MIKE CLARKE, Professor at Queens University joins Eoin Drinan, Mike explains his role in the MRC (Medical research council), a methodology review group which explores research that has been carried out around the world and brings it together to supply this research to people in the health and social care sector. Mike speaks of the…
New Culture Shots Course Opens With Internship Advice
NOEL MC GUINNESS has Near Intercultural Coordinator of of NEAR Media coop GRACE WILLENTZ. Grace is talking about ‘Culture Shots’ a new training course. This new course is focusing on getting people used to the process of producing their own programmes for radio. The training plans tend to go astray a little as the groups…
Bram Stoker Museum
PAT MEEHAN speaks to DENIS MC INTYRE about the proposal for the Bram Stoker museum in Clontarf…
Details of Dairefest charity event at the Pint, Dublin
GAVIN DOYLE, DAIRE KELLY and DAVID DOYLE join Paula Wiseman in the studio to discuss an upcoming gig to raise money for Daires trip to teach in India as part of the Suas programme. They share details of his trip to India and they go on to detail the different bands involved in the gig…
Artist in Residence, Axis Ballymun
Noel Mc Guinness speaks to ANNE EBELING, artist in residence in the Axis in Ballymun. She speaks about her paintings & how she came to live in Ireland & how painting has had a big influence on her life. ANNE speaks about her children & how they play a big part in her paintings…
Fingal Film Fest 2015 Offers A New Award
Director of Fingal Film Festival 2015 DAVE BYRNE talks to John Healy about this year’s offerings. Fingal Film Festival has been committed to supporting the next generation of film makers since 2012, when it introduced the Best Student Award as a new award to join its previous seven awards. The Best Irish Language Film award…
Lets Walk & Talk Tours In Dublin
John Healy speaks to CIARAN MAHONEY from Dublin City Council about lets walk & talk spring 2015. The walks are set up to get people from a certain community to get to know each other & get fit at the same time. The walk & talk tours are running a few years & take place…
Dublin Harvest Festival at Wolfe Tone Square 2012
Eoin Drinan speaks to MARION KELLY [slight crackle on the phone] from the Harvest festival who explains what will be happening at the festival in Wolfe Tone Square. She speaks about the community growers sharing their skills as well as Dublin Council sharing views on how to conserve water and how to be more “green”…
Meteor Bursts Over Ireland
NOEL MC GUINNESS talks to DAVID MOORE regarding the Break-up of a Meteor over the east of Ireland. The huge fireball event was seen by many but reported by few. The pair also discuss the passing of Apollo astronaut Neil Armstrong – the first man on the moon. An Irish Man’s discovery of his 2nd…
The Trawlers Of Ringsend
Noel speaks to CORMAC LOWTH from the Irish Maritime Archaeological Society about the history of the Trawlers of Ringsend. He talks about the lecture to be given in the Clontarf Yacht Club, a brief history of the Trawlers, the type of trawling that happened, how it never didn’t go through a significant change in 100…
Sports with Fergus Carroll
Noel Mc Guinness speaks with Near Fm’s head of sports department FERGUS CARROLL about what’s happening in the sports world at home & abroad…
Emilie Conway, Jazz Vocalist
Barbara Jennings interviews EMILIE CONWAY, Jazz Vocalist. She explains her latest projects and her musical influences to develop her actual style…
The Incredible Edible healthy eating month
YVONNE WHELAN of Scoil Catriona joins John Healy to discuss the “Incredible Edible Healthy Eating Month”, an initiative to encourage the growing of vegetables in the school environment. Yvonne shares with us how the children get involved with growing vegetables and complete five tasks over the course of the growth process, with the purpose being…
Barnados’ Unwanted Christmas Gifts Appeal
BERNADETTE HARRINGTON of Barnardos talks to Noel McGuinness about the organisation’s regular Unwanted Christmas Presents Appeal. Every year thousands of us get at least one Christmas gift that we know we’ll never use, or end up giving to someone else, or simply leave to gather dust under the stairs. Those gifts could raise valuable funds…
Motor Neurone Disease
Ronnie O’Brien speaks to PETER FARRELL, who is the writer of a song called “Hey Mama It’s Christmas”, which is being released to raise funds for Motor Neuron Disease Ireland…