Noel McGuinness interviews AUSTIN McCOY, independent candidate for Ballymun in the upcoming local elections. He has stepped up to try and bring the senior citizens voices to the elections. He aims to show the reality of the senior citizens, for example of how the property tax and water bills are specially affecting them. He doesn’t want to align with…
World Trade Centre photo exhibition in Phizz Fest 2011
Noel interviews MARIAN FITZPATRICK, who talks about the photographic exhibition called World Trade Centre: A New Rising, by irish photographer Joe Woodhead, shown in the Phizz Fest…
The Macra Na Feirme ‘Know Your Neighbour’ Weekend
CAROLINE BERGIN CROSS talks to NOEL about a forthcoming Macra Na Feirme event which is designed to introduce its 9000 members to each other, and to the wider community across the city and countryside…
YouBloom festival 2013
PHIL HARRINGTON, CEO of music festival YouBloom joins Eoin Drinan to discuss the festival and its aims. He explains that the festival is a showcase for upcoming bands which includes live gigs and a large music conference with speakers from the USA, UK and Ireland sharing knowledge of the industry. They discuss the possibility that…
International U2 Fans In Dublin To See Their Concerts
Mark speaks to LEENY VOX, DANIEL SENTANA LIEDÓ and ANA FERREIRO PAZ who are U2 fans from Spain and the USA who came to Dublin to see the band’s concerts. They all talk about why they wanted to see them in Dublin, the shows that they have seen around the world already, their expectations for…
Raheny Library 40th Anniversary
Pat Meehan talks to TERRY MURRAY about Raheny Libraries 40th Anniversary. The library officially opened on the 8th November 1972. The children’s library in Raheny is very well used, in and out of school hours. Terry explains that any communication endevour the library can facilitate. As well as borrowing books people can borrow audio books, which…
New Exhibition At The Doorway Gallery
Barbara Jennings joins DENISE DONNELLY on walkabout at the Doorway Gallery in South Frederick Street. They look two works by Jackie Edwards. The first is an oil painting called “Power of One” and the second features a man completely covered tattoos. They then look at some ceramic works by artist Christy Keaney. They also investigate…
East Wall Mural Marks Centenary of Merchant Road Mass Evictions
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 were involved in the lockout protests, and as a result were evicted from their homes on Merchants Road. The evictions decimated the East Wall community. Some…
Ayrfield Voices Released on CD
JOHN FAHY from the Voices of Ayrfield choir chats with Noel McGuinness about the group’s CD which has been released in time for Christmas. ‘The Voices of Ayrfield’ CD contains carols and popular hymns with a seasonal feel. Two songs from the disc are played, from the opening of the recording to 1.49 and from…
To Children With Love’s Challenger Programme Of Education
Noel speaks to DEBBIE DEEGAN from To Children With Love about the Challenger Programme of Education for children from disadvantaged areas. She talks about the background of To Children With Love in Russia, the idea behind the programme, what they have learned about the disadvantaged areas around Dublin, the keys to giving children their own…
Counter Culture, a play about workers’ rights in a Dublin department store
Noel speaks to KATIE O’KELLY, a writer and performer from the play, Counter Culture that was brought to the Axis Theatre, Ballymun. She talks about how she became a writer, what influences her to write the play about workers’ rights in a Dublin department store and her experience performing as several different characters in the…
Robbie Reilly & Luke Cunningham on Guitars
Noel McGuinness interviews ROBBIE REILLY & LUKE CUNNINGHAM, and they have been busking with Spanish Guitars to raise €3500 to fund a trip to Calcutta for Luke. Both the lads attend Belvedere College. Noel Spotted them playing in the Rose Festival in St Anne’s Park. They also play in the market in Dun Laoghaire and…
Fintan Lawlor Solicitor
Noel Mc Guinness speaks to solicitor FINTAN LAWLOR about legal questions which are asked by the listeners. This week includes, purchasing goods which were never received & trying to reclaim the money back. Also about property being left in a will to children & spouse’s & who is entitled to what. To finish up the…
Anime Comes to Dublin City
American cartoonist, actor, and director CHUCK HUBER is in Dublin for the Anime Society’s Croke Park event. For those who don’t know, anime is the generic name given to those Japanese cartoons, comics and cartoon films that feature big-eyed heroes and heroines and bug-eyed monsters and freaks. The ‘Manga’ comics also feature in a big…
Picturing The Tattooist’s Art
Photographer AIDAN KELLY chats with Noel McGuinness about his latest exhibition ‘INK’ which features photographs of tattoos, and most specifically, tattoos on older people. In the past 20 years or so, tattoos have become very popular, but they were not always regarded as ‘cool’. A tattoo used to mark a person’s difference or separation from…
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