BRENDAN PRICE of the Irish Seal Sanctuary speaks to Noel McGuinness about their current situation. Brendan talks about synchronised birthing, the appeal being made to give some extra space to seals and the variety of seals in Dublin…
Austerity affecting mental health in schools – A.S.T.I is fighting for improving this situation
Noel McGuinness is talking to ED BYRNE Vice president of A.S.T.I. about how austerity has affected student mental health in schools. The effect of more students in a class means less teacher and guidance for pupils, which damage physical health, which now is more in a focus than ever before. The importance of a guidance…
Childline’s “Stay silent so children can be heard” campaign
MARY GAMBLE of Childline joins Yvette Reid to discuss the “Stay silent so children can be heard” campaign. This is a sponsored silence event to highlight the issue of child abuse and to raise funds for the Childline service. Participants undertake a 25-minute blackout of sound and media. Mary says Childline can only answer one…
Haven Doing Great Work in Haiti
ORLA DEMPSEY of Haven talks to Noel McGuinness about the voluntary work being done in the disaster-stricken island. Apart from the weather, says Orla, Haiti is very much like Ireland in the 1800s, an abandoned country with great poverty. George Hook is a well-known supporter of Haven’s work in Haiti and has travelled there on…
Riverside Drama Group celebrates 50 years
DECLAN CAHILL, Chairperson of the Board at Near Media Co-op joins Johnny Holmes to speak all about Riverside Drama Circle, now celebrating it’s 50th anniversary…
Finglas Festival 2015 Proves That Enthusiasm Can Result In Success
Mark Finnegan is joined in studio by Director of the upcoming Finglas Festival 2015, SEAN MOONEY. Over the last couple of months a voluntary committee of enthusiastic and caring people of the community joined together to organize the Festival for July 2015. The Festival was a huge success in the past and with the hard…
Edmund Rice Camp fundraiser
John Healy interviews PAUL O’MARA and ANDREW GOUGH, volunteers in the Edmund Rice Summer Camps, about the activities they do with the kids and how they try to help them. They inform about different fund raises, they’re currently planning and they talk about the Waxathon organized at St Vincents GAA Club…
Dublin Bus teaching kids to be respectful on the bus
Donie Tarrant speaks to MARIA PAYNE from Dublin Bus in relations to their new plans to teach the kids to respect on the buses. Dublin Bus has produced a new DVD as part of an initiative for highlighting how to use buses and to respect public transport. Bus drivers and school coordinators are visiting schools…
Learning About The “Dublin Tenement Experience”
CHARLES DUGGAN joins Eoin Drinan to talk about the Dublin Tenement Experience, an “Actor led” exhibition/performance to celebrate the centenary of the 1913 Lock Out. Charles talks about where the idea of the exhibition came from, what Dublin was like at the time, how Henrietta Street became a tenement area in the 1880’s and the events of the “Lock…
Citizens Information Centre , Medical & Long term Illness Cards
John Healy speaks to DONNA CORCORAN from the Citizens Information Centre about Medical & Long term illness cards. She talks about who is entitled to theses cards & goes through what other services you can avail of when you have these cards…
Joan Collins about home repossessions and evictions
Ronnie O’ Brien interviews TD JOAN COLLINS, who talks about their efforts to prevent house repossessions and evictions…
Exhibit in Doorway Gallery
Barbara speaks to artist CHRISTY KEENEY who is having an exhibit in the Doorway Gallery, Frederick Street South, Dublin 2. He talks about the details of the exhibit, his origins with painting, his interest in ceramics and how he applies his work on ceramics through the influence of a college art teacher. He also talks about…
Marriage Equality Organisation “LGBT Parents” training event.
Pat Meehan speaks to MONINNE GRIFFITH of the Marriage Equality organisation about amazing young people with LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) parents and the campaign for marriage equality. They begin with Monnine explaining what is part of the campaign including workshops and working in the community trying to increase awareness of LGBT families in…
Live Aid 30th Anniversary – The Memories Live On
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…
Dublin Fire Brigade Protest
Near FM volunteer STELLA GEBAUER reports from the protests that took place the 9th of April to defend the work of the Dublin Fire Brigade. The workers are worried that the ambulance service could be taken from them and given to the National Ambulance Service; all the firefighters in Dublin are trained as paramedics and they defend…