American cartoonist, actor, and director CHUCK HUBER is in Dublin for the Anime Society’s Croke Park event. For those who don’t know, anime is the generic name given to those Japanese cartoons, comics and cartoon films that feature big-eyed heroes and heroines and bug-eyed monsters and freaks. The ‘Manga’ comics also feature in a big…
Bordeaux Conference: English Felixstowe Radio
Noel McGuinness interviews TREVOR LOCKWOOD from the English community radio station, Felixstowe Radio which is based in Suffolk. They chatted about the origin of radio and the chance of discovering the challenges of other rural radio stations all over Europe…
Volunteering in Kenya with the “Friends of Londiani”
ROSE HENNESSY from the Friends of Londiani speaks to John Healy about the “Harambee project”. Rose talks about the work that the Friends of Londiani does in Kenta, the lack of medical services and spaces in the Londiani area, the volunteers that come to help, how people can finance the trip and the results of…
Royal Canal Useage
RODERICK O’GORMAN of the Green Party talks to Pat Meehan about the use of the Royal Canal in Dublin. Roderick is advocating a study to look at the Royal Canal’s use, specifically in the Royal Canal area in Dublin 15. The study will look at what development can be undertaken on the Royal Canal. The…
Turning Kilbarrack DART into a ‘Ghost Station’
Wheelchair user BRENDAN CREAN talks to Noel McGuinness about the protests against the Iarnród Éireann/Irish Rail plan to remove staff from Kilbarrack train station. Brian believes it could bring big problems for disabled DART users. Sinn Féin Councillor Mícheál Mac Donncha has called on Iarnród Éireann/Irish Rail to reverse its decision to remove staff from…
White Collar Boxing Charity Event in Ayrfield Community Centre
Conor speaks with LORRAINE SHEILS about the “White Collar” boxing charity event in aid of St. Francis Hospice, Raheny on the 10th of Oct in the Ayrfield Community Centre. She talks about the community effort made for the event, the sponsors involved in the event, the hope of continuing the event for years to come,…
Global Success for the Play “Drums and Guns” about WW1
CONOR HANRATTY talks to Noel McGuinness about “Drums and Guns”, a production that commemorates World War 1 and the Easter Rising. It features students from the Royal Irish Academy of Music, The Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and New York, the play was played in all three cities. It consists of different…
Sunrise Foundation – Integration of local newcomers into the community
John Healy talks to MATILDA CHONGWA from the Sunrise Foundation, a non-profit organisation to facilitate integration and full participation of newcomers into the community focusing on serious challenges like poverty, lack of education and inclusion. Our main aim is to facilitate the integration and full participation of the locals as well as newcomers into the…
Irish Girl Guides A-WEAR-NESS Day
Noel McGuinness is talking to FIONA MURDOCH about the Irish Girl Guides A-WEAR-NESS Day , where IGG (Irish Girl Guide) members throughout the country wore their Guide uniforms to school and work to mark A-WEAR-NESS Day. A-WEAR-NESS Day gives IGG members a chance to share how Guiding helps girls learn and develop life-skills through a range…
Rediscover Cycling Centre in Ballymun
Barbara Jennings reports from the Rediscover Cycling Centre in Ballymun, where she talks to Programme Manager PAUL CALLAN. They take bikes from donations and they rebuild them, repairing the bikes with recycled parts. They have been on since 2010 selling the bikes they repair, always with a special touch. They also offer trainings to learn…
Irish Country Women’s Association
BARBARA JENNINGS speaks with DYMPNA MURRAY & SHEILA GRANT from the Irish Country Women’s Association about the ICA & the events they are organising throughout the year…
Jack & Jill Foundation At Work
The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation provides direct funding, to families of children with brain damage up to the age of 4 who suffer severe intellectual and physical developmental delay, enabling them to purchase home respite care. They also provide end of life care to all children up to the age of four years. The…
An Overview Of The Irish Coastline
MICHAEL WALSH is the Regional Coordinator for North Dublin for Coastwatch Ireland. He tells Pat Meehan that Coastwatch aims for informed public participation in environmental protection and management, especially in the coastal zone. He says that the Coastwatch annual survey is now used in 23 European countries. The survey is designed to give an overview…
Amy FitzPatrick Is Still Missing
The disappearance of Amy Fitzpatrick occurred on New Year’s Day 2008. At 10pm on that day, 15-year-old Irish girl Amy Fitzpatrick said goodbye to friend Ashley Rose, with whom she had been babysitting Ashley’s brother at her friend’s house in Mijas Costa in Málaga, Spain. Fitzpatrick should have arrived at her home on the urbanisation…
Number 19 Dublin Bus service cancelled
John Healy speaks to GERALDINE GOUGH of Community for change group, who act on behalf of bus users in the Dublin area. She speaks about the abolition of the number 19 bus route and the number 83 bus re-route in 2011. She discusses losing the 13 bus thus meaning that two thirds of her bus service has been…
