Pat speaks to Cllr. NAOISE Ó MUIRÍ (Fine Gael) on a proposal to build 400 houses in the grounds of St. Paul’s, Raheny near St. Anne’s Park. He talks about the controversy behind the proposal, where exactly the proposal may take place, the background of the developer, who decides whether the land can go ahead with any…
Artane Man Swimming To Scotland For Charity
Noel McGuinness talks to FERGAL SOMMERVILLE about swimming from Co. Down To Scotland in aid of Aislinn Adolescent Addiction Services. Fergal only took to long-distance swimming five years ago to help with his back problems. Since then he has swum the English Channel and done a number of other long-distance swims in aid of a…
Coolock’s 23 Female Graduates Are Entrepreneurs of the Future
John Healy reads a letter of appreciation and congratulates the 23 female entrepreneurs who recently graduated from the Coolock Development Council’s training course. In previous months Fiona Nolan has been updating listeners on the progress of the group and John takes the time to let listeners know the outcome of the course and acknowledge the…
Alone organisation, friendship week
Pat Meehan speaks to SEAN MOYNIHAN who is CEO of ALONE, ALONE is a charity organization in Ireland highlighting the plight of older people living alone. He talks about friendship week in regards to loneliness & this week they hope to highlight the work ALONE do & hopefully get the message out to the people…
Irish Georgian Society
Barbara speaks to DONNAGH CAHILL from the Irish Georgian Society. He talks about how the society works, the history of the building, the use of the building now including several exhibitions, the new initiatives they are to incorporate and the events they plan to hold in the future. He also talks about the exhibition rooms…
What is Creative Mornings Dublin?
BRIAN COLHOUN of Creative Mornings Dublin joins Eoin Drinan to talk about the coffee morning set up as a networking event for people in the creative industries. He shares how they meet once a month and the event tends to draw very high profile members of the creative industries. He explains that each event has a…
Balbriggan Allotment Association Open Day 2012
CATRIONA REDMOND from Balbriggan Allotments chats with Noel McGuinness about the organisations’s 2012 Open Day. It has been great to follow the progress of the Balbriggan Allotments and how quick the allotments are taking shape. The Balbriggan Allotment Association held an Open Day on Saturday 20th October to get the grounds ready for the growing…
Niall Hatch, Birdwatch Ireland
Noel Mc Guinness speaks with NIALL HATCH from Birdwatch Ireland. NIALL talks about feeding birds in the cold weather & what type of food we should be feeding the birds when they come in to our gardens…
Exhibition ‘The Foggy Dew’ at Royal Hibernian Academy
Barbara Jennings is talking to MICK O’DEA artist and President of RHA (Royal Hibernian Academy) about his new exhibition ‘The Foggy Dew’, commemorating the events of the Easter Rising 1916 featuring a number of large monumental canvases alongside cardboard sculptures Mick O’Dea has decided to embrace the events of that Easter weekend in four monumental canvases sited in the vicinity of central…
Tales of Medievil Dublin 2013
GILLIAN KENNY of Friends of Medievil Dublin joins Pat Meehan to discuss “Tales of Medievil Dublin”. A series of talks that have been run each year since 2010. All of the talks are free to the public. Gillian outlines some of the talks, in particular one based on Medievil coins. Seperately, Gillian will give a…
Bram Stoker House up for Sale
Pat Meehan talks to local historian DENIS MCINTYRE about the proposed sale of Bram Stoker’s house in Marino Crescent. Denis argues that Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, should be recognised by the State in the form of the house being purchased buy the State as a heritage site and the property turned into a museum…
Debra Ireland operates Charity shop on Camden Street, Dublin
Barbara Jennings joins Carmel to discuss Debra Ireland in their charity shop on Camden street and the work that it does. Carmel explains the skin condition and the hardships associated with it. They talk of the slogan “Imagine a world without hugs” and tell how it is inspired by the fact that many people dealing…
Intercultural Day at Suttonians Club
Niamh Griffin reports from the Sunday’s Intercultural Day at Suttonians Club. ROBERT FORBES, director of Rugby in Suttonians explains the reasons to organize this intercultural day and the richness the club gets from having different cultures together. JACOB is a Polish player of Suttonians team who works to get other polish people and people from other countries…
Men’s Shed Movement Has A Welcome For Everyone
FRANK SCALZO & ROB WALSH talk to Mark Finnegan about the Men’s Shed movement in Ballymun and Ireland as a whole. What is a Men’s Shed? A Men’s Shed is a dedicated, friendly and welcoming meeting place where men come together and undertake a variety of mutually agreed activities. Men’s Sheds are open to all…
Ice Swimming in Lough Dan, Wicklow
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 it being more than 5 degrees celsius and so, too warm to class as Ice swimming. Instead they ventured to Lough Dan where it was a…
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