Heidi Bedell speaks to LAURA AVERILL who is a local art teacher in Baldoyle & works mainly with retired people in the community & also talks about how she started with people on a community level & talking about how important community art is in local areas…
Volunteer Of The Year
John speaks to NINA ARWITZ from Volunteer Ireland and MATT CULLEN who recently won the Volunteer Of The Year award. Nina talks about the background of Volunteer Ireland, the hard work that is put in volunteers, how thanking the volunteers for their hard work makes it worthwhile to be involved, the wide range and diversity…
Sailing Against Suicide in Clontarf
JESSICA CLOHISEY, ambassador for Cycle Against Suicide, talks to Noel McGuinness about the forthcoming Sail Against Suicide at Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club. Cycle Against Suicide was founded by Irish entrepreneur Jim Breen as a result of an appearance on RTÉ’S documentary The Secret Millionaire. The programme inspired Jim to continue to use his skills…
Debra Ireland and the Womens Mini Marathon 2013
Barbara Jennings speaks to SUSAN WOODCOCK from DEBRA Ireland. They begin by speaking a little about what the charities does and who it caters for. We hear of some of the effects of EB and they talk of some of the services provided. In particular they speak of a drive to have people running the…
Fundraising Night For Molly
Noel speaks to LIAM FENNELL about the fundraising night for little Molly McNally’s fight against cancer taking place at Craoibh Chiaráin GAA Club on 28th November. He talked about the amount raised so far for Molly’s treatment, the cancer that Molly suffers from, how the idea of the fundraiser came about, how Molly is getting…
Choral Concert for Soul of Haiti Foundation
MICHAEL DAWSON Jr talks to Noel McGuinness about raising funds for the Soul of Haiti Foundation. Funds raised for the Soul of Haiti Foundation are used to support sustainable community and livelihoods projects. Since its establishment in 2007, Soul of Haiti has been working with local groups using its Directors and Sponsors business skills and…
Hurry Down To Rush For The Harbour Festival 2015
The much anticipated Rush Harbour Festival kicks off on Friday, 31st July and is jam packed with lots of activities for all ages. The official opening is at 7pm with St Maur’s Pipe Band followed by an energetic display of drumming from the Japanese drummers. ANNE McCrUDDEN tells Mark Finnegan more. There will be some…
Alcohol Free Night Club
RONNIE O’ BRIEN speaks to PETER O’ BRIEN about the launch of an alcohol free night club in Temple Bar in Dublin City Centre…
Malahide Castle and Model Railway
MICHAEL GILL from Malahide Community Forum speaks to John Healy about the refurbishment and re-opening of Malahide Castle. They talk about what it has to offer and also discuss the relocation of the well known Fry’s model Railway, which had recently moved to a temporary location within Malahide. Michael tells us how Avoca are opening a shop…
Work at the Artane/Coolock Resource and Development Centre
Noel interviews SEAN PAUL MAHON, Development Worker of the Artane/Coolock Resource and Development Centre to discuss the different facilities they have and the events they organize to help people in all of Northside Dublin…
Cycling Against Suicide – Console
Pat Meehan is talking to CEO PAUL KELLY about Consoles Cycling Against Suicide.The Console 24/7 Suicide Helpline is available to anyone who is in suicidal crisis, to anyone who is concerned for someone else who may be in suicidal crisis, and for those who have been bereaved by suicide. It is a free professional counselling…
Irish Coffee Mornings Taking Place All Around Dublin City Centre.
John Healy speaks with BEN MAC LOCHLAINN about the coffee mornings that are taking all around the city of Dublin. BEN talk’s about how we all learned the Irish language in school when we were younger but as we get older a lot of us loose the confidence to speak it, so he came up…
“As an Talamh” – Irish Rave Documentary Airs at Phizzfest 2013
JAMES REDMOND speaks to Aoife Nic Canna about the upcoming 2013 Phizzfest. James’ documentary “As an Talamh” will be airing at Phizzfest. It looks at the Irish rave scene in the late 1980s and the 1990s. James talks about how the documentary was put together and what inspired him to create it. “As An Talamh”…
Campaign from the Bike Theft Working Group
Noel speaks to Councillor CIARÁN CUFFE from the Green Party about cycling in Dublin and the campaign from the Bike Theft Working Group. He talks about the focus of the campaign to encourage bike safety, the increase of bike crime, what’s needed to prevent your bike from being stolen, where stolen bikes may end up, tips…
The release of the Insolvency Bill
John Healy speaks to DAVID HALL from New Beginnings, whose primary focus is to arrange representation for people facing re-possession in front of the courts. 70 Solicitors and Barristers, offering their services free of charge, are assisting the public through the organisation to help them through the process. They speak of their dealings with the banks,…