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…
Post Office Ballymun
Noel McGuinness speaks to DERMOT HIGGINS, post master in Ballymun post office talks about sustaining post offices. The government want to encourage people to get their money in the bank instead of the post office. DERMOT talks about the social aspect of using the post office especially for pensioners where they have weekly contact with…
Fine Gael candidate Naoise Ó Muirí launches his election campaign for Dublin Bay North
NAOISE Ó MUIRI, Fine Gael candidate for Dublin Bay North, talks to Noel McGuinness about his election campaign and local issues. The former Lord major of Dublin talks about the difficult parts of an election like getting in touch with everyone and explains the most efficient way to vote. Ó Muirí studied at the National University…
News Round Up – Current Affairs With Brian Moss
BRIAN MOSS, journalist, joins Sabrina Ryan to discuss current events. They start with the sales of Monty Python tickets and move on to the recent Ireland vs All Blacks rugby game at Lansdowne Road. Brian assesses the Irish team and declares himself hopeful about prospects for next year’s Six Nations tournament. They also talk about…
Claim our Future’s Plan B for fixing our economy
Ronnie O’Brien speaks to part of the group “Claiming our Future”. The group lobbies to create a more sustainable Ireland. They discuss the group’s “Plan B” (Plan A being the government’s plan to fix the economy). They speak about the details of the alternative plan that they have put together and the changes they would suggest…
Quit Smoking
BARBARA JENNINGS speaks to BERNIE MC DERMOT from the Bell Centre in Darndale about a programme they have for helping people to quit smoking…
Failte Go London – A Service For Young Irish Immigrants In London
EMER CALLAGHAN speaks to Noel McGuinness about the “Failte go London”, a service for young Irish moving to London. Emer talks of the services they provide to help Irish people to get settled in London including putting them in contact with accommodation lettings, the information which she has gathered herself over the years that she aims to share, the…
Great Aunt Does A Great Channel Swim For A Great Charity
SHEILA FLEMING talks to Conor Doyle about MAURA TWOMEY’s great swimming achievement. Maura, a brave great-aunt, swam the English Channel to raise funds for her grandnephew who suffers from cystic fibrosis. Maura Twomey was 59 when she took on the epic challenge for the CF children’s unit at Cork University Hospital between July 9 and…
Senior Alert Scheme – follow up report
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…
2012: Another Year at Near – News Round-Up
Near Media Co-Op is a not-for-profit community media project. The project consists of Near FM and Near TV and works in platforms as diverse as computer training, drama production, assisting unsigned musicians and educational programming. Near FM broadcasts 24 hours a day over 365 days per year. We operate an open access policy and run…
Crisis in International Refugee System
PAT GUERIN talks to SUE CONLON, CEO of the Irish Refugee Council, on the crisis in International Refugee System and the seminar they had in the Trinity College a few weeks earlier regarding problems and possible ways to address them in relation to this issue…
Coastal Erosion at Portrane and Alternative Plans for Metro North
Noel McGuinness interviews Counselor DARRAGH BUTLER from the Fingal County Council about the factors influencing coastal erosion at Portrane and the alternative plans for Metro North…
Live from the Right to Water charge march, Dublin city
Flavia Goretta reports from Dublin city, we hear extracts from speeches, and from individual people taking part in the protest have their say also…
Dublin City Library’s Genealogy Open Day
Dublin City Library librarian, TARA DOYLE talks to John Healy about the library’s upcoming genealogy open days. Tara talks about how the library has adjusted to today’s modern technology, the various services available in the library that may be unfamiliar to most visitors and the success of their book clubs. She also talks about the…
Flora Women’s Mini Marathon
Pat Meehan interviews SHARON VARD from Anam Cara about the Flora Women’s Mini Marathon in June. She explains the work they do, how to host a successful race and how the funds are used…