AOIFE MULLEN, editor of “The College View” in Dublin City University joins Sabrina Ryan. Aoife speaks about issues affecting students, beginning with the affect of recent budget changes to Jobseekers benefit for people under 24, and €25million being cut from third level education. As a result of the latter, the contribution fee which students pay…
Live From The Housing Protests, 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…
National Media Conference 2012: A Preview
JACK LEAHY of the National Media conference 2012 talks to Eoin Drinan about the upcoming event which will be talking place over the next weekend. The event is organised by students of Trinity College and features the likes of Storyful, Nearfm, Newstalk, TCDFM and many other panel discussions across the day. Jack speaks of how…
What is the “One Percent Difference” philanthropic campaign?
SEAMUS MULCONRY, Executive Director of Philanthropy Ireland speaks with Pat about the “One Percent Difference” campaign, where you are asked to give one percent of your time or money to a cause which you can believe in. Seamus talks about the pros of volunteering time for sports and other organisations in Ireland, the generosity of Irish people as…
Swords 1014 commemoration
Noel McGuinness interviews PAUL BARNES, events officer at Fingal County Council about the Swords 1014 commemoration, which mark the connection of Swords with the 1000th anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf and the death of Brian Boru as well as Fingal’s strong links to the Vikings. He explains the different events that will take place as well as…
New Monasticism in Ireland
BERNADETTE FLANAGAN speaks to Ronnie O’Brien about “New Monasticism”, a global movement developing a network of people who are interested in having practices like mindfulness built into their daily lives. They speak of the idea of possible links to Celtic Monasticism. They speak of a “soul friend” or “An Ainm Chara” and they finally discuss…
Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus in Studio at Christmas 2013
SANTA CLAUS and Mrs Claus join Noel McGuinness in studio to tell everyone about their visit to Northside Shopping Centre in the run up to Christmas 2013. Santa also tells us about the most popular toys for Christmas 2013. Furbies, Barbies and electronic dogs are all very popular this year. They have also been busy…
Tales of Medievil Dublin 2013
GILLIAN KENNY of Friends of Medievil Dublin joins Pat Meehan to discuss “Tales of Medievil Dublin”. A series of talks that have been run each year since 2010. All of the talks are free to the public. Gillian outlines some of the talks, in particular one based on Medievil coins. Seperately, Gillian will give a…
Simon Kelly and Molly O’Leary from Scene Not Herd
Noel Interviews SIMON KELLY and MOLLY O’LEARY, who explain their experience at Scene Not Herd…
Learning about “fromthestudioof.com”
Eoin Drinan speaks to AILBHE MCCORMACK about her blog “Fromthestudioof.com”, an insight into an artist’s studio. Ailbhe explains where the idea came from, the places that artist can get their inspiration from, how she visits artists as part of her own work and the idea of her blog to allow fellow artists to explore each…
Aramu Muru exhibition at the Graphic Studio Gallery
Barbara interviews swedish graphic artist LARS WIKSTROM about his latest exhibition at the Graphic Studio Gallery, called “Aramu Muru”. They are 18 woodcuts inspired by Aramu Muru in Haya Marca, near Lake Titicaca in Peru; it reflects the Inca culture and the spiritual world attached to it…
Ski Club Ireland and the Special Olympics World Winter games
LEN GALLAGHER Speaks to Ronnie O’Brien about the Irish teams success in the Special Olympics World Winter games of the time, in particular with regard to the Ski Club of Ireland and Gary Burtons success at the event. They discuss the facilities available within Ireland for training and also how the distance of the indoor…
Irish Girl Guides Talk About Climate Change
Fiona Murdoch, Communications Officer for Irish Girl Guides talks to KATE MULCAHY, AINE CAFFREY and LOUISE O’REILLY about climate change. They talk about why it’s important to fight against climate change, their suggestions to the Environment Minister, why it’s important to carry on the message about the climate change issues and their hopes for an…
Na Píobairí Uilleann Promoting the Use of Uilleann Pipes
Noel McGuinness interviews GAY MCKEON, CEO of Na Píobairí Uilleann, who explains their work to promote Uilleann Pipes and talks about an upcoming pipe making course…
PLAN Working in Ethiopia
GERALDINE KELLY talks to Noel McGuinness about her recent trip to Ethiopia working with PLAN Ireland. PLAN sponsors children in developing countries by working in communities to identify the most pressing needs. On this trip, Geraldine was deeply affected by the amount of time needed for people to access basic needs such as food, water,…
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