Noel Mc Guinness speaks to DR. LIAM LYSAGHT who is director of the National Biodiversity Data Centre. He speaks about where wild life occurs in Ireland & how people can learn more about Wildlife by attending the workshops which are starting tomorrow in Bull Island in Clontarf. The first one up is an “introduction to Waders”…
Shampoodles dog grooming
John Healy interviews RACHEL CUNNING accompanied by GERRY COOLEY. Rachel set her own business called Shampoodles, which is a dog grooming service. She’s talking about facing obstacles like starting a business, finding new clients, holding clients and about her job itself…
Pro Jobsbridge and Gateway Schemes
Pat interviews NOEL ROCK from Fine Gael, who is for the Jobsbridge and Gateway Schemes. He finds that even not being ideal they help young people to get experience and confidence and also keep them in the tax system.He accepts that there should be regulations so the employers don’t take advantage of this situations, so they…
Presentation of Swords Castle Digging History as part of the Heritage Week 2016
Pat Meehan is talking to Fingal Heritage Officer GERRY CLABBY about Swords Castle Digging History as part of the Heritage Week. Swords Castle represents over 800 years of change. Today the Castle is enclosed by a curtain wall and has several buildings from different periods. What we see today is a result of constant change…
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…
Learning about YAM.ie
VICTORIA DURRER joins Paula Wiseman to discuss the website Yam.ie which stands for Your Arts Map. Victoria tells how the website aims to spread the word about arts and cultural events being organised in the city. The Site also links up with a transportation website called hittheroad.ie which maps how to get from your current…
Gillian Bird DSPCA Caring For Animals At Eater
Noel Mc Guinness speaks to GILLIAN BIRD from the DSPCA about caring for animals at easter. She speaks about the danger of animals eating chocolate & how harmful it can be to our pets & also how lyllie’s can be very dangerous to cats. GILLIAN talks about the work they do in the DSPCA which…
Art Gallery 27
Barbara Jennings speaks to artist MARTY GASCON from gallery 27. MARTY is a make up artist & studied in Ballyfermot college doing three dimensional in sculpture. She speaks about her work , working with real life models & how she actually paints on to the model’s body & the results are amazing…
Peter O Loughlin – Leader of Identity Ireland
The Finglas Festival 2015
Mark Finnegan speaks to SEAN MOONEY about the Finglas festival. They are hoping to bring the festival back with a bang this year with a lot of family events taking place. They talk about how Finglas village has changed so much over the years & how it has become a bit of a ghost town…
Camara charity reaches 500,000 children with Technological Assistance
Pat Meehan speaks to John from Irish charity “Camara” in light of them reaching their half million mark in terms of helping children access technology in Africa. We hear the history of the organisation since 2005 and some of their plans for reaching the two million mark by 2016. We hear of how prevalent technology…
The Woodland League discuss Coilltes sale of forest areas
ANDREW ST. LEDGER of “The Woodland League” speaks to Ronnie O’Brien about lobbying for a public enquiry into the Coillte public assets stripping. Andrew speaks of looking at Coilltes accounts and discovering that large numbers of areas of woodland had been sold off to pension funds. They speak of sales going to the Irish Forest…
Winning the Local Legend Award for the Dublin area
Noel McGuinness interviews ORLA CROWE, Co-founder of Blossom Ireland, who won the Local Legend Award for the Dublin area, and she explains the work they do at Blossom Ireland and about the importance of the award for her…
RASP Official Opening
Mark reports from the RASP (Laneview Learning Centre) official opening. Mark firstly speaks with KEVIN BEHAN, chairperson of the Board of Management. He talks about why they wanted to move to Laneview, the objections and work that is done by RASP and the alternative methods they use to help people in need. He also talks…
Drama Power in Dollymount, Dublin
NESSA POWER speaks to Pat Meehan about her drama group “Drama Power”. They talk of what the group does, when classes take place and the cost of attendance. They also speak of the self benefits of taking part in Drama and the impact it can have on your overall life. They talk of the gender…
