Lobbying For A Stop To The Kidnapping Of Journalists

AIDAN SULLIVAN joins Eoin Drinan to talk about his website, adaywithoutnews.com. Aiden talks about the idea of the website, how the harm or murder of a journalist should be considered a war crime, how they would be no access to unbiased news from conflict zones if it wasn’t for independent journalism, his goal in raising awareness…

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Deputy Mayor Brian McDowell from the Belmayne Allotments

Amanda Ni Ghabhann interviews Deputy Mayor BRIAN McDOWELL on the official opening of the Belmayne Allotments. residents they found there was a need for people to have space to have a garden, somewhere they could go to grow. It took 18 months to get the project running, so people from the area had space to have a garden, somewhere they could…

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Darndale Arts Week – Something For Everyone

DARINA SHOULDICE of Our Lady Immaculate School in Darndale talks to Noel McGuinness about the wide range of activities taking place during Darndale Arts Week. She also talks about the development of Darndale over the past 30 years into the vibrant community it is today, with the Darndale Belcamp Village Centre, Sphere 17 youth group,…

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Stories From This Week’s North County Leader

Noel Mc Guinness Speaks With PATRICK FINNEGAN From The North County Leader . They Discuss The Stories From This Week’s Paper. A Bus Service From Swords To  The Airport & The City Centre. Also About Aer Lingus & the Bid For Them To Be Taking Over By IAT. The Fear That There Might Be a…

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Rhythms of the Port (002)

Mark Finnegan talks to Declan Byrne of the Dockworkers’ Preservation Society about an exhibition looking at the history of Dublin Port and surrounding areas. They talk about how time and economic changes had huge social implications for those who lived and worked in the area, all those who came into contact with them…

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Intercultural Project – Season #2

PAT GUERIN talks to GRACE WILENTZ, Intercultural Dialogue through Community Media Coordinator at Near Media Co-op, about the upcoming start of the second round of the Intercultural Project as well as updates about the production and broadcasting of new programmes on storytelling…

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NEAR Media Intercultural Co-op

GRACE WILENTZ pops in to update Noel McGuinness on the progress of the Near FM & MediaCorp Intercultural Project. With her she has two members of the latest group to come together: Maleka and Ecaterina. At this point there are 17 participants in the project. They are learning a wide range of skills in the…

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Business Information Centre

John Healy speaks to PETER O’REILLY of the Business Information Centre who are a reference service useful for people thinking of starting a business. They run the ‘Start your own business’ and career direction programme and were involved with the Innovation Dublin festival 2012. This years theme is ” Start your own business”. The course runs over…

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What Is Involved In Economics?

TONY WEEKES is an Economics lecturer who is involved in the Maynooth University Communiversity Project. He talks to Northside Today’s Noel McGuinness about the purpose of ‘the economy’ and discusses what is wrong with the present economic system. Tony talks about the reaction and participation of the Communiversity project in the past 4 years, what type of…

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Rhythms of the Port (Part 1)

Noel McGuinness visits the Rhythms of the Port exhibition on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay near Ringsend and chats with artist MAURA SWEENEY and NOEL BYRNE of the Dockworkers’ Preservation Society…

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Deaf Sports Ireland’s Santa Fun Run

Conor speaks to LAURA LEI FOX ROBERTS from Deaf Sports Ireland about their 2nd annual Santa Fun Run. She talks about the details of the event, how it’s a fundraiser of Deaf Sports Ireland, how people can register and where in Phoenix Park that will take place. www.irishdeafsociety.ie…

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Find My Past, New Free Online Archive Service

John Healy interviews CLIONA WELDON, from Find My Past, about the service they offer on family history online, a hobby that more and more people are interested on. They offer the posibility of building your own family tree online. Thanks to their new partnership with the National Archive of Ireland, they also offer a new…

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