcan Residents Association about concerns over new housing plans for Oscar Traynor Road, Coolock. They talk about the background of the plans going back as long as 40 years ago, the developer’s plans to include ten storey units, their hopes to talk to the developers…
BEO Trad and Ballad Festival
Lisa talks to MARK O’BRIEN from the Axis Theatre, Ballymun about the BEO Trad and Ballad Festival. He talks about the community initiative that brought the festival to take place, the artists that will be performing and other events such as workshops that will take place in the festival. He also talks about the idea…
Eclipse Stage School Celebrates Fifth Birthday in 2012
Eclipse Stage School, based at Scoil Eoin Primary School in Kilbarrack, currently holds the title of Best Stage School in Ireland, and has become a leading school for young performers since it was established in 2007. Director and choreographer Kenneth Giles focuses on all aspects of performance and training. This not only helps the students…
Twelve Points Jazz festival, Dublin 2013
AOIFE CONCANNON speaks to Barbara Jennings about the “Twelve points” jazz festival taking place in the Project Arts centre. Aoife explains the format of the festival and shares information on some of the artists performing…
Irish Institute of Natural Pathic medicine
PAT MEEHAN speaks to MICHAEL & KATE who are suicide prevention councillors from I.I.M.N talking about their holistic recovery programme & they speak about their own experience with mental health…
Culture night 2013
RAY YATES, City Arts officer in Temple Bar, joins Noel McGuinness to discuss the upcoming plans for Culture Night 2013, whilst at an event celebrating the work of Seamus Heaney. Ray speaks of there being over 600 events throughout the country and more than 200 in Dublin. He tells that many places not usually open…
Baldoyle Racecourse Community Garden
Baldoyle Racecourse Community Garden organizer JENNIFER NOTHER joins Yvette Reid to talk about how the community garden was put together. Jennifer talks of the committee that guided the project, how the garden operates, how the community organize to meet at particular times of the month to carry out specific tasks such as cutting grass, her hopes of the garden growing in the…
Live From The Housing Protests In Dublin, 2015
FLAVIA GORETTA, a NearFM reporter, attended the housing protests in Dublin in order to get the views of the people taking part. There’s a lot of passion and a lot of anger as people take the opportunity to vent their views on air…
Grace Wilentz: Memories of 9/11
In the 10th anniversary of the attacks of 9/11 in New York, Noel talks to GRACE WILENTZ, who lived through that tragedy first hand…
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