The England v Ireland cricketing clash was held at Malahide on Friday May 8th, 2015. The picturesque Dublin ground was the setting for a record attendance of ten thousand on a memorable day for Irish cricket. FERGUS CARROLL reports live from Malahide, keeping Noel McGuinness up to date on happenings in the north County Dublin…
Learning about the Nine exhibition at LAB, Foley Street.
LYNN MCGRANE joins Noel McGuinness to discuss the NINE exhibition. Lynn begins by detailing the conception of the exhibition and also speaks about the LAB space, based in Foley Street and it’s purpose as a basis for new contemporary visual artists. We hear that the exhibition features works by a number of artists who look…
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…
Story Telling Steam Train Journey
Pat Meehan speaks to PAULA WISEMAN & MARK FINNEGAN who are on a steam train from Connolly station, an event which is being run by Fingal county council libraries,the railway preservation society of Ireland, Irish rail & children’s books of Ireland. The event is called “Once upon a place on the Fingal express”. Three hundred…
Riverdance – The Gathering
ÁINE KAVANAGH joins John Healy to talk about the upcoming event, Riverdance – The Gathering. Áine talks about how the event is a part of a tourism initiative in Ireland, the details of the event itself, the other events that will take place as part of the Gathering festival, their hope to break the world record…
Adult Education in Donahies Community School
Mark speaks to GEMMA O’ CONNER, coordinator of the Adult Education program and EDDIE MOORE, who teaches Bridge @ The Donahies Community School. They talk about how long the adult education program has been on for, the variety of courses available as part of the program, how open they are in starting new courses, the details about…
Developing Phibsboro
PETER MURRAY and PATRICK GRANT talk to Mark Finnegan about proposed planning changes for the Phibsboro area. They feel that it is important to allow local people to have a say inj the planning process in order to avoid bringing further traffic chaos to the area (as exemplified by the daily jam at Doyle’s Corner)…
Ro Byrne from the band, Lir
Noel interviews RO BYRNE from the band Lir about the last few concerts and events the band have taken part in…
Flavours of Fingal Festival at Newbridge House
Noel McGuinness talks with NOLEEN MCHUGH from Fingal County Council about the ‘Flavours of Fingal Festival’ at Newbridge House, Donabate. This is the first year of this festival, which promotes the huge impact of food growing in Fingal. Over 600 people in North Co Dublin work in agriculture. This Farm, Food, and Family Fun weekend includes…
The work of Dublin Simon Community in 2012
AOIFE MULHALL of the Dublin Simon Community joins Ronnie O’Brien to discuss the work of the group. Aoife tells of the hardships of running a charity in the recession and shares details of the services which they provide including their nightly soup run around Dublin City. They talk of how the most recent figure suggested…
Visiting Killester Christmas Craft Fair 2013
PAULINE O’REGAN joins Barbara Jennings at the Killester Crafts Fair in St Brigid’s Resource Centre. Pauline tells Barbara about the facilities that the Centre provides and how it came to be. Apparently a lot of singing and dancing goes on there in popular theatre events, as well as activities like tai chi and yoga. They…
Aramu Muru exhibition at the Graphic Studio Gallery
Barbara interviews swedish graphic artist LARS WIKSTROM about his latest exhibition at the Graphic Studio Gallery, called “Aramu Muru”. They are 18 woodcuts inspired by Aramu Muru in Haya Marca, near Lake Titicaca in Peru; it reflects the Inca culture and the spiritual world attached to it…
Irish Falun Dafa Association
Noel Mc Guinness speaks to DAI DONGE who is director of Irish falun dafa association about the show that’s happening in the convention centre tomorrow night. The show consists of performing arts, it’s a two hour show & they use classical chinese dance to portray stories myths & legends about china with wonderful colorful costumes…
Call For Tenants’ Unions To Be Formed
A small group of tenants in Stoneybatter quietly came together earlier this year to form the Dublin Tenants Association. Now they’re ready to go public. Having come to the end of what they referred to as a “pilot phase”, they say they now know the ins and outs of tenants’ rights, and have helped about…
Threats To Roma Family
PAT GUERIN talks to ION ZATREANU, a member of the Roma Community living in Coolock, on racist motivated incidents, discrimination and threats to his family…
