Mark Finnegan speaks with JOHN DALY about St Monicas Youth Centre, which is a service for the people of Edenmore and surrounding areas. founded in 1967 to cater for the needs of the children & families in the area.It was founded by local people assisted by volunteers from the Society of St. Vincent De Paul…
Educate Together on course for further growth
GERRY MCKEVITT of Educate Together tells Pat Meehan about the organisation’s growth over the past four decade. Educate Together was established as a multi-denominational school in the late 1970s. There are now 74 Educate Together schools in Ireland, and two second level schools as well as a new primary school in Bristol in the UK. The multi-denominational,…
Commemoration of the famous Yacht Asgard in Collin’s Barrack Museum
Pat Meehan is joined by PAT MURPHY an historian and they’re talking about this year’s commemoration of the Asgard .He presents the life of this famous yacht from her launch in 1905 to its current conservation in Collin’s Barracks Museum. Her 23 day voyage to collect guns and ammunition for the Irish Volunteers and the…
Live report from the Education Fair 2012
John speaks to a selection of participants at the Education Fair 2012 First up John speaks to PAUL HAYES of the Northside Partnership at the Education Fair in Parnell’s GAA club. They discuss what is happening at the event, including the 30 stalls present. Represented are UCD, DCU, Trinity College, Colaiste Dhulaigh, Killester College 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…
Brian Hayes MEP Live From Strasbourg 2015
BRIAN HAYES is an Irish Fine Gael politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Dublin since May 2014. He is a former Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South–West constituency, and served as Minister of State at the Department of Finance from 2011 to 2014. Here he talks to Mark Finnegan in an…
Short Operas in Public Places in Dublin
Noel speaks to FERGUS SHEIL, a conductor involved in a series of short operas in public places in Dublin called “Things We Throw Away”. He speaks about how it is the first of its kind in Ireland, how the RTE concert orchestra recorded soundtracks specially for the public operas, how the writers of the operas…
The Woodland League discuss Coilltes sale of forest areas
ANDREW ST. LEDGER of “The Woodland League” speaks to Ronnie O’Brien about lobbying for a public enquiry into the Coillte public assets stripping. Andrew speaks of looking at Coilltes accounts and discovering that large numbers of areas of woodland had been sold off to pension funds. They speak of sales going to the Irish Forest…
Pyrite Campaign
JOHN HEALY speaks to PAT MEEHAN about pyrite in a Donnycarney complex & how Dublin City Council had to remove tenants from their homes & then rehouse them in another area…
Dublin Bay Prawn Festival Howth
Noel Mc Guinness speaks to AOIFE HEALY who is founder of the Dublin prawn festival in Howth. This is the fifth year the festival has been taking place in Howth & promises to be the best & biggest so far with three marquees that will have live bands cultural events & cookery demos . There…
Deputy Lord Mayor Larry O’Toole
Noel McGuinness speaks to Deputy Lord Mayor LARRY O ‘TOOLE from Sinn Fein. Larry talks about his year as Deputy Lord Mayor, why he’s not running for the general election, the work & events that he hosted in the Mansion House, which included a group of 42 traditional singers as his intention to stay as a…
National Academy of Dramatic Art at the Lir Theatre, Dublin
RACHEL O’BYRNE of the Lir Theatre speaks to Noel McGuinness about the theatre’s graduate programme and their new production of “Mary Stewart” – a very modern adaptation of an old play, covering the last few days of the Queen of Scots at the Lir Theatre until December 4. Rachel tells Noel about the history of…
Totally Terrific Tomato Festival Introduces New Breeds
Noel McGuinness talks to NICKY KYLE about putting together a local festival called Totally Terrific Tomato Festival. This is the first such festival in Dublin. With rising interest in new and exotic foods, the time seems right for such an event. Tomatoes are very good for you and are great at warding off cancer. There…
Raheny man is Bloom Overall Winner
KEVIN DENNIS of Raheny took the Overall Winner’s prize at Bloom 2014. He chats to Noel about his big win, and his future gardening plans…
Dublin Fringe Festival 2013
RÓISE GOAN, Director Dublin Fringe Festival speaks to Eoin Drinan about the upcoming festival for 2013. Róise outlines some of the big events in store for September of that year including a show about the Dublin GAA team, a cabaret spectacular in Vicar Street, as well as performances of theatre shows “Break” and a major…
