IFRAH AHMED, organiser of the Miss Ethnic Ireland contest joins Noel McGuinness. The contest is now in its fifth year and Ifrah explains that its major aim is raising awareness of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Ifrah tells Noel that the practice is outlawed in Ireland, having been made illegal in 2012. The UK, France and…
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FERGAL SOMERVILLE speaks to Noel McGuinness about the Ice Swim challenge taking place in Lough Dan. They begin by discussing a swim that was cancelled in Dollymount due to ...
01 Mar 2013
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JOE MOONEY of the East Wall History group talks Yvette Reid. Joe begins by outlining the history of the 1913 ‘Lockout’. It seems that many East Wall families ...
30 Sep 2013
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John Healy interviews PAUL O’MARA and ANDREW GOUGH, volunteers in the Edmund Rice Summer Camps, about the activities they do with the kids and how they try to help ...
05 Feb 2014
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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 ...
03 Mar 2016
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LYNN BOYLAN is an Irish Member of the European Parliament for Dublin, representing Sinn Féin. She is chair of the food safety promotion board, Safefood. She was elected in ...
13 Jul 2015