Noel McGuinness is talking to LYNDA MCGIVNEY NOLAN about the call to eliminate children’s eye care waiting lists. Is highlighting the fact, that children can’t wait to go to an optometrist. If a child doesn’t go to an optometrist and correct for example lazy eyes until the age of seven, there job chances are going…
AOIFE DUNNE and OSCAR LEONARD talk about their experience at Scene Not Heard…
PAT MEEHAN speaks with LORRAINE MAY about celebrating 20 years of culture & regeneration in the Temple Bar area…
ARTHUR GRIFFIN, vice president of Fianna Fail joins Ger Leddin to discuss the proposed abolition of Seanad Eireann. Arthur speaks of the parties support for the reform of the Seanad and suggests that the current government’s plan is an attempt at a “Power grab”. They discuss the prominence of a call for Dail reform. Arthur speaks of…
ÁINE KAVANAGH joins John Healy to talk about the upcoming event, Riverdance – The Gathering. Áine talks about how the event is a part of a tourism initiative in Ireland, the details of the event itself, the other events that will take place as part of the Gathering festival, their hope to break the world record…
Ronnie O’ Brien interviews TD JOAN COLLINS, who talks about their efforts to prevent house repossessions and evictions…
Noel Mc Guinness speaks to PATRICK FINNEGAN from the North county leader paper to update us with the stories from this weeks issue. They start of with the minister James Reilly who will open a new computer room for the youths of Swords, also about the new Lidl that will be opening & finally PATRICK…
Barbara Jennings talks to SEAN at The Exchange in Temple Bar, which is an open space for people who like a variety of activities like Dance, Music, Arts, and Theatre. They work as a collective/cooperative, and are all volunteers. It is a Drugs and Alcohol free space. Barbara also speaks to SIOBHAN from Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, about…
Noel interviews LILIAN WHELAN, Development Librarian at Fingal Libraries, about the Fingal Annual Writers Festival, called “Writing 3.0”…
PAT GUERIN talks to NIALL SHANAHAN, communications officer with IMPACT Trade Union, on the Union’s reaction to the announcement that the government would consider selling its stake of Aer Lingus…
As a follow up to the interview with Fergal Sommerville, who did the Channel Swim to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis, Noel interviews PROF. McELVANNEY to find out about the work they do in the Cystic Fibrosis Unit at Beaumont Hospital…
Arctic Explorer JIM MCNEIL speaks to Eoin Drinan about ice-warrior.com, which organizes polar expeditions for ordinary people. Jim talks about what inspired him to become an ice explorer, how the idea for the business came about to create a space for ordinary people to undertake such an experience, the impact of climate change from Jim’s experiences of visiting the Arctic…
Noel McGuinness interviews JOHN FAHY from the Ayrfield parish, about the CD they released of the choir singing some famous Christmas carols…
LINDA HAYDEN from the Darndale Belcamp Village Centre follows up with Pat Meehan on the success of the call out for the Senior Alert Scheme and offers contact details for anyone who would like to have the equipment installed in their home. Linda encourages listeners who already have the system installed to check it every week…
DECLAN RICE joins Noel McGuinness to discuss Pump Push 2013, a cross border charity relay from Dublin to Belfast to open the World Police & Fire Games. Declan talks about where the proceeds for the event will go, the details of the relay itself, the amount of runners that will participating in the relay and…