Noel interviews TINA ROBINSON, Programme manager of the Phizz Fest and also to STUART BOBBETT on the second year of this festival, which is taking place in Phibsborough, with even more events than in the first edition…
Live From The Refugee Aid Marches
Thousands of people gathered in the capital to urge the Government to do more to help refugees risking their lives to get to Europe. Marching though the Dublin’s city centre, the protesters joined with dozens of other marches across the world as part of a mass ‘Refugee Welcome’ demonstration. Organisers said there was a good…
Malahide Tidy Town
Heidi Bedell speaks to GERRY RAFFERTY from castle lodge in Malahide about how they have been entering the competition for the past twenty years . They also talk about concerts taking place in Malahide castle & how well organised they have gone…
Learning about Horror Movie podcast site “Underyourbed.org”
BREN MURPHY of Underyourbed.org speaks to Eoin Drinan about his horror films blog and podcasting site. He speaks of the genres of Horror that exist and how certain genres have grown popular in recent times. Bren speaks of planning to do a “silent movie” special in the future and how horror movies have been prevalent…
Darndale Belcamp Park Renewal Project
John Healy interviews MADELEINE EBBS from Dublin City Council and social activist LANCE SPRATT, and some students from Darndale National School accompanied by Gerry Cooley to talk about the claim to repair the playground and the football pitch. The football teams can’t use the pitches because the quad bikes destroyed them and the playground was too…
The Barbara Ward Clonliffe & Croke Park Community Centre
AILEEN FORAN from the Clonliffe and Croke Park community centre speaks to Ger Leddin to speak about the centre and the services they provide. Aileen talks about the history of the centre including the work of Barbara Ward, how Croke Park donated the community centre building, the details of the classes and activities that take place in…
Pebbledash house at Collins Barracks
Artist and town planner PAUL KEARNS discusses and exhibition and book ‘Beyond Pebbledash’, which sees a full-size pebbledash house erected in Collins Barracks. The exhibition is aimed at teenage people who live in Dublin. Those who live in the suburbs are aksked what they like and dislike about this, and those who live in the…
Oral History project on the Magdalene Laundries
SINEAD PEMBROKE speaks to Ronnie O’Brien who is seeking interviewees for a history project based on the Irish Magdalene Laundries. Sinead speaks a little about the known history of the Laundries and the ladies who became involved with them over the course of their lifetime. She then explains both the purpose of the project and…
Dublin Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA) Smithfield Horse Clampdown
Pat Meehan talks to MIRIAM KERINS of Dublin Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA) about the clampdown on the horse markets in Smithfield. The problem as Miriam elaborates is that people are bringing unlicensed animals into the country and then selling them to children as markets like Smithfield. The DSPCA is clamping down…
Ossia Youth Choir
CARMEL WHELAN joins Noel McGuinness to talk about the Ossia Youth Choir. They begin by discussing the beginnings of the choir, which Carmel set up. With participants aged between 9 and 16 years of age there are on average thirty members of the choir at any one time. With no previous experience needed the choir…
Fossetts Circus At 125 years Of Age
CHARLES O’BRIEN of Fossetts Circus speaks to Ger Leddin on the occasion of their 125th year in existence. Charles talks about the history of Fossetts Circus with the oldest official documentation of it reaching back to 1888, the new audience members attending the circus from outside of Ireland, the generations of families passing on memories…
Re-opening of Smock Alley Theatre
John Healy speaks to PATRICK SUTTON of the Smock Alley Theatre based in Dublin City Centre. They begin by talking about the new theatre opened in 2012 and first off make a plea for people to contribute any stories which people have from the buildings past. They mention “Flash Kavanagh” the priest who supposedly told…
Be A Perfect Water Polo Player in North Dublin
JAMIE COPE from North Dublin Water Polo Club joins Amanda Ni Gabhann in studio. He begins by telling her about of the origins of water polo in eastern Europe and how it has progressed over the last 90 years in Ireland. Jamie’s own club was founded in the 1920s. They started playing in Clontarf Baths,…
Volunteer Programme To Mark International Volunteer Day
VALERIE VETTER, a volunteer from the St. Francis Hospice, Raheny talks to several other volunteers about their experiences in the hospice as part the Volunteer Programme to mark International Volunteer Day that took place on December 5th. BRENDA FARRELLY, head coordinator of the St. Francis Hospices talks about how long the hospices in Blanchardstown and…
The Health and Safety Implications Of Unfinished Apartments In Baldoyle, Dublin
Fingal Councillor CIAN O CALLAGHAN talks to Pat Meehan about the unfinished apartment block in Baldoyle. Cian talks about how the work on the apartments stopped due to financial difficulties, the safety concerns for youths climbing on the scaffolding, what they should do with the building if it’s not going to be completed, the issues…