Tommy Kennedy Missing Person

Mark Finnegan speaks to CLARE KENNEDY who is the daughter in law of Tommy Kennedy who has gone missing from his home in Finglas in June of 2014. She speaks about the evening he went missing & what the family are going through not knowing where he is. CLARE talk’s about how all the neighbours…

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‘Prints’ 1916 Exhibition around Ireland

Barbara Jennings talks to MARGARET BECKER about her 1916 exhibition on Near FM’s Northside Today with John Healy. Almost fifty Printmakers from eight Printmaking studios around Ireland have accepted an invitation to participate in the project, which aims to create awareness of little known events or incidents during or around the time of the Easter…

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Innovative parking options in Dublin City

Sabrina Ryan interviews GER LEDDIN about innovative parking options available in Dublin City. A system called Smart Parking has been tested in San Francisco, Birmingham and London, and this system gives you information about the  availability of parking spots, so there is no need searching for a free parking slot anymore…

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Homeopathy In The Garden

MARTIN BYRNE tells Noel McGuinness that Homeopathy seems to get results in eradicating pests and diseases in the garden. Homeopathy works by adding tiny amounts of plant extracts into a solution to the body, (or plant in this case) to help eliminate problems that chemicals are generally used for. For example Calendula is used for…

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Fossetts Circus At 125 years Of Age

CHARLES O’BRIEN of Fossetts Circus speaks to Ger Leddin on the occasion of their 125th year in existence. Charles talks about the history of Fossetts Circus with the oldest official documentation of it reaching back to 1888, the new audience members attending the circus from outside of Ireland, the generations of families passing on memories…

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Volunteer Of The Year

John speaks to NINA ARWITZ from Volunteer Ireland and MATT CULLEN who recently won the Volunteer Of The Year award. Nina talks about the background of Volunteer Ireland, the hard work that is put in volunteers, how thanking the volunteers for their hard work makes it worthwhile to be involved, the wide range and diversity…

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Book ‘Exercise of Authority’ – Finnian O’Cionnaith

Conor Doyle is talkin to FINNIAN O’CIONNAITH, who is launching his new book “Exercise of Authority”. Finnian O’Cionnaith is author of two books and multiple papers specialising in eighteenth-century surveying, cartography and the use of spatial data in urban management. This book tells the story of the formative years of the Georgian Paving Board who…

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Sight Loss

RONNIE O’BRIEN speaks with Des Kenny, who is CEO of the National Agency of Working for People with Sight Loss. Des speaks about making a case to the government for the investment of eye care in the form of treatment & how in the long run we can save money by doing this…

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Robbery at Sphere 17 Youth Facility

John Healy speaks to BRIAN KENEALLY about the work that local youth centre Sphere 17 do in the community and how budget cuts have affected the organisation. They also speak about a recent incident where someone broke into their premises and stole  IT equipment and money, as well as causing extensive damage to their facilities…

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Live Aid’s Impact On Africa’s Politics and Environment

Live Aid was staged on Saturday, July 13, 1985. About 75 different acts performed live for about 170,000 people in London and Philadelphia. Meanwhile, an estimated 1.5 billion people in 110 countries watched it via a live television stream from 13 satellites. More than 40 nations also held telethons for African famine relief during the…

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Minister for Communications on Lima Climate Conference

Jack Byrne interviews ALEX WHITE, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. Alex White, is a Labour TD for Dublin South, and a Senior Counsel. He attended the Conference on Climate Change in Lima, Peru. The Lima conference was designed to set the agenda for the Paris Conference on Climate Change scheduled for December 2015. It was…

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Fingal Libraries Plan 1916 Commemorations

BETTY BOARDMAN, senior executive librarian at Fingal County Council talks to Noel McGuinness about some of the exciting events lined up to mark next year’s centenary. These include: Fingal 1916 Lecture Series at various venues across Fingal Fingal 1916 Centenary Exhibition at Archives and Local Studies, Clonmel House, Swords and Fingal Libraries Irish language lectures…

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