Mo Kelly Exhibition at Ice Bar – 2012

AOIFA NIC CANNA has been a leading force in the Irish dance music scene since its initial emergence in the early 1990s and she continues to open up new paths for the scene with a range of club nights and DJ projects. Here, in a recording from 2012, Aoifa talks to DJ/artist MO KELLY. Mo…

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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…

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North County Leader Paper

Noel Mc Guinness speaks to PATRICK FINNEGAN  from The North County Leader Paper about the stories that are in the paper this week. They speak about three stories that are making the headlines in this weeks North County Leader …

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Minister Joan Burton Interrupts Jomac Show Chat

ROBERT McLOUGHLIN of the Jomac show chats with Noel McGuinness about this venerable institution. The Jomac Show is still going strong – 60 years since it was formed by two young altar boys in Inner City Dublin. With a strong voluntary tradition, entertainers have performed in orphanages, hospitals and nursing homes across Dublin and Ireland…

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Love & War @ Bewley’s Cafe Theatre

Director MICHAEL JAMES FORD talks to Pat Meehan about the play ‘Love & War’ at Bewley’s Cafe Lunchtime Theatre. The play is 45 minutes long and is based on the love letters sent by an English artillery officer based in Flanders during WW1 and his sweetheart, an Athlone girl whom he met whilst doing his…

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The future of the 1916 Moore street buildings: 2013

Councillor Nial Ring speaks to Pat Meehan about the fate of the buildings on Moore street so closely associated with the 1916 rising, primarily as the location of the main rebel surrender. Controversy surrounds the plans of the government to demolish the buildings on the site to make way for a shopping centre. Nial outlines…

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A New Dimension For Irish Storytelling

The theatre company Guthanna Binne Síoraí announced that their bilingual show Guthanna Síoraí/Everlasting Voices, would be staged in Dublin. The show takes its inspiration from the poetry of three Nobel prize-winning writers: Seamus Heaney, W.B. Yeats and Samuel Beckett. Music, song and dance are used to present their work in both Irish and English. Guthanna…

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Dublin’s Top Dog Chosen the Doggie Do in Merrion Square

SIOBHAN O’DONOVAN, organiser of ‘Doggie Do’ talks to Noel McGuinness about the forthcoming event. The Doggie Do is an upcoming dog festival that will take place this September 12 in Merrion Square and it needs your help. Inspired by New York’s annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade, the festival’s organisers want dog lovers to bring…

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Moore Street Bond Scheme

Noel speaks to FRANK ALLEN about the Moore Street Bond Scheme that were selling bonds to support the preservation of Moore Street, Dublin 1. He talks about the background and reasons for the bond scheme, the historical significance of Moore Street, the response to the bond scheme from all over the world, the costs to restore…

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Glasnevin Cemetery – Labour Party Walking Tour

SHANE MAC TOMAS talks to Pat Meehan about the a new walking tour in Glasnevin Cemetery, which  celebrates the centenary of the establishment of the Labour party in Ireland. They discuss The Labour Party, James Larkin, William O’Brien, James Connolly, Countess Markievicz, Nina Maloney, the Irish Women’s Workers Union and Rosie Hackett…

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