John speaks to CIARÁN MOORE from Dublin Community Television. They begin by explaining the difference between community television and commercial television. Ciarán explains how and where DCTV broadcasts, and then how the switch-over to digital will affect the station as well as what it is likely to change with the digital introduction. Ciarán explains what has happened in the…
Removal of Literacy Post in TARGET, Donaghmede
Noel speaks to Cllr. MICHAEL O’BRIEN from the Anti Austerity Alliance about the removal of a literacy post in TARGET, Donaghmede. He talks the situation where the Education and Training Board is not funding a replacement for TARGET, the disruption that it may cause to people taking adult education in the area and the lack of…
Cadbury Job Losses In Coolock
John Healy speaks to DARYL BARREN who is local Fianna Fail rep for Beaumont /Donaghmeade area.He speaks about the job losses in Cadburys & the affect it will have on the community as most of the workers are from the Coolock area…
Dennis Byrne’s new book
Noel interviews DENNIS BYRNE on his new book for children, “Danny Dempsey and the unlikely Alliance”, and about his writing career over the years…
Fingal Festival Of Fire
Conor speaks with PAUL BARNES, events officer for the Fingal Festival Of Fire. He talks about the details of the events, the mazes as part of the festival for different age groups, how they encourage people to come to the organised event and the Oktoberfest event that Fingal County Council are organised…
Wise Ways Exhibition Comes to Axis, Ballymun
NICOLA HENLEY chats to Noel McGuinness about the Wise Ways Exhibition at Axis in Ballymun. Wise Ways was a participatory arts project with older people, originating at Raheen Hospital in County Clare. Funded by The Arts Council, the project toured to KCAT/ Mount Carmel nursing home in Callan, Axis Arts Centre, Ballymun, Dublin and Arás…
New Tech Cuts Doc’s Response Times
NICK O’HARE from Medicare introduces Mark Finnegan to the new AMD technology for doctors. Out of hours doctors’ response times will be cut by two thirds in Ireland with the introduction of a new technology by Ireland’s leading healthcare company, Mediserve. The AMD TeleClinic involves a high-tech portable device being despatched quickly to patients’ homes,…
Keeping Kids Healthy And Cool At School
BERNARD DUGGAN of the IPU offers advice on common ailments suffered by children in the school environment. The Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) was established in 1973. As a membership organisation, the IPU has you, our members, as our number one priority. Our aim is to assist you in delivering the best possible service to your…
City Neighbourhood awards winners for 2013
FIONA MOORE of Dublin City Council joins Pat Meehan to discuss the City Neighbourhood awards which took place the previous week. Fiona explains the work of the awards in encouraging people to rejuvenate green space in their areas and remove graffiti and such in their locale. They discuss how people can go about setting up…
GAA jersey raises cash for Pietta House appeal
IAN KINSELLA from Moatview talks to MARK FINNEGAN about the trials and tribulations of trying to get a GAA jersey signed by every one of the 32 inter-county teams to be sold at an auction in aid of Pietta House…
Santry Art group exhibition at the Northside Civic Centre
JUAN O’PEREZ and NOREEN DELANEY joins Noel McGuinness to speak about the Art Exhibition created by the Art Group in the Resource Centre in Santry and showing at the Northside Civic Centre. Juan, who is the mentor for the group, speaks of the interesting idea of working as a group compared to painting alone. He…
Special needs assistants cut backs
PAT MEEHAN speaks with PAMELA MEATES who is a parent of a special needs child in Holy trinity school in Donaghmeade. They are talking about losing a special needs assistant due to cut backs…
Airing Of Culture Shots’ First Episode
PAT GUERIN talks to GRACE WILENTZ, Intercultural Dialogue through Community Media Coordinator at Near Media Co-op, and presenter EAMON KEATING on the airing of the first episode of Near Fm’s new intercultural programme series “Culture Shots”, a 13 week series examining the meaning of culture and promoting intercultural understanding…
The Gutter Bookshop
Noel Mc Guinness speaks to BOB JOHNSTON from the gutter bookshop in cows lane in Temple bar. BOB talks about the Easter trail which is taking place in the area & lots more as well including the design market which sell local Irish craft & their outdoor bookshop & lots more. The gutter bookshop was…
Drumcondra National School Fundraiser
Pat speaks to BERYL HEALY from Drumcondra National School about the fundraiser event in All Hallows. She talks about the details about the events, the musicians that will perform for the event, where you get tickets for the event and the background of the school…
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