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Launch of Irish Feminists Judgement Project

Mark Finnegan talks to Dr AOIFE O’DONOGHUE , Snr Lecturer at Durham Law School. Aoife is Co- Director of The Northern/Irish Feminists Judgement Project, and chats about the idea behind the project and its findings to date. The project aims to  bring a new critical methodology to bear on Irish and Northern Irish legal studies…

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Hundreds Facing Eviction in Tyrellstown

Cllr PAUL DONNELLY from Sinn Féin talks to Noel McGuinness about the facing of the eviction in Tyrellstown. More than 100 families in Cruise Park Drive face losing their homes as the fund that owns the properties seeks to sell 103 houses in the area over four years. It is understood 40 households in the estate have…

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What is Finglas Heritage Trail?

JACKIE O’REILLY joins Pat Meehan to discuss the launch of the Finglas Heritage Trail, a trail of fourteen heritage sites. The trail was officially launched by councillor Naoise O’Muiri along with Dublin City Council. They move on to discuss the book “The Peoples Portrait” of Finglas. Jackie carries on to explain the tour itself and how one…

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The reality of Horses in Darndale in 2013

NICKO MURPHY of the Darndale Comunity Pride project joins Yvette Reid to discuss the issue of loose horses in the area which at the time of the interview is a large problem. They discuss the lack of a tagging system in identifying the owner and how 78 horses were reported in the course of five…

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Wholesome Food For Halloween

CATRIONA REDMOND speaks to Noel McGuinness about cooking wholesome food for Halloween. Catriona remembers the traditions of her childhood associated with collecting and eating food as a family. Catriona talks of her love for curly kale and how easy it is to cook. Catriona talks about the change in tradition and how in her younger…

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Greyhound strike drags on

Striking Greyhound worker RAY REILLY talks to John about the lock-out which has dragged on for 12 weeks now and the bringing in of scab workers whilst negotiations are actually underway…

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Tir na nÓg Caife Opening

John speaks to TONY HEGARTY, a local entrepreneur opening Tir na nÓg Caife in the Northside Civic Centre, Coolock. He talks about the opening taking place, how it can be a huge benefit to the community, the reason for the cafe’s name, the other operations that have moved on in locations like St. Anne’s Park and…

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Victims Of Abuse On Camping Trips In The 70’s and 80’s

Noel speaks to COLM BRACKEN and PAUL O’TOOLE who were victims of abuse on camping trips in the 70’s and 80’s. They talk about how proud they feel now after finally getting justice from their experiences, their thoughts about how all these other cases are brought to attention, especially involving the church, their outrage over how…

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Protest against sewage plant in Clochran

JOE JONES speaks to Gerry Cooley about a sewage plant that is planned to be installed in Clochran. The proposal is for a giant sewage treatment plant. Joe is requesting for people to put in an objection to the plant. His disagreement is that the plant will have a huge impact on the local residents…

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Near FM’s culture night broadcast 2013

PAUL LOUGHRAN of NEAR FM joins Noel McGuinness to outline NEAR FM’s involvement with Culture night 2013 and the events that they will be facilitating on the night. Paul tells that the station will be broadcasting live from the Hugh Lane Gallery and will be broadcast live across a number of Dublin Community stations. Paul…

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GAZE Attracts Attention From Film Buffs Worldwide

Gaze International LGBT Film Festival is an annual film festival which takes place in Dublin each Bank Holiday weekend in late July and early August. Since 1992, it has become Ireland’s largest LGBT film event, and the country’s biggest LGBT gathering outside of Dublin Pride. People attend from across the world, with a footfall of…

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Donna Cooney – Green Party- General Election 2016

DONNA COONEY Green Party candidate for Dublin Bay North  is chatting to Mark Finnegan about 2016 Election. She was a Dublin City Councillor from Jan.’96 to ’99The Sunday business post called Donna a “hard working councillor”. Donna was a Dublin City Councillor in the 90’s and Chair of the Cultural committee. Over the last twenty…

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Talk of Closures of Post office’s in Ireland

Noel Mc Guinness speaks to DERMOT HIGGINS who is a Postmaster in Ballymun & he is also the Dublin Spokesperson for the Irish Postmasters union. DERMOT talks about the threat of a lot of post offices closing & why the government want the country to go cashless. He talks about how important the post office…

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Missing Teddy Bear Reunited With Its Owner

Conor speaks to AUSTIN MAGUIRE from Enjoy Malahide about a missing teddy bear that was reunited with its owner. He talks about the story about the missing teddy bear, how he discovered the teddy bear, how he used Facebook to find its owner, the pride he felt when returning the teddy bear to its owner and…

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Art Gallery 27

Barbara Jennings speaks to artist MARTY GASCON from gallery 27. MARTY is a make up artist & studied in Ballyfermot college doing three dimensional in sculpture. She speaks about  her work , working with real life models & how she actually paints on to the model’s body & the results are amazing…

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Winter Tales For All The Family

Pat speaks to RAB FULTON, author of Winter Tales For All The Family. He talks about what inspired him to write the book, the plot and description of the one of the tales in the book, his storytelling gigs that he does in Galway that are filmed live to people across the world, Florence Welsh’s…

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