Playwright HENRY HUDSON joins Pat Meehan to discuss the production of his play “The Locker Room” being presented at the Sean O’Casey Theatre in East Wall. Henry tells Pat that he worked for a long time for the Electricity Supply Board before moving to teaching and getting started in writing drama with Kay Farrell at…
NearFM Spring Round up
DAVE O’CONNOR speaks to Noel McGuinnes about what is going on in NEARFM including celebrating thirty years of Near Media Co-op and a conference on “Social Justice Media” to mark the anniversary. He also speaks of what inspired him to get involved in Community Media. They also talk of “Folklore from the Dance Floor” a…
Exhibition ‘The Foggy Dew’ at Royal Hibernian Academy
Barbara Jennings is talking to MICK O’DEA artist and President of RHA (Royal Hibernian Academy) about his new exhibition ‘The Foggy Dew’, commemorating the events of the Easter Rising 1916 featuring a number of large monumental canvases alongside cardboard sculptures Mick O’Dea has decided to embrace the events of that Easter weekend in four monumental canvases sited in the vicinity of central…
WORLD RADIO DAY: Nearfm and Community radio history.
JACK BYRNE speaks to John Healy on World Radio day about the history of the set up of NEARFM in Coolock. They speak of the creation of the CRAOL network. They discuss funding for Community Radio in 2013 and also the details of a conference on Social Justice Media being organised to celebrate the 30th…
Near Media Co-Op News Round-Up – May 2013
DAVE O’CONNOR joins Noel McGuinness to give a round up of news within the Near Media Co-Op. Dave begins by telling of the success of the recent Social Justice Media conference that was organised as a celebration of thirty years of the Near Media Co-op. Dave moves on to speak of the difference between commercial…
Lecture on Irish Pagan Culture
DR JENNY BUTLER delivers a live lecture on Irish Pagan culture, Witchcraft, Wicca, and Druids. Also available on youtube: www.youtube/watch?v=pVYyWwBHzVs…
New Badminton Premier League Starting
Conor speaks with DAVID MURPHY from Leinster Badminton about a new premier league starting. He talks about the idea behind the league, the reasons for changing the league and game formats, the idea behind the power play in the badminton league and the invitational players to come into some of the teams. He also talks…
Howth Sutton Horticulture Blooms In Autumn Show 2015
ANNE CAMPBELL Hon Secretary of Howth Sutton Horticultural Society chats with Conor Doyle about the society’s forthcoming annual Autumn Show. The Society has been running since 1943, and its shows go from strength to strength. The show will be held at St Nessan’s School in Baldoyle. Many plants will be available at the Autumn Show…
Writing 3.0: Fingal Annual Writers Festival
Noel interviews LILIAN WHELAN, Development Librarian at Fingal Libraries, about the Fingal Annual Writers Festival, called “Writing 3.0”…
Autumn At Axis: Cultural Highlights for Ballymun 2013
Barbara Jennings talks to Axis Centre director PHILLIP KEOGH in Ballymun to discuss their forthcoming autumn programme. Philip syas he is delighted at the huge demand for Axis event tickets, with audiences coming from near and far. They discuss “Positive Aging Week” which is being launched with live music and a movie screening. On the…
Save our Dunes campaign
MAIRE O’BRIEN from the Portmarnock Community Association makes an appeal to individuals and sports clubs not to use the dunes for sporting activities, as it is having an adverse effect on the dunes. By running up and down the dunes, people are breaking up the dunes and taking away the grasses. The sand then blows the…
Launch of Irish Feminists Judgement Project
Mark Finnegan talks to Dr AOIFE O’DONOGHUE , Snr Lecturer at Durham Law School. Aoife is Co- Director of The Northern/Irish Feminists Judgement Project, and chats about the idea behind the project and its findings to date. The project aims to bring a new critical methodology to bear on Irish and Northern Irish legal studies…
Protest against sewage plant in Clochran
JOE JONES speaks to Gerry Cooley about a sewage plant that is planned to be installed in Clochran. The proposal is for a giant sewage treatment plant. Joe is requesting for people to put in an objection to the plant. His disagreement is that the plant will have a huge impact on the local residents…
St Mary’s In Baldoyle Is Travolta-in With Grease
REBECCA and MICHAELA from St Mary’s Secondary School in Baldoyle tell Noel McGuinness about their forthcoming production of Grease, which is causing great excitement in the Dublin Bay North area. Whilst John Travolta himself cannot appear in the St Mary’s production the students feel that they may be able to produce some top dancing talent…
Fake Banana Sandwiches and Hidden History Book Launch
As part of World Radio Day, Pat Meehan talks to author GARY RUTHERFORD about his new book, ‘Fake Banana Sandwiches and Hidden History’ which recounts the hidden histories within Gary’s family, and namely his wife’s Grandfather Peadar McNulty, and his association with important historical Irish events including the 1916 Rising and The War of Independence…
